FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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 March 18, 2010

 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

(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 x  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 x

 

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

 

 

 



 

The annual reports of Magyar Telekom Plc. prepared in accordance with Hungarian Accounting Rules (HAR), and those of Magyar Telekom Group prepared in accordance with IFRS, included in this Form 6-K are in the draft form submitted to the shareholders of the Company in advance of the Annual General Meeting to be held on April 7, 2010 for their review and approval at the Annual General Meeting. The annual reports of Magyar Telekom Plc. prepared in accordance with Hungarian Accounting Rules (HAR), and those of Magyar Telekom Group prepared in accordance with IFRS will be published in accordance with applicable Hungarian laws and stock exchange requirements following the Annual General Meeting.

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Information to the Annual General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc. to be held on April 7, 2010 in accordance with Section 304 (1) of the Companies Act and Section 5.1. of the Articles of Association

 

Decisions regarding the resolutions adopted by the April 25, 2008 Annual General Meeting of the Company that have been rendered ineffective by the Metropolitan Court

 

Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2007 prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

 

Report of the Supervisory Board

 

Report of the Auditor

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. report and financial statements in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting as of December 31, 2007

 

Report of the Supervisory Board

 

Report of the Auditor

 

Corporate Governance Report of Magyar Telekom Nyrt. regarding year 2007

 

Supervisory Board resolution regarding the Corporate Governance Report

 

Supervisory Board resolution regarding the dividend

 

Report of the Auditor

 

Amended and restated Rules of Procedure of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

Proposal of the Audit Committee of Magyar Telekom Plc. for the General Meeting of the Company

 

Report of the Board of Directors on the management of Magyar Telekom Plc., on the business operation, on the business policy and on the financial situation of the company and Magyar Telekom Group in 2009

 

Decision on the approval of the 2009 consolidated annual financial statements of the Company prescribed by the Accounting Act according to the requirements of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS); presentation of the relevant report of the Supervisory Board, the Audit Committee and the Auditor

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. consolidated annual report for the year ended December 31, 2009 prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and report of the Auditor

 

Report of the Supervisory Board

 

Report of the Audit Committee

 

Decision on the approval of the 2009 annual stand alone financial statements of the Company prepared in accordance with requirements of the Accounting Act (HAR); presentation of the relevant report of the Supervisory Board, the Audit Committee and the Auditor

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. annual stand alone financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009 prepared in accordance with requirements of the Accounting Act (HAR) and report of the Auditor

 

Report of the Supervisory Board

 

Report of the Audit Committee

 

Proposal of the Board of Directors for the use of the profit after tax earned in 2009

 

Report of the Supervisory Board

 



 

Report of the Audit Committee

 

Proposal of the Board of Directors for the authorization for the purchase of Magyar Telekom ordinary shares

 

Decision on the approval of the Corporate Governance and Management Report

 

Decision on granting relief from liability to the members of the Board of Directors

 

Decision on the amendments of the Articles of Association of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

Amendment of the Rules of Procedures of the Supervisory Board

 

Election of Members of the Board of Directors and determination of their remuneration

 

Election of Members of the Supervisory Board and determination of their remuneration

 

Election of Members of the Audit Committee and determination of their remuneration

 

Election of the Company’s Auditor and determination of its remuneration. Designation of the Auditor who will be personally responsible for the audit of the Company and designation of the deputy auditor.

 


 


 

Information to the Annual General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc. to be held on April 7, 2010 in accordance with Section 304 (1) of the Companies Act and Section 5.1. of the Articles of Association

 

1. Summary to Agenda Item 1 (Decisions regarding the resolutions adopted by the April 25, 2008 Annual General Meeting of the Company that have been rendered ineffective by the Metropolitan Court)

 

Concerning the resolutions adopted by the April 25, 2008 Annual General Meeting of the Company that have been rendered ineffective by the Metropolitan Court, if the given resolutions must remain effective and enforceable in the future, they have to be adopted again. Certain resolutions will not have a legal effect in the future, however, the actions taken on the basis of these resolutions have to be confirmed and approved so that the Company excludes or minimizes the possibility of any further legal disputes.

 

The financial results of the Company and the Group in the 2007 fiscal year are as follows:

 

 

 

in million HUF

 

 

 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

Magyar Telekom Group

 

 

 

(HAR)

 

(IFRS)

 

Total Assets

 

942,877

 

1,135,578

 

Long-term Assets

 

842,584

 

903,991

 

Short term Assets

 

68,160

 

231,587

 

Common Stock

 

104,275

 

104,275

 

Total shareholders’ equity

 

412,697

 

514,998

 

Long-term Liabilities

 

309,062

 

330,867

 

Short-term Liabilities

 

147,453

 

223,018

 

Sales Revenues

 

499,909

 

676,661

 

Profit for the year (IFRS)

 

 

73,056

 

Balance sheet profit (HAR) (before the proposed dividends)

 

35,634

 

 

Balance sheet result (HAR) (after the proposed dividends)

 

0

 

 

 

The Board of Directors proposes that the General Meeting should repeatedly approve the 2007 Annual Report of Magyar Telekom Plc. prepared according to the Hungarian Accounting Regulations (HAR), including Balance Sheet Total Assets of HUF 942,877 million, and HUF 35,634 million After-tax Net Income.

 

The Board of Directors proposes that the General Meeting should repeatedly approve the 2007 Consolidated Financial Statements of Magyar Telekom Group prepared according to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), including Balance Sheet Total Assets of HUF 1,135,578 million and Profit after tax for year 2007 HUF 73,056 million (before the deduction of HUF 12,901 million attributable to minority interests).

 

Key data of the report of the Supervisory Board:

 

Based on its findings in the course of the continuous monitoring of the business operations of the Company and the Magyar Telekom Group the Supervisory Board recommends that the General Meeting should:

·                  approve the Y2007 Annual Report of the Company prepared according to the Hungarian Accounting Regulations (HAR) with the Balance Sheet Total Assets and After-tax Net Income as proposed by the Board of Directors,

 



 

·                  approve the Y2007 Consolidated Financial Statements of the Magyar Telekom Group prepared according to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) with the Balance Sheet Total Assets and Profit after tax as proposed by the Board of Directors,

·                  accept the proposal of the Board of Directors on the dividend payment,

·                  approve the Corporate Governance Report for 2007.

 

Resolution proposals:

 

The General Meeting repeatedly approves the 2007 Consolidated Financial Statements of Magyar Telekom Group prepared according to the International Financial Reporting Standards, with a Balance Sheet Total of HUF 1,135,578 million and Profit after tax for year 2007 HUF 73,056 million (before the deduction of HUF 12,901 million attributable to minority interests).

 

The General Meeting repeatedly approves the 2007 Annual Financial Statements of the Company prepared according to the Hungarian Accounting Regulations (HAR), with a Balance Sheet Total of HUF 942,877 million and After-tax Net Income of HUF 35,634 million.

 

The General Meeting has reviewed and repeatedly approves the Corporate Governance and Management Report of the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom on the financial year of 2007.

 

(Extract: the Corporate Governance and Management Report contains among others: (i) brief presentation of the operation of the Board of Directors, and a description of the division of responsibility and duties between the Board and the executive management, (ii) introduction of the members of the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board and the executive management, description of the structure of committees, (iii) number of meetings held in the relevant period by the Board of Directors, Supervisory Board and committees, (iv) presentation of viewpoints considered when evaluating the work of the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board, the executive management, (v) report on the operation of different committees, (vi) presentation of the system of internal controls and the evaluation of the activity in the relevant period, report on the efficiency and effectiveness of risk management procedures, (vii) information on whether the auditor has carried out any activities not related to auditing, (viii) synoptic presentation of the company’s disclosure policy, and its policy on trading by insiders, (ix) synoptic demonstration of the methods of exercising shareholders’ rights, (x) brief presentation of rules on the conducting of the General Meeting, (xi) remuneration statement and, (xii) declaration of the Company on compliance with the Corporate Governance Recommendations.)

 

The General Meeting, having evaluated the work of the Board members of the Company, repeatedly decides on granting the relief from liability for the Board members of the Company with respect to the 2007 business year in accordance with Section 30 (5) of Act IV. of 2006 on Business Associations. The evaluation and the relief from liability granted by this resolution shall not apply to the liability of the Board members arising from their gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

A dividend of HUF 74 per ordinary share (with a face value of HUF 100) shall be paid to the shareholders from the profit of 2007.

 

The General Meeting confirms and approves that according to the assignment given by the Company the commencement of dividend payment by KELER Zrt. as of May 27, 2008 and the usage of HUF 35,633,509,239 from the net income according to HAR and HUF 41,418,404,237 from the profit reserve by the Company to pay the total sum of HUF 77,051,913,476 for dividends.

 

The General Meeting acknowledges that on May 5, 2008 the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Plc. published a detailed announcement on the order of dividend disbursement in the following newspapers: Magyar Hírlap, Népszava and Világgazdaság, as well as on the homepage of the Company and the Budapest Stock Exchange.

 

The General Meeting repeatedly approves the amendment of Section 1.4. of the Articles of Association in line with the submission.

 



 

The General Meeting repeatedly approves the amendment of Section 1.6. of the Articles of Association in line with the submission.

 

The General Meeting repeatedly approves the amendment of Section 1.8. of the Articles of Association in line with the submission.

 

The General Meeting repeatedly approves the amendment of Section 4.5. of the Articles of Association in line with the submission.

 

The General Meeting repeatedly approves the amendment of Section 5.1., 6.2. (i), 7.4.1. (b) and 8.3. of the Articles of Association in line with the submission.

 

The General Meeting repeatedly approves the amendment of Section 7.6. of the Articles of Association in line with the submission.

 

The General Meeting repeatedly approves the amendment of Section 8.4.5. of the Articles of Association in line with the submission.

 

The General Meeting repeatedly approves the amendment of Section 8.7. of the Articles of Association in line with the submission.

 

The General Meeting repeatedly approves the amendment of Section 15.2. of the Articles of Association in line with the submission.

 

The General Meeting repeatedly approves the amended and restated Rules of Procedure of the Supervisory Board with the modifications set out in the submission. (Amended Sections: 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6., 7., 8., 9., 10., and 11.)

 

The General Meeting confirms and approves that Mr. Gregor Stücheli acted as the member of the Board of Directors between April 25, 2008 and April 2, 2009.

 

The General Meeting confirms and approves that Mr. Lothar Alexander Harings acted as the member of the Board of Directors between April 25, 2008 and April 2, 2009.

 

The General Meeting confirms and approves that Zsoltné Varga acted as the member of the Supervisory Board from April 25, 2008 until this date.

 

The General Meeting confirms and approves that PricewaterhouseCoopers Kft. (1077 Budapest, Wesselényi u. 16.; auditor’s registration no: 001464), personally Márta Hegedűsné Szűcs as registered auditor (chamber membership number: 006838; address: 2071 Páty, Várhegyi u. 6.; mother’s maiden name: Julianna Hliva) acted until April 2, 2009 for year 2008 as the auditor of the Company. The General Meeting confirms and approves that if Márta Hegedűsné Szűcs was incapacitated Margit Gyurikné Sós (chamber membership number: 003662, mother’s maiden name: Margit Varró, address: 1041 Budapest, Bercsényi u. 11.) acted as the responsible auditor of the Company.

 

The General Meeting confirms and approves that HUF 72,000,000 + VAT + max 5% related costs + VAT (excluding the audit of internal controls as required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), to be the Auditor’s annual compensation for the year 2008, covering the audit of the annual financial statements of the Company prepared in accordance with the Hungarian Accounting Act and also the audit of the annual consolidated financial statements of the Magyar Telekom Group prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

 



 

2. Summary to Agenda Item 2 (Report of the Board of Directors on the management of Magyar Telekom Plc., on the business operation, on the business policy and on the financial situation of the company and Magyar Telekom Group in 2009)

 

The financial results of the Company and the Group in the 2009 fiscal year are as  follows:

 

 

 

in million HUF

 

 

 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

Magyar Telekom Group

 

 

 

(HAR)

 

(IFRS)

 

Total Assets

 

968,412

 

1,166,377

 

Non current Assets

 

835,103

 

917,011

 

Current Assets

 

100,098

 

249,366

 

Common Stock

 

104,274

 

104,275

 

Total shareholders’ equity

 

432,054

 

 

Total equity of owners of the parent

 

 

538,480

 

Non current Liabilities

 

291,056

 

322,634

 

Current Liabilities

 

177,538

 

238,323

 

Revenues

 

475,269

 

643,989

 

Profit for the year (IFRS)

 

 

93,253

 

Balance sheet net income (HAR) (before the proposed dividends)

 

74,227

 

 

Balance sheet net income (HAR) (after the proposed dividends)

 

0

 

 

 

Key data of the report of the Board of Directors

·                  The changing trends require continued efficiency improvements — agreement with trade unions in September 2009 about 400+ redundancies at the parent company by the end of 2010.

·                  Strong infrastructure based competition; 3Play services are available through copper, fiber, cable, and mobile networks.

·                  Strong positions across all segments of the Hungarian market.

·                  Continued pressure on telecommunications spending expected in 2010.

·                  2009 results: 3.1% revenue decline driven by recession, regulation and competition; 4% underlying EBITDA decline driven by changing revenue mix and economic recession.

·                  Consumer Services Business Unit — fixed operations: 3Play as growth engine and retention tool in the residential segment: 5-year new generation access roll out plan to cover ~30% or ~1,2 million households with bandwidth up to 100 Mbit/s.

·                  Consumer Services Business Unit mobile operations: recessionary impacts felt in the market, the consequences of which are decline in customer numbers and tariff erosion.

·                  Business Services Business Unit: characterized by falling voice revenues and growth in SI/IT revenues.

·                  There is intense competition in the telecommunications market in Macedonia and Montenegro, which has negative effect on the revenues.

·                  The Board of Directors proposes HUF 74 dividend per share after 2009 earnings for approval to the Annual General Meeting; based on the proposal, May 7th, 2010 shall be the first day of dividend disbursement.

 

Key data of the report of the Supervisory Board:

According to its report the Supervisory Board recommends to the General Meeting to:

 



 

·                  approve the Y2009 Consolidated Financial Statements of the Magyar Telekom Group prepared according to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) with the Balance Sheet Total Assets and Profit after tax as proposed by the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee,

·                  approve the Y2009 Annual Report of the Company prepared according to the Hungarian Accounting Regulations (HAR) with the Balance Sheet Total Assets and After-tax Net Income as proposed by the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee,

·                  accept the proposal of the Board of Directors on the dividend payment,

·                  approve the Corporate Governance Report for 2009.

 

3. Summary to Agenda Item 3 (Decision on the approval of the 2009 consolidated annual financial statements of the Company prescribed by the Accounting Act according to the requirements of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS); presentation of the relevant report of the Supervisory Board, the Audit Committee and the Auditor)

 

According to Section 302. § e) of the Act on Business Associations (hereinafter: Gt.) and Section 6.2. (i) of the Articles of Association it is the exclusive competence of the General Meeting to approve the financial statements of the Company prepared according to the Accounting Act.

 

Resolution proposal:

 

The General Meeting approves the 2009 Consolidated Financial Statements of Magyar Telekom Group prepared according to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), as endorsed by the EU including Balance Sheet Total Assets of HUF 1,166,377 million and Profit for the year of HUF 93,253 million.

 

4. Summary to Agenda Item 4 (Decision on the approval of the 2009 annual stand alone financial statements of the Company prepared in accordance with requirements of the Accounting Act (HAR); presentation of the relevant report of the Supervisory Board, the Audit Committee and the Auditor)

 

According to Section 302. § e) of the Gt. and 6.2. (i) of the Articles of Association it is the exclusive competence of the General Meeting to approve the report of the Company prepared according to the Accounting Act.

 

Resolution proposal:

 

The General Meeting approves the Y2009 Annual Report of the Company prepared according to the Hungarian Accounting Regulations (HAR), including Balance Sheet Total Assets of HUF 968,412 million and After-tax Net Income of HUF 74,227 million.

 

5. Summary to Agenda Item 5 (Proposal of the Board of Directors for the use of the profit after tax earned in 2009; presentation of the relevant report of the Supervisory Board, the Audit Committee and the Auditor; decision on the use of the profit after tax earned in 2009)

 

According to Section 220. (3) of the Gt. and 6.2. (i) of the Articles it is the exclusive competence of the General Meeting to decide on the use of the profit after tax.

 

Resolution proposal:

 

A dividend of HUF 74 per ordinary share (with a face value of HUF 100) shall be paid to the shareholders from the profit of 2009.

 



 

The HUF 77,051,686,148 to be disbursed as dividends shall be paid from the after-tax profits of HUF 74,227,074,181 based on HAR figures and the remaining amount of HUF 2,824,611,967 shall be paid from retained earnings.

 

May 7th, 2010 shall be the first day of dividend disbursement. The record date shall be April 30th, 2010.

 

On April 21st, 2010, the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Plc. shall publish a detailed announcement on the order of dividend disbursement on the homepage of the Company and the Budapest Stock Exchange.

 

In compliance with Magyar Telekom’s assignment, KELER Ltd. shall disburse dividends.

 

6. Summary to Agenda Item 6 (Authorization of the Board of Directors to purchase ordinary Magyar Telekom shares)

 

The Board of Directors proposes to the General Meeting giving the authorization for purchasing treasury shares.

 

Resolution proposal:

 

The General Meeting authorizes the Board of Directors to purchase a total of up to 104,274,254 ordinary shares (with a face value of HUF 100 each) of Magyar Telekom Plc. The purpose of the authorization is to be able to supplement Magyar Telekom’s current shareholder remuneration policy to be more in line with international practice. At the same time the Board of Directors believes dividend should remain the main method for shareholder remuneration.

 

The authorization will be valid for 18 months starting from the date of approval of this General Meeting resolution. The shares to be purchased on the basis of this authorization may not at any time account for more than 10% of the share capital of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

The shares can be purchased through the stock exchange. The equivalent value per share paid by Magyar Telekom Plc. may not be more than 5% above the market price of the share determined by the opening auction on the trading day at the Budapest Stock Exchange. The minimum value to be paid for one share is HUF 1.

 

The authorization may be exercised in full or in part, and the purchase can be carried out in partial tranches spread over various purchase dates within the authorization period until the maximum purchase volume has been reached.

 

7. Summary to Agenda Item 7 (Decision on the approval of the Corporate Governance and Management Report)

 

According to Section 312 of the Gt. if the shares of the Company are listed in the Budapest Stock Exchange the Board of Directors, together with the report prepared according to the Accounting Act, shall submit the corporate governance report to the General Meeting.

 

(Extract: the Corporate Governance and Management Report contains among others: (i) brief presentation of the operation of the Board of Directors, and a description of the division of responsibility and duties between the Board and the executive management, (ii) introduction of the members of the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board and the executive management, description of the structure of committees, (iii) number of meetings held in the relevant period by the Board of Directors, Supervisory Board and committees, (iv) presentation of viewpoints considered when evaluating the work of the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board, the executive management, (v) report on the operation of different committees, (vi) presentation of the system of internal controls and the evaluation of the activity in the relevant period, report on the efficiency and effectiveness of risk management procedures, (vii) information on whether the auditor has carried out any activities not related to auditing, (viii) synoptic presentation of the company’s disclosure policy, and its policy on trading by insiders, (ix) synoptic demonstration of the methods of exercising shareholders’ rights, (x) brief presentation of the rules on the conducting of the General Meeting, (xi) remuneration statement

 



 

and, (xii) declaration of the Company on compliance with the Corporate Governance Recommendations.)

 

Resolution proposal:

 

The General Meeting has reviewed and approves the Corporate Governance and Management Report Y2009 of the Company.

 

8. Summary to Agenda Item 8 (Decision on granting relief from liability to the members of the Board of Directors)

 

According to Section 6.2. (r) of the Articles it is the exclusive competence of the General Meeting to decide on the grant of relief.

 

Resolution proposal:

 

The General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc. - having evaluated the work in the previous financial year of the Board members of the Company - hereby decides to grant the relief from liability for the members of the Board of the Company with respect to the 2009 business year in accordance with Section 30 (5) of the Companies Act. By granting this relief, the General Meeting confirms that the members of the Board have performed their work in 2009 by giving priority to the interests of the Company. The relief from liability granted by this resolution shall be cancelled in the event of a subsequent binding court ruling declaring the information based on which the relief of liability was granted was false or insufficient.

 

9. Summary to Agenda Item 9 (Decision on the amendments of the Articles of Association of Magyar Telekom Plc.: 1.4 Sites and Branch Offices of the Company; 1.6.2. Other activities; 1.8. Legal Succession (1.8.4. and 1.8.5.); 2.4. Transfer of Shares (b), (c); 5.1. Mandatory Dissemination of Information; 6.2. Matters within the Exclusive scope of Authority of the General Meeting (l); 6.3. Passing Resolutions; 6.6. Occurrence and Agenda of a General Meeting; 6.8. Notice of General Meetings; 6.9. Supplements of the agenda of a General Meeting; 6.11. Quorum; 6.12. Opening the General Meeting; 6.14. Election of the Officials of the General Meeting; 6.18. Passing Resolutions; 6.19. Minutes of the General Meeting (6.19.1.); 7.2. Members of the Board of Directors; 7.4.1.: The Board of Directors (l); 8.2. Members of the Supervisory Board (8.2.1.); and 15.5. Miscellaneous)

 

According to Section 231 (2) of the Companies Act and 6.2 (a) of the Articles of the Association it is the exclusive competence of the General Meeting to decide on the amendment of the Articles of Association.

 

Resolution proposals:

 

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 1.4. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 1.6.2. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 1.8.4. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 1.8.5. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 



 

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 2.4. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 5.1. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 6.2. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 6.3. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 6.6. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 6.8 of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 6.9. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 6.11. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

The General Meeting approves the amendment of 6.12. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 6.14. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 6.18. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 6.19.1. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 7.2. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 7.4.1.(l) of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 8.2.1. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 15.5. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

10. Summary to Agenda Item 10 (Decision on the modification of the Rules of Procedure of the Supervisory Board)

 

The Supervisory Board establishes its own Rules of Procedure that is approved by the General Meeting. (Amended Sections on the basis of the modification of Gt.: 5.4. and 5.5.)

 



 

Resolution proposal:

 

The General Meeting approves the amended and restated Rules of Procedure of the Supervisory Board with the modifications set out in the submission.

 

11. Summary to Agenda Item 11 (Election of Members of the Board of Directors and determination of their remuneration)

 

The General Meeting shall elect a new Board of Directors, as the mandate of Magyar Telekom Plc.’s Board of Directors terminates on the day of the AGM, April 7, 2010 in accordance with Sections 7.2. and 7.3. of the Articles of Association.

 

Resolution proposals:

 

The General Meeting elects dr. Ferri Abolhassan to the members of the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects dr. István Földesi to the members of the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects Mr. Dietmar Frings to the members of the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting in the third year is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects dr. Mihály Gálik to the members of the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects Mr. Guido Kerkhoff to the members of the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects Mr. Thilo Kusch to the members of the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects Mr. Christopher Mattheisen to the members of the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects dr. Klaus Nitschke to the members of the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects Mr. Frank Odzuck to the members of the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 



 

The General Meeting elects dr. Ralph Rentschler to the members of the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects dr. Steffen Roehn to the members of the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting in the third year is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting determines the remuneration of the members of the Board Directors as follows:

 

Chairman of the Board Directors:

 

HUF 546,000 /month

Members of the Board Directors:

 

HUF 364,000 /month

 

12. Summary to Agenda Item 12 (Election of Members of the Supervisory Board and determination of their remuneration)

 

The General Meeting shall elect a new Supervisory Board, as the mandate of Magyar Telekom Plc.’s Supervisory Board members terminates on the day of the AGM, April 7, 2010 in accordance with Sections 8.2.1. and 8.2.5. of the Articles of Association.

 

Resolution proposals:

 

The General Meeting elects dr. János Bitó to the members of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects Mr. Attila Bujdosó to the members of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects dr. János Illéssy to the members of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting in the third year is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects dr. Sándor Kerekes to the members of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects Mr. Konrad Kreuzer to the members of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects Mr. Tamás Lichnovszky to the members of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects Mr. Martin Meffert to the members of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 



 

The General Meeting elects dr. László Pap to the members of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects dr. Károly Salamon to the members of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects Mrs. Zsoltné Varga to the members of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects Mr. György Varju to the members of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting determines the remuneration of the members of the Supervisory Board as follows:

 

Chairman of the Supervisory Board:

 

HUF 448,000 /month

Members of the Supervisory Board:

 

HUF 294,000 /month

 

13. Summary to Agenda Item 13 (Election of Members of the Audit Committee and determination of their remuneration)

 

The General Meeting shall elect a new Audit Committee, as the mandate of Magyar Telekom Plc.’s Audit Committee members terminates on the day of the AGM, April 7, 2010 in accordance with Sections 8.2.1. and 8.7.1. of the Articles of Association.

 

Resolution proposals:

 

The General Meeting elects dr. János Bitó to the members of the Audit Committee of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects dr. János Illéssy to the members of the Audit Committee of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects dr. Sándor Kerekes to the members of the Audit Committee of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects dr. László Pap to the members of the Audit Committee of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects dr. Károly Salamon to the members of the Audit Committee of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting determines the remuneration of the members of the Audit Committee as follows:

 

Chairman of the Audit Committee:

 

HUF 440,000 /month

Members of the Audit Committee:

 

HUF 220,000 /month

 



 

14. Summary to Agenda Item 14 (Election of the Company’s Auditor and determination of its remuneration. Designation of the Auditor who will be personally responsible for the audit of the Company and designation of the deputy auditor.)

 

With respect to the election of the Company’s independent external Auditor and determination of its remuneration, the designation of the Auditor who will be personally responsible for the audit of the Company and the designation of the deputy auditor, the Audit Committee proposes to pass the following resolution.

 

Resolution proposals:

 

The General Meeting elects as auditor of Magyar Telekom Plc. (the “Company”)

PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd. (1077 Budapest, Wesselényi u. 16; company registration number: 01-09-063022; registration number: 001464)

 

personally Márta Hegedűsné Szűcs as registered auditor

Chamber membership number: 006838

Address: 2071 Páty, Várhegyi u. 6.

Mother’s maiden name: Julianna Hliva

to perform audit services for the year 2010, i.e. for the period ending May 31st 2011 or if the Annual General Meeting closing the 2010 fiscal year will be held prior to May 31st 2011 then on the date thereof.

 

In the event that Márta Hegedűsné Szűcs is incapacitated, the General Meeting elects Nikoletta Róka (chamber membership number: 005608, mother’s maiden name: Györgyi Soós, address: 1163 Budapest, Gutenberg u. 17.) to act as responsible auditor.

 

The General Meeting approves HUF 89,700,000 + VAT + max 5% related costs + VAT (excluding the audit of internal controls as required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), be the Auditor’s annual compensation, covering the audit of the annual financial statements of the Company prepared in accordance with the Hungarian Accounting Act and also the audit of the annual consolidated financial statements of the Magyar Telekom Group prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

 

Summary of the shares and voting rights existing at the time of convening the Annual General Meeting:

 

Magyar Telekom “A” series ordinary shares: 1,042,742,543

Voting rights: 1,042,742,543 (including 1,503,541 non voting treasury shares)

 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

 



 

Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

 

Submissions and resolution proposals

to the General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

Subject:

Decisions regarding the resolutions adopted by the April 25, 2008 Annual General Meeting of the Company that have been rendered ineffective by the Metropolitan Court

 

Budapest, April 7, 2010

 



 

The decree of the Metropolitan Court No. 11.G.40794/2008/16 declared on May 13, 2009, that rendered ineffective the resolutions No. 2-22/2008 (IV.25.) of the Annual General Meeting held on April 25, 2008 is not binding and enforceable, at the time of adopting the submission by the Board of Directors, because there is an ongoing legal remedy procedure in connection with the excuse submitted as a result of the rejection of the belated appeal.

 

The rendered ineffective resolutions are valid and effective till the date of the decree is becoming binding and enforceable. However, from the date of becoming binding and enforceable further rights are not attached anymore to these resolutions.

 

A.) In the light of the above facts, the General Meeting has to make resolutions repeatedly concerning the following agenda items of the Annual General Meeting of April 25, 2008 (“AGM Y2008”). (The numbering hereby is in line with the agenda of AGM Y2008.)

 

1.               Report of the Board of Directors on the management of the Company, the business policy of Magyar Telekom Group and report on the business operations and the financial situation of Magyar Telekom Group in 2007 according to the requirements of the Accounting Act (Resolution No. 4/2008 (IV.25.)

 

3.               Decision on the approval of the 2007 financial statements of the Company, the company governance and management report and on the relief from liability of the members of the Board of Directors (Resolution No. 5-7/2008 (IV.25.)

 

4.               Proposal of the Board of Directors for the use of the profit after tax earned in 2007 (Resolution No. 8/2008 (IV.25.)

 

5.               Modification of the Articles of Association of Magyar Telekom Plc. (Resolution No. 9-17/2008 (IV.25.)

 

6.               Modification of the Rules of Procedure of the Supervisory Board (Resolution No. 18/2008 (IV.25.)

 

7.               Election of Members of the Board of Directors (Resolution No. 19-20/2008 (IV.25.)

 

8.               Election of Member of the Supervisory Board (Resolution No. 21/2008 (IV.25.)

 

10.         Election of the Company’s Auditor and determination of its remuneration. Designation of the Auditor who will be personally responsible for the audit of the Company and designation of the deputy auditor (Resolution No. 22/2008 (IV.25.)

 

B.) No remedial action has to be made concerning the following resolutions due to the following reasons:

 

Resolution No. 1/2008 (IV.25.): No remedial action is necessary (technical resolution, the court did not render it ineffective).

 

Resolution No. 2/2008 (IV.25.): No remedial action is necessary (technical resolution: election of minute keeper and authenticator).

 

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Resolution No. 3/2008 (IV.25.): No remedial action is necessary (technical resolution, approval of the agenda).

 

C.) No resolution was made under agenda item No. 2. (“Report of the Board of Directors on the business operations of the Company in 2007, presentation of the report of the Supervisory Board and the Auditor”), No. 9. (“Election of a Member of the Audit Committee”) and No. 11. (“Miscellaneous”) at the AGM Y2008.

 

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General information to Shareholders regarding the resolutions adopted by the April 25, 2008 Annual General Meeting.

 

As the Company earlier disclosed two minority shareholders filed a lawsuit against Magyar Telekom Nyrt. on May 23, 2008, requesting the Court to render ineffective the resolution adopted at the April 25, 2008 Annual General Meeting, including the resolution regarding the payment of dividend. In line with the April 25, 2008 resolution the Company duly paid the dividend to its Shareholders. The Metropolitan Court, acting as Court of Registration, entered the changes adopted by way of the resolutions to the company register.

 

On May 13, 2009 the first instance court rendered ineffective the resolutions adopted at the April 25, 2008 General Meeting (except for one procedural type of resolution) with reference that the announcement on the General Meeting of the Company was not published in the place of announcement of the Company, i.e. the Magyar Tőkepiac — that was already ceased to be published in a printed format at the date of the publication of the announcement. The law office, representing Magyar Telekom, filed the appeal against the claim after the expiry of the relevant deadline. The Company submitted an excuse with respect to the belatedness of the appeal. The Company submitted an appeal against the court order rejecting the excuse, the consideration of which is still pending before the Supreme Court. With respect to the above, we take the view that the judgment is not yet final and enforceable.

 

The Company analyzed the evolved legal situation with the involvement of legal advisors and took the view that on the basis of the relevant provisions of law, court decisions and the relevant literature the resolutions were rendered ineffective with ex nunc effect, i.e. they are not effective form the first instance ruling becoming final and binding (from July 7, 2009). In light of the above, if the given resolutions must remain effective and enforceable in the future, they have to be adopted again. Certain resolutions will not have a legal effect in the future, however, the actions taken on the basis of these resolutions have to be confirmed and approved so that the Company excludes or minimizes the possibility of any further legal disputes.

 

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Submission and resolution proposal for the repeated adoption of the resolution no. 4/2008 (IV.25.) rendered ineffective:

 

According to Section 302. § e) of the Act on Business Associations (hereinafter: Gt.) and Section 6.2. (i) of the Articles of Association it is the exclusive competence of the General Meeting to approve the financial statements of the Company prepared according to the Accounting Act.

 

Resolution proposal:

 

The General Meeting repeatedly approves the 2007 Consolidated Financial Statements of Magyar Telekom Group prepared according to the International Financial Reporting Standards, with a Balance Sheet Total of HUF 1,135,578 million and Profit after tax for year 2007 HUF 73,056 million (before the deduction of HUF 12,901 million attributable to minority interests).

 

Annex:

·                              Consolidated annual financial statements for the year ending on December 31, 2007 — prepared according to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

·                              Report of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Nyrt. for the General Meeting of the Company on the Y2007 operation of the Company and the Group

·                              Independent auditor’s report

 

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Submission and resolution proposal for the repeated adoption of the resolution no. 5/2008 (IV.25.) rendered ineffective:

 

According to Section 302. § e) of the Gt. and 6.2. (i) of the Articles of Association it is the exclusive competence of the General Meeting to approve the report of the Company prepared according to the Accounting Act.

 

Resolution proposal:

 

The General Meeting repeatedly approves the 2007 Annual Financial Statements of the Company prepared according to the Hungarian Accounting Regulations (HAR), with a Balance Sheet Total of HUF 942,877 million and After-tax Net Income of HUF 35,634 million.

 

Annex:

·                              Y2007 Annual Financial Statements of the Company prepared according to the Hungarian Accounting Regulations (HAR)

·                              Report of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Nyrt. for the General Meeting of the Company on the Y2007 operation of the Company and the Group

·                              Independent auditor’s report

 

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Submission and resolution proposal for the repeated adoption of the resolution no. 6/2008 (IV.25.) rendered ineffective:

 

According to Section 312. § of the Gt. if the shares of the Company are listed in the Budapest Stock Exchange the Board of Directors, together with the report prepared according to the Accounting Act, shall submit the corporate governance report to the General Meeting. In the report the Board summarizes the responsible corporate governance activities in the given year and presents the deviations from the recommendations of the Corporate Governance Recommendations of the Budapest Stock Exchange.

 

According to the above referred Section of the Gt. and 6.2. (i) of the Articles of Association it is the exclusive competence of the General Meeting to approve the report.

 

According to Section 312. § of the Gt. the Supervisory Board preliminarily approved the Corporate Governance and Management Report of the Company on 2007 with resolution no. 1/7 (2008.03.26.).

 

Resolution proposal:

 

The General Meeting has reviewed and repeatedly approves the Corporate Governance and Management Report of the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom on the financial year of 2007.

 

Annex:

·                              Corporate Governance and Management Report of the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom on the financial year of 2007

·                              Resolution no. 1/7 (2008.03.26.) on the preliminary approval of the Supervisory Board

 

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Submission and resolution proposal for the repeated adoption of the resolution no. 7/2008 (IV.25.) rendered ineffective:

 

According to Section 30. of the Gt. the Articles of the Company provides for the relief that can be granted to the senior managers. Through granting the relief the supreme body certifies that the senior managers worked in the assessed period with giving priority to the interest of the business association.

 

According to Section 6.2. (r) of the Articles it is the exclusive competence of the General Meeting to evaluate the work of Board members in the previous year and to decide on the grant of relief.

 

Resolution proposal:

 

The General Meeting, having evaluated the work of the Board members of the Company, repeatedly decides on granting the relief from liability for the Board members of the Company with respect to the 2007 business year in accordance with Section 30 (5) of Act IV. of 2006 on Business Associations. The evaluation and the relief from liability granted by this resolution shall not apply to the liability of the Board members arising from their gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

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Submission and resolution proposal for the repeated adoption of the resolution no. 8/2008 (IV.25.) rendered ineffective:

 

According to Section 220. § (3) of the Gt. and 6.2. (i) of the Articles it is the exclusive competence of the General Meeting to decide on the use of the profit after tax.

 

Resolution proposal:

 

A dividend of HUF 74 per ordinary share (with a face value of HUF 100) shall be paid to the shareholders from the profit of 2007.

 

The General Meeting confirms and approves that according to the assignment given by the Company the commencement of dividend payment by KELER Zrt. as of May 27, 2008 and the usage of HUF 35,633,509,239 from the net income according to HAR and HUF 41,418,404,237 from the profit reserve by the Company to pay the total sum of HUF 77,051,913,476 for dividends.

 

The General Meeting acknowledges that on May 5, 2008 the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Plc. published a detailed announcement on the order of dividend disbursement in the following newspapers: Magyar Hírlap, Népszava and Világgazdaság, as well as on the homepage of the Company and the Budapest Stock Exchange.

 

Annex:

·                              Resolution no. 2/5 (2008.04.09.) on the preliminary approval of the Supervisory Board

·                              Opinion of the independent auditor

 

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Submission and resolution proposal for the repeated adoption of the resolution no. 9-17/2008 (IV.25.) rendered ineffective:

 

According to Section 231. § (2) (a) of the Gt. and Section 6.2. (a) of the Articles of Association it is the exclusive competence of the General Meeting to decide on the amendment of the Articles of Association.

 

The Board of Directors proposes the amendment of the Articles of Association due to the below reasons, that are fundamentally identical with the reasons of the amendment of the Articles of Association submitted to the April 25, 2008 General Meeting:

 

1. Due to the change of the location of the sites of the Company some sites have to be deleted whereas others have to be included into Section 1.4. of the Articles.

 

2. The Statistical Classification of Economic Activities (Hungarian abbreviation: TEÁOR) was amended from January 1, 2008. Some of the new TEÁOR classification categories correspond to the former classification system and can be automatically reclassified without formal legal measures. In other cases the individual companies must make the relevant decisions and request the incorporation of the changes from the Company Court at the date when they first amend their registered company data but at the latest by July 1, 2008 (Section 1.6. of the Articles). Due to the fact that according to the new classification system the main activity of the Company registered in the company registry before April 25, 2008 is broken down to further sub-categories it is necessary to specify the main activity in accordance with the new classification also. Depending on the decision of the General Meeting the current main activity — „Telecommunications” (6420’03) - can be replaced by the below classes of the new classification system: Wired telecommunications activities (6110’08), Wireless telecommunications activities (6120’08), Satellite telecommunications activities (6130’08), Other telecommunications activities (61.90’08) or Television programming and broadcasting activities (6020’08). All the above listed activities will be inserted in the list of activities and one of them must be specified as the main activity. The Board of Directors of the Company discussed the issue at its March 18, 2008 meeting and proposed that the main activity of the Company should be Wired telecommunications activities (6110’08).

 

3. Section 1.8. of the Articles sets out the legal succession procedures due to earlier transformations of the Company. In order to complete the descriptions it is necessary to include the date of the merger of the merging companies in the text.

 

4. Based on the position of the Budapest Stock Exchange, Section 4.5. of the Articles has to be specified and this requirement is met by the Company with the below amendment of the text.

 

5. The expression „management report” in Section 5.1., 6.2. (i), 7.4.1 (b) and 8.3. of the Articles has to be replaced by the expression contained in the Company Act and the Budapest Stock Exchange Recommendations : „company governance and management report”.

 

6. Section 7.6. of the Articles sets out the rules of keeping the minutes of Board meetings. Due to the fact that the operation of the Board is regulated by a detailed and public Rules of Procedure it is sufficient to refer to the Rules of Procedure in the Articles without specifying the detailed rules of minute keeping.

 

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7. Section 8.4.5. of the Articles is amended for the reasons as described above concerning the Supervisory Board.

 

8. The Rules of Procedure of the Audit Committee was amended on February 15, 2008 and the respective provisions of the Articles (Section 8.7.) have to be harmonized with the new Rules of Procedure of the Audit Committee.

 

9. The national periodical that was referred to as the place of disclosure of the Company, named „Magyar Tőkepiac”, was last published in printed format before the April 25, 2008 Annual General Meeting on February 15, 2008 therefore the respective part of the Articles (Section 15.2.) has to be deleted. The Company, in order to exclude or minimalize the risks of legal disputes due to legal uncertainties, published the announcement on the convocation of the General Meeting in the newly published copy of Magyar Tőkepiac. However, the future publication of the invitation to the General Meeting in the occasionally published Magyar Tőkepiac would expectedly not contribute at all to the notification of the shareholders on the convocation of the General Meeting or its agenda, therefore the occasional publication of the invitation in Magyar Tőkepiac would incur unnecessary costs at the Company. The deletion is further justified by the fact that the necessity of publication in the printed media is not contained in the Gt.

 

Due to the above and the fact that the Company amended Section 1.4 of the Articles of Association at its Annual General Meeting of April 2, 2009 and the Company amended Sections 1.4., 1.8., 15.2. of the Articles of Association at the June 29, 2009 Extraordinary General Meeting, the Board of Directors proposes that the General Meeting establishes the below specified sections of the Articles of the Company as follows.

 

1)

1.4. Sites and Branch Offices of the Company

 

(a) Sites of the Company:

1117 Budapest, Gábor Dénes u. 2.

1013 Budapest, Krisztina krt. 32.

1107 Budapest, Bihari u.6.

1117 Budapest, Magyar tudósok krt.9.

1073 Budapest, Dob u. 76-78.

1051 Budapest, Petőfi Sándor u. 17-19.

1117 Budapest, Kaposvár u. 5-7

1117 Budapest, Budafoki u. 103-107

1107 Budapest, Száva u. 3-5.

1089 Budapest, Baross u. 133.

1133 Budapest, Kórház u. 6-12.

1152 Budapest, Szilaspark u. 10.

1182 Budapest, Üllői út 661.

1148 Budapest, Örs vezér tere 48.

1033 Budapest, Vöröskereszt u. 11.

 

(b) Branch Offices of the Company:

4026 Debrecen, Bethlen u. 1.

3525 Miskolc Régiposta u. 9.

9400 Sopron, Széchenyi tér 7-10.

7601 Pécs, Rákóczi út 19.

8174 Balatonkenese, Parti sétány 51.

6722 Szeged, Tisza Lajos krt. 41.

 

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5600 Békéscsaba, Andrássy u. 44.

5600 Békéscsaba, Andrássy u. 51.

6721 Szeged, Csongrádi sgt. 12.

6723 Szeged, Etelka sor 1.

2030 Érd, Bajcsy Zsilinszky u. 158.

2500 Esztergom, Aradi vértanúk tere 2.

 

2)

 

1.6. The Scope of Activities of the Company

 

1.6.1. Main activity:

 

61.10 ‘08

Wired telecommunications activities

 

1.6.2. Other activities:

 

18.13 ‘08

Pre-press and pre-media services

18.14 ‘08

Binding and related services

18.20 ‘08

Reproduction of recorded media

26.30 ‘08

Manufacture of communication equipment

33.20 ‘08

Installation of industrial machinery and equipment

35.11 ‘08

Production of electricity

35.30 ‘08

Steam and air conditioning supply

41.10 ‘08

Development of building projects

41.20 ‘08

Construction of residential and non-residential buildings

42.21 ‘08

Construction of utility projects for fluids

42.22 ‘08

Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications

42.99 ‘08

Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

43.11 ‘08

Demolition

43.12 ‘08

Site preparation

43.21 ‘08

Electrical installation

43.22 ‘08

Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

43.29 ‘08

Other construction installation

43.99 ‘08

Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

45.11 ‘08

Sale of cars and light motor vehicles

45.19 ‘08

Sale of other motor vehicles

46.14 ‘08

Agents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft

46.43 ‘08

Wholesale of electrical household appliances

46.49 ‘08

Wholesale of other household goods

46.52 ‘08

Wholesale of electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts

46.69 ‘08

Wholesale of other machinery and equipment

46.90 ‘08

Non-specialised wholesale trade

47.19 ‘08

Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

47.41 ‘08

Retail sale of computers, peripheral units and software in specialised stores

47.42 ‘08

Retail sale of telecommunications equipment in specialised stores

47.43 ‘08

Retail sale of audio and video equipment in specialised stores

47.54 ‘08

Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores

47.59 ‘08

Retail sale of furniture, lighting equipment and other household articles in specialised stores

47.61 ‘08

Retail sale of books in specialised stores

47.62 ‘08

Retail sale of newspapers and stationery in specialised stores

47.63 ‘08

Retail sale of music and video recordings in specialised stores

47.65 ‘08

Retail sale of games and toys in specialised stores

47.78 ‘08

Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores

 

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47.91 ‘08

Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

47.99 ‘08

Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

52.10 ‘08

Warehousing and storage

55.10 ‘08

Hotels and similar accommodation

55.20 ‘08

Holiday and other short-stay accommodation

55.90 ‘08

Other accommodation

56.10 ‘08

Restaurants and mobile food service activities

56.21 ‘08

Event catering activities

56.29 ‘08

Other food service activities

58.11 ‘08

Book publishing

58.12 ‘08

Publishing of directories and mailing lists

58.13 ‘08

Publishing of newspapers

58.14 ‘08

Publishing of journals and periodicals

58.19 ‘08

Other publishing activities

58.21 ‘08

Publishing of computer games

58.29 ‘08

Other software publishing

59.20 ‘08

Sound recording and music publishing activities

60.10 ‘08

Radio broadcasting

60.20 ‘08

Television programming and broadcasting activities

61.20 ‘08

Wireless telecommunications activities

61.30 ‘08

Satellite telecommunications activities

61.90 ‘08

Other telecommunications activities

62.01 ‘08

Computer programming activities

62.02 ‘08

Computer consultancy activities

62.03 ‘08

Computer facilities management activities

62.09 ‘08

Other information technology and computer service activities

63.11 ‘08

Data processing, hosting and related activities

63.12 ‘08

Web portals

63.99 ‘08

Other information service activities n.e.c.

64.20 ‘08

Activities of holding companies

68.20 ‘08

Renting and operating of own or leased real estate

68.31 ‘08

Real estate agencies

68.32 ‘08

Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

69.20 ‘08

Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy

70.21 ‘08

Public relations and communication activities

70.22 ‘08

Business and other management consultancy activities

71.11 ‘08

Architectural activities

71.12 ‘08

Engineering activities and related technical consultancy

71.20 ‘08

Technical testing and analysis

72.19 ‘08

Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

72.20 ‘08

Research and experimental development on social sciences and humanities

73.11 ‘08

Advertising agencies

73.12 ‘08

Media representation

74.30 ‘08

Translation and interpretation activities

74.90 ‘08

Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

77.11 ‘08

Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles

77.12 ‘08

Renting and leasing of trucks

77.21 ‘08

Renting and leasing of recreational and sports goods

77.22 ‘08

Renting of video tapes and disks

77.29 ‘08

Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods

77.33 ‘08

Renting and leasing of office machinery and equipment (including computers)

77.39 ‘08

Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

79.11 ‘08

Travel agency activities

79.12 ‘08

Tour operator activities

79.90 ‘08

Other reservation service and related activities

80.20 ‘08

Security systems service activities

 

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81.10 ‘08

Combined facilities support activities

82.11 ‘08

Combined office administrative service activities

82.19 ‘08

Photocopying, document preparation and other specialised office support activities

82.20 ‘08

Activities of call centres

82.30 ‘08

Organisation of conventions and trade shows

82.91 ‘08

Activities of collection agencies and credit bureaus

82.99 ‘08

Other business support service activities n.e.c.

85.32 ‘08

Technical and vocational secondary education

85.51 ‘08

Sports and recreation education

85.59 ‘08

Other education n.e.c.

85.60 ‘08

Educational support activities

95.11 ‘08

Repair of computers and peripheral equipment

95.12 ‘08

Repair of communication equipment

 

3)

1.8 Legal Succession

 

1.8.1. Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company is the general legal successor of T-Mobile Hungary Telecommunications Company Limited by Shares (1117 Budapest, Kaposvár u. 5-7.; Corporate Registry No.: 01-10-042361) that was merged into the Company on February 28, 2006.

 

1.8.2. Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company is the general legal successor in respect of the demerged corporate assets of T-Online Hungary Internet Service Provider Private Company Limited (registered seat: 1117 Budapest, Neumann J. u 1/b.; Corporate Registry No.: 01-10-044389) that was merged into the Company on September 30, 2007.

 

1.8.3. Magyar Telekom Public Limited Company is the general legal successor of EMITEL Telecommunications Company Limited (registered seat: 6722 Szeged, Tisza Lajos krt. 41., Corporate Registry No.: 06-10-000154) that was merged into the Company on September 30, 2007.

 

1.8.4. Magyar Telekom Távközlési Nyilvánosan Működő Részvénytársaság shall be the general legal successor of T-Kábel Magyarország Kábeltelevíziós Szolgáltató Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság (registered seat: 1089 Budapest, Baross u. 133., Cg. 01-09-674638).

 

1.8.5. Magyar Telekom Távközlési Nyilvánosan Működő Részvénytársaság shall be the general legal successor of Dél-Vonal Informatikai Fejlesztő és Szolgáltató Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság (registered seat: 1089 Budapest, Baross u. 133., Cg. 01-09-908030).

 

4)

4.5. Payment of Dividends

 

If the Annual General Meeting establishes that the company has made profit and determines that dividends should be paid, only those shareholders or shareholder representatives shall be entitled to such dividends who are owners with respect to the record date of identification of beneficial owner and the statutory required data of which are available for the payment of dividends. The record date of identification of beneficial owner shall not be earlier than the fifth stock market trade day subsequent to the date of the General Meeting.

 

The Company pays the dividends to the shareholders from the date specified by the relevant resolution of the GM via wire transfer. The dividend payment period commences at the date specified by the resolution of the GM that decides on the approval of the report according to the Accounting Act and the use of the profit after tax, however, at least 10 working days must lapse between the first publication of the GM resolution regarding the commencement date of the dividend payment and the first day of paying the dividends.

 

Shareholders may claim dividends during the lapse period specified in the Civil Code (5 years). After that time their claim for dividends will lapse. Dividends not claimed by the shareholders shall be added to the capital reserve of the Company.

 

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An interim dividend may be disbursed between the approval of two consecutive reports under the Accounting Act, if

 

·                  on the basis of the interim balance it can be stated that the Company possesses sufficient coverage to pay the interim dividend and that the sum to be paid does not exceed the profit generated since closing the books according to the last business year’s annual report under the Accounting Act plus the unused profit reserve, and subsequent to the said outpayment the own capital of the share company — adjusted according to the Accounting Act— must not fall under the registered capital, and

 

·                  Shareholders undertake to return the interim dividend if later, according to the report under the Accounting Act - and pursuant to Section 223 (1) of the Act on Business Associations — the law would not allow the outpayment of such dividend.

 

No dividend shall be paid the Company for its own shares, at specifying the amount due to the shareholders entitled to dividends the Company does not take the dividend of own shares into account.

 

5)

5.1. Mandatory Dissemination of Information

 

In accordance with the rules of these Articles governing the publication of notices the report prepared according to the Accounting Act, the summaries of the Board and Supervisory Board reports, the summary of the submissions regarding the agenda items, the resolution proposals and the extract of the company governance and management report shall be published at least 15 days prior to the date of the GM.

 

6.2. (i) to approve the report pursuant to the Act on Accounting, including the company governance and management report and to decide on the utilisation of after-tax earnings;

 

7.4.1 (b) cause a report including the balance sheet and the profit and loss statement of the Company to be prepared pursuant to the Act on Accounting together with the responsible company governance and management report and submit such reports to the General Meeting with a proposal on the utilisation of after-tax earnings;

 

8.3. Duties

 

The Supervisory Board shall examine every material report of business policy that is on the agenda of the General Meeting and every submission on issues within the exclusive sphere of authority of the General Meeting. The General Meeting may pass a resolution on a report pursuant to the Accounting Act and the use of the profit after income tax only upon receipt of the written report of the SB. The proposal of the Board of Directors on the payment of dividend and on the company governance and management report can only be submitted to the GM upon the receipt of the prior approval of the SB. The Chairman (Deputy Chairman), in his absence, a member of the Supervisory Board presents the report of the Supervisory Board during the discussion of the given agenda item.

 

6)

7.6. Minutes

 

(a) Minutes shall be kept of each meeting of the Board of Directors, in accordance with the provisions of the Rules of Procedure of the Board of Directors.

 

(b) The minutes shall be signed by the Chairman of the meeting of the Board of Directors as well as the keeper of the minutes. The minutes shall be certified by another participating Director. The minutes of each meeting shall be distributed to the members of the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Supervisory Board irrespective of whether or not they attended the meeting.

 

7)

 

8.4.5. Minutes shall be kept of each meeting of the Supervisory Board, in accordance with the provisions of the Rules of Procedure of the Supervisory Board.

 

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8)

8.7. Audit Committee

 

8.7.1.                    The General Meeting elects a 3-5 member Audit Committee (AC) from the independent members of the Supervisory Board (SB) for the same period as the membership of the relevant members in the SB. The Audit Committee shall act independently within its scope of authorities provided in the Companies Act and these Articles and in compliance with the rules and regulations of the Budapest Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as well as the provisions and rules of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”).

 

8.7.2.                    The purpose of the Audit Committee is, inter alia, to oversee (1) the integrity of the Company’s financial statements, (2) the Company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements falling within the scope of authorities and responsibilities of the Audit Committee, as set forth in detail in Section 8.7.5 below, (3) the qualifications and independence of the Company’s independent external auditor (the “Auditor”) and (4) the performance of the Company’s internal audit function and independent auditors.

 

8.7.3.                    Only such SB member can be elected to be an AC member who complies with the independency rules and regulations of the SEC and the NYSE, the Companies Act, the Exchange Act and the Act CXX of 2001 on the Capital Market. At least one member must comply with the SEC requirements on being a financial expert and at least one Audit Committee member must have a qualification in accountancy and/or be a qualified auditor. The Chairman and the financial expert of the Audit Committee is elected by the members of the Audit Committee.

 

8.7.4.                    If the number of the AC members falls below three the Board shall convene the GM to restore the proper operation of the body. The Audit Committee shall establish its own Rules of Procedure and its Pre-approval Policy. The Audit Committee’s secretarial tasks shall be performed by its own Secretariat. The Audit Committee shall inform the Supervisory Board about its activity periodically in accordance with its Rules of Procedure.

 

8.7.5.                    The Audit Committee shall, in particular, in addition to the scope of competence set forth in Section 311 (2) of the Companies Act:

·                  Be directly responsible for the oversight of the work of the Auditor engaged for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or performing other audit, review or attest services for the Company;

·                  Make recommendations directly to the General Meeting of shareholders with respect to the appointment, compensation and recall of the Auditor;

·                  Pre-approve the audit and non-audit related services provided by the Auditor to the Company and the related fees, with the exception of fees within the exclusive scope of authority of the General Meeting, to ensure that the Auditor’s independence from the Company is maintained;

·                  Monitor the reasonableness of audit fees and quality of work performed by the Auditor (e.g. staffing, experience of auditing personnel, man hours expected, timeliness);

·                  Monitor enforcement of the Auditor’s professional requirements and the Auditor’s compliance with the rules regarding conflict of interest, cooperate with the Auditor and, if necessary, propose measures to be taken by the Supervisory Board, the Board of Directors or the General Meeting regarding the Auditor;

·                  At least annually, and every time before making a proposal with respect to the election of an Auditor, obtain and review a written report from the Auditor describing (a) the internal quality-control procedures of the Auditor’s firm, (b) any material issues raised by the most recent internal quality-control review, or peer review, of the Auditor’s firm, or by any inquiry or investigation by government or professional authorities, within the preceding five years, respecting one or more independent audits carried out by the Auditor’s firm, and any steps taken to deal with any such issues, and (c) all relationships between the Auditor, any of the individuals appointed to undertake audit work for the Company or any of its affiliates on behalf of the Auditor or any of the partners in the Auditor’s firm or any of their close relatives (as defined in the Hungarian Civil Code) and (i) the Company or any of its affiliates, or (ii) any member of the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board or the Management Committee of the Company or any of its affiliates;

·                  Review with the Auditor any problems or difficulties regarding the Company’s audit, and the response of the Company’s management to any such problems raised by the Auditor;

 

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·                  Facilitate the resolution of any disagreement between the Company’s management and the Auditor with respect to financial reporting;

·                  Determine the circumstances in which, and conditions subject to which, employees and former employees of the Auditor may be hired by the Company or its affiliates;

·                  Review and evaluate (a) financial reports prepared according to the Accounting Act and (b) proposals regarding the acceptance of such reports and the use of after-tax profits prior to their submission to the Supervisory Board;

·                  Review and evaluate the financial reports prepared according to International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) and the Auditor’s audit report, especially in connection with changes to accounting guidelines or practice of the IFRS, accounting adjustments, profitability preconditions, etc.;

·                  Meet with the Auditor and the Company’s management to discuss and comment upon the reports referred to in the previous two points;

·                  Review and evaluate the Management Letter;

·                  Review and evaluate reports to be submitted to the stock exchanges, the SEC and other financial authorities;

·                  Discuss the Company’s earnings press releases, as well as financial information and earnings guidance provided to analysts and rating agencies;

·                  Review and evaluate the internal audit environment, the internal control environment influencing the preparation of financial reports and the processes applied during the preparation of financial reports and, if necessary, propose measures to be taken by the Supervisory Board or the Board of Directors regarding the preparation of financial reports;

·                  Review and evaluate the effectiveness of the internal audit function;

·                  Review and evaluate the internal audit workplan;

·                  Review and evaluate the report on the activity of the internal audit function;

·                  Review and evaluate the first priority (A) internal audit reports on financial subjects;

·                  Review, evaluate and, if appropriate, consent to proposals submitted to the Audit Committee by the Board of Directors or the management of the Company in relation to the appointment, compensation and recall of the Group Compliance Director, and oversee the work of the Group Compliance Director in accordance with the scope described in the Group Compliance Manual and the related directives and policies.

·                  Review, discuss and comment upon the Company’s policies with respect to risk assessment and risk management;

·                  Establish procedures for (a) the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by the Company regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters and (b) the confidential, anonymous submission by employees of the Company of concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters;

·                  If necessary, conduct an independent internal investigation into (a) agreements of, and/or payments made by, the Company, (b) matters that relate to the accuracy and reliability of the books and records of the Company, (c) matters and suspects identified by the Auditor, the Group Compliance Director and/or the internal audit function, and/or (d) matters that relate to the potential liability of the Company and/or any of its employees or officers under the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Sections 258/B to 258/F of the Hungarian Criminal Code, the Exchange Act, the US Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or (e) any similar legislation in any other relevant jurisdiction;

·                  Within the scope of such investigation, (a) inspect, subject to applicable data privacy laws, the books, records, contracts and documents of the Company (including documents in printed and electronic form, including all emails, documents and other data found on the systems and devices of the Company), and (b) interview employees, officers and directors of the Company, or any other third parties, who may have information relevant to the investigation;

·                  If necessary, report, subject to applicable data privacy laws, the facts and circumstances giving rise to, and the findings of, such investigation to the Auditor and to competent law enforcement and regulatory authorities (including, without limitation, the Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority, the SEC, the US Department of Justice and any other authority to whom reporting is necessary under applicable law or otherwise in the interests of the Company);

·                  Depending on the findings of such investigation (a) forward remedial actions proposed by management, outside counsel and/or the Audit Committee to the Board of Directors, (b) review and evaluate the implementation of such remedial actions, (c) report its findings with respect to the implementation of such remedial actions to competent law enforcement and regulatory authorities and (d) report its findings to the Auditor.

 

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8.7.6.                    The Audit Committee may, if it deems necessary for the fulfillment of its duties, engage external advisor(s). Specifically, the Audit Committee may engage outside counsel and other advisors to conduct independent investigations referred to in Section 8.7.5 above, and to represent the Audit Committee before the authorities.

 

8.7.7.                    The Company shall provide appropriate funding for the following purposes: (a) fees payable to the independent external auditor responsible for preparing and issuing the audit report, performing other audit, review or attest services for the Company, (b) remuneration of external advisors engaged by the Audit Committee and (c) ordinary administrative expenses of the Audit Committee that are necessary or appropriate in carrying out its duties.

 

The Audit Committee shall determine the fees and costs identified in (b) and (c) above at its own discretion, and shall provide the General Meeting with a recommendation with respect to the fees and costs identified in (a) above and within the exclusive scope of authority of the General Meeting.

 

9)

15.2. Notices

 

Notices and advertisements of the Company shall be published on the home page of the Company (www.telekom.hu) and in the official publication space of the Budapest Stock Exchange Closed Limited Company (i.e. home page of the Stock Exchange) and the Official Gazette (“Cégközlöny”) in cases required by applicable law.

 

Resolution proposals:

 

1.                          The General Meeting repeatedly approves the amendment of Section 1.4. of the Articles of Association in line with the submission.

2.                          The General Meeting repeatedly approves the amendment of Section 1.6. of the Articles of Association in line with the submission.

3.                          The General Meeting repeatedly approves the amendment of Section 1.8. of the Articles of Association in line with the submission.

4.                          The General Meeting repeatedly approves the amendment of Section 4.5. of the Articles of Association in line with the submission.

5.                          The General Meeting repeatedly approves the amendment of Section 5.1., 6.2. (i), 7.4.1. (b) and 8.3. of the Articles of Association in line with the submission.

6.                          The General Meeting repeatedly approves the amendment of Section 7.6. of the Articles of Association in line with the submission.

7.                          The General Meeting repeatedly approves the amendment of Section 8.4.5. of the Articles of Association in line with the submission.

8.                          The General Meeting repeatedly approves the amendment of Section 8.7. of the Articles of Association in line with the submission.

9.                          The General Meeting repeatedly approves the amendment of Section 15.2. of the Articles of Association in line with the submission.

 

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Submission and resolution proposal for the repeated adoption of resolution 18/2008 (IV.25.) rendered ineffective:

 

According to Section 34 § (4) of the Gt. the Supervisory Board establishes its own Rules of Procedure that is approved by the supreme body of the company.

 

Certain references to laws were incorporated in the Rules of Procedure of the Supervisory Board based on which the Supervisory Board can carry out its supervisory duties as the Supervisory Board is committed to increase its efficiency and compliance of the Company with the rules of the Stock Exchange. References to the golden share were deleted form the text.

 

Resolution proposal:

 

The General Meeting repeatedly approves the amended and restated Rules of Procedure of the Supervisory Board with the modifications set out in the submission.

 

Annex:

·                  Restated and amended text of the Rules of Procedure of the Supervisory Board (the changes are marked with backline)

 

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Submission and resolution proposal on the confirmation and approval of acting as the member of the Board on the basis of resolution no. 19-20/2008 (IV.25.) rendered ineffective:

 

Mr. Gregor Stücheli and Mr. Lothar Alexander Harings were elected to the Board of Directors by the General Meeting held on April 25, 2008. Though resolutions 19-20/2008 (IV.25.) regarding their election were rendered ineffective, the Board membership of Mr. Gregor Stücheli and Lothar Alexander Harings was terminated on April 2, 2009 therefore their re-election is not necessary. However, Mr. Gregor Stücheli and Mr. Lothar Alexander Harings acted as the members of the Board between April 25, 2008 and April 2, 2009, therefore the Company must confirm and approve that Mr. Gregor Stücheli and Mr. Lothar Alexander Harings acted as the members of the Board between April 25, 2008 and April 2, 2009.

 

Resolution proposal:

 

The General Meeting confirms and approves that Mr. Gregor Stücheli acted as the member of the Board of Directors between April 25, 2008 and April 2, 2009.

 

The General Meeting confirms and approves that Mr. Lothar Alexander Harings acted as the member of the Board of Directors between April 25, 2008 and April 2, 2009.

 

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Submission and resolution proposal on the confirmation and approval of acting as the member of the Supervisory Board on the basis of resolution no. 21/2008 (IV.25.) rendered ineffective:

 

Zsoltné Varga, as an employee representative, was elected to the Supervisory Board (until May 31, 2010) by the General Meeting held on April 25, 2008. Resolution 21/2008 (IV.25.) regarding the election of Zsoltné Varga was rendered ineffective, however, she acted as the member of the Supervisory Board from April 25, 2008 until this day, therefore the Company must confirm and approve that Zsoltné Varga acted as the member of the Supervisory Board from April 25, 2008 until this date.

 

Resolution proposal:

 

The General Meeting confirms and approves that Zsoltné Varga acted as the member of the Supervisory Board from April 25, 2008 until this date.

 

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Submission and resolution proposal on the confirmation and approval that the auditor acted as an auditor and its fee for Y2008 on the basis of resolution no. 22/2008 (IV.25.) rendered ineffective:

 

The April 25, 2008 General Meeting elected PricewaterhouseCoopers Kft (1077 Budapest, Wesselényi u. 16.; auditor’s registration no: 001464), personally Márta Hegedűsné Szűcs as registered auditor (Chamber membership number: 006838; Address: 2071 Páty, Várhegyi u. 6.; mother’s maiden name: Julianna Hliva), and in case she is incapacitated Margit Gyurikné Sós (chamber membership number: 003662, mother’s maiden name: Margit Varró, address: 1041 Budapest, Bercsényi u. 11.) to carry out the audit activities until the general meeting that closes the business year of 2008. Besides, the General Meeting approved HUF 72,000,000 + VAT + max 5% related costs + VAT (excluding the audit of internal controls as required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), to be the Auditor’s annual compensation for the year 2008, covering the audit of the annual financial statements of the Company prepared in accordance with the Hungarian Accounting Act and also the audit of the annual consolidated financial statements of the Magyar Telekom Group prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

 

Due to the fact that the assignment of the auditor was terminated on April 2, 2009 due to having performed the relevant duties it is not necessary to re-elect the auditor. Due to the fact that PricewaterhouseCoopers Kft. and Márta Hegedűsné Szűcs (or if she was incapacitated Margit Gyurikné Sós) as the personally responsible auditor acted as the auditor of the Company until April 2, 2009 with regard to Y2008, in order to exclude or minimalize any further problems regarding the resolution the Company must confirm and approve that PricewaterhouseCoopers Kft. and Márta Hegedűsné Szűcs (or if she was incapacitated Margit Gyurikné Sós) as the personally responsible auditor acted as the auditor of the Company until April 2, 2009 with regard to Y2008 for the above fee.

 

Resolution proposal:

 

The General Meeting confirms and approves that PricewaterhouseCoopers Kft. (1077 Budapest, Wesselényi u. 16.; auditor’s registration no: 001464), personally Márta Hegedűsné Szűcs as registered auditor (chamber membership number: 006838; address: 2071 Páty, Várhegyi u. 6.; mother’s maiden name: Julianna Hliva) acted until April 2, 2009 for year 2008 as the auditor of the Company. The General Meeting confirms and approves that if Márta Hegedűsné Szűcs was incapacitated Margit Gyurikné Sós (chamber membership number: 003662, mother’s maiden name: Margit Varró, address: 1041 Budapest, Bercsényi u. 11.) acted as the responsible auditor of the Company.

 

The General Meeting confirms and approves that HUF 72,000,000 + VAT + max 5% related costs + VAT (excluding the audit of internal controls as required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), to be the Auditor’s annual compensation for the year 2008, covering the audit of the annual financial statements of the Company prepared in accordance with the Hungarian Accounting Act and also the audit of the annual consolidated financial statements of the Magyar Telekom Group prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

 

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Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

 

Consolidated Financial Statements

 

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007

 

Prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

 



 

MAGYAR TELEKOM

 

INDEX TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

Page

Consolidated Financial Statement:

 

 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

F-2

Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2006 and 2007

F-4

Consolidated Income Statements for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007

F-5

Consolidated Cashflow Statements for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007

F-6

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007

F-7

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

F-11

 

F-1



 

MAGYAR TELEKOM

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

HUF

 

USD

 

 

 

Notes

 

2006
as restated
(Note 2.1.5)

 

2007

 

2007
(unaudited—
Note 2.1)

 

 

 

 

 

(In HUF millions)

 

(million USD)

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

6

 

60,207

 

47,666

 

276

 

Trade and other receivables

 

7

 

102,390

 

103,576

 

600

 

Other current financial assets

 

8.1

 

21,064

 

63,443

 

368

 

Current income tax receivable

 

9.2

 

6,735

 

1,857

 

11

 

Inventories

 

10

 

10,460

 

10,652

 

62

 

Non current assets held for sale

 

11

 

6,825

 

4,393

 

25

 

Total current assets

 

 

 

207,681

 

231,587

 

1,342

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non current assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment — net

 

12

 

550,900

 

534,731

 

3,097

 

Intangible assets — net

 

13

 

331,740

 

337,227

 

1,954

 

Investments in associates and joint ventures

 

14

 

5,771

 

4,936

 

29

 

Deferred tax assets

 

9.4

 

9,575

 

1,286

 

7

 

Other non current financial assets

 

8.2

 

23,786

 

24,965

 

145

 

Other non current assets

 

15

 

2,142

 

846

 

5

 

Total non current assets

 

 

 

923,914

 

903,991

 

5,237

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

 

 

1,131,595

 

1,135,578

 

6,579

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial liabilities to related parties

 

16

 

77,756

 

25,210

 

146

 

Other financial liabilities

 

17

 

29,903

 

44,666

 

259

 

Trade payables

 

18

 

81,392

 

87,989

 

509

 

Current income tax payable

 

9.2

 

1,736

 

2,365

 

14

 

Provisions

 

19

 

13,004

 

20,811

 

121

 

Other current liabilities

 

20

 

110,598

 

41,977

 

243

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

 

314,389

 

223,018

 

1,292

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial liabilities to related parties

 

16

 

185,432

 

254,432

 

1,473

 

Other financial liabilities

 

17

 

20,697

 

55,038

 

319

 

Deferred tax liabilities

 

9.4

 

5,647

 

2,714

 

16

 

Provisions

 

19

 

3,533

 

12,886

 

75

 

Other non current liabilities

 

21

 

8,730

 

5,797

 

34

 

Total non current liabilities

 

 

 

224,039

 

330,867

 

1,917

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

 

 

538,428

 

553,885

 

3,209

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock

 

 

 

104,277

 

104,275

 

604

 

Additional paid in capital

 

 

 

27,380

 

27,379

 

159

 

Treasury stock

 

 

 

(1,504

)

(1,179

)

(7

)

Cumulative translation adjustment

 

 

 

(1,474

)

(688

)

(4

)

Revaluation reserve for available for sale financial assets — net of tax

 

 

 

 

118

 

1

 

Reserve for equity settled share based transactions

 

 

 

49

 

49

 

 

Retained earnings

 

 

 

397,311

 

385,044

 

2,231

 

Total shareholders’ equity

 

 

 

526,039

 

514,998

 

2,984

 

Minority interests

 

 

 

67,128

 

66,695

 

386

 

Total equity

 

 

 

593,167

 

581,693

 

3,370

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

 

 

 

1,131,595

 

1,135,578

 

6,579

 

 

These consolidated financial statements were authorized for issue by the Board of Directors on March 18, 2008 and signed on their behalf by:

 

/s/ Christopher Mattheisen

 

/s/ Thilo Kusch

Christopher Mattheisen

 

Thilo Kusch

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

F-4



 

MAGYAR TELEKOM

 

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS

 

 

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

HUF

 

USD

 

 

 

Notes

 

2005

 

2006

 

2007

 

2007
(unaudited
— Note 2.1)

 

 

 

 

 

(in HUF millions, except per share

 

(million

 

 

 

 

 

amounts)

 

USD)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

22

 

615,054

 

671,196

 

676,661

 

3,920

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses directly related to revenues

 

23

 

(145,608

)

(183,553

)

(181,185

)

(1,050

)

Employee related expenses

 

24

 

(92,783

)

(95,253

)

(120,176

)

(696

)

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

 

(114,686

)

(122,249

)

(115,595

)

(670

)

Other operating expenses

 

25

 

(128,232

)

(137,325

)

(135,394

)

(784

)

Operating expenses

 

 

 

(481,309

)

(538,380

)

(552,350

)

(3,200

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other operating income

 

26

 

8,009

 

3,575

 

4,001

 

23

 

Operating profit

 

 

 

141,754

 

136,391

 

128,312

 

743

 

Finance expenses

 

27

 

(34,497

)

(30,102

)

(35,186

)

(204

)

Finance income

 

28

 

2,996

 

4,692

 

5,217

 

30

 

Share of associates’ and joint ventures’ profits

 

14

 

330

 

703

 

934

 

5

 

Profit before income tax

 

 

 

110,583

 

111,684

 

99,277

 

575

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax expense

 

9.1

 

(21,858

)

(24,220

)

(26,221

)

(152

)

Profit for the year

 

 

 

88,725

 

87,464

 

73,056

 

423

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attributable to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity holders of the Company (Net income)

 

 

 

78,415

 

75,453

 

60,155

 

349

 

Minority interests

 

 

 

10,310

 

12,011

 

12,901

 

75

 

 

 

 

 

88,725

 

87,464

 

73,056

 

423

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per share (EPS) information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit attributable to the equity holders of the Company

 

 

 

78,415

 

75,453

 

60,155

 

349

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average number of common stock outstanding (thousands) used for basic EPS

 

 

 

1,038,803

 

1,040,321

 

1,041,070

 

1,041,070

 

Average number of dilutive share options (thousands)

 

 

 

417

 

290

 

 

 

Weighted average number of common stock outstanding (thousands) used for diluted EPS

 

 

 

1,039,220

 

1,040,611

 

1,041,070

 

1,041,070

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic earnings per share (HUF and USD)

 

 

 

75.49

 

72.53

 

57.78

 

0.33

 

Diluted earnings per share (HUF and USD)

 

 

 

75.46

 

72.51

 

57.78

 

0.33

 

 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

F-5



 

MAGYAR TELEKOM

 

CONSOLIDATED CASHFLOW STATEMENTS

 

 

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

HUF

 

USD

 

 

 

Notes

 

2005
as restated
(Note 2.1.5)

 

2006
as restated
(Note 2.1.5)

 

2007

 

2007
(unaudited —
Note 2.1)

 

 

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

(million USD)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cashflows from operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit for the year

 

 

 

88,725

 

87,464

 

73,056

 

423

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

 

114,686

 

122,249

 

115,595

 

670

 

Income tax expense

 

 

 

21,858

 

24,220

 

26,221

 

152

 

Finance expenses

 

 

 

34,497

 

30,102

 

35,186

 

204

 

Finance income

 

 

 

(2,996

)

(4,692

)

(5,217

)

(30

)

Share of associates’ and joint ventures’ profits

 

 

 

(330

)

(703

)

(934

)

(5

)

Change in assets carried as working capital

 

 

 

(9,800

)

(2,245

)

6,897

 

40

 

Change in liabilities carried as working capital

 

 

 

8,212

 

8,913

 

25,592

 

148

 

Income tax paid

 

 

 

(11,479

)

(19,388

)

(12,343

)

(72

)

Dividend received

 

 

 

1,729

 

157

 

72

 

 

Interest and other financial charges paid

 

 

 

(34,235

)

(33,480

)

(32,528

)

(188

)

Interest received

 

 

 

2,195

 

2,002

 

5,742

 

33

 

Other cashflows from operations

 

 

 

(7,802

)

(6,797

)

(5,999

)

(35

)

Net cash generated from operating activities

 

 

 

205,260

 

207,802

 

231,340

 

1,340

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cashflows from investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase of property plant and equipment (PPE) and intangible assets

 

29

 

(103,587

)

(96,790

)

(103,097

)

(597

)

Purchase of subsidiaries and business units

 

30

 

(35,927

)

(35,327

)

(710

)

(4

)

Cash acquired through business combinations

 

5

 

1,866

 

379

 

485

 

3

 

Cash spun-off through demerger

 

2.2.2

 

 

 

(1,173

)

(7

)

Proceeds from / (payments for) other financial assets — net

 

 

 

(22,121

)

(13,495

)

(39,491

)

(229

)

Proceeds from disposal of subsidiaries

 

5.5

 

 

115

 

 

 

Proceeds from disposal of PPE and intangible assets

 

 

 

2,529

 

6,798

 

9,105

 

53

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

 

(157,240

)

(138,320

)

(134,881

)

(781

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cashflows from financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends paid to shareholders and minority interest

 

 

 

(84,551

)

(77

)

(162,558

)

(942

)

Proceeds from loans and other borrowings

 

 

 

263,329

 

183,051

 

283,184

 

1,641

 

Repayment of loans and other borrowings

 

 

 

(242,595

)

(218,619

)

(230,238

)

(1,334

)

Proceeds from sale of treasury stock

 

 

 

1,969

 

491

 

391

 

2

 

Net cash used in financing activities

 

 

 

(61,848

)

(35,154

)

(109,221

)

(633

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exchange gains / (losses) on cash and cash equivalents

 

 

 

1,259

 

1,569

 

221

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

 

(12,569

)

35,897

 

(12,541

)

(73

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year

 

 

 

36,879

 

24,310

 

60,207

 

349

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of year

 

6

 

24,310

 

60,207

 

47,666

 

276

 

 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

F-6


 


 

MAGYAR TELEKOM

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

 

 

 

Shares of

 

Common

 

Additional
paid in

 

Treasury

 

Cumulative
translation

 

Revaluation
reserve for AFS
financial assets

 

Reserve for
equity settled
share based

 

Retained

 

 

 

Minority

 

 

 

 

 

common stock 
(a)

 

stock
(a)

 

capital
(b)

 

stock
(c)

 

adjustment
(d)

 

— net of tax
(e)

 

transactions
(f)

 

earnings
(g)

 

Shareholders’
equity

 

interests 
(h)

 

Equity

 

Balance at December 31, 2004

 

1,042,811,600

 

104,281

 

27,382

 

(3,842

)

(3,026

)

 

178

 

390,861

 

515,834

 

60,097

 

575,931

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend (i)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(72,654

)

(72,654

)

 

 

(72,654

)

Dividend declared to minority interests (j)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(11,913

)

(11,913

)

Business combinations (k)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,447

 

9,447

 

Sale of Telit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

495

 

495

 

 

 

495

 

Capital injection in TSH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

669

 

669

 

 

 

669

 

Share options exercised by managers (m)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,916

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

196

 

2,112

 

 

 

2,112

 

Share options exercised by CEO (m)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(143

)

 

 

(143

)

 

 

(143

)

Share based payments (Note 24)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

84

 

 

 

84

 

 

 

84

 

Change in reserve for AFS financial assets (e)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

149

 

 

 

 

 

149

 

45

 

194

 

Cumulative Translation Adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,606

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,606

 

2,141

 

4,747

 

Profit for the year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

78,415

 

78,415

 

10,310

 

88,725

 

Balance at December 31, 2005

 

1,042,811,600

 

104,281

 

27,382

 

(1,926

)

(420

)

149

 

119

 

397,982

 

527,567

 

70,127

 

597,694

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reduction in capital as a result of merger with T-Mobile H (n)

 

(43,385

)

(4

)

(2

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(12

)

(18

)

 

 

(18

)

Dividend (i)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(76,122

)

(76,122

)

 

 

(76,122

)

Dividend declared to minority interests (j)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(43

)

(43

)

Sale of Cardnet (o)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(71

)

(71

)

MakTel’s purchase of its own shares (p)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(14,856

)

(14,856

)

Result of TSH’s sale of a business unit (l)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

205

 

205

 

 

 

205

 

Share based payments (Note 24)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

36

 

 

 

36

 

 

 

36

 

Share options exercised by CEO (q)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(106

)

(282

)

(388

)

 

 

(388

)

Share options exercised by managers (m)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

422

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

87

 

509

 

 

 

509

 

Change in reserve for AFS financial assets (e)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(149

)

 

 

 

 

(149

)

(45

)

(194

)

Cumulative Translation Adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,054

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,054

)

5

 

(1,049

)

Profit for the year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

75,453

 

75,453

 

12,011

 

87,464

 

Balance at December 31, 2006

 

1,042,768,215

 

104,277

 

27,380

 

(1,504

)

(1,474

)

 

49

 

397,311

 

526,039

 

67,128

 

593,167

 

 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

F-7


 


 

MAGYAR TELEKOM

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (continued)

 

 

 

Shares of

 

Common

 

Additional
paid in

 

Treasury

 

Cumulative
translation

 

Revaluation
reserve for
AFS financial
assets — net of

 

Reserve for
equity settled
share based

 

Retained

 

 

 

Minority

 

 

 

 

 

common stock
(a)

 

stock
(a)

 

capital
(b)

 

stock
(c)

 

adjustment
(d)

 

tax
(e)

 

transactions
(f)

 

earnings
(g)

 

Shareholders’
equity

 

interests
(h)

 

Equity

 

Balance at January 1, 2007

 

1,042,768,215

 

104,277

 

27,380

 

(1,504

)

(1,474

)

 

49

 

397,311

 

526,039

 

67,128

 

593,167

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend (i)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(72,729

)

(72,729

)

 

 

(72,729

)

Dividend declared to minority interests (j)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(13,729

)

(13,729

)

Elimination of the “B” share (a)

 

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share options exercised by managers (m)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

325

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

66

 

391

 

 

 

391

 

Excess related to the acquisition of TSH (r)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

3

 

1,540

 

1,543

 

TSH demerger (r)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

243

 

243

 

(1,312

)

(1,069

)

Reduction in capital as a result of merger with T-Online and Emitel (t)

 

(22,700

)

(2

)

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5

)

(8

)

 

 

(8

)

Change in reserve for AFS financial assets (e)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

118

 

 

 

 

 

118

 

92

 

210

 

Cumulative Translation Adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

786

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

786

 

75

 

861

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit for the year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60,155

 

60,155

 

12,901

 

73,056

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2007

 

1,042,745,615

 

104,275

 

27,379

 

(1,179

)

(688

)

118

 

49

 

385,044

 

514,998

 

66,695

 

581,693

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of which treasury stock

 

(1,503,541

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares of common stock outstanding at December 31, 2007

 

1,041,242,074

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

F-8


 


 

MAGYAR TELEKOM

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (notes)

 

(a)          The total amount of issued shares of common stock of 1,042,745,615 (each with a nominal value of HUF 100) is fully paid as at December 31, 2007. In addition to these shares, total shareholders’ equity included one Series “B” preference share at the nominal value of HUF 10,000 until September 30, 2007. This Series “B” share was held by the Ministry of Economics and Transport, and bestowed certain rights on its owner, including access to information, and the appointment of a Director. This share could only be held by the Government or its nominee. In order to comply with EU regulations, a new Hungarian regulation in 2007 required the Company to eliminate the “B” share and the special rights attached to it, consequently, the “B” share was transformed into 100 ordinary shares. The number of authorized ordinary shares on December 31, 2007 is 1,042,745,615.

 

(b)         Additional paid in capital represents the amount above the nominal value of the shares that was received by the Company during capital increases.

 

(c)          Treasury stock represents the cost of the Company’s own shares repurchased.

 

(d)         Cumulative translation adjustment represents the foreign exchange differences arising on the consolidation of foreign subsidiaries.

 

(e)          Revaluation reserve for available for sale financial assets includes the unrealized gains and losses net of tax on available for sale financial assets. Any realized gains or losses are taken out of this reserve and recognized in the income statement.

 

(f)            Reserve for equity settled share based transactions includes the compensation expenses accrued in equity related to share settled compensation programs. When equity instruments are issued or treasury shares are utilized as part of the program, the accumulated balance related to the particular program and employees is utilized, and is taken out of the reserve (Note 24).

 

(g)         Retained earnings include the accumulated and undistributed net income of the Group. The distributable reserves of the Company under Hungarian law at December 31, 2007 amounted to approximately HUF 248,000 million (HUF 294,000 million at December 31, 2006).

 

(h)         Minority interests represent the minority shareholders’ share of the net assets of subsidiaries, in which the Group has less than 100% ownership.

 

(i)             In 2007 Magyar Telekom Plc. declared HUF 70 dividend per share (HUF 73 in 2006, HUF 70 in 2005).

 

(j)             The dividend declared to minority interests in 2005 almost entirely reflects the dividend declared by MakTel, Magyar Telekom’s Macedonian subsidiary, to its minority shareholders. In 2006 MakTel did not declare dividends. The amount of dividend declared in 2006 to minorities includes the amount declared to the minority owners of smaller subsidiaries. The amount of dividend declared in 2007 to minorities includes predominantly the amount declared to the minority owners of Maktel and Crnogorski Telekom (CT).

 

(k)          The increase in minority interests due to the business combinations in 2005 is the result of the acquisition of CT, in which the Group acquired a 76.53% share of ownership (Note 5.3.1).

 

(l)             In 2006 TSH sold one of its business units to another member of Deutsche Telekom group. TSH’s gain on the transaction (HUF 418 million) resulted in an increase of TSH’s net assets, the Group’s share of which (HUF 205 million) was recognized directly in retained earnings.

 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

F-9



 

MAGYAR TELEKOM

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (notes - continued)

 

(m)       In 2005 Magyar Telekom’s CEO and other managers exercised a portion of their share options, and the Company used its treasury shares reserved for the option programs. As a result of these transactions, the Company sold 2,443,341 of its treasury shares to the CEO and other managers at the fixed option prices. On the sale of the treasury shares the Company recognized a gain of HUF 53 million (HUF -143 million recognized against the Reserve for equity settled share based payments and HUF 196 million recognized in Retained earnings). In 2006 managers exercised further options, for which the Company used its treasury shares. As a result of these transactions, the Company sold 538,835 of its treasury shares to the managers at the fixed option prices. On the sale of the treasury shares the Company recognized a gain of HUF 87 million, which was recognized in Retained earnings. In 2007, managers exercised further options, for which the Company used its treasury shares. As a result of these transactions, the Company sold 414,283 of its treasury shares to the managers at the fixed option prices. On the sale of the treasury shares the Company recognized a gain of HUF 66 million, which was recognized in Retained earnings. For more details on the programs see Note 24.

 

(n)         In 2006 Magyar Telekom Plc. merged with T-Mobile Hungary, its 100% subsidiary. During the merger, the owners of 43,385 shares expressed their intention not to participate as owners in the merged Company. Consequently, the Company withdrew these shares and paid off these owners with a corresponding decrease in Share capital, Additional paid in capital and Retained earnings, and the merged Company was registered with 43,385 less shares.

 

(o)         In 2006 the Company sold the total of its 72% ownership in Cardnet, which resulted in the reduction of Minority interests (Note 5.5).

 

(p)         In 2006 MakTel bought 10% of its own shares from the Government of Macedonia during a public tender issued for the sale of the Government shares. As a result of this transaction, Magyar Telekom’s share of ownership increased from 51% to 56.67% resulting in a decrease in the minority interest in MakTel (Note 5.2.5).

 

(q)         On December 5, 2006, Mr. Elek Straub, the former CEO and Chairman of the Company resigned. As part of the resignation agreement, Mr. Straub exercised 1,181,178 of his share options, of which 487,465 would only have vested on July 1, 2007, which was accelerated. The whole transaction was settled in cash instead of shares as intended by the original agreement. By December 31, 2006 the Company had accumulated HUF 155 million (including HUF 7 million for pre-mature vesting) in a Reserve for equity settled share based transactions, of which HUF 106 million was released. The closing balance of this reserve of HUF 49 million at the end of 2006 and 2007 represents the amount reserved for the 103,530 options (granted in 2000) Mr. Straub still has open (Note 24).

 

(r)            As of January 1, 2007 Magyar Telekom acquired an additional 2% ownership in T-Systems Hungary (TSH) for a cost of HUF 60 million. The acquisition was accounted for at cost as the transaction took place between entities under common control, and resulted in an excess of HUF 3 million recognized in equity (Note 5.1.2).

 

(s)          As of August 31, 2007 TSH had a legal split (spin-off), as a result of which the net assets and the equity of TSH were divided between the owners, after which Magyar Telekom became a 100% owner of the net assets and equity retained in TSH (Note 5.1.2). As the transaction took place between entities under common control, the spin-off was accounted for at cost, and resulted in an excess of HUF 243 million recognized in equity.

 

(t)            In 2007 Magyar Telekom Plc. merged with T-Online Hungary’s access business line and Emitel, its 100% subsidiaries. During the merger, the owners of 22,700 shares expressed their intention not to participate as owners in the merged Company. Consequently, the Company withdrew these shares and paid off these owners with a corresponding decrease in Share capital, Additional paid in capital and Retained earnings, and the merged Company was registered with 22,700 less shares.

 

Together with the approval of these financial statements for issue, the Board of the Company proposes a HUF 74 per share dividend distribution to be approved by the Annual General Meeting of the Company in April 2008.

 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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1 GENERAL INFORMATION

 

1.1 About the Company

 

Magyar Telekom Plc., (the “Company” or “Magyar Telekom Plc.”) with its subsidiaries form Magyar Telekom Group (“Magyar Telekom” or “the Group”). Magyar Telekom is the principal supplier of telecommunications services in Hungary, Macedonia and Montenegro and alternative service provider in Bulgaria, Romania and in the Ukraine. These services are subject to various telecommunications regulations depending on the countries of operations (Note 1.3).

 

The Company was incorporated in Hungary on December 31, 1991 and commenced business on January 1, 1992. The Company’s registered address is Krisztina körút 55, 1013 Budapest, Hungary.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. is listed on the Budapest and New York stock exchanges, its shares are traded on the Budapest Stock Exchange, while Magyar Telekom’s American Depository Shares (ADSs) each representing five ordinary shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

 

The immediate controlling shareholder of the Company is MagyarCom GmbH owning 59.21% of the issued shares, while the ultimate controlling parent of Magyar Telekom is Deutsche Telekom AG (DT or DTAG).

 

The consolidated financial statements are prepared and presented in millions of Hungarian Forints (HUF), unless stated otherwise.

 

These financial statements of the Company were approved for issue by the Company’s Board of Directors (the Board), however, the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the owners, authorized to accept these financials, have the right to require amendments before acceptance. As the owners are represented in the Board of the Company that approved these financial statements for issuance, the probability of any potential change required by the AGM is extremely remote, and has never happened in the past.

 

On February 22, 2005, the Extraordinary General Meeting approved the renaming of Magyar Távközlési Rt. (Matáv) to Magyar Telekom Rt. and the rebranding of its products, which was completed by December 2005. As agreed, DTAG supported the renaming and the product rebranding.  The impact of renaming and product rebranding on the consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2005 included HUF 7,281 million of expenditures accounted for in the operating expenses and a compensation by DTAG of HUF 7,281 million disclosed separately in Note 33

 

On December 20, 2005, Magyar Telekom’s Extraordinary General Meeting approved the merger of Magyar Telekom Rt. and T-Mobile Magyarország Rt. (T-Mobile Hungary), a 100% subsidiary of Magyar Telekom Rt. As the merger occurred between the parent company and its 100% owned subsidiary, the transaction did not have any impact on the consolidated financial position of the Group or its operating segments, other than as disclosed in the notes to the Consolidated statements of changes in equity. The merger was registered by the Hungarian Court of Registration on February 28, 2006, from which date the two companies continued as one legal entity, Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

On June 29, 2007, Magyar Telekom’s Extraordinary General Meeting approved the merger of Magyar Telekom Plc., Emitel Zrt. and the internet access business line of T-Online Magyarország Zrt. (T-Online), both of which were 100% subsidiaries of Magyar Telekom Plc. The remaining business lines of T-Online continued as a separate legal entity under the company name “[origo] Zrt.”. As the merger occurred between the parent company and its 100% owned subsidiaries, the transaction did not have any impact on the consolidated financial position of the Group or its operating segments other than as disclosed in the notes to the Consolidated statements of changes in equity. The merger was registered by the Hungarian Court of Registration as of September 30, 2007.

 

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1.2 Investigation into certain consultancy contracts

 

As previously disclosed, in the course of conducting their audit of our 2005 financial statements, PricewaterhouseCoopers Könyvvizsgáló és Gazdasági Tanácsadó Kft. identified two contracts the nature and business purposes of which were not readily apparent. In February 2006, our Audit Committee initiated an independent investigation into this matter. In the course of the investigation, two further contracts entered into by Magyar Telekom Plc. raised concerns. To date, the independent investigators have been unable to find sufficient evidence to show that any of the four contracts under investigation resulted in the provision of services to us or to our subsidiaries under those contracts of a value commensurate with the payments we made under those contracts. The independent investigators have been unable to determine definitively the purpose of the contracts, and it is possible that the purpose may have been improper. The independent investigators further identified several contracts at our Macedonian subsidiaries that could warrant further review. In February 2007, our Board of Directors determined that those contracts should be reviewed and expanded the scope of the independent investigation to cover these additional contracts and related transactions. We have approved and have been implementing certain remedial measures designed to enhance our internal controls to ensure compliance with Hungarian and U.S. legal requirements and NYSE listing requirements.

 

As previously reported, the investigation delayed the finalization of our 2005 financial statements, and as a result we and some of our subsidiaries have failed and may fail to meet certain deadlines prescribed by U.S., Hungarian and other applicable laws and regulations for preparing and filing audited annual results and holding annual general meetings. To date we have been fined HUF 13 million as a consequence of these delays.

 

The Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority, the Hungarian National Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice have been informed of the investigation. The Company is in regular contact with these authorities regarding the investigation and are also responding to inquiries raised by and the investigations being conducted by these authorities under U.S. and Hungarian law. The U.S. Department of Justice has recently expanded the scope of its investigation to include the actions taken by the Company in response to the findings of and issues raised by the Company’s internal investigation and a related subpoena and further document requests have been issued.

 

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1.3 Public service concession and license arrangements

 

1.3.1 Hungarian Fixed line

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. is the market leading fixed line telecom service provider in Hungary. Act C of 2003 on Electronic Communications, the latest act on the telecommunications sector, came into effect on January 1, 2004. The National Communications Authority (NCA) is the supreme supervisory body. Magyar Telekom Plc. and its former subsidiary, Emitel have been designated as universal service providers in their former concession areas. (Since Emitel merged legally into Magyar Telekom Plc., Magyar Telekom Plc. — as the legal successor — became the universal service provider in Emitel’s former concession areas as well.)

 

According to the Act on Electronic Communications, universal services are basic communications services that should be available to all customers at an affordable price. Universal service providers are entitled to compensation for their net avoidable costs, except for the costs incurred from discount pricing plans offered to residential subscribers. In practice, Magyar Telekom Plc. has not received compensation since 2004.

 

The NCA assigned 18 relevant markets in the area of electronic communications in 2004. In 2004 and 2005 Magyar Telekom was designated as an SMP (an operator with significant market power) in 12 markets. These included all retail and wholesale voice markets, the market of wholesale leased line and termination, the market of minimum set of leased lines and the wholesale broadband market. At the end of 2006 the analysis of the 18 relevant markets was started again by the NCA. So far the analysis of 13 of these markets has been completed and 4 more are expected to be finalized in the near future. Magyar Telekom’s SMP status has been confirmed on each analyzed markets and the same obligations have been imposed with minor modifications resulting in more detailed rules applying to service provision.

 

Currently in Hungary, retail voice tariffs are regulated in two ways. Price cap methodology is applicable for universal services and - based on SMP resolutions on residential and business access markets — there is another formula used for subscription fees. In addition according to the law, retail prices should be set in accordance with wholesale tariffs providing an acceptable level of retail margins.

 

According to the Act on Electronic Communications, designated SMP operators like Magyar Telekom are obliged to prepare reference offers for unbundled local loops and bit-stream access (RUO) and to provide these services when there is a request for them by other telecommunications service providers. The reference offer of each SMP must be approved by the NCA. The price of these services has to be cost based and calculated— according to the NCA resolution about the market of wholesale unbundled access to metallic loops published at the end of 2007 - by Long Run Incremental Costs (“LRIC”) method as opposed to using Fully Distributed Costs based on a 2003 Ministerial Decree.

 

The SMPs may refuse the offer for unbundling if there are technical barriers and providing access to the local loop or bit-stream access would endanger the integrity of the SMPs’ network. SMPs are also obliged to prepare reference offers for interconnection (RIO) and to provide these services in accordance with the reference offer when there is a request for them by other telecommunications service providers. The reference offers of the SMPs must be approved by the NCA, and prices have to be based on Long Run Incremental Costs (LRIC).

 

According to the Act on Electronic Communications, voice telephony customers have the right to select different service providers for each call directions including Internet calls by dialing a pre-selected number or by using a call-by-call pre-fixed number. The requirements for carrier selection are set out in the interconnection agreements between the affected service providers.

 

Fixed line telecommunications service providers are obliged under the law to provide number portability on their networks starting January 1, 2004. This means that service providers must enable subscribers to change service provider without changing their telephone numbers within the same numbering area.

 

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1.3.2 Macedonian Fixed line

 

The Group is also present in the Macedonian fixed line telecommunications market through its subsidiary, MakTel. MakTel is the largest fixed line service provider in Macedonia. The Macedonian telecommunications sector is regulated by the Electronic Communications Law (“ECL”), enacted in March 2005. MakTel has a concession contract (under the old Telecommunications Act) to provide services until December 31, 2018. Further, MakTel had been granted the exclusive rights in (a) fixed voice telephony services, leased line services and (b) to construct, lease, own, develop, maintain and operate fixed public telecommunications networks until December 31, 2004. These exclusive rights included local, national and international long distance public fixed voice services independently of the technology used, including voice over Internet Protocol services.

 

During the exclusivity period MakTel was obliged to provide universal services. On December 27, 2007 the Commission of Agency for Electronic Communications (“Agency”) brought decision to publish public tender for the universal provider of electronic communications services in the Republic of Macedonia.

 

The regulatory framework for the tariff regulation for MakTel is provided in the currently valid Concession Contract. With the enactment of the ECL, the Agency may regulate retail prices of fixed telephony services. MakTel has cost based price obligation for the Regulated wholesale services, fully distributed costs (FDC) methodology until July 2007 and Long Run Incremental Costs methodology (“LRIC”) subsequently. Proposal for interconnection fees with LRIC were submitted by the Company in July 2007, Agency approval is expected in the forthcoming period.

 

Harmonization of the Concession Contracts with the provisions of the ECL is ongoing. Draft version of the Contract for harmonization of the provisions of the existing Concession Contracts with the provisions of ECL was prepared and agreed between the operators (MakTel, T-Mobile Macedonia and Cosmofon) and the Ministry of Transport and Communications. The above mentioned Contract is waiting approval from the representatives of European Commission in order to be signed.

 

Under the ECL, MakTel has been designated as an SMP in the market for fixed line voice telephone networks and services, including the market for access to the networks for data transmission and leased lines. MakTel as an SMP operator has the obligation to enable its subscribers to access publicly available telephone services of any interconnected operator with officially signed interconnection contract. On November 15, 2006, MakTel signed the first RIO based Interconnection Agreement with an alternative fixed network operator. The launch of the competitors’ offers for long-distance, fixed to mobile and international calls started at the end of first quarter of 2007. Number portability was scheduled to be fully implemented by July 1, 2007, however, the implementation of number portability was technically infeasible within the given timeframe. The technical description of interfaces and Central Database (CDB) were issued in March 2007. The agency announced a public tender on April 30, 2007 for the provider of the CDB. The tender was cancelled until further notice. MakTel’s estimation is that number portability will be implemented in the company network in the third quarter of 2008.

 

1.3.3 Montenegrin Fixed line

 

The Group’s Montenegrin subsidiary, Crnogorski Telekom (CT) is the holder of one of the licenses issued for fixed line telecommunications services in Montenegro. The license allows CT to provide domestic voice and data services as well as VOIP, leased line, public payphone, and cable television, value added, etc. services. A separate license allows CT to provide international telecommunication services. In order not to endanger the launch of its IPTV services, CT applied for and received in 2007 a license to distribute television programs via its network from the Broadcasting Agency, although CT’s fixed license from the Telecommunication Agency already allows this activity to be performed.

 

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The telecommunications sector in Montenegro is regulated by the 2000 Law. The 2000 Law established the Telecommunications Agency with broad authority and instituted a licensing regime whereby all telecommunications activity must be licensed by the Telecommunications Agency. Although a Competition Law came into force in 2006, a competition agency has not yet been instituted. A Customer Protection Law adopted in 2007 is in implementation phase as well.

 

Prices of CT must be approved by the Telecommunications Agency. The rebalancing of prices was successfully implemented on September 1, 2007.

 

Although the 2000 Law defines universal service, no legislation covering universal service has been enacted to date.

 

CT has an obligation to enter into interconnection agreements in a transparent and non-discriminatory way with operators requesting access to CT’s network. The 2000 Law requires CT to publish a reference interconnection offer (“RIO”) however CT has the freedom to agree with operators on terms different from those set in the RIO.

 

There is no obligation for number portability, local loop unbundling, bit stream access or accounting separation in Montenegro yet. Carrier selection has not been implemented by CT as the imposing legislation was issued by the Agency without legal authority to do so.

 

In 2007 cable television and WiMax based fixed wireless access operations commenced in Montenegro based on licenses distributed during the year. CT successfully launched its “Extra TV” IPTV service.

 

Montenegro signed a Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU and a transitory Agreement is in force since 1 January, 2008. The agreement is very similar to the agreements signed with Croatia and Macedonia requiring the harmonization of the telecommunications regulations with the regulatory framework of the EU. In the case of Montenegro, the expected amendment of the 2000 Law will achieve most of that goal.

 

1.3.4 Hungarian Mobile

 

The Company is also the market leader in the Hungarian mobile market through the brand T-Mobile (T-Mobile HU).

 

The initial duration of the concession regarding the GSM 900 public mobile radio telephone service is a period of 15 years starting from the execution of the concession agreement (November 4, 1993 to November 4, 2008). On October 7, 1999 an amended concession contract was signed between the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Water Management and T-Mobile HU extending T-Mobile HU’s rights and obligations to also provide service in the 1800 MHz band in Hungary to October 7, 2014. As included in the concession contracts, the Minister is entitled to extend the concession period for both services upon their expiration for another 7.5 years without the issuance of a tender invitation. On November 8, 2007, the Company signed the renewed Concession Contract along with the Cooperation Agreement with the Minister that will be effective from November 2008. The new Concession Contract prolonged the duration of the 900 MHz frequency usage right till May 4, 2016.

 

On December 7, 2004, T-Mobile HU obtained the exclusive right of use of certain frequency blocks for the deployment and operation of an IMT2000/UMTS mobile telecommunications system (3G system). The duration of the frequency usage right is 15 years (until December 7, 2019) with an option to extend it for another 7.5 years. T-Mobile HU was obliged by the term of the license decree to start commercial 3G service within 12 months after the acquisition of the license within the inner city of Budapest, which was completed. We were

 

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also obliged to reach a population-wide coverage of 30% within 36 months of license acquisition which was also completed in December 2006. On August 26, 2005 T-Mobile HU started to provide 3G service and has been operating it in compliance with the license conditions.

 

T-Mobile HU is subject to number portability regulation since May 2004.

 

In January 2005 and October 2006 the NCA designated T-Mobile HU as having significant market power in the mobile voice call termination market, and it is currently subject to regulatory obligations regarding the termination charge of calls into its network.

 

1.3.5 Macedonian Mobile

 

T-Mobile Macedonia (T-Mobile MK), Magyar Telekom’s subsidiary, is the leading mobile service provider in Macedonia, which has a concession contract (concluded under the old Telecommunications Act) to provide public mobile telephony services and public mobile telecommunication networks until December 31, 2018, which can be renewed for additional 20 years without a tender. According to the concession agreement, T-Mobile MK has the authorization to provide public mobile telephony services and to construct, lease, own, develop, maintain and operate mobile public telecommunications networks throughout the entire territory of the Republic of Macedonia and between locations within Macedonia and places outside of Macedonia. T-Mobile MK is also registered to provide a public network for data transmission and radio transmission, with the corresponding data transmission and radio communications services, according to the ECL.

 

After the analysis of the market “Call termination services in public mobile communication networks” the Agency on November 26, 2007 brought a decision by which T-Mobile MK and Cosmofon were designated with SMP status and several obligations were imposed (interconnection and access, transparency in interconnection and access, non-discrimination in interconnection and access, accounting separation and price control and cost accounting).

 

Under the Concession Agreement, T-Mobile MK has the exclusive license to use bandwidth of 25 MHz in the GSM 900 band. T-Mobile MK’s use of these frequencies is subject to terms and conditions set forth in the Concession Agreement.

 

1.3.6 Montenegrin Mobile

 

T-Mobile Crna Gora (T-Mobile CG), Magyar Telekom’s subsidiary, is the holder of one of three GSM/UMTS licenses issued in Montenegro. T-Mobile CG was launched on July 1, 2000. It arrived as the second mobile telecommunications operator in Montenegro — four years after the first one. The third mobile operator entered the market in 2007. T-Mobile started 3G operations in 2007.

 

The telecommunications sector in Montenegro is regulated by the Telecommunications Law that, however, has no specific prescriptions for mobile operators.

 

T-Mobile CG has to inform the Telecommunications Agency about planned changes in its tariffs, however, the Agency has no right to interfere with the pricing policy of the company.

 

No obligation for number portability is in force.

 

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2 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

2.1 Basis of preparation

 

The consolidated financial statements of Magyar Telekom have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). The consolidated financial statements also comply with §10 of the Hungarian Accounting Law. All IFRSs issued by the IASB, effective at the time of preparing the consolidated financial statements and applied by Magyar Telekom, have been adopted for use in the European Union (EU) by the European Commission. Therefore the consolidated financial statements also comply with IFRS as adopted by the EU.

 

The consolidated financial statements are shown in millions of HUF. For the convenience of the reader, the consolidated balance sheet, income statement and cashflow statement for the year 2007 are also presented in millions of U.S. dollars (USD) translated at a rate of HUF 172.61 to USD 1 (the official rate of the National Bank of Hungary at December 31, 2007). These translations are un-audited supplementary information, and are not in compliance with IFRS.

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise its judgment in the process of applying the Group’s accounting policies. The areas involving a higher degree of judgment or complexity, or areas where assumptions and estimates are significant to the consolidated financial statements, are disclosed in Note 4.

 

2.1.1 Standards, amendments and interpretations effective and adopted by the Group in 2007

 

· IFRS 7

 

Financial Instruments: Disclosures, and the complementary Amendment to IAS 1 - Presentation of Financial Statements — Capital Disclosures. IFRS 7 introduced new disclosures relating to financial instruments. The Group included the additional disclosures required by IFRS 7 in the financial statements.

 

 

 

· IFRIC 8

 

Scope of IFRS 2. IFRIC 8 requires consideration of transactions involving the issuance of equity instruments — where the identifiable consideration received is less than the fair value of the equity instruments issued — to establish whether or not they fall within the scope of IFRS 2. IFRIC 8 had no impact on the Group’s financial statements.

 

 

 

· IFRIC 9

 

Reassessment of Embedded Derivatives. IFRIC 9 requires an entity to assess whether an embedded derivative is required to be separated from the host contract and accounted for as a derivative when the entity first becomes a party to the contract. Subsequent reassessment is prohibited unless there is a change in the terms of the contract that significantly modifies the cashflows that otherwise would be required under the contract, in which case reassessment is required. IFRIC 9 had no impact on the Group’s financial statements as the Group has an insignificant amount of contracts, which may have separable embedded derivatives in them.

 

 

 

· IFRIC 10

 

Interim Financial Reporting and Impairment. IFRIC 10 prohibits the impairment losses recognized in an interim period on goodwill, investments in equity instruments and investments in financial assets carried at cost to be reversed at a subsequent balance sheet date. IFRIC 10 has no effect on annual financial statements, therefore, it had no impact on the Group’s present financial statements.

 

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2.1.2 Standards, amendments and interpretations effective in 2007 but not relevant for the Group

 

· IFRIC 7

 

Applying the Restatement Approach under IAS 29 - Financial Reporting in Hyperinflationary Economies. IFRIC 7 provides guidance on how to apply the requirements of IAS 29 in a reporting period in which an entity identifies the existence of hyperinflation in the economy of its functional currency, when the economy was not hyperinflationary in the prior period.

 

2.1.3 Standards, amendments and interpretations that are not yet effective and have not been early adopted by the Group

 

· IFRS 8

 

Operating Segments. Under IFRS 8, segments are components of an entity regularly reviewed by an entity’s chief operating decision-maker. Items are reported based on the internal reporting. IFRS 8 also sets out requirements for related disclosures about products and services, geographical areas and major customers. The Group will adopt IFRS 8 in 2009, which will result in a significant restructuring of the Group’s segment disclosure. The Group restructured the way chief operating decision makers will decide on allocation of resources as of January 1, 2008, which is significantly different from the reportable segments of the Group. From 2008, the Group’s segments are measured at different earnings level, which is not accepted by IAS 14, the current standard on segment reporting. As no comparatives will be available next to 2008, the Group will not early adopt IFRS 8 in 2008.

 

 

 

· IFRS 2

 

(amended). In January 2008 the IASB published the amended Standard IFRS 2 - Share-based Payment. Main changes and clarifications include references to vesting conditions and cancellations. The changes to IFRS 2 must be applied in periods beginning on or after January 1, 2009. The European Union has not yet endorsed the standard. The Group has no significant share based compensations, therefore, we do not expect the amended standard to have a significant effect on the Group when applied.

 

 

 

· IFRS 3, IAS 27 (amended). In January 2008 the IASB published the amended Standards IFRS 3 - Business Combinations and IAS 27 - Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements. The major changes compared to the current version of the standards are summarized below:

 

 

 

·

With respect to accounting for non-controlling interest (new term for ‘minority interest’) an option is added to IFRS 3 to permit an entity to recognize 100% of the goodwill of the acquired entity, not just the acquiring entity’s portion of the goodwill (‘full goodwill’ option) or to measure non-controlling interest at its fair value. This option may be elected on a transaction-by-transaction basis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

·

In a step acquisition, the fair values of the acquired entity’s assets and liabilities, including goodwill, are measured on the date when control is obtained. Accordingly, goodwill will be measured as the difference at the acquisition date between the fair value of any investment the business held before the acquisition, the consideration transferred and the net asset acquired.

 

 

 

 

 

 

·

A partial disposal of an investment in a subsidiary while control is retained is accounted for as an equity transaction with owners, and gain or loss is not recognized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

·

A partial disposal of an investment in a subsidiary that results in loss of control triggers re-measurement of the residual interest to fair value. Any difference between fair value and carrying amount is a gain or loss on the disposal, recognized in profit or loss.

 

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·                  Acquisition related costs will be accounted for separately from the business combination, and therefore, recognized as expenses rather than included in goodwill. An acquirer will have to recognize at the acquisition date a liability for any contingent purchase consideration. If the amount of contingent consideration accounted for as a liability changes as a result of a post-acquisition event (such as meeting an earnings target), it will be recognized in accordance with other applicable IFRSs, as appropriate rather than as an adjustment of goodwill.

 

·                  The revised standards require an entity to attribute their share of losses to the non-controlling interests even if this results in the non-controlling interests having a deficit balance.

 

·                  Effects resulting from an effective settlement of pre-existing relationships (relationships between acquirer and acquiree before the business combination) must not be included in the determination of the consideration.

 

·                  In contrast to current IFRS 3, the amended version of this standard provides rules for rights that have been granted to the acquiree (e.g. to use its intellectual property) before the business combination and are re-acquired with the business combination.

 

·                  The revised IFRS 3 brings into scope business combinations involving only mutual entities and business combinations achieved by contracts alone.

 

·                  The revised IAS 27 will require an entity to attribute total comprehensive income to the owners of the parent and to the non-controlling interests (previously “minority interests”) even if this results in the non-controlling interests having a deficit balance (the current standard requires the excess losses to be allocated to the owners of the parent in most cases). The revised standard specifies that changes in a parent’s ownership interest in a subsidiary that do not result in the loss of control must be accounted for as equity transactions. It also specifies how an entity should measure any gain or loss arising on the loss of control of a subsidiary. At the date when control is lost, any investment retained in the former subsidiary will have to be measured at its fair value.

 

The amended version of IFRS 3 has to be applied for Business Combinations with effective  dates in annual periods beginning on or after July 1, 2009. Early application is allowed but  restricted on annual periods beginning on or after June 30, 2007. The changes to IAS 27 must be  applied in periods beginning on or after July 1, 2009. Early application is allowed. Early  application of any of the two standards requires early application of the other standard,  respectively. The European Union has not yet endorsed these standards (amended). The Group is  currently analyzing the impact the revised standards will have on the financial statements of the Group.

 

· IAS 23                         Borrowing Costs (Revised March 2007). Under the revised IAS 23 an entity shall capitalize borrowing costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of a qualifying asset as part of the cost of that asset. The Group will adopt IAS 23 in 2008, but does not expect IAS 23 (revised) to have material impact on Group’s accounting policies as it is already the Group’s accounting policy to capitalize eligible borrowing costs on qualifying assets.

 

· IFRIC 11               Interpretation to IFRS 2 - Group and Treasury shares transactions. Under IFRS 2 it was not defined exactly how it should be calculated where the employees of a subsidiary received the shares of a parent. IFRIC 11 clarifies that certain types of transactions are accounted for as equity-settled or cash-settled transactions under IFRS 2. It also addresses the accounting for

 

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share-based payment transactions involving two or more entities within one group. The Group will apply this Interpretation from January 1, 2008. We do not expect IFRIC 11 to have material impact on the Group’s accounts.

 

· IFRIC 12               Service Concession Agreements. This interpretation applies to companies that participate in service concession arrangements and provides guidance on the accounting by operators in public-to-private service concession arrangements. The Group will apply this Interpretation from January 1, 2008. We do not expect IFRIC 12 to have material impact on the Group’s accounts.

 

· IFRIC 13               Customer Loyalty programs. This Interpretation addresses accounting by entities that grant loyalty award credits to customers who buy other goods or services. Specifically, it explains how such entities should account for their obligations to provide free or discounted goods or services to customers who redeem award credits. The Group will apply this Interpretation from January 1, 2009. We do not expect that IFRIC 13 may cause material changes in the Group’s accounting treatments (see Note 19.2).

 

· IAS 1                               (revised) - Presentation of Financial statements. Revised IAS 1 introduces overall requirements for the presentation of financial statements, guideline for their structure and minimum requirements for their contents. The Group will apply this Interpretation from January 1, 2009. The Group is currently analyzing the potential changes revised IAS 1 may cause in the presentation of the Group’s financial statements.

 

2.1.4 Standards, amendments and interpretations that are not yet effective and not relevant for the Group’s operations

 

· IAS 32                         (amended). In February 2008, the IASB amended IAS 32 with respect to the balance sheet classification of puttable financial instruments and obligations arising only on liquidation. As a result of the amendments, some financial instruments that currently meet the definition of a financial liability will be classified as equity. The amendments have detailed criteria for identifying such instruments. The amendments of IAS 32 are applicable for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2009, but are not yet endorsed by the EU. As the Group currently does not have such instruments that would be affected by the amendments, the amendments to the standard are not expected to have any impact on the Group’s financial statements.

 

· IFRIC 14               Interpretation on IAS 19 - The Limit on Defined Benefit Assets, Minimum Funding Requirements and their Interaction. IFRIC 14 provides general guidance on how to assess the limit in IAS 19 Employee Benefits on the amount of the surplus that can be recognized as an asset. It also explains how the pensions asset or liability may be affected when there is a statutory or contractual minimum funding requirement. This Interpretation is not applicable to the Group as the Group has no funded defined post-retirement benefit schemes.

 

2.1.5 Changes in disclosures

 

(a)           Cash and cash equivalents

 

In the 2007 financial statements of Magyar Telekom, the bank balances with original maturities over 3 months have been reclassified and now are shown as financial investments as opposed to the disclosure in prior years, when these were disclosed as cash and cash equivalents, which was not in line with the disclosed policies of the Group. Prior year disclosures have been restated accordingly. The reclassification had no impact on

 

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equity, net income or EPS.

 

The table below shows the impact of the above change in disclosure.

 

 

 

2005

 

2006

 

 

 

in HUF millions

 

Cash

 

 

 

 

 

As reported

 

46,060

 

77,840

 

Change

 

(21,750

)

(17,633

)

As restated

 

24,310

 

60,207

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other financial assets – current

 

 

 

 

 

As reported

 

1,817

 

2,692

 

Change

 

21,750

 

17,633

 

As restated

 

23,567

 

20,325

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investing cashflows

 

 

 

 

 

As reported

 

(131,566

)

(122,259

)

Change

 

(21,750

)

4,117

 

As restated

 

(153,316

)

(118,142

)

 

(b)           Reclassifications in the Cashflow statement

 

From 2007, the Group has changed the classification of certain items in the Cashflow statement. The classification in the 2005 and 2006 Cashflow statements have been amended to provide comparable information with the 2007 disclosure. The changes affected the following lines:

 

·                  Dividend received: Previously included in investing cashflow, included in operating cashflow from 2007

·                  Interest received: Previously included in investing cashflow, included in operating cashflow from 2007

·                  Change in finance lease receivable: Previously included in operating cashflow (change in receivables), included in investing cashflow from 2007 (Proceeds from / (payments for) other financial assets — net)

 

IAS 7 — Cash Flow Statements allows the disclosure of these items in both the operating and the investing section. The Group decided to change its past practice as we believe that proceeds from interest and dividend are closely related to the income generated by the Group, which the operating cashflow mostly reflects. We believe that it also helps the users of the financial statements to determine the ability of the Group to pay dividends out of operating cashflows. On the other hand, investments in finance leases closely related to the telecommunications operations of the Group, are more similar to regular investments in PPE that are disclosed in the investing section of Cashflow statement than regular receivables that are part of working capital.

 

The table below shows the amounts that were reclassified between the operating and the investing cashflows in prior years.

 

 

 

2005

 

2006

 

 

 

in HUF millions

 

Dividend received

 

1,729

 

157

 

Interest received

 

2,195

 

2,002

 

Change in investment in finance leases

 

 

(18,019

)

 

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(c) Reclassifications between liabilities and provisions

 

See Note 19.5 for the details.

 

2.2 Consolidation

 

2.2.1 Subsidiaries

 

Subsidiaries in which the Group has an interest of more than one half of the voting rights or otherwise has power to govern the financial and operating policies as to obtain benefit from its activities, are consolidated.

 

The existence and effect of potential voting rights that are presently exercisable or presently convertible are also considered when assessing whether the Group controls another entity.

 

Subsidiaries are consolidated from the date on which control is transferred to the Group, and are no longer consolidated from the date control ceases. The purchase method of accounting is used to account for business combinations. The cost of an acquisition is measured as the fair value of the assets given up, shares issued or liabilities undertaken at the date of acquisition plus costs directly attributable to the acquisition. The excess of the cost of acquisition over the fair value of the net assets and contingent liabilities of the subsidiary acquired is recorded as goodwill. If the cost of acquisition is less than the fair value of the net assets of the subsidiary acquired, the difference is recognized directly in the income statement (Other income).

 

In case of acquisitions where the transaction takes place between companies under common control (i.e. with other Deutsche Telekom group companies), the transaction is recorded at the carrying amounts as recorded in the predecessor’s accounts, and any gains, losses or differences between the carrying amount and the sale-purchase price are recognized in retained earnings.

 

Inter-company transactions, balances and unrealized gains on transactions between the Magyar Telekom Group companies are eliminated. Accounting policies of subsidiaries have been adjusted to ensure consistency with the policies adopted by the Group.

 

Transactions with minority interests are treated as third party transactions. Gains or losses arising on disposals to minority interests are recorded in the income statement. Purchases from minority interests result in goodwill, being the difference between any consideration paid and the relevant share acquired of the carrying value of the net assets of the subsidiary.

 

2.2.2 Associates and joint ventures

 

Associates are all entities over which the Group has significant influence but not control, generally embodying in a shareholding of between 20% and 50% of the voting rights. Joint ventures are entities in which the Group has an ownership of 50% with and equivalent external partner holding the other 50% of the voting rights. Investments in associates and joint ventures are accounted for using the equity method of accounting and are initially recognized at cost. The Group’s investment in associates and joint ventures includes goodwill identified on acquisition, net of any accumulated impairment loss.

 

The Group’s share of its associates’ and joint ventures’ post-acquisition profits or losses is recognized in the income statement (Share of associates’ and joint ventures’ profits). The cumulative post-acquisition movements are adjusted against the carrying amount of the investment. When the Group’s share of losses in an associate or joint venture equals or exceeds its interest in the entity, the Group does not recognize further losses, unless it has incurred legal or constructive obligations or made payments on behalf of the associate or joint venture.

 

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Unrealized gains on transactions between the Group and its associates and joint ventures are eliminated to the extent of the Group’s interest in the entity. Accounting policies of associates and joint ventures have been adjusted where necessary to ensure consistency with the policies adopted by the Group.

 

At December 31, 2007 and 2006 the principal operating subsidiaries and associates and joint ventures of the Group were as follows:

 

 

 

Group interest in capital
as at December 31,

 

 

 

Subsidiaries

 

2006

 

2007

 

Activity

 

Incorporated in Hungary:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T-Kábel

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

Cable TV operator

 

Dataplex

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

IT hardware co-location service provider

 

T-Online / [origo]

 

100.00

%

100.00

%(a)

Internet service and content provide

 

Emitel

 

100.00

%

n/a

(a)

Local fixed line telecom service provide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BCN Rendszerház (BCNR)

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

System integration and IT services

 

KFKI-LNX (KFKI)

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

System integration and IT services

 

T-Systems Hungary (TSH)

 

49.00

%

100.00

%(b)

System integration and IT services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pro-M

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

Professional Mobile Radio (PMR) network operator (Note 22 (a))

 

Incorporated in Macedonia:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Makedonski Telekommunikacii (MakTel)

 

56.67

%

56.67

%

Fixed line telecom service provider

 

T-Mobile Macedonia (T-Mobile MK)

 

56.67

%

56.67

%

Cellular telecom service provider

 

Stonebridge

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

Holding company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Incorporated in Montenegro:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crnogorski Telekom (CT)

 

76.53

%

76.53

%

Fixed line telecom service provider

 

T-Mobile Crna Gora (T-Mobile CG)

 

76.53

%

76.53

%

Cellular telecom service provider

 

Internet Crna Gora (ICG)

 

76.53

%

76.53

%

Internet service and content provider

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Incorporated in Romania:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Combridge

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

Alternative telecommunications service provider

 

Incorporated in Bulgaria:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Orbitel

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

Alternative telecommunications and internet service provider

 

 


(a)             In 2007, Magyar Telekom’s Extraordinary General Meeting approved the merger of Magyar Telekom Plc., Emitel Zrt. and the internet access business line of T-Online Magyarország Zrt. (T-Online), both of which were 100% subsidiaries of Magyar Telekom Plc. The remaining business lines of T-Online continued as a separate legal entity under the company name “[origo] Zrt.”.

 

(b)            T-Systems Hungary was an associate of the Group until January 2007, when Magyar Telekom acquired an additional 2% share in TSH. In August 2007, TSH had a legal split (spin-off), as a result of which the net assets and the equity of TSH were divided between the owners, after which Magyar Telekom became a 100% owner of the net assets and equity retained in TSH (Note 5.1.2).

 

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Group interest in capital
as at December 31,

 

 

 

Associates / Joint ventures

 

2006

 

2007

 

Activity

 

Incorporated in Hungary:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Magyar RTL (M-RTL)

 

25

%

25

%

Television broadcast company

 

IKO-Telekom Media Holding (ITMH)

 

50

%

50

%

Media holding company

 

Hunsat

 

50

%

50

%

Satellite telecommunications

 

T-Systems Hungary (TSH)

 

49

%

n/a

(a)

System integration and IT services

 

 


(a)               T-Systems Hungary (TSH) became a consolidated subsidiary of the Group in January 2007, when Magyar Telekom acquired an additional 2% share in TSH (Note 5.1.2).

 

The Group’s interest in the capital of the above subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures equals the voting rights therein.

 

2.3 Foreign currency translation

 

2.3.1 Functional and presentation currency

 

Items included in the financial statements of each of the Group’s entities are measured using the currency of the primary economic environment in which the entity operates (‘the functional currency’).

 

The consolidated financial statements are presented in millions of HUF, which is the Company’s functional and presentation currency.

 

2.3.2 Transactions and balances

 

Foreign currency transactions are translated into the functional currency using the exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the transactions. Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement of such transactions and from the translation at year-end exchange rates of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are recognized in the income statement (Finance income).

 

2.3.3 Group companies

 

The results and financial position of all of the Group’s entities (none of which has the currency of a hyperinflationary economy) that have a functional currency different from the presentation currency are translated into the presentation currency as follows:

 

·                  For the initial consolidation of foreign subsidiaries acquired, their assets and liabilities at the acquisition date are incorporated into the consolidated financial statements after translating the balances into HUF using the exchange rate prevailing at the date of acquisition. The fair value adjustments resulting from the purchase price allocation and goodwill are accounted for in HUF for acquisitions before March 31, 2004, after which date these adjustments arising on consolidation are accounted for in the functional currency of the subsidiary as required by IAS 21 — The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates.

 

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·                  Assets and liabilities for each balance sheet presented are translated at the closing rate at the date of that balance sheet.

 

·                  Income statements are translated at average exchange rates.

 

·                  All resulting exchange differences are recognized directly in the consolidated equity (Cumulative translation adjustment). When a foreign operation is fully or partially disposed of, exchange differences that were recorded in equity are recognized in the income statement as part of the gain or loss on sale.

 

2.4          Financial instruments

 

Financial assets include, in particular, cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables and other originated loans and receivables, derivatives and other non-derivative financial assets.

 

Financial liabilities generally substantiate claims for repayment in cash or another financial asset. In particular, this includes bonds and other securitized liabilities, trade payables, liabilities to banks and related parties, finance lease payables and derivative financial liabilities.

 

2.4.1       Financial assets

 

The Group classifies its financial assets in the following categories:

 

(a)   at fair value through profit or loss

(b)   loans and receivables

(c)   available-for-sale (AFS)

(d)   held-to-maturity

 

Finance lease receivables and liabilities meet the criteria of a financial instrument, but these are recognized and measured according to IAS 17 — Leases.

 

The classification depends on the purpose for which the financial asset was acquired. Management determines the classification of financial assets at their initial recognition.

 

Regular way purchases and sales of financial assets are recognized on the trade-date, the date on which the Group commits to purchase or sell the asset. Investments are initially recognized at fair value plus transaction costs for all financial assets not carried at fair value through profit or loss. Financial assets carried at fair value through profit or loss are initially recognized at fair value, and transaction costs are expensed in the income statement.

 

Financial assets are derecognized when the rights to receive cash flows from the investments have expired or have been transferred and the Group has transferred substantially all risks and rewards of ownership.

 

(a)           Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

 

The “financial assets at fair value through profit or loss” measurement category includes the following financial assets:

 

·                  Financial assets that are designated as “at fair value through profit or loss” using the fair value option as per IAS 39.

·                  Financial assets incurred for the purpose of selling immediately or in the near term and thus classified as “held for trading”.

 

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·                  Derivative financial assets are classified as “held for trading.” For details please refer to Note 2.4.2./b

 

Assets in this category are classified as current assets (Other financial assets).

 

‘Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss’ are subsequently carried at fair value. Gains or losses arising from changes in the fair value of the ‘financial assets at fair value through profit or loss’ category are recognized in the income statement (Other financial income) in the period in which they arise.

 

(b)           Loans and receivables

 

Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market. Receivables are included in current assets, except those with maturities over 12 months after the balance sheet date. These are classified as non-current assets.

 

The following items are assigned to the “loans and receivables” measurement category.

 

·      cash and cash equivalents

·      receivables and loans to third parties

·      trade receivables

·      employee loans

·      other receivables (e.g. interest receivables)

 

Loans and receivables are initially recognized at fair value and subsequently carried at amortized cost using the effective interest method.

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand and in banks, and all highly liquid deposits and securities with original maturities of three months or less, and exclude all overdrafts.

 

Trade and other receivables

 

Trade and other receivables are recognized initially at fair value and subsequently measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for impairment of trade and other receivables is established when there is objective evidence that the Group will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the underlying arrangement. Significant financial difficulties of the debtor, probability that the debtor will enter bankruptcy or financial reorganization, and default or delinquency in payments as well as historical collections are considered indicators that the trade receivable is impaired.

 

If there is objective evidence that an impairment loss on loans and receivables carried at amortized cost has been incurred, the amount of the loss is measured as the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows (excluding future credit losses that have not been incurred) discounted at the financial asset’s original effective interest rate (i.e. the effective interest rate computed at initial recognition). The carrying amount of the asset is reduced through the use of an allowance account, and the amount of the loss is recognized in the income statement (Other operating expenses — Bad debt expense).

 

The Group first assesses whether objective evidence of impairment exists individually for financial assets that are individually significant, and collectively for financial assets that are not individually significant. If no objective evidence of impairment exists for an individually assessed financial asset, whether significant or not, Magyar Telekom includes the asset in a group of financial assets with similar credit risk characteristics and collectively assesses them for impairment. Assets that are individually assessed for impairment and for which an impairment loss is recognized are not included in a collective assessment of impairment.

 

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The Group’s benchmark policy for collective assessment of impairment is based on the aging of the receivables due to the large number of relatively similar type of customers.

 

Individual valuation is carried out for customers under litigation; bankruptcy proceedings and for the total receivables of customers with overdue receivables. Itemized valuation should also be performed in special circumstances, if there is an overdue receivable from any designated customer with different credit risk attributes.

 

Receivables from associates and joint ventures and other related parties are not to be impaired.

 

When a trade receivable is established to be uncollectible, it is written off against the income statement (Bad debt expense). Subsequent recoveries of amounts previously written off are credited against the same line of the income statement.

 

If, in a subsequent period, the amount of the impairment loss decreases and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment was recognized (such as an improvement in the debtor’s credit rating), the previously recognized impairment loss shall be reversed by adjusting an allowance account. The reversal shall not result in a carrying amount of the financial asset that exceeds what the amortized cost would have been had the impairment not been recognized at the date the impairment is reversed. The amount of the reversal shall be recognized in the income statement.

 

Amounts due to, and receivable from, other network operators are shown net where a right of set-off exists and the amounts are settled on a net basis (such as interconnection receivables and payables).

 

Employee loans

 

Employee loans are recognized initially at fair value and subsequently measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method.

 

Difference between the nominal value of the loan granted and the initial fair value of the employee loan is recognized as prepaid employee benefits. Interest income on the loan granted calculated by using the effective interest method is recognized as finance income, while the prepaid employee benefits are amortized to Employee related expenses evenly over the term of the loan.

 

(c)           Available-for-sale financial assets (AFS)

 

AFS financial assets are non-derivative financial assets that are either designated in this category or not classified in any of the other categories. They are included in other non current financial assets unless management intends to dispose of the investment within 12 months of the balance sheet date. In this latter case they are included in current assets (Other financial assets).

 

The “available-for-sale financial assets” measurement category includes:

 

·                  listed equity instruments that are neither fully consolidated nor included using the equity method in the consolidated financial statements

·                  unlisted equity instruments that are neither fully consolidated nor included using the equity method in the consolidated financial statements

·                  debt instruments

 

AFS financial assets are initially recognized at fair value and also subsequently carried at fair value. The unrealized changes in the fair value of monetary and non-monetary securities classified as available-for-sale

 

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financial assets are recognized in equity (Revaluation reserve for AFS financial assets).

 

When securities classified as available-for-sale are sold, the fair value adjustments accumulated in equity are recognized in the income statement.

 

Interest on available-for-sale securities calculated using the effective interest method is recognized in the income statement (Finance income).

 

The Group assesses at each balance sheet date whether there is objective evidence that a financial asset is impaired. There is objective evidence of impairment if as a result of loss events that occurred after the initial recognition of the asset have an impact on the estimated future cash flows of the financial asset or group of financial assets that can be reliably estimated.

 

If any such evidence exists for AFS financial assets, the cumulative loss — measured as the difference between the acquisition cost and the current fair value, less any impairment loss on that financial asset previously recognized in the income statement — is removed from equity and recognized in the income statement. Impairment losses recognized in the income statement on equity instruments are not reversed through the income statement.

 

(d)           Held-to-maturity investments

 

Held-to-maturity measurement category includes non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments and fixed maturity that the Group has the positive intention and ability to hold to maturity.

 

A typical example of a held-to-maturity investment is a fixed-income security that the Group has acquired with the positive intent and ability to hold to maturity.

 

2.4.2       Financial liabilities

 

There are two measurement categories for financial liabilities used by the Group:

(a)   Financial liabilities carried at amortized cost

(b)   Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

 

(a)           Financial liabilities carried at amortized cost

 

The measurement category for “financial liabilities measured at amortized cost” includes all financial liabilities not classified as “at fair value through profit or loss”.

 

Loans and other borrowings

 

Borrowings are recognized initially at fair value less transaction costs, and subsequently measured at amortized costs using the effective interest rate method. The effective interest is recognized in the income statement (Finance expenses) over the period of the borrowings.

 

Trade and other payables

 

Trade and other payables (including accruals) are recognized initially at fair value and subsequently measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method. The carrying values of trade and other payables approximate their fair values due to their short maturity.

 

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(b)           Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

 

Since the Group currently has no intention of measuring non-derivative financial liabilities at fair value, generally derivative financial instruments are assigned to this category.

 

The Group does not designate any financial derivatives as hedging instruments. Therefore all financial derivatives are classified as “held for trading”.

 

Derivatives are initially recognized at fair value on the date a derivative contract is entered into and their fair values are re-measured at subsequent balance sheet dates. Magyar Telekom does not apply hedge accounting for its financial instruments, therefore all gains and losses are recognized in the income statement (Finance income).

 

The fair value of derivative financial instruments is included in financial assets or financial liabilities (current or non current).

 

According to IAS 39 the Group considers only those contracts as a separable host contract and an embedded derivative, which are denominated neither in the functional currency of either of the contracting parties nor in a currency that is commonly used in contracts to purchase or sell non-financial items in the economic environment in which the transaction takes place (e.g. a relatively stable and liquid currency that is commonly used in local business transactions or external trade). The Group has identified EUR and USD (except Montenegro) as currencies widely used in the Group’s operating area.

 

2.5 Inventories

 

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value using the historical cost method of accounting, and are valued on a weighted average or FIFO basis.

 

Phone sets are often sold for less than cost in connection with promotions to obtain new subscribers with minimum commitment periods (Note 4.6). Such loss on the sale of equipment is only recorded when the sale occurs if the cost of the phone sets is lower than the normal resale value.

 

2.6 Non current assets held for sale

 

Assets held for sale include real estate that is no longer needed for the future operations of the Group, and has been identified for sale, which is expected to take place within 12 months. These assets are accounted for at the lower of carrying value or fair value less cost to sell. Depreciation is discontinued from the date of designation to the held for sale status. When an asset is designated for sale, and the fair value is determined to be lower than the carrying amount, the difference is recognized in the income statement (Depreciation and amortization) as an impairment loss.

 

2.7 Property, plant and equipment (PPE)

 

Property, plant and equipment are stated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment losses.

 

The cost of an item of PPE comprises its purchase price, including import duties and non-refundable purchase taxes, after deducting trade discounts and rebates, any costs directly attributable to bringing the asset to the location and condition necessary for it to be capable of operating in the manner intended by management. The initial estimate of the costs of dismantling and removing the item and restoring the site on which it is located

 

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is also included in the costs if the obligation incurred can be recognized as a provision according to IAS 37 — Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets.

 

Government grants relating to the purchase of PPE are deducted from the original cost of the items and are recognized in the income statement through the reduced amount of depreciation of the related assets over their useful lives. Investment tax credits relating to qualifying investment projects (Note 9.5) are also recognized in this manner.

 

Cost in the case of telecommunications equipment comprises of all expenditures including the cabling within customers’ premises and interest on related loans.

 

Subsequent expenditure on an asset that extends the asset’s useful life or functionality is capitalized, while maintenance and repairs are charged to expense when incurred.

 

When assets are scrapped, the cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and the loss is recognized in the income statement as depreciation expense.

 

When assets are sold, the cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any related gain or loss is recognized in the income statement (Other operating income).

 

Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis from the time the assets are deployed and charged over their economic useful lives. On an annual basis, Magyar Telekom reviews the useful lives and residual values for consistency with current development plans and advances in technology.

 

The useful lives assigned are as follows:

 

 

 

Years

 

 

 

 

 

Buildings

 

10 - 50

 

Duct, cable and other outside plant

 

25 - 38

 

Other telecommunications equipment

 

6 - 15

 

Other equipment

 

3 - 12

 

 

2.8 Intangible assets

 

Intangible assets are stated at historical cost less accumulated amortization and impairment losses.

 

Acquired computer software licenses are capitalized on the basis of the costs incurred to acquire and bring to use. These costs are amortized over the estimated useful life of the software. Costs associated with developing or maintaining computer software programs are recognized as an expense as incurred. Costs directly associated with the production of identifiable and unique software products controlled by the Group, and that will probably generate economic benefits exceeding costs beyond one year, are recognized as intangible assets. Direct costs include the software development employee related costs and an appropriate portion of relevant overheads. Computer software development costs recognized as assets are amortized over their estimated useful lives. As these assets represent an immaterial portion of all software, these are not disclosed separately.

 

Costs associated with the acquisition of long term frequency licenses are capitalized including any related borrowing costs. The useful lives of concessions and licenses are determined based on the underlying agreements and are amortized on a straight line basis over the period from availability of the frequency for commercial use until the end of the initial concession or license term. No renewal periods are considered in the determination of useful life.

 

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Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of an acquisition over the fair value of the Group’s share of the net assets and contingent liabilities of the acquired subsidiary at the date of acquisition. Goodwill is carried at cost less accumulated impairment losses. Impairment testing is carried out on an annual basis for all goodwill in the last quarter of the year based on the carrying values as at September 30 of the year. Impairment losses on goodwill are not reversed. Gains and losses on the disposal of an entity include the carrying amount of goodwill relating to the entity sold.

 

Other than goodwill, the Group has no intangible assets with indefinite useful life. Intangible assets other than goodwill are amortized over their respective economic useful lives, as indicated below.

 

 

 

Years

 

 

 

 

 

Software

 

3 - 5

 

Concessions and licenses

 

8 - 25

 

Other intangible assets

 

3 - 10

 

 

In determining whether an asset that incorporates both intangible and tangible elements should be treated under IAS 16 - Property, Plant and Equipment or as an intangible asset under IAS 38 — Intangible Assets, management uses judgment to assess which element is more significant and recognizes the assets accordingly.

 

2.9 Impairment of PPE and intangible assets

 

Assets that are subject to amortization or depreciation are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognized for the amount by which the asset’s carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount. The recoverable amount is the higher of the assets’ fair value less costs to sell and its value in use. For the purposes of assessing impairment, assets are grouped at the lowest levels for which there are separately identifiable cashflows (cash-generating units - CGUs).

 

Goodwill is allocated to cash generating units. The allocation is made to those CGUs or groups of CGUs that are expected to benefit from the business combination in which the goodwill arose. Magyar Telekom allocates goodwill to its primary business segments, and conducts the impairment testing at this level, which is the lowest level at which management monitors goodwill. Goodwill is tested for impairment annually or more frequently if circumstances indicate that impairment may have occurred.

 

The fair values of investments in subsidiaries listed on active stock exchanges are based on current bid prices. If the market for the shares of subsidiaries is not active or the subsidiaries are not listed and for 100% owned subsidiaries the Group establishes fair value by using valuation techniques. These include the use of recent arm’s length transactions, reference to other instruments that are substantially the same, discounted cashflow analyses and option pricing models, making maximum use of market inputs and relying as little as possible on entity-specific inputs. The fair values determined as described above are used as a basis when establishing the need for an impairment on the goodwill allocated to the cash generating units of the segments. See also Note 4.

 

Corporate assets which have the distinctive characteristics of not generating cash inflows independently of other assets or groups of assets are allocated to CGUs based on the ratio of carrying amounts of CGUs.

 

2.10 Provisions and contingent liabilities

 

Provisions are recognized when Magyar Telekom has a present legal or constructive obligation as a result of

 

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past events and it is probable that an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation, and a reliable estimate of the amount of the obligation can be made.

 

Provisions are measured and recorded as the best estimate of the expenditure required to settle the present obligation at the balance sheet date.

 

Provisions for obligations expected to fall due after 12 months are recognized at their present value and are accreted until utilization or reversal against Finance expense.

 

No provision is recognized for contingent liabilities. A contingent liability is a possible obligation that arises from past events and whose existence will be confirmed only by the occurrence or non-occurrence of one or more uncertain future events not wholly within the control of the entity; or a present obligation that arises from past events but is not recognized because it is not probable that an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation or the amount of the obligation cannot be measured with sufficient reliability.

 

2.11 Treasury stock

 

When the Company or its subsidiaries purchase the Company’s equity shares, the consideration paid including any attributable incremental external costs are deducted from the Shareholders’ equity as Treasury stock until they are re-sold or cancelled. When such shares are subsequently sold, the treasury share balance decreases by the original cost of the shares, thereby increasing the equity, while any gains or losses are also recognized in equity (Retained earnings). Treasury stock transactions are recorded on the transaction date.

 

2.12 Revenues

 

2.12.1 Fixed line and mobile telecommunications revenues

 

Revenue is primarily derived from services provided to Magyar Telekom’s customer subscribers and other third parties using Magyar Telekom’s telecommunications network, and equipment sales. Revenues for all services and equipment sales (Note 22) are shown net of VAT, discounts and excluding sales within the Group. Revenue is recognized when the amount of the revenue can be reliably measured, and when it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the Group and all other specific recognition criteria of IAS18 on the sale of goods and rendering of services are met for the provision of each of the Group’s services and sale of goods described below.

 

Customer subscriber arrangements typically include an activation fee, equipment sale, subscription fee and monthly charge for the actual airtime used. The Company considers the various elements of these arrangements to be separate earnings processes and classifies the revenue for each of the deliverables into the categories as disclosed in Note 22 using the residual method. These units are identified and separated, since they have value on a standalone basis and are sold not only in a bundle, but separately as well. Therefore the Group recognizes revenues for all of these elements using the residual method that is the amount of consideration allocated to the delivered elements of the arrangements equals the total consideration less the fair value of the undelivered elements.

 

Revenues from construction contracts are accounted for using the percentage-of-completion method. The stage of completion is determined on the basis of the costs incurred to date as a proportion of the estimated total costs. Receivables from construction contracts are classified in the balance sheet item as Trade receivables. If the total actual and estimated expenses exceed revenues for a particular contract, the loss is recognized immediately.

 

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The Group provides customers with narrow and broadband access to its fixed and mobile network. Service revenues are recognized when the services are provided in accordance with contractual terms and conditions. Airtime revenue is recognized based upon minutes of use and contracted fees less credits and adjustments for discounts, while subscription and flat rate revenues are recognized in the period it relates to.

 

Revenue and expenses associated with the sale of telecommunications equipment and accessories are recognized when the products are delivered, provided there are no unfulfilled company obligations that affect the customer’s final acceptance of the arrangement.

 

Advertising revenues are recognized in the period that the advertisements are exhibited.

 

Revenues from operating leases are recognized on a straight line basis over the period the services are provided.

 

Revenues from mobile roaming customers of the Group and other service providers are recognized at the time of the usage, and presented on a gross basis.

 

Value added services mostly include SMS, MMS, WAP as well as directory assistance and similar services. Value added services, where the Group does not act as a principal in the transaction, are included in this category on a net basis. Revenues from premium rate services are also included in this category, recognized on a gross basis when the delivery of the service over Magyar Telekom’s network is the responsibility of the Group and the Group also bears substantial risks of these services, otherwise presented on a net basis.

 

Customers may also purchase public phone cards, prepaid mobile and internet cards which allow those customers to use Magyar Telekom’s telecommunications network for a selected amount of time. Customers must pay for such services at the date when the card is purchased. Revenues from the sale of public phone cards, prepaid mobile cards and prepaid internet cards are recognized when used by the customers or when the cards expired with unused traffic.

 

Third parties using Magyar Telekom’s telecommunications network include roaming customers of other service providers and other telecommunications providers which terminate or transit calls on Magyar Telekom’s network. These wholesale (incoming) traffic revenues are recognized in the period of related usage. A proportion of the revenue received is often paid to other operators (interconnect) for the use of their networks, where appropriate. The revenues and costs of these transit calls are stated gross in these consolidated financial statements as the Group is the principal supplier of these services using its own network freely defining the pricing of the services, and recognized in the period of related usage.

 

2.12.2 System integration and IT revenues

 

Contracts for network services, which consist of the installation and operation of communication networks for customers, have an average duration of 2-3 years. Revenues for voice and data services are recognized under such contracts when used by the customer.

 

Revenue from outsourcing contracts reflects the extent of actual services delivered in the period in accordance with the terms of the contract. The contracts are analyzed based on the requirements of IFRIC 4 - Determining whether an Arrangement contains a Lease, and if they include embedded lease elements, the revenues attributable to these are recognized according to IAS 17 - Leases as disclosed in Note 2.17.

 

Revenue from systems integration contracts requiring the delivery of customized products and/or services is generally covered by one of the following types of contracts: fixed-price or time and material-based. For fixed-price contracts, revenue is generally recognized based on proportional performance. In the case of contracts

 

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billed on the basis of time and material, revenue is recognized as the services are rendered.

 

Revenue from maintenance services (generally fixed fee per month) is recognized over the contractual period or as the services are provided. Revenue from repairs, which are not part of the maintenance contract, billed on the basis of time and material used is recognized as the services are provided.

 

Revenue from hardware sales or sales-type leases is recognized when the risk of ownership is substantially transferred to the customer, provided there are no unfulfilled company obligations that affect the customer’s final acceptance of the arrangement. Any costs of these obligations are recognized when the corresponding revenue is recognized.

 

2.13 Employee benefits

 

2.13.1 Short term employee benefits

 

Short term employee benefits are recognized as a current expense in the period when employees render their services. These include wages, social security contributions, bonuses, paid holidays, discounted telephone bills, meal and holiday contributions and other fringe benefits and the tax charges thereon.

 

2.13.2 Pensions

 

Payments to defined contribution pension and other welfare plans are recognized as an expense in the period in which they are earned by the employees.

 

Magyar Telekom does not have significant post-employment defined benefit schemes.

 

2.13.3 Share based compensation

 

Magyar Telekom adopted IFRS 2 — Share-based Payment as of January 1, 2005 with retrospective application for those share options that were granted on or after November 7, 2002. The standard requires the Group to reflect in its income statement and balance sheet the effects of share based payment transactions, including expenses associated with transactions in which share options are granted to employees. Accordingly, Magyar Telekom recognizes the costs of services received from its employees in a share based payment transaction when services are received. Magyar Telekom recognizes a corresponding increase in its equity reserves (Reserve for equity settled share based transactions) if the services are received in an equity-settled share based payment transaction. Before the adoption of IFRS 2, the Group did not recognize employee expenses in relation to share based compensations.

 

If the services are received in a cash-settled share based payment transaction, the Group recognizes the expense against a liability, re-measured at each balance sheet date.

 

Fair values are determined using option pricing models (such as Black-Scholes and Monte Carlo simulation) and other relevant techniques. As Magyar Telekom Plc. is listed and actively traded on the Budapest and New York Stock Exchanges, the share price and its history is readily available as a basis for fair value calculations.

 

Bonuses tied to the long term performance of the Magyar Telekom share are recognized in the income statement at their time-proportioned fair value (Note 24) against an accumulating balance in Provisions.

 

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2.13.4 Termination benefits

 

Termination benefits are payable whenever an employee’s employment is terminated before the nominal retirement date or whenever an employee accepts voluntary redundancy in exchange for these benefits. The Group recognizes termination benefits when it is demonstrably committed to either terminate the employment of current employees according to a detailed formal plan without the possibility of withdrawal or to provide termination benefits as a result of an offer made to encourage voluntary redundancy.

 

2.14 Research and Marketing expenses

 

Research as well as marketing costs are expensed as incurred.

 

2.15 Borrowing costs

 

To the extent that funds are borrowed generally and used for the purpose of obtaining a qualifying asset, the amount of borrowing costs eligible for capitalization is determined by applying a capitalization rate to the expenditures on that asset. The capitalization rate is the weighted average of the borrowing costs applicable to the borrowings of the Group that are outstanding during the period, other than borrowings made specifically for the purpose of obtaining a qualifying asset. The amount of borrowing costs capitalized during a period shall not exceed the amount of borrowing costs incurred during that period.

 

2.16 Income taxes

 

2.16.1 Corporate income taxes

 

Corporate income taxes are payable to the central tax authorities of the countries in which the Group’s consolidated entities operate. The basis of the tax is the taxable entities’ accounting profit adjusted for non-deductible and non-taxable items. The nominal tax rates and the determination of the tax base vary among the countries in which the Group operates.

 

2.16.2 Other income taxes

 

Other income taxes include certain local and central taxes levied in Hungary on the companies’ net margins, determined at a substantially higher level than the corporate tax base, but applying a significantly lower tax rate. These other income taxes are deductible from the corporate tax base.

 

2.16.3 Deferred taxes

 

Deferred tax is recognized applying the liability method, on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the consolidated financial statements. However, deferred tax is not accounted for if it arises from initial recognition of an asset or liability in a transaction other than a business combination that at the time of the transaction affects neither accounting nor taxable profit. Deferred tax is determined using income tax rates that have been enacted or substantially enacted by the balance sheet date and are expected to apply when the related deferred tax asset is realized or the deferred tax liability is settled.

 

Deferred tax assets are recognized to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profit (or reversing

 

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deferred tax liabilities) will be available against which the temporary differences can be utilized.

 

Deferred tax is also provided on taxable temporary differences arising on investments in subsidiaries and associates and joint ventures, except where the timing of the reversal of the temporary difference is controlled by the Group and it is probable that the temporary difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future.

 

2.17 Leases

 

2.17.1 Operating lease —Group as lessor

 

Assets leased to customers under operating leases are included in Property, plant and equipment in the balance sheet. They are depreciated over their expected useful lives on a basis consistent with similar fixed assets. Rental income is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

 

2.17.2 Finance lease — Group as lessor

 

Leases of assets where Magyar Telekom transfers substantially all the benefits and risks of ownership are recognized and disclosed as revenue against a finance lease receivable. The revenue equals the estimated present value of the future minimum lease payments receivable and any un-guaranteed residual value (net investment in the lease). The cost of the asset sold in a finance lease transaction is recognized at the inception of the lease. If the Group retains continuing involvement in the asset transferred, any gains are deferred and recognized over the period of the lease, while losses are recognized immediately. Each lease receipt is then allocated between the receivable and finance income so as to achieve a constant rate of return on the finance receivable balance outstanding. The interest element of the lease receipt is recognized as Finance income.

 

2.17.3 Operating lease —Group as lessee

 

Costs in respect of operating leases are charged to the income statement on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

 

2.17.4 Finance lease — Group as lessee

 

Leases of property, plant and equipment where Magyar Telekom assumes substantially all the benefits and risks of ownership are classified as finance leases. Finance leases are capitalized at the fair value of the asset or if lower, at the estimated present value of the future minimum lease payments. Each lease payment is allocated between the finance liability and finance charges so as to achieve a constant rate of interest on the outstanding finance balance payable. The finance lease obligations, net of finance charges, are included in the balance sheet (Other financial liabilities). The interest element of the lease payments is charged to the income statement (Finance expense) over the lease period. Property, plant and equipment acquired under finance lease contracts are depreciated over the shorter of the lease term or the useful life of the asset.

 

2.17.5 Sale and leaseback transactions

 

Sale and leaseback transactions involve the sale of an asset by Magyar Telekom and the leasing of the same asset or part of it back to Magyar Telekom. When sale and leaseback transactions qualify as finance leases any gain on the sale is deferred and recognized in the income statement over the lease term through lower depreciation expense. If the leaseback qualifies as an operating lease, any gains or losses on the sale are

 

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recognized in the income statement at the time of the sale (Other operating income), while the lease payments are recognized in the income statement (Other operating expenses) on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

 

2.18 Earnings per share

 

Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing profit attributable to the equity holders of the Company for the period by the weighted average number of common stocks outstanding. Diluted earnings per share is calculated considering the weighted average number of diluting share options in addition to the number of common stocks outstanding.

 

2.19 Dividends

 

Dividends payable to the Company’s shareholders and to minority shareholders of the subsidiaries are recorded as a liability and debited against equity (Retained earnings or Minority interests) in the Group’s financial statements in the period in which the dividends are approved by the shareholders.

 

2.20 Segment reporting

 

Magyar Telekom determines segments primarily based on products and services that are subject to risks and returns that are different from those of other businesses. The primary segments are based on the business lines of the Group. Before 2007, Magyar Telekom had two business segments, Fixed line and Mobile. From January 1, 2007, Magyar Telekom split up its fixed line segment to T-Com, T-Systems and Group Headquarters and Shared services. Prior period comparative information was restated accordingly. The Mobile segment remained substantially unchanged.

 

The Company’s secondary format for reporting segment information is geographical.

 

2.21 Comparative information

 

In order to maintain consistency with the current year presentation, certain items have been reclassified for comparative purposes, including the structure of the financial statements.

 

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3 FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

 

3.1 Financial risk factors

 

Magyar Telekom is exposed in particular to risks from movements in exchange rates, interest rates, and market prices that affect its assets and liabilities. Financial risk management aims to limit these risks through ongoing operational and finance activities. Selected derivative and non-derivative hedging instruments are used for this purpose, depending on the risk assessment. However, Magyar Telekom only hedges the risks that affect the Group’s cash flow. Derivatives are exclusively used as hedging instruments, i.e., not for trading or other speculative purposes. To reduce the counterparty risk, hedging transactions are generally only concluded with leading Hungarian financial institutions. Nevertheless, hedge accounting is not applied to such transactions, considering that the criteria in IAS 39 are not met.

 

The fundamentals of Magyar Telekom’s financing strategy are established each year by the Board of Directors. The Group’s policy is to borrow centrally using a balanced combination of medium term and short term loans, and fixed and floating interest rates on those loans. The Board of Directors has approved two debt protection ratio limits, and monitors their fulfilment annually. At the end of 2006 and 2007 Magyar Telekom fulfilled both criteria, with Total Debt to EBITDA ratio of 1.21 in 2006, 1.56 in 2007 (max 2.5) and EBITDA to Interest Expense ratio of 10.18 in 2006, 8.14 in 2007 (min 3.0) . The Board of Directors approves further limits in order to decrease risk exposures, these limits are monitored by the Chief Financial Officer monthly. The Group Treasury is responsible for implementing the finance policy and for ongoing risk management. The details of FX, liquidity and counterparty risk management guidelines are determined and monitored by the Group Treasurer continuously.

 

3.1.1 Market risk

 

Market risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market prices. Market risk comprises three types of risk: currency risk, interest rate risk and other price risk.

 

Magyar Telekom is exposed to interest and foreign exchange rate risk associated with its debt and anticipated transactions. As the vast majority of the revenues and expenses of the Hungarian entities arise in HUF, the functional currency of Magyar Telekom is HUF, and as a result, Magyar Telekom’s objective is to minimize the level of its financial risk in HUF terms.

 

For the presentation of market risks, IFRS 7 requires sensitivity analyses that show the effects of hypothetical changes of relevant risk variables on profit or loss and shareholders’ equity. The periodic effects are determined by relating the hypothetical changes in the risk variables to the balance of financial instruments at the balance sheet date. The balance at the balance sheet date is representative for the year as a whole.

 

(a)           Foreign currency risk

 

The National Bank of Hungary lifted the devaluation of the Hungarian Forint against the Euro in October 2001, after widening the intervention band from +/-2.25% to +/-15% as of May 4, 2001. The introduction of this foreign exchange regulation increased the foreign exchange risk of the Group significantly. In order to mitigate this increased risk, Magyar Telekom minimized its foreign currency borrowings in 2002 and 2003. From 2004, Magyar Telekom is having insignificant amount of foreign currency denominated debts.

 

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Currency risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in foreign exchange rates. Currency risks arise on account of financial instruments being denominated in a currency that is not the functional currency; differences resulting from the translation of financial statements into the Group’s presentation currency are not taken into consideration. Relevant risk variables are generally all non-functional currencies in which Magyar Telekom has financial instruments.

 

The foreign exchange exposure of Magyar Telekom is mostly related to (i) holding foreign currency cash balances in its subsidiaries in the Southern and Eastern Europe region, and (ii) operating activities through revenues from and payments to international telecommunications carriers as well as capital expenditure contracted with vendors in foreign currency.

 

The currency sensitivity analysis is based on the following assumptions (at spot rate):

 

At the Company, major non-derivative monetary financial instruments (liquid assets, receivables, debt instruments held, interest-bearing liabilities, finance lease liabilities, non-interest-bearing liabilities) are either directly denominated in the functional currency or in line with currency hedging policy the effects of exchange rate moves offset each other. Exchange rate fluctuations therefore have no significant effects on profit or loss, or shareholders’ equity.

 

In line with currency hedging policy, Magyar Telekom holds significant amounts of EUR and USD on its bank accounts. The necessary amount is determined by the balance of trade payables and trade receivables in order to hedge the currency risk arising in connection with those liabilities. Exchange rate fluctuations therefore have no significant effect on profit or loss, or equity.

 

The Group’s Macedonian subsidiaries’ accumulated cash is partially deposited in EUR and USD linked deposits. The amount of accumulated cash in MKD, EUR and USD in the Macedonian subsidiaries is higher than the trade payables in MKD, EUR and USD of these companies. Compared to the spot FX rate as of December 31, 2006, a 1% weakening of HUF against MKD, EUR and USD would have caused (ceteris paribus) approx. HUF 261 million gain in this net balance. This gain would have amounted to HUF 501 million in 2007. In both years the same respective amount of loss would have been caused in case of a 1% HUF strengthening against MKD, EUR and USD.

 

Magyar Telekom occasionally enters into derivative contracts for risk reduction purposes. These foreign currency forward contracts are taken to reduce the exchange rate risk related to the foreign exchange denominated payment obligations or receivables.

 

The fair value of the open short term forward positions was HUF 378 million as of December 31, 2006, while HUF -106 million as of December 31, 2007. These positions were opened to hedge the FX risks of the dividend to be received from Macedonia.

 

Compared to the FX rate as of December 31, 2006, a 1% weakening of HUF against EUR would have caused (ceteris paribus) approx. HUF 121 million loss in fair value of the open short forward position. Such a loss would have amounted to HUF 174 million in 2007. In both years same respective amount of gain would have been caused in case of a 1% HUF strengthening against EUR.

 

As a result of the recently (in 2008) introduced free-float of the HUF, more than one percent fluctuation of the HUF against the EUR, and due also to the volatile fluctuation of the EUR against the USD, more than one percent even a 5% fluctuation is possible according to management’s estimations.

 

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(b)           Interest rate risk

 

Interest rate risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market interest rates.

 

Magyar Telekom is exposed to financial market risk primarily through interest rate fluctuations. This is due to the fact that changing HUF interest rates affect the fair value of fixed rate debts and also affect the cash outflow through the variable rate debts. By the end of 2003, Magyar Telekom managed to convert almost its entire remaining foreign exchange debt portfolio to HUF, thereby the debt portfolio is only exposed to HUF interest rate fluctuations. To control interest rate risk, a combination of fixed and floating rate debt is used within the HUF portfolio. The fixed rate HUF debt to total HUF debt ratio was 60.52% as of December 31, 2006 and 58.88% as of December 31, 2007.

 

Changes in the market interest rates of non-derivative financial instruments with fixed interest rates only affect income if these are measured at their fair value. As such, all financial instruments with fixed interest rates that are carried at amortized cost are not subject to cash flow interest rate risk.

 

Changes in the market interest rate of interest rate derivatives (interest rate swaps, cross-currency swaps) that are not part of a hedging relationship as set out in IAS 39 affect financial income or expense (net gain/ loss from re-measurement of the financial assets to fair value) and are therefore taken into consideration in the income-related sensitivity calculations.

 

Changes in market interest rates affect the interest income or expense of non-derivative variable-interest financial instruments, the interest payments of which are not designated as hedged items of cash flow hedges against interest rate risks. Given, that Magyar Telekom had HUF 121 billion floating rate debt as of December 31, 2006, a one percentage point rise in market interest rate would have caused (ceteris paribus) the interest payment to increase by approx. HUF 1.2 billion annually, while a similar decrease would cause the same decrease in interest payments. As the floating rate debt as of December 31, 2007 amounted to HUF 150 billion, in 2007, the interest payment increase would be HUF 1.5 billion annually.

 

Macedonian subsidiaries of Magyar Telekom had a HUF 57.1 billion deposit as of December 31, 2006, a one percentage point rise in market interest rate would have caused (ceteris paribus) the interest received to increase by approx. HUF 571 million annually, while similar decrease would have caused the same decrease in interest received. The amount of deposits is HUF 75.8 billion as of December 31, 2007, therefore a one percentage point rise in market interest rate would have caused (ceteris paribus) the interest received to increase by approx. HUF 758 million annually.

 

Montenegrin subsidiaries of Magyar Telekom had HUF 14 billion deposit as of December 31, 2006, a one percentage point rise in market interest rate would have caused (ceteris paribus) the interest received to increase by approx. HUF 140 million annually, while similar decrease would have caused the same decrease in interest received. The amount of deposits is HUF 19 billion as of December 31, 2007, therefore a one percentage point rise in market interest rate would have caused (ceteris paribus) the interest received to increase by approx. HUF 190 million annually.

 

The Group has insignificant amounts of HUF deposits, therefore, the change in interest rates would have a very minimum impact on the Group’s financial statements.

 

As a result of the volatile international capital and securities markets, a higher fluctuation of the interest rates is also possible according to management’s estimations, the exposure to which is mitigated by the balanced portfolio of fixed and variable interest rate borrowings (see above).

 

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(c)           Other price risk

 

As of December 31, 2006 and 2007, Magyar Telekom did not hold any material investments, which could be affected by risk variables such as stock exchange prices or other indices.

 

3.1.2 Credit risk

 

Credit risk is the risk that one party to a financial instrument will cause a financial loss for the other party by failing to discharge an obligation.

 

The maximum exposure to credit risk is partly represented by the carrying amounts of the financial assets that are carried in the balance sheet. No significant agreements reducing the maximum exposure to credit risk had been concluded as of the reporting date.

 

Cash and cash equivalents held by the Hungarian members of the Group are primarily denominated in HUF and concentrations of credit risk are limited as Magyar Telekom places its cash with substantial credit institutions. Further, excess HUF cash is used for repayment of the HUF denominated loans and borrowings, therefore, the credit risk related to HUF cash is very limited.

 

Cash and cash equivalents held by the Macedonian subsidiaries are denominated in MKD, EUR and in USD, while the Montenegrin subsidiaries possess cash, cash equivalents and term deposits primarily denominated in EUR. Cash and cash equivalents deposited in these countries runs higher counterparty risk, due to the small amount of internationally substantial financial institutions in those countries. However part of the investments in Montenegro (EUR 7.5 million as at December 31, 2007) is covered with bank guarantees issued by international financial institutions. Significant further guarantees were obtained in 2008 (in an amount of EUR 52.2 million). Credit risk related to bank deposits is limited by the diversification of the cash balances among several independent credit institutions determinant on the local market.

 

Concentrations of credit risk relating to trade receivables are limited due to the large number of customers comprising Magyar Telekom’s customer base and their dispersion across many different industries and geographic areas.

 

The following table represents Magyar Telekom’s exposure to credit risk in 2006 and 2007.

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

Bank deposits

 

77,840

 

105,719

 

Trade receivables

 

89,149

 

95,478

 

Trade receivables over one year

 

586

 

619

 

Employee loans

 

5,014

 

4,610

 

Derivative financial instruments

 

378

 

57

 

Loans to third parties

 

 

1,334

 

Financial assets available for sale

 

458

 

690

 

Other current financial assets

 

482

 

636

 

Other non-current financial asset

 

2,280

 

841

 

 

 

176,187

 

209,984

 

 

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The following table contains the amount of trade receivables broken down by segments.

 

Trade receivables

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

 

 

 

 

T-Com

 

35,145

 

33,399

 

T-Mobile

 

41,999

 

49,172

 

T-Systems

 

11,965

 

12,194

 

Headquarters

 

40

 

713

 

 

 

89,149

 

95,478

 

 

T-Systems has primarily large business customers, while T-Com and T-Mobile have a combination of business and residential customers. There’s no significant difference between the recoverability of the segments’ receivables.

 

There are varying credibility check / rating practices applied across the members of the Group. The majority of the customers are located in Hungary and served by the Company. For these customers the Company follows the following practice. Credibility check / rating for T-Com and T-Systems customers at the time of the service request is carried out by the Debt Management Office based on the internal database of risky installation locations regulated by an internal directive. Dunning procedures are run automatically by the billing systems including reminder letters, telephone calls, pseudo disconnections, termination letters and disconnections. We apply varying reminder procedures to the different customer groups in which varying deadlines and minimum overdue amounts are applied. After the termination of the contract internal tools, legal proceedings and external partners are involved in the collection procedure. For T-Mobile customers, at service request an internal rating is conducted by the sales representative involving a customer check in the common database of debtors of the Hungarian mobile operators. Reminder procedures run automatically by the billing system including reminder letters, SMSs, telephone calls and disconnections. After disconnection, legal proceedings and external partners are involved in the collection procedure regulated by an internal directive.

 

In addition, Magyar Telekom is exposed to an additional risk that arises from the possible drawdown of guarantees in a nominal amount of HUF 16.4 billion (2006: HUF 15.7 billion). These guarantees were issued by Hungarian banks on behalf of Magyar Telekom as collaterals to secure the fulfillment of the Group’s certain contractual obligations.

 

3.1.3 Liquidity risk

 

Liquidity risk is the risk that an entity may encounter difficulty in meeting obligations associated with financial liabilities.

 

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Prudent liquidity risk management implies maintaining sufficient cash, cash equivalents and term deposits as well as available funding through adequate amount of committed credit lines. The Group Treasury’s management aims at maintaining flexibility in funding by keeping committed credit lines available. The available free credit line amounted to HUF 90.4 billion (in 2006) and HUF 48.4 billion (in 2007), and the Company also had in 2006 HUF 13.2 billion and in 2007 HUF 14.4 billion uncommitted credit lines from several Hungarian Banks. In addition to the above, Deutsche Telekom confirmed its readiness to finance Magyar Telekom Group’s budgeted financing needs until the end of June 2009. Despite the fact that this has not been formulized in a contract, it can be considered as a “quasi shelf facility”.

 

The average maturity of Magyar Telekom’s debt portfolio was 2.45 years in 2006, while 2.58 years in 2007, both of which are in line with the predefined liquidity management limit range of keeping the average maturity of the debt portfolio between 2 and 3 years.

 

The following two tables summarize the maturity structure of Magyar Telekom’s financial liabilities as of December 31, 2006 and 2007.

 

December 31, 2006
(in HUF millions)

 

Total

 

within
1 year

 

1 to 5
years

 

after 5
years

 

Trade payables

 

81,392

 

81,392

 

 

 

Dividend payable

 

76,165

 

76,165

 

 

 

Financial liabilities to related parties

 

306,714

 

92,128

 

153,915

 

60,671

 

Bank loans

 

54,567

 

31,986

 

22,581

 

 

Finance lease liabilities

 

4,312

 

785

 

2,662

 

865

 

Nonconvertible bonds and debentures

 

194

 

71

 

 

123

 

Other current financial liabilities

 

1,776

 

1,776

 

 

 

Other non current financial liabilities

 

6,405

 

 

6,405

 

 

Other financial liabilities

 

67,254

 

34,618

 

31,648

 

988

 

Financial liabilities

 

531,525

 

284,303

 

185,563

 

61,659

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Open forward positions’ gross cash flows

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross cash outflow in HUF million

 

12,514

 

12,514

 

 

 

Gross cash inflow in EUR million

 

48

 

48

 

 

 

 

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December 31, 2007
(in HUF millions)

 

Total

 

within
1 year

 

1 to 5
years

 

after 5
years

 

Trade payables

 

87,989

 

87,989

 

 

 

Dividend payable

 

151

 

151

 

 

 

Financial liabilities to related parties

 

343,997

 

41,290

 

266,219

 

36,488

 

Bank loans

 

101,253

 

43,292

 

57,865

 

96

 

Finance lease liabilities

 

5,269

 

1,146

 

3,149

 

974

 

Nonconvertible bonds and debentures

 

194

 

71

 

 

123

 

Other current financial liabilities

 

1,532

 

1,532

 

 

 

Other non current financial liabilities

 

3,827

 

 

3,827

 

 

Other financial liabilities

 

112,075

 

46,041

 

64,841

 

1,193

 

Financial liabilities

 

544,212

 

175,471

 

331,060

 

37,681

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Open forward positions’ gross cash flows

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross cash outflow in HUF million

 

17,500

 

17,500

 

 

 

Gross cash inflow in EUR million

 

69

 

69

 

 

 

 

The variable interest payments arising from the financial instruments were calculated using the last interest rates fixed before finalization of this disclosure (February 26, 2008).

 

3.2 Capital risk management

 

The Group’s objectives when managing capital are to safeguard the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern in order to provide returns for shareholders and benefits for other stakeholders and to maintain an optimal capital structure to reduce the cost of capital.

 

In order to maintain or adjust the capital structure, the Group may adjust the amount of dividends paid to shareholders, return capital to shareholders, issue new shares or sell assets to reduce debt. Consistent with others in the industry, the Group monitors capital on the basis of the gearing ratio. This ratio is calculated as net debt divided by Equity (including Minority interest) and net debt. Net debt is calculated as:

 

· Current and non current financial liabilities to related parties (without accrued interest) — Note 16

· plus Other current and non current financial liabilities (without accrued interest) — Note 17

· less Cash and cash equivalents — Note 6

· less Other current financial assets — Note 8.1.

 

During 2007, the Group’s strategy, which was unchanged from 2006, was to maintain a gearing ratio within 30% to 40%. The gearing ratio at December 31, 2007 was 31.0% (2006: 27.9%). The increase in the gearing ratio during 2007 resulted from the delay of dividend payments after 2005 financials (paid only in 2007 instead of 2006) as a result of the delay of the approval of the 2005 financial statements due to the on-going investigation (Note 1.2).

 

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4 CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AND JUDGMENTS

 

Estimates and judgments are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

 

The Group makes estimates and assumptions concerning the future. The resulting accounting estimates will, by definition, rarely equal the related actual results. The estimates and assumptions that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities are outlined below.

 

4.1 Useful lives of assets

 

The determination of the useful lives of assets is based on historical experience with similar assets as well as any anticipated technological development and changes in broad economic or industry factors. The appropriateness of the estimated useful lives is reviewed annually, or whenever there is an indication of significant changes in the underlying assumptions. We believe that the accounting estimate related to the determination of the useful lives of assets is a critical accounting estimate since it involves assumptions about technological development in an innovative industry. Further, due to the significant weight of depreciable assets in our total assets, the impact of any changes in these assumptions could be material to our financial position, and results of operations. As an example, if Magyar Telekom was to shorten the average useful life of its assets by 10%, this would result in additional annual depreciation and amortization expense of approximately HUF 12 billion.

 

4.2 Estimated impairment of goodwill

 

Goodwill is no longer amortized, but tested for impairment annually or more frequently. As all of our subsidiaries are either not listed on stock exchanges or there is no active market for their shares, the recoverable amounts of the business units and reportable segments are calculated based on fair value determined by the discounted projected cashflows of these units over the next ten years with a terminal value. This is highly judgmental, which carries the inherent risk of arriving at materially different fair values if estimates used in the calculations would prove to be inappropriate. The Group has an implemented policy to make the impairment test based on a 10-year cashflow projection on reasonable and supportable assumptions that present the management’s best estimate on market participants’ assumptions and expectations considering recent similar transactions and industry benchmarks. In the 2007 calculations, Magyar Telekom used a weighted average cost of capital before tax (WACC before tax) of 10.41% to 13.41% depending on the country of operations and the sub-sector of telecommunications. Perpetual growth rate estimates range between -1% and +2% also depending on the country of operations and the sub-sector of telecommunications. The WACC was determined based on CAPM (capital asset pricing model) using the average betas of the peer group, 10 year zero coupon yields and the debt ratio between 24.56% and 35.78%, which is in line with the usual indebtedness of listed peer telecommunications companies, while the perpetual growth rates used are in line with the long-term average growth rate for the telecommunications sector.

 

For the T-Com segment CGU (including T-Com Hungary, MakTel Company and Crnogorski Telekom, etc.), we used a WACC before tax of 11.50% and perpetual growth rate of 0.8%. For the T-Systems CGU (including the T-Systems business line of the Company, KFKI group, BCN group, etc.), WACC before tax of 13.41% and perpetual growth rate of 1.0% were applied. For the T-Mobile segment (including T-Mobile Hungary, Pro-M, T-Mobile Macedonia, T-Mobile Crna Gora), we used a WACC before tax of 12.44% and perpetual growth rate of 1.9%.

 

If Magyar Telekom had used a WACC of 16% (an increase of 4.5%) and an unchanged perpetual growth rate compared to the current calculations after the ten year projected period in the same CGU, it would have resulted in an impairment charge of approximately HUF 4,594 million. Any further increase in the WACC or a

 

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negative growth rate applied would have resulted in further amounts of impairment, initially related to goodwill allocated to the T-COM segment.

 

4.3 Estimated impairment of property, plant and equipment, and intangibles

 

We assess the impairment of identifiable property, plant, equipment and intangibles whenever there is a reason to believe that the carrying value may materially exceed the recoverable amount and where impairment in value is anticipated. The calculations of recoverable amounts are primarily determined by value in use calculations, which use a broad range of estimates and factors affecting those. Among others, we typically consider future revenues and expenses, technological obsolescence, discontinuance of services and other changes in circumstances that may indicate impairment. If impairment is identified using the value in use calculations, we also determine the fair value less cost to sell (if determinable), to calculate the exact amount of impairment to be charged. As this exercise is highly judgmental, the amount of potential impairment may be significantly different from that of the result of these calculations.

 

4.4 Estimated impairment of trade and other receivables

 

We calculate impairment for doubtful accounts based on estimated losses resulting from the inability of our customers to make required payments. For the largest customers and other telecommunications service providers, impairment is calculated on an individual basis, while for other customers it is estimated on a portfolio basis, for which we base our estimate on the aging of our account receivables balance and our historical write-off experience, customer credit-worthiness and changes in our customer payment terms. These factors are reviewed periodically, and changes are made to the calculations when necessary. In addition, we consider also the nature of the business (residential, business, fixed line, mobile, internet, cable TV, etc.) and the environment in which the Group’s entities operate in the various markets. The estimates also involve assumptions about future customer behavior and the resulting future cash collections. If the financial condition of our customers were to deteriorate, actual write-offs of currently existing receivables may be higher than expected and may exceed the level of the impairment losses recognized so far.

 

4.5 Provisions

 

Provisions in general are highly judgmental, especially in the cases of legal disputes. The Group assesses the probability of an adverse event as a result of a past event and if the probability is evaluated to be more than fifty percent, the Group fully provides for the total amount of the estimated liability. The assessment of the probability is highly judgmental, as — for example — in Hungary there are very few cases where the appealed NCA decisions have been finally concluded by the Supreme Court. Further, in Macedonia, there is also a lack of sufficient history for CPC decisions appealed against at the Administrative Court.

 

4.6 Subscriber acquisition costs

 

Subscriber acquisition costs primarily include the loss on the equipment sales (revenues and costs disclosed separately) and fees paid to subcontractors that act as agents to acquire new customers. The Group’s agents spend a portion of their agent fees for marketing the Group’s products. A part of the Group’s marketing costs could also be considered as subscriber acquisition cost. The up-front fees collected from customers for activation or connection are marginal compared to the costs. These revenues, costs and losses are recognized when the customer is connected to the Group’s fixed or mobile networks. No such costs or revenues are deferred. These acquisition costs (losses) are recognized immediately as they are not accurately separable from other marketing costs and there is no guarantee of recovering these subsidies from the future revenue generated from the customers. Among these costs, net equipment losses of the Group amounted to HUF 15,932 million, while agent fees amounted to HUF 8,399 million in 2007.

 

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5 BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

 

5.1 Acquisitions in 2007

 

5.1.1 MobilPress

 

In December 2006, Magyar Telekom agreed to acquire a 100% stake in MobilPress for HUF 600 million plus the dividend to be declared for 2006 (max. HUF 50 million). The transaction was subject to the approval of the Hungarian Competition Authority. The transaction was closed on January 25, 2007, and MobilPress has been consolidated since that date, included in the T-Com segment, while the goodwill is disclosed in the T-Mobile segment. MobilPress is one of the major Hungarian mobile content providers and manages, among others, the t-zones portal, with revenues of approx. HUF 1.5 billion in 2006.

 

The carrying values of MobilPress’s net assets at acquisition as well as the consideration paid are disclosed in the table below. The Group has estimated the fair values of the net assets acquired to equal their carrying values.

 

 

 

Carrying

 

In HUF millions

 

values

 

Purchase price of ownership acquired

 

600

 

Additional purchase price

 

50

 

Consideration paid

 

650

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets acquired

 

93

 

Goodwill

 

557

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets acquired:

 

 

 

Cash

 

64

 

Receivables

 

266

 

Non current assets

 

56

 

 

 

 

 

Trade and other payables

 

(285

)

Short term borrowings

 

(2

)

Non current liabilities

 

(6

)

 

 

93

 

 

The total purchase price was paid in 2007.

 

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5.1.2 T-Systems Hungary (TSH)

 

In December 2006, the Company signed a sale-purchase agreement to acquire an additional 2% ownership in TSH effective from January 1, 2007 for a purchase price of HUF 60 million. TSH had been an associate of the Group since September 2004, with the majority owner being another Deutsche Telekom Group member. As the transaction took place between entities under common control, the acquisition was accounted for at cost. The carrying values of TSH’s net assets at acquisition as well as the consideration paid are disclosed in the table below. TSH has been a consolidated subsidiary of the Group since January 1, 2007 included in the T-Systems segment.

 

In HUF millions

 

Carrying
values

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase price of ownership acquired

 

60

 

Carrying value of TSH as an associate

 

1,540

 

Associate goodwill

 

149

 

Consideration paid

 

1,749

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets acquired

 

1,752

 

Excess (recognized in equity)

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets acquired:

 

 

 

Cash

 

421

 

Trade receivables

 

5,888

 

Inventory

 

146

 

Other assets

 

468

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

925

 

Intangible assets

 

3,202

 

Trade payables

 

(3,471

)

Other financial liabilities

 

(4,258

)

Provisions

 

(179

)

Total net assets

 

3,142

 

Less: Minority interest

 

(1,539

)

Associate goodwill transferred to goodwill

 

149

 

 

 

1,752

 

 

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5.2 Acquisitions in 2006

 

5.2.1 Orbitel

 

On November 29, 2005 Magyar Telekom concluded an agreement to acquire a 100% stake in Orbitel for EUR 7.85 million (HUF 1,944 million). Orbitel is a Bulgarian alternative telecommunications and internet service provider offering countrywide voice and data services to the business community utilizing IP technology. In 2005, the company generated revenues of EUR 11.5 million. Orbitel has been consolidated from the date of the financial closing, February 3, 2006, and is included in the T-Com segment.

 

The carrying values and the fair values of Orbitel’s net assets at acquisition as well as the consideration paid are disclosed in the table below.

 

In HUF millions

 

Fair
values

 

Carrying
values

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase price of ownership acquired

 

1,944

 

 

 

Additional costs directly attributable to the business combination

 

38

 

 

 

Consideration paid

 

1,982

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets acquired

 

1,013

 

 

 

Goodwill

 

969

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets acquired:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

 

22

 

22

 

Other financial assets

 

6

 

6

 

Receivables

 

335

 

335

 

Income tax receivable

 

7

 

7

 

Inventory

 

12

 

12

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

524

 

381

 

Intangible assets

 

812

 

221

 

Other non current assets

 

3

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade and other payables

 

(384

)

(384

)

Loans and other borrowings

 

(190

)

(190

)

Net deferred tax liability

 

(134

)

(24

)

 

 

1,013

 

389

 

 

The goodwill arising on this acquisition partly represents the assembled workforce that can not be recognized as a separable asset. Further, the customer value recognized only represents the customers and services rendered to them existing on the acquisition date, while the majority of the goodwill represents the value of, and the future revenues from, customers to be acquired from the acquisition date or the planned extension of services.

 

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5.2.2 Dataplex

 

On December 12, 2005 Magyar Telekom agreed to acquire a 100% stake in Dataplex Kft. for HUF 5.1 billion. Dataplex is a major player in the Hungarian IT hardware co-location market with revenues of around HUF 1.3 billion in 2005. The financial closing of the transaction took place following the approval by the Hungarian Competition Authority, on April 5, 2006, from which date Dataplex has been consolidated in the T-Com segment of the Group.

 

The carrying values and the fair values of Dataplex’s net assets at acquisition as well as the consideration paid are disclosed in the table below.

 

In HUF millions

 

Fair
values

 

Carrying
values

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase price of ownership acquired

 

5,113

 

 

 

Additional costs directly attributable to the business combination

 

35

 

 

 

Consideration paid

 

5,148

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets acquired

 

1,100

 

 

 

Goodwill

 

4,048

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets acquired:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

 

1

 

1

 

Receivables

 

148

 

148

 

Inventory

 

6

 

12

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

811

 

801

 

Intangible assets

 

933

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade and other payables

 

(556

)

(556

)

Loans and other borrowings

 

(56

)

(56

)

Net deferred tax liability

 

(187

)

 

 

 

1,100

 

351

 

 

The goodwill arising on this acquisition partly represents the assembled workforce that can not be recognized as a separable asset. Further, the customer value recognized only represents the customers existing on the acquisition date, while the majority of the goodwill represents the value of, and future revenues from, customers to be acquired from the acquisition date.

 

5.2.3 KFKI Group

 

In June 2006 Magyar Telekom signed a share purchase agreement to acquire the 100% ownership of KFKI-LNX Zrt., one of the leading Hungarian IT companies for a purchase price of HUF 8.2 billion plus an optional earn-out payment of HUF 1.5 billion dependent on the 2006 financial performance. The acquisition was closed on September 15, 2006, from which date KFKI Group has been consolidated in the T-Systems segment of the Group. In 2005, KFKI Group’s revenues amounted to approximately HUF 17 billion. KFKI-LNX has two 100% owned subsidiaries, ICON and IQSYS.

 

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The carrying values and the fair values of KFKI Group’s net assets at acquisition as well as the consideration paid are disclosed in the table below.

 

In HUF millions

 

Fair
values

 

Carrying
values

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase price of ownership acquired

 

8,170

 

 

 

Additional purchase price contingent upon results

 

1,500

 

 

 

Additional costs directly attributable to the business combination

 

170

 

 

 

Consideration paid

 

9,840

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets acquired

 

5,372

 

 

 

Goodwill

 

4,468

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets acquired:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

 

344

 

344

 

Receivables

 

2,629

 

2,629

 

Income tax receivable

 

33

 

33

 

Inventory

 

656

 

656

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

663

 

632

 

Intangible assets

 

5,514

 

233

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade and other payables

 

(2,687

)

(2,687

)

Loans and other borrowings

 

(587

)

(587

)

Provisions

 

(154

)

(154

)

Net deferred tax liability

 

(1,039

)

23

 

 

 

5,372

 

1,122

 

 

The goodwill arising on this acquisition partly represents the assembled workforce that can not be recognized as a separable asset. Further, the customer value recognized only represents the customers existing on the acquisition date, while the majority of the goodwill represents the value of, and future revenues from, customers to be acquired from the acquisition date.

 

The HUF 1,500 million additional purchase price conditional upon the 2006 results was deposited in 2006 and paid in 2007.

 

5.2.4 iWiW, Adnetwork, MFactory

 

In April 2006, Magyar Telekom acquired the 100% ownership of iWiW Kft, the leading Hungarian online social network, for a purchase price of HUF 1.1 billion. iWiW (‘who is who’) operates the only online social network for existing friendships and relationships with more than half a million registered members at the time of the acquisition, which made it the fourth most visited web page in Hungary. In 2005 iWiW generated revenues of HUF 5 million.

 

In May 2006, Magyar Telekom acquired the 100% ownership of Adnetwork Kft, the leading Hungarian online advertisement network for an initial purchase price of HUF 168 million and additional price of HUF 10 million. Adnetwork was established in 2005 and generated revenues of HUF 28 million in 2005.

 

The above companies have been consolidated in the T-Com segment of the Group from the dates control was taken over by the Group.

 

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In December 2006, Magyar Telekom acquired a 75.05% stake in MFactory, one of the leading Hungarian mobile content producers and aggregators for HUF 469 million. In addition, the Company also has an option to increase its stake in MFactory to 100% from 2009, while MFactory’s minority owners have a put option for their shares. The Group considers this combination of the options to be of a liability nature (in an amount of HUF 166 million), therefore MFactory is consolidated as a 100% subsidiary in the T-Com segment of the Group, while the initial goodwill arising on the business combination is allocated to the T-Mobile segment. MFactory’s revenues amounted to HUF 190 million in 2006.

 

The fair values of the net assets of iWiW equal their carrying values. Due their immaterial size, the fair values of Adnetwork’s and MFactory’s net assets were estimated to equal their fair values. The carrying values of the net assets of the above companies acquired in individually immaterial business combinations are disclosed in their aggregate amounts in the table below.

 

In HUF millions

 

Carrying
values

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase price of ownership acquired

 

1,767

 

Further purchase price payable for the remaining shares in MFactory

 

166

 

Additional purchase price and costs directly attributable to the business combination

 

11

 

Consideration paid

 

1,944

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets acquired

 

83

 

Goodwill

 

1,861

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets acquired:

 

 

 

Cash

 

12

 

Receivables

 

73

 

Intangible assets

 

53

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax payable

 

(5

)

Trade and other payables

 

(50

)

 

 

83

 

 

5.2.5 MakTel – own shares

 

In June 2006, MakTel acquired 10% of its own shares at a public auction held by the Macedonian Government (the minority owner) for EUR 60.9 million (HUF 16,579 million including additional costs). Following the share repurchase transaction, Magyar Telekom’s voting rights in MakTel increased from 51.0% to 56.7%, while the Macedonian Government’s share of ownership fell to 36.8%, with the rest of the shares owned by smaller minority shareholders. The difference between the purchase price of the shares and the decrease in the minority interests was recognized as goodwill in an amount of HUF 1,724 million, all allocated to the T-Mobile segment.

 

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5.3 Acquisitions in 2005

 

5.3.1 Crnogorski Telekom (CT)

 

In 2005, the Company acquired a 76.53% stake in CT in the course of the privatization tender. The purchase price of the stake was EUR 140.5 million. From this purchase price, Magyar Telekom paid EUR 114.0 million for a stake of 51.12% to the Government of Montenegro and EUR 22.9 million for a stake of 21.92% to minority shareholders. For the remaining 3.49% Magyar Telekom paid EUR 3.6 million through a public offering. CT owns 100% of the share capital of T-Mobile CG, the second Montenegrin mobile company, 100% of the share capital of Internet Crna Gora, and 51% of the share capital of Montenegrocard. The total cost of the acquisition was HUF 35,927 million including directly related expenses.

 

CT and its subsidiaries have been consolidated since March 31, 2005.

 

The fair value of the net assets acquired and the consideration paid for the acquisition is disclosed in the table below.

 

In HUF millions

 

Total

 

Net assets
included in the
T-Com segment
on first
consolidation

 

Net assets
included in the
T-Mobile
segment on first
consolidation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase price of ownership acquired

 

34,954

 

 

 

 

 

Additional costs directly attributable to the business combination

 

973

 

 

 

 

 

Consideration paid

 

35,927

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value of net assets acquired

 

30,805

 

 

 

 

 

Goodwill

 

5,122

 

 

5,122

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value of net assets acquired:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

 

1,866

 

 

 

Receivables

 

7,678

 

6,442

 

1,236

 

Income tax receivable

 

339

 

 

 

Inventory

 

609

 

426

 

183

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

28,687

 

22,495

 

6,192

 

Intangible assets

 

9,958

 

3,700

 

6,258

 

Other non current assets

 

1,080

 

1,080

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade and other payables

 

(3,917

)

(3,148

)

(769

)

Loans and other borrowings

 

(3,290

)

 

 

Provisions

 

(1,951

)

(1,914

)

(37

)

Net deferred tax liability

 

(807

)

 

 

 

 

40,252

 

29,081

 

13,063

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minority interests

 

(9,447

)

 

 

 

 

Total

 

30,805

 

 

 

 

 

 

The goodwill arising on this acquisition partly represents the assembled workforce that can not be recognized as a separable asset. Further, the customer values recognized only represent the customers existing on the

 

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acquisition date, while the majority of the goodwill represents the value of customers to be acquired from the acquisition date.

 

5.4 Pro forma information on business combinations

 

The following pro forma information shows the most important financial data of the Group, including the subsidiaries acquired as if they had been consolidated at the beginning of the financial year in which the acquisition was made, and also how much the business combinations contributed to the reported figures since the acquisition date.

 

 

 

2005

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reported

 

615,054

 

671,196

 

676,661

 

Pro forma – if consolidated from beginning of year

 

620,376

 

684,099

 

676,661

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current year contribution since date of business combination in the year of acquisition

 

20,521

 

12,465

 

4,969

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reported

 

78,415

 

75,453

 

60,155

 

Pro forma – if consolidated from beginning of year

 

78,049

 

76,267

 

60,155

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current year contribution since date of business combination in the year of acquisition

 

1,364

 

191

 

(1,812

)

 

5.5 Disposals of subsidiaries

 

In 2007 the Group sold the total of its 51% ownership in Montenegrocard. In 2006 the Company sold the total of its 72% ownership in Cardnet.

 

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6 Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

 

 

 

 

Cash on hand

 

1,556

 

1,487

 

Cash in banks and other cash equivalents

 

58,651

 

46,179

 

 

 

60,207

 

47,666

 

 

See also note 2.1.5.

 

7 Trade and other receivables

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade receivables from third parties

 

80,387

 

88,588

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receivables from Deutsche Telekom Group companies

 

7,991

 

6,878

 

Receivables from associates and joint ventures

 

771

 

12

 

Trade receivables

 

89,149

 

95,478

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepayments and advance payments

 

4,329

 

4,674

 

Other taxes receivable

 

3,318

 

1,204

 

Other

 

5,594

 

2,220

 

Other receivables

 

13,241

 

8,098

 

 

 

102,390

 

103,576

 

 

The table below shows the impairment loss and changes therein related to Trade and other receivables for 2006 and 2007. No impairment had to be recognized for receivables from related parties. The closing balance as at December 31, 2007 also includes the impairment charged for finance lease receivables (disclosed in Note 8) in an amount of HUF 1,500 million (Note 36.2):

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

 

 

 

 

Impairment loss, beginning of period

 

29,991

 

28,781

 

Charged to expense (included in Other operating expenses)

 

5,066

 

5,775

 

Impairment losses of acquired companies on acquisition

 

116

 

 

Utilized and translation differences

 

(6,392

)

(4,293

)

Impairment loss, end of period

 

28,781

 

30,263

 

 

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Analysis of the age of trade receivables that are past due as at the reporting date but not impaired:

 

Trade

 

Carrying

 

of which:
neither

 

of which: not impaired on the reporting date and past due in the
following periods

 

receivables

 

amount as

 

impaired nor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

over

 

(in HUF

 

of Dec. 31,

 

past due on the

 

less than

 

30 - 60

 

61 - 90

 

91 - 180

 

181 - 360

 

360

 

millions)

 

2006

 

reporting date

 

30 days

 

days

 

days

 

days

 

days

 

days

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade receivables

 

89,149

 

67,453

 

12,941

 

2,373

 

1,655

 

2,093

 

1,759

 

875

 

 

 

 

Carrying

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

amount as

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

of Dec. 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade receivables

 

95,478

 

73,977

 

14,066

 

2,762

 

1,425

 

2,026

 

853

 

369

 

 

The tables below show trade receivables by segments with analysis of the age of trade receivables that are past due as at the reporting date but not impaired:

 

Trade

 

Carrying

 

of which:
neither

 

Of which: not impaired on the reporting date and past due in
the following periods

 

receivables

 

amount as

 

impaired nor

 

less

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

over

 

(in HUF

 

of Dec 31,

 

past due on the

 

than 30

 

30 – 60

 

61 – 90

 

91 – 180

 

181 – 360

 

360

 

millions)

 

2006

 

reporting date

 

days

 

days

 

days

 

days

 

days

 

days

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T-Com

 

35,145

 

24,835

 

6,345

 

964

 

915

 

1,008

 

642

 

436

 

T-Systems

 

11,965

 

9,973

 

1,190

 

266

 

170

 

153

 

58

 

155

 

T-Mobile

 

41,999

 

32,612

 

5,406

 

1,143

 

563

 

932

 

1,059

 

284

 

Headquarters

 

40

 

33

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

Total

 

89,149

 

67,453

 

12,941

 

2,373

 

1,655

 

2,093

 

1,759

 

875

 

 

Trade

 

Carrying

 

of which:
neither

 

Of which: not impaired on the reporting date and past due in
the following periods

 

receivables

 

amount as

 

impaired nor

 

less

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

over

 

(in HUF

 

of Dec 31,

 

past due on the

 

than 30

 

30 – 60

 

61 – 90

 

91 – 180

 

181 – 360

 

360

 

millions)

 

2007

 

reporting date

 

days

 

days

 

days

 

days

 

days

 

days

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T-Com

 

33,399

 

24,035

 

5,498

 

1,304

 

794

 

1,165

 

360

 

243

 

T-Systems

 

12,194

 

9,940

 

1,715

 

237

 

111

 

129

 

35

 

27

 

T-Mobile

 

49,172

 

39,373

 

6,818

 

1,202

 

501

 

726

 

453

 

99

 

Headquarters

 

713

 

629

 

35

 

19

 

19

 

6

 

5

 

-

 

Total

 

95,478

 

73,977

 

14,066

 

2,762

 

1,425

 

2,026

 

853

 

369

 

 

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8 Other financial assets

 

8.1 Other current financial assets

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank deposits with original maturities over 3 months

 

 

 

17,633

 

58,053

 

Finance lease receivable

 

(a)

 

1,856

 

4,011

 

Loans and receivables from employees

 

(b)

 

1,040

 

861

 

RDC receivable

 

(c)

 

151

 

152

 

Derivative financial instruments

 

(d)

 

378

 

57

 

Other

 

 

 

6

 

309

 

 

 

 

 

21,064

 

63,443

 

 

See also note 2.1.5.

 

8.2 Other non current financial assets

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

Finance lease receivable

 

(a)

 

16,163

 

17,558

 

Loans and receivables from employees

 

(b)

 

4,305

 

4,233

 

RDC receivable

 

(c)

 

992

 

841

 

Trade receivables over one year

 

(e)

 

586

 

619

 

Financial assets available-for-sale

 

(f)

 

452

 

678

 

Other

 

 

 

1,288

 

1,036

 

 

 

 

 

23,786

 

24,965

 

 


(a)          See Note 32.3 for more information on Finance lease receivable. Other than the impairment charged on one of the receivables (Note 7), the rest of the receivables is considered fully recoverable.

 

(b)         Loans and receivables from employees primarily represent the housing loans provided to the employees of the Group. There are no past due employee receivables, and the loans are pledged with mortgage.

 

(c)          RDC receivable represents Crnogorski Telekom’s receivable from the Government of Montenegro originating from the Share Transfer Agreement on the sale of ownership in the Radio Difuzni Centar D.O.O., Podgorica (RDC) entered into on December 10, 2004.

 

(d)         Derivative financial instruments as at December 31, 2006 include the fair value of open currency forwards, while the December 31, 2007 balance also includes the fair value of cross-currency interest rate swaps.

 

(e)          Trade receivables over one year mainly includes receivables from customers paying over 1-2 years in

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

installments for telecommunications equipment sold.

 

(f) Financial assets available for sale include insignificant investments in equity securities.

 

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9 Income tax

 

9.1 Income tax expense

 

The table below shows the tax expenses charged in the 3-year period presented in the income statement.

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate income tax

 

11,686

 

6,423

 

6,088

 

Other income taxes

 

8,366

 

8,529

 

11,028

 

Deferred income taxes

 

1,806

 

9,268

 

9,105

 

Total income tax expense

 

21,858

 

24,220

 

26,221

 

 

9.2 Current income tax receivable and payable

 

Current income tax receivable and payable in the balance sheet represent the amount of corporate and other income taxes receivable from, and payable to, the tax authorities of the countries in which the Group operates.

 

9.3 Tax rate reconciliation

 

The reconciliation between the reported income tax expense and the theoretical amount arising by applying the statutory income tax rates is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

 

Note

 

2005

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IFRS profit before income tax

 

 

 

110,583

 

111,684

 

99,277

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax at 16%

 

 

 

(17,693

)

(17,869

)

(15,884

)

Impact of different tax rates

 

(a)

 

435

 

(323

)

(2,381

)

Tax on items not subject to tax

 

(b)

 

1,394

 

2,405

 

1,651

 

Tax on non deductible items

 

(c)

 

(1,093

)

(1,955

)

(1,107

)

Impact of tax incentives

 

(d)

 

897

 

778

 

 

Other income taxes

 

(e)

 

(8,366

)

(8,529

)

(11,028

)

Impact of tax deductibility of other income taxes

 

(f)

 

2,008

 

2,701

 

2,873

 

Withholding tax

 

(g)

 

 

(2,034

)

(1,684

)

Un/Derecognized deferred tax on tax losses

 

(h)

 

 

(255

)

73

 

Broadband tax credit accretion

 

(i)

 

560

 

861

 

1,267

 

Income tax expense

 

 

 

(21,858

)

(24,220

)

(26,221

)

 

(a)        Impact of different tax rates

 

The corporate tax rate in Hungary was 16% in 2005 and in the first 8 months of 2006. As of September 1, 2006 a so called Solidarity tax was introduced in Hungary, which is an extra 4% tax on a base very similar to the

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

corporate tax base, with fewer adjusting items from accounting profit before tax to arrive at the tax base. The tax rate reconciliation for 2007 also includes 16%, while the difference arising due to the introduction of the Solidarity tax is included in this line of the reconciliation.

 

The Group is also present in foreign countries where the tax rate is generally lower than in Hungary. The tax rate in Macedonia was 15% in 2005 and 2006, while the enacted tax rate for 2007 is 12%, while from 2008 this is reduced further, to 10%. Deferred tax balances have been recalculated accordingly.

 

The corporate tax rate is 9% in Montenegro, 16% in Romania, 15% in Bulgaria, and 25% in the Ukraine.

 

This line of the reconciliation also includes the tax impacts of the different tax rates of the foreign countries where the Group is also present through its subsidiaries.

 

(b)           Tax on items not subject to tax

 

Items not subject to income tax consist primarily of donation for non-profit organizations and R&D cost deductible from corporate income tax base, as well as the share of associates’ and joint ventures’ profit as it is included net of tax in the Profit before income tax. This line of the reconciliation includes the tax impact of the above items.

 

(c)           Tax on non deductible items

 

This line of the reconciliation shows the tax impact of the non deductible expenses, including premature receivable write-downs, certain impairment losses and entertainment expenses.

 

(d)           Tax incentives

 

Tax incentives included the tax impact of qualifying investments in property, plant and equipment in Macedonia, which can be utilized as a reducing item in the calculation of the corporate tax base.

 

(e)           Other income taxes

 

Other income taxes include certain local and central taxes levied in Hungary on the companies’ net margins, determined at a substantially higher level than the corporate tax base. As the first line of the reconciliation calculates theoretical tax expense calculated using the corporate tax rate, the Hungarian local business tax and the innovation fee impose additional tax expenses for the Hungarian entities of the Group.

 

(f)            Deductibility of other income taxes from the corporate tax base

 

These Hungarian other income taxes are deductible expenses for corporate tax purposes. In addition, a certain percentage of the local business tax paid is deductible further from the corporate tax base (50% in 2005 and 100% in 2006 and 2007).

 

(g)           Withholding tax

 

The Group is present through its subsidiaries in Macedonia, which introduced withholding tax of 5% on dividend distribution to Hungary as of January 1, 2006. Montenegro also levies a 5% withholding tax on dividend distribution to Hungary. The reconciliation includes the amount of deferred tax calculated and recognized on the undistributed profits of these subsidiaries that are expected to be subject to withholding tax in case of dividend distributions.

 

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(h)           Un/Derecognized deferred tax on tax losses

 

Deferred tax asset is created on tax losses only to the extent that the realization of the related tax benefit is probable. Deferred tax assets on tax losses that will probably not be recovered are un/derecognized.

 

(i)            Broadband investment tax credit accretion

 

Broadband investment tax credit accretion shows the increase of net present value of the investment tax credit deriving from the utilization of the tax credits in year(s) following the year of recognition.

 

9.4 Deferred taxes

 

Magyar Telekom’s deferred tax balances are as follows:

 

 

 

Balance at
Dec. 31,
2005

 

Income
statement
effect

 

Other
movements

 

Balance at
Dec. 31,
2006

 

Income
statement
effect

 

Other
movements

 

Balance at Dec. 31,
2007

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

Deferred tax assets and (liabilities)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment tax credits

 

10,656

 

856

 

2,788

 

14,300

 

(4,273

)

3,561

 

13,588

 

Net operating loss carry forward

 

6,076

 

(4,859

)

 

1,217

 

(676

)

 

541

 

Investments in subsidiaries

 

(900

)

(300

)

 

(1,200

)

(213

)

 

(1,413

)

Withholding tax

 

 

(2,034

)

 

(2,034

)

(1,606

)

 

(3,640

)

Other financial assets

 

24

 

(350

)

19

 

(307

)

322

 

(23

)

(8

)

Impairment of receivables, inventory

 

3,728

 

(678

)

 

3,050

 

(488

)

 

2,562

 

Property, plant and equipment and intangible assets

 

(7,565

)

(88

)

(1,388

)

(9,041

)

(641

)

211

 

(9,471

)

Goodwill

 

(1,864

)

(2,262

)

 

(4,126

)

(2,965

)

 

(7,091

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade and other payables

 

104

 

259

 

 

363

 

(781

)

 

(418

)

Loans and other borrowings

 

156

 

123

 

 

279

 

(156

)

 

123

 

Deferred revenue

 

157

 

(157

)

 

 

293

 

 

293

 

Provisions for liabilities and charges

 

1,205

 

222

 

 

1,427

 

2,079

 

 

3,506

 

Total net deferred tax asset / (liability)

 

11,777

 

(9,268

)

1,419

 

3,928

 

(9,105

)

3,749

 

(1,428

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of which deferred tax liability after netting

 

(3,189

)

 

 

 

 

(5,647

)

 

 

 

 

(2,714

)

Of which deferred tax asset after netting

 

14,966

 

 

 

 

 

9,575

 

 

 

 

 

1,286

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Items included in other movements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment tax credit recognized against cost of PPE

 

 

 

 

 

3,109

 

 

 

 

 

3,561

 

 

 

Utilization of investment tax credit

 

 

 

 

 

(321

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AFS financial assets – valuation differences recognized in equity

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

(23

)

 

 

Currency translation adjustment arising on consolidation

 

 

 

 

 

(29

)

 

 

 

 

211

 

 

 

Arising on business combinations

 

 

 

 

 

(1,359

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,419

 

 

 

 

 

3,749

 

 

 

 

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Deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined by the legal entities of the Group and disclosed as assets or liabilities accordingly in the balance sheet.

 

The Group’s net deferred tax liability balance is HUF 1,428 million which includes a high amount of individual deferred tax asset and liability items (see in the above table). Of these items, approximately HUF 13,738 million deferred tax asset is expected to reverse in 2008, while a deferred tax liability of approximately HUF 4,607 million is expected to reverse in 2008. The above items exclude deferred tax items expected to arise in 2008.

 

Deferred tax arising on investment tax credits are recognized against the cost of the related investment.

 

Deferred tax arising on the revaluation of available-for-sale financial assets recognized directly in equity is also recognized directly in equity.

 

Temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries for which deferred tax liabilities have not been recognized amounts to HUF 13,295 million at December 31, 2007 (2006: HUF 4,602 million).

 

If the Group’s Macedonian subsidiaries distributed all their distributable reserves in the form of a dividend, the Group would have to pay HUF 3,045 million withholding tax, and deferred tax liability with the same amount is recognized as at December 31, 2007. If the Group’s Montenegrin subsidiaries distributed all their distributable reserves in the form of a dividend, the Group would have to pay HUF 1,219 million withholding tax in addition to the amount for which a deferred tax liability is recognized as at December 31, 2007 (HUF 595 million). As the Group can control the timing and the form of the dividends, deferred tax liabilities have only been recognized to the extent of the planned dividend distributions of the subsidiaries’ retained earnings (undistributed results of 2005, 2006 and 2007) in the foreseeable future.

 

Deferred tax assets are recognized for tax loss carry forwards only to the extent that realization of the related tax benefit is probable. Tax losses for which a deferred tax asset has been recognized amounting to HUF 496 million will expire in 2008, while the remaining balance of tax losses of 2,889 million is not subject to statutory limitations. For tax losses in an amount of HUF 4,883 million no deferred tax asset was recognized as at December 31, 2007. Most of these can be utilized without time limitation.

 

9.5 Investment tax credits

 

In order to increase broadband internet penetration in Hungary, companies investing over HUF 100 million in a year in broadband assets (e.g. DSL lines, UMTS assets) from 2003 can apply for a corporate tax reduction. The potential reduction of the corporate tax charge is defined as a percentage of the companies’ capital investment in broadband assets. As these investment tax credits are of a governmental grant nature, Magyar Telekom recognized the deferred tax asset against the cost of the related investment. If the tax credits are not utilized in the year when earned, the amount of tax credits carried forward can be utilized at a higher amount as outstanding amounts can be accreted. This accretion is recognized as an increase in the deferred tax asset against a reduction in the deferred tax expense.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

The following table shows the details of the tax credits in HUF millions:

 

Earned in
year

 

Amount of
broadband
investment

 

Amount of
tax credit

earned

 

Tax credit
utilized

 

Accretion
recognized in tax
expense to date

 

Tax credit
carried forward at
December 31, 2007

 

2003

 

6,208

 

2,633

 

(3,763

)

1,130

 

 

2004

 

6,913

 

3,067

 

(1,759

)

823

 

2,131

 

2005

 

14,606

 

5,739

 

(2,161

)

748

 

4,327

 

2006

 

15,564

 

4,272

 

(154

)

353

 

4,471

 

2007

 

12,362

 

3,014

 

(355

)

 

2,659

 

Total

 

55,653

 

18,725

 

(8,192

)

3,054

 

13,588

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expires in

 

2015

 

6,458

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2016

 

4,471

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2017

 

2,659

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,588

 

 

In order to utilize the tax credits and certain tax deductibility opportunities earned by the Group’s entities, they have to comply with strict requirements as set out in the relevant tax regulations. Management believes that the Group has complied and will be able to comply with the requirements to recognize these as deferred tax assets.

 

9.6 Tax reviews

 

The tax authorities may at any time inspect the books and records within five years from the end of the year when tax declarations were submitted and may impose additional tax assessments with penalties and penalty interest. Management is not aware of any circumstances which may give rise to a potential material liability in this respect.

 

10 Inventories

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

Cables, wires and other materials, work-in-progress and advances

 

3,745

 

3,125

 

Inventory for resale

 

7,904

 

8,454

 

Subtotal

 

11,649

 

11,579

 

Less allowances for obsolete inventory

 

(1,189

)

(927

)

 

 

10,460

 

10,652

 

 

11 Non current assets held for sale

 

Non current assets held for sale include land and buildings identified for sale, which is expected within 12 months, as a result of the continuing improvement of utilization of properties and headcount reductions.

 

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12 Property, plant and equipment - net

 

 

 

Land and
related
rights

 

Buildings

 

Telecom.
equipment

 

Other
equipment

 

Total

 

 

 

in HUF millions

 

At January 1, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

 

6,743

 

124,636

 

931,111

 

143,832

 

1,206,322

 

Accumulated depreciation

 

(1,808

)

(23,467

)

(493,159

)

(104,850

)

(623,284

)

Carrying amount

 

4,935

 

101,169

 

437,952

 

38,982

 

583,038

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of which held for sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,302

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

580,736

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carrying amount - January 1, 2006

 

4,935

 

101,169

 

437,952

 

38,982

 

583,038

 

Exchange differences

 

2

 

(14

)

194

 

37

 

219

 

Acquisitions

 

 

134

 

518

 

1,321

 

1,973

 

Additions

 

123

 

4 217

 

57,070

 

13,005

 

74,415

 

Disposals

 

(187

)

(3,254

)

(701

)

(394

)

(4,536

)

Impairment charge

 

(85

)

(174

)

(1,404

)

(64

)

(1,727

)

Depreciation charge

 

(172

)

(3,400

)

(78,151

)

(13,934

)

(95,657

)

Carrying amount - December 31, 2006

 

4,616

 

98,678

 

415,478

 

38,953

 

557,725

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

 

6,654

 

124,145

 

972,654

 

154,113

 

1,257,566

 

Accumulated depreciation

 

(2,038

)

(25,467

)

(557,176

)

(115,160

)

(699,841

)

Carrying amount

 

4,616

 

98,678

 

415,478

 

38,953

 

557,725

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of which held for sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(6,825

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

550,900

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carrying amount - January 1, 2007

 

4,616

 

98,678

 

415,478

 

38,953

 

557,725

 

Exchange differences

 

4

 

74

 

180

 

750

 

1,008

 

Acquisitions

 

 

2

 

366

 

123

 

491

 

Additions

 

24

 

13,560

 

51,380

 

10,944

 

75,908

 

Disposals

 

 

(3,229

)

(454

)

(1,705

)

(5,388

)

Impairment charge

 

 

(94

)

(32

)

 

(126

)

Depreciation charge

 

(143

)

(2,286

)

(79,147

)

(8,918

)

(90,494

)

Reclassifications

 

267

 

(7,680

)

25,741

 

(18,328

)

 

Carrying amount - December 31, 2007

 

4,768

 

99,025

 

413,512

 

21,819

 

539,124

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

 

6,687

 

127,522

 

1,057,554

 

98,645

 

1,290,408

 

Accumulated depreciation

 

(1,919

)

(28,497

)

(644,042

)

(76,826

)

(751,284

)

Carrying amount

 

4,768

 

99,025

 

413,512

 

21,819

 

539,124

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of which held for sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4,393

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

534,731

 

 

The closing balance of Property, plant and equipment includes assets in the course of construction in an amount of HUF 27,633 million as at December 31, 2007 (2006: HUF 19,232 million). In the table above the assets in course of construction are shown in the categories where the capitalization is expected.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Acquisitions include the fair value of the assets of the companies that were acquired by Magyar Telekom in the reported years.

 

Additions to property, plant and equipment are shown net of the investment tax credit related to broadband investments of HUF 3,561 million in 2007 (2006: HUF 3,109 million). For more details, see Note 9.5.

 

Impairment losses charged in 2007 relate to the WLAN assets deployed in rural areas of Hungary. It was established that the recoverable amount of these assets based on the value in use calculations was lower than the carrying amount. Value in use was determined using discounted cashflow analyses. The discount rates used were 11.6% to 12.0%.

 

Impairment losses charged in 2006 relate to various assets, the recoverable amounts of which were defined based on the respective assets’ values in use as these were found higher than their fair value less cost to sell. Value in use was determined using discounted cashflow analyses. The discount rates used were in the range of 11.49 -11.86% in 2006.

 

Reclassifications between PPE categories are the result of the unification of disclosure of PPE of the fixed line and mobile business from January 1, 2007, after the merger of the Company and T-Mobile HU. A large number of various assets were reclassified to ensure consistent disclosures between the business units.

 

Included in buildings are assets sold and leased back under finance lease conditions. At December 31, 2007 the gross book value of the leased back assets is HUF 2,460 million (2006: HUF 1,134 million) and the net book value is HUF 1,407 million (2006: HUF 903 million).

 

Included mainly in buildings and telecom equipment are assets leased under finance lease conditions (other than sale and lease back). At December 31, 2007 the gross book value of the leased assets is HUF 2,593 million (2006: HUF 1,142) and the net book value is HUF 1,828 million (2006: HUF 1,057 million).

 

Included in telecommunications equipment at December 31, 2007 are assets leased under operating lease contracts to customers with a gross book value of HUF 7,029 million (2006: HUF 7,744 million) and net book value of HUF 2,514 million (2006: HUF 2,125 million). Depreciation for the year of these assets amounted to HUF 808 million (2006: HUF 876 million). The future minimum lease payments receivable under these contracts are disclosed in Note 32.4.

 

As a result of the annual review of the useful life of the Group’s assets, the lives of certain assets were changed as of January 1, 2007 due to technical obsolescence. These assets mainly included software, and the change in life resulted in HUF 132 million higher depreciation expense in 2007.

 

HUF 1,859 million of PPE has restricted titles as at December 31, 2007 (2006: HUF 2,369 million), which serve as pledges for loans or other borrowings (mainly finance leases).

 

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13 Intangible assets - net

 

 

 

Goodwill

 

Software

 

Concessions
and licenses

 

Other

 

Total

 

 

 

in HUF millions

 

At January 1, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

 

232,157

 

110,038

 

40,139

 

18,502

 

400,836

 

Accumulated amortization

 

 

(65,893

)

(10,361

)

(4,785

)

(81,039

)

Carrying amount

 

232,157

 

44,145

 

29,778

 

13,717

 

319,797

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carrying amount - January 1, 2006

 

232,157

 

44,145

 

29,778

 

13,717

 

319,797

 

Exchange differences

 

(78

)

84

 

4

 

98

 

108

 

Acquisitions

 

13,070

 

391

 

177

 

6,726

 

20,364

 

Additions

 

 

16,379

 

7

 

72

 

16,458

 

Disposals

 

 

(122

)

 

 

(122

)

Impairment

 

 

 

 

(1,346

)

(1,346

)

Amortization charge

 

 

(17,659

)

(2,741

)

(3,119

)

(23,519

)

Carrying amount - December 31, 2006

 

245,149

 

43,218

 

27,225

 

16,148

 

331,740

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

 

245,149

 

121,675

 

40,705

 

21,917

 

429,446

 

Accumulated amortization

 

 

(78,457

)

(13,480

)

(5,769

)

(97,706

)

Carrying amount

 

245,149

 

43,218

 

27,225

 

16,148

 

331,740

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carrying amount - January 1, 2007

 

245,149

 

43,218

 

27,225

 

16,148

 

331,740

 

Exchange differences

 

185

 

51

 

1,629

 

(1

)

1,864

 

Acquisitions

 

520

 

384

 

1,214

 

21

 

2,139

 

Additions

 

 

15,441

 

11,564

 

1,005

 

28,010

 

Disposals

 

 

(216

)

(1,606

)

(46

)

(1,437

)

Impairment

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization charge

 

 

(18,583

)

(3,020

)

(3,372

)

(24,975

)

Reclassifications

 

458

 

2,931

 

(1

)

(3,502

)

(115

)

Carrying amount - December 31, 2007

 

246,312

 

43,657

 

37,005

 

10,253

 

337,227

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

 

246,312

 

139,415

 

54,262

 

19,818

 

459,807

 

Accumulated amortization

 

 

(95,758

)

(17,257

)

(9,565

)

(122,580

)

Carrying amount

 

246,312

 

43,657

 

37,005

 

10,253

 

337,227

 

 

Acquisitions include the assets of the companies that were acquired by Magyar Telekom in the reported years and the goodwill arising on these acquisitions.

 

The amortization expense as well as the impairment losses of intangible assets including goodwill is accounted for in the depreciation and amortization line of the income statement.

 

Reclassifications between intangible asset categories are mainly the result of the unification of disclosure of Intangible assets of the fixed line and mobile business from January 1, 2007, after the merger of the Company and T-Mobile HU. A large number of various assets were reclassified to ensure consistent disclosures between the business units.

 

The Group regularly carries out an impairment test on goodwill in the last quarter of the financial years. We established in all cases that the carrying amount of goodwill allocated to the cash generating units did not suffer impairment as the recoverable amounts of the CGUs based on fair values determined using discounted projected cashflows proved to be higher than the carrying values. Consequently, no goodwill impairment was charged in

 

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any of the reported years. The cashflows attributable to the national CGUs were projected for the coming ten years with terminal values determined.

 

The most significant amounts of goodwill are allocated to the T-Mobile segment. Beyond the 10-year planning period, the perpetual growth rates applied in the T-Mobile segment calculations were determined from 0.5% to 2.0% depending on the country of operations. The weighted average cost of capital was determined at 12.66% for T-Mobile HU, 11.61% for T-Mobile MK and 11.33% for T-Mobile CG.

 

The most significant individual intangible assets as of December 31, 2007 are listed in the table below.

 

 

 

 

 

Remaining

 

 

 

Carrying amount

 

useful life

 

Description

 

in HUF millions

 

(years)

 

Goodwill – T-Mobile segment

 

208,275

 

 

Goodwill - T-Com segment

 

33,174

 

 

Goodwill - T-Systems segment

 

4,863

 

 

T-Mobile HU UMTS licence

 

14,272

 

12

 

T-Mobile HU GSM licence (Note 1.3.4)

 

10,358

 

9

 

T-Mobile HU DCS 1800 licence

 

6,468

 

7

 

Other intangible assets

 

59,817

 

7

 

 

 

337,227

 

 

 

 

14 Investments in associates and joint ventures

 

 

 

For the year ended

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening balance

 

5,020

 

5,771

 

TSH becomes a subsidiary

 

 

(1,689

)

Capital injection to TSH

 

205

 

 

Share of associates’ and joint ventures’ profits

 

703

 

934

 

Dividends

 

(157

)

(72

)

Sale of T-Systems RIC

 

 

(11

)

Additions

 

 

3

 

Closing balance

 

5,771

 

4,936

 

 

The following table shows the total assets and liabilities as at December 31, 2007, and revenues and profit for the year ended December 31, 2007 of the major associates and joint ventures of the Group.

 

 

 

 

 

IKO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telekom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Média

 

Magyar

 

 

 

Hunsat

 

Holding

 

RTL

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

Total assets

 

1,247

 

6,267

 

30,198

 

Total liabilities

 

1,333

 

1

 

17,361

 

Revenues

 

3,289

 

 

33,086

 

Profit for the year

 

177

 

1,497

 

3,888

 

 

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15 Other non current assets

 

Other non current assets mainly include long-term prepaid employee benefits.

 

16 Financial liabilities to related parties

 

Related party loans are taken from Deutsche Telekom International Finance (DTIF), the treasury vehicle of Deutsche Telekom Group, and are denominated in HUF.

 

The table below shows the details of the loans outstanding as at December 31, 2007 and the related accrued interest.

 

 

 

Carrying

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

amount

 

Interest

 

Fixed /

 

 

 

 

 

(HUF millions)

 

rate (%)

 

variable

 

Repayable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due within 1 year

 

20,000

 

8.21

 

fixed

 

May 2008

 

Accrued interest

 

5,210

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25,210

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,487

 

7.56

 

variable

 

Jan 2009

 

 

 

5,000

 

9.68

 

fixed

 

Sep 2009

 

 

 

25,000

 

9.61

 

fixed

 

Oct 2009

 

 

 

28,000

 

7.69

 

variable

 

Oct 2009

 

 

 

20,000

 

7.53

 

fixed

 

Oct 2009

 

 

 

9,487

 

7.56

 

variable

 

Jan 2010

 

 

 

30,000

 

7.66

 

fixed

 

Jul 2010

 

 

 

9,486

 

7.56

 

variable

 

Jan 2011

 

 

 

34,000

 

7.21

 

fixed

 

Jul 2011

 

 

 

9,486

 

7.56

 

variable

 

Jan 2012

 

 

 

40,000

 

8.71

 

fixed

 

May 2012

 

 

 

9,486

 

7.56

 

variable

 

Jan 2013

 

 

 

25,000

 

7.26

 

fixed

 

Oct 2013

 

Due after 1 year

 

254,432

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

279,642

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The table below shows the carrying amounts and fair values of the related party loans

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

 

 

Book value

 

Fair value

 

Book value

 

Fair value

 

At fixed rate

 

184,000

 

188,914

 

199,000

 

206,958

 

At variable rate

 

75,432

 

75,432

 

75,432

 

75,432

 

Total related party loans

 

259,432

 

264,346

 

274,432

 

282,390

 

 

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The weighted average interest rate on related party loans was 7.95% in 2007 (8.45% in 2006, 8.45% in 2005).

 

The majority of the Group’s related party loans is subject to fixed interest rates that are exposed to fair value risk as it is stated in the table above. Any decrease of market interest rates will result in an increase of the fair value of the liabilities.

 

17 Other financial liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

Bank loans

 

(a)

 

28,846

 

40,506

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance lease payable (Note 32.1)

 

 

 

412

 

659

 

Accrued interest

 

 

 

298

 

1,474

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

347

 

2,027

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total other financial liabilities – current

 

 

 

29,903

 

44,666

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank loans

 

(a)

 

18,250

 

52,204

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance lease payable (Note 32.1)

 

 

 

2,324

 

2,711

 

Other

 

 

 

123

 

123

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total other financial liabilities – non current

 

 

 

20,697

 

55,038

 

 

(a) Bank loans

 

 

 

 

 

As at December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

Current bank loans

 

 

 

28,846

 

40,506

 

Non current bank loans

 

 

 

18,250

 

52,204

 

Total bank loans

 

(a)

 

47,096

 

92,710

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank loans analyzed by currency are as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HUF

 

 

 

47,096

 

81,130

 

EUR

 

 

 

 

11,484

 

Other

 

 

 

 

96

 

 

 

 

 

47,096

 

92,710

 

 

Principal repayments of bank loans fall due:

 

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Maturity

 

 

 

as at December 31,

 

Year

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Within 1 year

 

28,846

 

40,506

 

1-5 years

 

18,250

 

52,108

 

After 5 years

 

 

96

 

 

 

47,096

 

92,710

 

 

Loans totaling HUF 30,136 million at December 31, 2007 are revolving loans (2006: HUF 17,708 million) which can be prepaid at any time and may be drawn down in one to six month rolling periods.

 

The following table shows the weighted average interest rates of bank loans as at December 31, 2007.

 

 

 

Maturities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There-

 

 

 

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

2010

 

2011

 

2012

 

after

 

Total

 

 

 

(in HUF millions, except percentages)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank loans (HUF denominated)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At variable rate

 

37,128

 

28,014

 

4,565

 

423

 

 

 

70,130

 

Average interest rate

 

7.70

 

7.79

 

7.88

 

8.23

 

 

 

7.75

 

At fixed rate

 

 

 

 

11,000

 

 

 

11,000

 

Average interest rate

 

 

 

 

7.83

 

 

 

7.83

 

Total

 

37,128

 

28,014

 

4,565

 

11,423

 

 

 

81,130

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank loans (EUR denominated)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At variable rate

 

 

 

3,040

 

 

 

 

3,040

 

Average interest rate

 

 

 

4.94

 

 

 

 

4.94

 

At fixed rate

 

3,378

 

3,378

 

1,688

 

 

 

 

8,444

 

Average interest rate

 

4.95

 

4.95

 

4.95

 

 

 

 

4.95

 

Total

 

3,378

 

3,378

 

4,728

 

 

 

 

11,484

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank loans (other currencies - BGN)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At variable rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average interest rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At fixed rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

96

 

96

 

Average interest rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.52

 

5.52

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

96

 

96

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total bank loans

 

40,506

 

31,392

 

9,293

 

11,423

 

 

96

 

92,710

 

 

The weighted average interest rate on bank loans was 7.41% in 2007 (7.86% in 2006, 6.53% in 2005).

 

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The following table compares the carrying values and the fair values of the Group’s bank loans.

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

 

 

Book value

 

Fair value

 

Book value

 

Fair value

 

HUF denominated bank loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At fixed rate

 

3,372

 

3,372

 

11,000

 

12,067

 

At variable rate

 

43,724

 

43,724

 

70,130

 

70,130

 

 

 

47,096

 

47,096

 

81,130

 

82,197

 

EUR denominated bank loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At fixed rate

 

 

 

8,444

 

8,617

 

At variable rate

 

 

 

3,040

 

3,040

 

 

 

 

 

11,484

 

11,657

 

Bank loans denominated in other currencies (BGN)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At fixed rate

 

 

 

 

 

At variable rate

 

 

 

96

 

96

 

 

 

 

 

96

 

96

 

Total bank loans

 

47,096

 

47,096

 

92,710

 

93,950

 

 

Variable interest rate loans are subject to interests calculated based on mostly BUBOR (Budapest Inter-Bank Offered Rate) and EURIBOR (Euro Inter-Bank Offered Rate) plus a margin interest formula.

 

The majority of the Group’s third party loans and borrowings are subject to variable interest rates, which are exposed to cashflow risks. If interest rates are rising, it results in higher cash outflows through interest payments.

 

(b) Credit facilities

 

At December 31, 2007, Magyar Telekom had un-drawn committed credit facilities of HUF 48,352 million. These credit facilities, should they be drawn down, are subject to an interest rate of LIBOR, BUBOR and commercial floating bank prime rates plus a margin depending on the currency and institution providing the facilities.

 

18 Trade payables

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payable to DT Group companies

 

6,207

 

7,524

 

Payable to associates and joint ventures

 

1,287

 

9

 

Other trade payables

 

73,898

 

80,456

 

 

 

81,392

 

87,989

 

 

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19 Provision

 

 

 

 

 

Customer

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

loyalty

 

Legal

 

 

 

mobile IC

 

 

 

 

 

In HUF millions

 

Severance

 

programs

 

cases

 

MTIP

 

fees

 

Other

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 1, 2006

 

3,629

 

1,907

 

2,645

 

256

 

2,950

 

1,777

 

13,164

 

Acquired through business combinations

 

 

 

 

 

 

154

 

154

 

Amounts utilized / retired

 

(2,639

)

(1,837

)

(2,455

)

(199

)

 

(1,145

)

(8,275

)

Additions

 

3,063

 

1,965

 

2,462

 

132

 

1,640

 

2,232

 

11,494

 

December 31, 2006

 

4,053

 

2,035

 

2,652

 

189

 

4,590

 

3,018

 

16,537

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquired through business combinations

 

 

 

 

 

 

179

 

179

 

Amounts utilized / retired

 

(3,589

)

(645

)

(542

)

(158

)

 

(2,328

)

(7,262

)

Additions

 

14,258

 

1,064

 

3,542

 

40

 

2,394

 

2,945

 

24,243

 

December 31, 2007

 

14,722

 

2,454

 

5,652

 

71

 

6,984

 

3,814

 

33,697

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of which current

 

13,703

 

751

 

4,422

 

13

 

 

1,922

 

20,811

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of which non current

 

1,019

 

1,703

 

1,230

 

58

 

6,984

 

1,892

 

12,886

 

 

Magyar Telekom does not expect any reimbursement with regards the provisions recognized, therefore, no related assets have been recognized in the financial statements.

 

19.1 Severance

 

The provision for severance as at December 31, 2007 mostly relates to the major restructuring of Magyar Telekom Plc’s operations from January 1, 2008, and impact all functions of the Company. The provision for severance as at December 31, 2006 mostly related to the employee terminations in 2007 in Macedonia and Montenegro.

 

1,704 employees were dismissed in 2007 (2006: 771), related to which severance payments were made. The balance of provision as at December 31, 2007 relates to 813 employees (2006: 499) working in all functions of the Group.

 

The total payments made in relation to employee termination in 2007 amounted to HUF 14,652 million (2006: HUF 6,099 million), of which HUF 3,589 million was charged against the provision as at December 31, 2006, while the rest was recognized as employee related expense in 2007. The total payments made in relation to employee termination in 2006 amounted to HUF 6,099 million, of which HUF 2,639 million was charged against the provision as at December 31, 2005, while the rest was recognized as employee related expense in 2006.

 

19.2 Customer loyalty

 

Provision for customer loyalty programs includes the fair value of discount credits earned by customers that have not been utilized. The provision is recognized against revenues.

 

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19.3 Legal cases

 

Provisions for legal cases mainly include amounts expected to be paid to tax, regulatory and competition authorities as well as to ex-employees and trading partners as a result of legal disputes. The balance also includes amounts expected to be paid as compensation for loss of value to owners of real estates, allegedly caused by cellular base stations installed on neighboring sites. There are numerous legal cases for which provisions were recognized, of which the significant ones are described below.

 

19.3.1 Alleged abuse of dominant market position in Macedonia

 

In February 2007, a procedure was initiated against MakTel, by the Commission for protection of competition (CPC), upon request from UNET, a local Internet Service Provider, for abusing dominant position on the market for access to digital leased lines (DLL). In September 2007, the CPC brought a decision determining that MakTel had a dominant position on the leased lines market and that it abuses its dominant position. Executing the decision, MakTel submitted description of the wholesale DLL offer to the CPC, which is still under CPC’s scrutiny. No misdemeanor procedure has so far been initiated by the CPC. Given the provisions of the Law for protection of the competition regarding the penalty in case of misdemeanor procedure a provision of HUF 418 million was recognized in 2007.

 

T-Mobile MK is alleged to have been misusing its dominant market position by the CPC regarding its service Maily (which is the trade name for the voice mail service (“VMS”)) and based on its findings, the same authority started a misdemeanor procedure against T-Mobile MK. Management believes that the probability for payment of certain regulatory penalties is rather high and the amount of the penalty is estimated up to the revenue earned from the Maily service for the period of the alleged misdemeanor duration (as of the start of the service until the procedure has been initiated), in an amount of HUF 752 million, which was provided for in 2007.

 

19.3.2 Employee termination disputes in Montenegro

 

In 2005, CT offered a voluntary lay-off program with beneficial terms for employees accepting the offer. In 2006, CT announced another voluntary redundancy which had even more beneficial terms. After the announcement of the 2006 program, employees laid off in 2005 believe that they had been misled about the conditions of the lay-off. These former employees have announced that unless CT indemnifies them for the difference in the terms between the 2006 and 2005 programs, they would sue for being mislead in 2005. In 2007, 236 former employees of CT started misdemeanor procedures against CT in an amount of EUR 3.5 million arguing that CT had misled them while they accepted the voluntary termination program in 2005. Even though management is questioning the amount of the claims, it is more likely than not, that the claimants’ approach will be accepted than that it will be rejected. Accordingly, a provision of HUF 887 million was recognized in 2007.

 

19.4 MTIP

 

For more details on the Mid-term Incentive Plan see Note 24.1.3.

 

19.5 Fixed to mobile IC fees

 

The amount provided for in this category includes amounts collected from Magyar Telekom Plc’s customers, which will probably be repayable to universal customers related to the reduced fixed to mobile termination charges, which has been accounted for as a reduction of revenues. The Company has reassessed the

 

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classification of the liability as compared to December 31, 2006 considering the uncertainty about the exact timing and amount of the liability, and as a result, the liability in 2007 is disclosed as a provision as opposed to December 31, 2006, when it was disclosed as a Trade and other payables in the financial statements. Comparative amounts have been amended accordingly. The reclassification had no impact on equity, net income or EPS.

 

Pursuant to a decree, the Company has the obligation to decrease the F2M tariffs of the universal services subscribers by the amount of the decrease in the F2M termination rates. The Company has not fulfilled this obligation so far because the mobile operators - referring to their lawsuits against the NHH resolutions - did not, from a legal point of view, decrease the F2M termination rates, in their interconnection agreements with the Company. It is difficult to predict the final decision of the Court with regard to these cases. Nevertheless, even if the lawsuits are decided in favor of the mobile operators, we believe that the NHH will be required to perform a new procedure to determine the mobile termination prices, which is expected to result in the same or very similar, reduced F2M termination fees.

 

Even though the lawsuits initiated by the mobile operators have not been concluded, the NHH called upon the Company to repay the difference to its universal customers. There are ongoing negotiations with NHH to determine the form of settlement of the difference with the Company’s universal customers, the conclusion of which can have a significant impact on the final amount and timing of the liability. Magyar Telekom has set up a provision based on management’s best estimate, considering the early stage of such negotiations.

 

19.6 Other provisions

 

Other provisions as at December 31, 2007 include asset retirement and guarantee obligations and further other individually small items.

 

20 Other current liabilities

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

Deferred revenue and advances received

 

11,779

 

13,939

 

Other taxes and social security

 

13,162

 

13,327

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries and wages

 

7,033

 

9,500

 

Dividend payable to MagyarCom GmbH

 

45,074

 

 

Dividend payable to others

 

31,091

 

151

 

Other liabilities

 

2,459

 

5,060

 

 

 

110,598

 

41,977

 

 

Dividend payable decreased significantly as the General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc. approved the 2005 financial statements only in December 2006, therefore, the dividend was paid in January 2007. The delay in 2006 was a result of the investigation (Note 1.2).

 

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21 Other non current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EKG payable

 

(a)

 

5,117

 

3,293

 

Other

 

 

 

3,613

 

2,504

 

 

 

 

 

8,730

 

5,797

 

 


(a)          During 2005 the Company concluded an agreement with the Hungarian government for taking over the operation of the existing Electronic Governmental Backbone Network (EKG) for a period of 50 months. During the term of the agreement the Company committed to significant upgrades of the network and transferring these back to the government at the end of the term free of charge. During the term of the agreement, the Company has exclusivity in providing telecommunication services to the government institutions connected to the network. As the substance of the agreement is of a nature similar to a concession, the Company recognized an intangible asset (right) and a corresponding liability.

 

22 Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

2005

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

Fixed line revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voice retail

 

 

 

197,679

 

182,280

 

159,772

 

Voice wholesale

 

 

 

25,579

 

28,691

 

30,319

 

Internet

 

 

 

39,783

 

49,733

 

57,796

 

Data

 

 

 

26,792

 

27,121

 

27,440

 

Multimedia

 

 

 

15,037

 

17,506

 

18,102

 

Equipment

 

 

 

5,205

 

4,249

 

5,395

 

Other fixed line revenues

 

 

 

10,108

 

9,607

 

10,509

 

Total Fixed line revenue

 

 

 

320,183

 

319,187

 

309,333

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mobile revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voice

 

 

 

225,003

 

240,285

 

248,594

 

Non voice

 

 

 

36,539

 

40,258

 

45,068

 

Equipment and activation

 

 

 

23,472

 

25,280

 

23,121

 

Other mobile revenues

 

(a)

 

834

 

21,507

 

8,984

 

Total Mobile revenue

 

 

 

285,848

 

327,330

 

325,767

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

System integration and IT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

System integration

 

 

 

7,354

 

11,494

 

19,715

 

IT

 

 

 

1,669

 

13,185

 

21,846

 

Total System integration and IT revenue

 

 

 

9,023

 

24,679

 

41,561

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total revenue

 

 

 

615,054

 

671,196

 

676,661

 

 


(a)          Other mobile revenues mainly include the revenues of Pro-M. In November 2005 the Company concluded an agreement to build a wireless network (using TETRA technology) for the exclusive use of certain

 

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organizations (e.g. police, ambulance, etc.). The agreement has a 10 year term and the Company committed to build the network by January 31, 2007 and provide operation and maintenance services throughout the term for a fixed annual fee. The Company founded a subsidiary (Pro-M), which will be responsible for providing the services. During 2006 the Group evaluated the impact of this agreement considering also the requirements of IFRIC 4 and concluded that the agreement included a lease element which was determined to be of a finance lease nature. The service is provided to one buyer, the Hungarian Government, and required the construction of a customer specific asset, the Group accounts separately for the sale type lease (mainly in 2006) and the continuous telecommunications services provided on the network.

 

23 Expenses directly related to revenues

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

Voice, data and internet related payments

 

86,794

 

91,102

 

86,244

 

Material cost of telecommunications equipment sold

 

37,221

 

59,714

 

41,957

 

Payments to other subcontractors and agents

 

21,593

 

32,737

 

52,984

 

 

 

145,608

 

183,553

 

181,185

 

 

24 Employee related expenses

 

 

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

 

Note

 

2005

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

Short term benefits

 

 

 

90,605

 

92,638

 

99,459

 

Share based payments

 

24.1

 

270

 

281

 

(134

)

Termination benefits

 

 

 

5,142

 

6,523

 

25,332

 

Total before capitalization

 

 

 

96,017

 

99,442

 

124,657

 

Expenses capitalized

 

 

 

(3,234

)

(4,189

)

(4,481

)

 

 

 

 

92,783

 

95,253

 

120,176

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total costs expensed in relation to defined
contribution plans
(including social security)

 

 

 

21,797

 

21,737

 

28,791

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Closing number of employees

 

 

 

11,919

 

12,341

 

11,723

 

 

24.1 Share-based compensation

 

24.1.1 Management share option plan

 

On April 26, 2002, the annual Shareholders’ Meeting approved the introduction of a new management share option plan and authorized the Company’s Board of Directors to purchase 17 million “A” series registered ordinary shares, each having a nominal value of HUF 100 as treasury shares. Consequently, the Company issued 4,900,000 shares on July 1, 2002, which were repurchased immediately as treasury shares.

 

On July 1, 2002, the Company granted 3,964,600 options to participants of the stock option plan at an exercise price of HUF 933 for the first tranche (exercisable in 2003) and HUF 950 for the second and third

 

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tranches (exercisable in 2004 and 2005). As the Company’s share price as quoted on the Budapest Stock Exchange on the grant date was HUF 833 per share, there was no intrinsic value to the options. The options had a life of five years from the grant date, meaning that the options are forfeited without replacement or compensation on June 30, 2007.

 

The option with respect to a maximum of one-third of the shares that could be purchased under the first tranche was exercisable from July 1, 2003 until the end of the term. The option with respect to a maximum of a further one-third of the shares that could be purchased under the second tranche was exercisable from July 1, 2004 until the end of the term. The option with respect to the rest of the shares that could be purchased under the third tranche was exercisable from July 1, 2005 until the end of the term.

 

As the management share option plan did not fall into the scope of IFRS 2 — Share based Payments, the Group did not recognize compensation expense in any of the periods.

 

The table below shows the movements in the number of management stock options in thousands.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average exercise

 

 

 

2005

 

2006

 

2007

 

price (HUF)

 

Opening number of share options

 

3,207

 

1,929

 

1,307

 

944

 

Number of share options exercised

 

(991

)

(539

)

(414

)

944

 

Forfeited share options

 

(287

)

(83

)

(893

)

944

 

Closing number of share options

 

1,929

 

1,307

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of exercisable options at end of year

 

1,929

 

1,307

 

 

 

 

The average share price on the exercise dates in 2007 was HUF 985 (HUF 1,060 in 2006).

 

24.1.2 The former CEO’s share option plan

 

The former CEO of Magyar Telekom was granted share options in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004. The exercise price of the options was determined in US dollars and the options had no intrinsic values on the grant dates in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003, while those granted in 2004 had an intrinsic value of HUF 63 million. One third of the options granted vested after one year, another one third vested two years after the grant date, while the last third vested after three years. The options are exercisable for ten years after the grant date. The Group recognized compensation expense in an amount of HUF 36 million in 2006 (2005: HUF 84 million) among employee related expenses against equity (Reserve for equity settled share based transactions).

 

In 2006, the former CEO resigned and exercised his remaining options from 2003 and 2004. Although the last third of the 2004 grant would not have been exercisable, the resignation agreement concluded between the Company and the CEO allowed the early exercising of these 487 thousand options. Further, the settlement was concluded in cash even though the plan was originally intended as equity settled. The options granted in 2000 remain exercisable with the original conditions. The closing share price on the exercise date was HUF 1,060.

 

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The table below shows the details of the CEO’s share options.

 

 

 

Options granted in year

 

 

 

 

 

2000

 

2001

 

2002

 

2003

 

2004

 

Total

 

Number of options granted (thousand)

 

103

 

250

 

303

 

619

 

1,462

 

2,737

 

Exercised (thousand) – in 2005

 

 

(250

)

(303

)

(413

)

(487

)

(1,453

)

Exercised (thousand) – in 2006

 

 

 

 

(206

)

(975

)

(1,181

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding (thousand) at December 31, 2007

 

103

 

 

 

 

 

103

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercisable (thousand) at December 31, 2007

 

103

 

 

 

 

 

103

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise price in USD

 

7.36

 

2.93

 

3.48

 

3.62

 

3.87

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remaining contractual life at December 31, 2007 (years)

 

2.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24.1.3 Mid-term incentive plan (MTIP)

 

In 2004 Magyar Telekom launched a Mid Term Incentive Plan (MTIP) for its top management, whereby the targets to be achieved are based on the performance of the Magyar Telekom share. The MTIP is a cash settled long term incentive instrument which is planned to cover five years, with a new package being launched in each year, and with each tranche lasting for three years.

 

The first tranche of the program spanned the period between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2006. The second tranche of the program spanned the period between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2007, the third tranche of the program spans the period between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2008, while the fourth tranche of the program spans the period between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2009. Participants include top and senior managers of the Group.

 

At the beginning of the plan each participant has an offered bonus. This bonus will be paid out at the end of the plan, depending on the achievement of the two fixed targets, an absolute Magyar Telekom share specific and a relative Index target.

 

The absolute performance target is achieved when the Magyar Telekom share price, adjusted for dividends paid during the tenure, is more than 35 percent higher at the end of the lock—up period than at the beginning of the plan. The basis of the calculation is the un-weighted average closing price of the Magyar Telekom share at the Budapest Stock Exchange during the last 20 trading days before the beginning and the end of the plan. The share price calculated according to the above was HUF 755 at the grant date of the first tranche, HUF 843 at the grant date of the second tranche, HUF 949 at the grant date of the third tranche and HUF 1,012 at the grant date of the fourth tranche.

 

The relative performance target is linked to the Total Return of the Magyar Telekom share compared to the performance of the Dow Jones Euro STOXX Total Return Index during the vesting period, each at the last 20 trading days. Measurement is the un-weighted average Magyar Telekom share price plus dividend payments.

 

These target figures are weighted with the fair value factors of achieving these targets. The fair value factors are calculated using the Monte Carlo technique. The target figures are multiplied by the relevant fair value

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

factors and these amounts are then accrued for the given tranche period. This technique aims to determine the fair values of the share options granted and present it in accordance with the accruals concept.

 

The 2004 program ended on December 31, 2006. The absolute performance target was met, while the relative target was not. The 2005 program ended on December 31, 2007. Neither of the targets was met.

 

The provision for the payments in relation to the MTIP program and the movements thereof are disclosed in Note 19.4.

 

25 Other operating expenses

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Materials, maintenance and service fees

 

60,696

 

71,586

 

69,034

 

Marketing

 

24,888

 

21,868

 

20,152

 

Fees and levies

 

13,455

 

14,919

 

15,640

 

Consulting

 

7,571

 

11,301

 

12,818

 

Rental and operating lease

 

9,039

 

9,977

 

9,304

 

Bad debt expense

 

6,266

 

5,066

 

5,136

 

Other expenses

 

6,317

 

2,608

 

3,310

 

 

 

128,232

 

137,325

 

135,394

 

 

Other expenses in 2005 include HUF 2,059 million paid under four consulting contracts entered into by the Group, as to which the Company has not been able to obtain sufficient evidence that Company or its subsidiaries received adequate value. See Note 1.2 for more details.

 

26 Other operating income

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Compensation for rebranding (Note 33.1)

 

7,281

 

1,435

 

229

 

Gain on sale of PP&E, Intangible assets and assets held for sale

 

728

 

2,140

 

3,203

 

Other operating income

 

 

 

569

 

 

 

8,009

 

3,575

 

4,001

 

 

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27 Finance expenses

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

31,340

 

27,325

 

31,147

 

Other finance expenses

 

3,157

 

2,831

 

4,039

 

Less: Interest capitalized

 

 

(54

)

 

 

 

34,497

 

30,102

 

35,186

 

 

Other finance expenses mainly include bank charges.

 

The capitalization rate used in 2006 to determine the amount of borrowing costs eligible for capitalization is 3 month BUBOR + 0.17525%.

 

28 Finance income

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gain on sale of financial instruments

 

 

1,190

 

828

 

Gains / (losses) on the valuation of derivative financial instruments

 

 

377

 

(139

)

Net foreign exchange gains / (losses)

 

1,014

 

(659

)

(1,481

)

Finance lease interest income

 

 

480

 

1,675

 

Interest and other finance income

 

1,982

 

3,304

 

4,334

 

 

 

2,996

 

4,692

 

5,217

 

 

29 Purchase of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additions to property, plant and equipment

 

75,705

 

74,415

 

75,908

 

Additions to intangible assets

 

23,669

 

16,458

 

28,010

 

Total additions to tangible and intangible assets

 

99,374

 

90,873

 

103,918

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recognition of investment tax credit (Note 9.4)

 

5,373

 

3,109

 

3,561

 

Change in payables relating to capital expenditures

 

(1,160

)

2,808

 

(4,382

)

 

 

103,587

 

96,790

 

103,097

 

 

The Group had no significant non cash transactions in any of the reported years.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

30 Purchase of subsidiaries and business units

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KFKI

 

 

9,840

 

 

Dataplex

 

 

5,148

 

 

Orbitel

 

 

1,982

 

 

CT

 

35,927

 

 

 

T-Systems Hungary

 

 

 

60

 

Stonebridge / MakTel

 

 

16,579

 

 

Other

 

 

1,778

 

650

 

Total purchase of subsidiaries and business units

 

35,927

 

35,327

 

710

 

 

Other items include the consideration paid for smaller business combinations and for additional shares of ownership in subsidiaries already consolidated.

 

31 Segment information

 

In 2007, Magyar Telekom has changed its management structure, whereby instead of the past two operating segments (Fixed line and Mobile) the Group is now managed along four segments. This practically means the further split of the old Fixed line segment into three segments (T-Com, T-Systems and Group headquarters and Shared services). The comparative information has been restated accordingly. The mobile segment’s new name is T-Mobile.

 

The T-Com segment is the primary fixed line telecommunications service provider in Hungary, Macedonia and Montenegro. To a lesser extent, T-Com is also present in Romania, Bulgaria and Ukraine, providing alternative telecommunications services.

 

The T-Mobile segment provides digital services in various frequency bandwidths in Hungary, Macedonia and Montenegro and also includes the professional mobile services provided by Pro-M in Hungary.

 

The T-Systems segment provides fixed line telecommunications services in Hungary to the largest 3,200 customers of Magyar Telekom Plc. Further, T-Systems also provides system integration and information technology related services and products to business clients in Hungary.

 

The Group headquarters and Shared services (GHS) segment includes the activities of the Magyar Telekom headquarters, including the Procurement, Treasury, Real estate, Accounting, Tax, Legal, Internal audit and similar shared services and other central functions of the Group’s management. GHS is disclosed voluntarily as a segment regardless of its size and activities.

 

The segments’ revenues include revenues from external clients as well as the internal revenues generated from other segments for telecommunications as well as support services.

 

The segments’ depreciation, amortization and impairment expenses include the aforementioned expenses related to the intangible assets and PPE allocated to the segments.

 

The segments’ results are monitored to Operating profit. The financial results, the share of associates’ and joint ventures’ profits and tax expenses as well as the minority interests are not allocated to the segments, as these items are managed at Group level.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Assets allocated to the segments exclude Cash and cash equivalents, Other current financial assets and Non current financial assets and Current and Deferred tax assets, which are managed at Group level. All other assets are allocated to the segments.

 

Liabilities allocated to the segments exclude Financial liabilities and Current and Deferred tax liabilities, which are managed at Group level. All other liabilities are allocated to the segments.

 

31.1 Primary reporting format

 

The following tables present a summary of operating results of the Group by business segment. The segments presented below are substantially consistent with the format used by the Company’s Management Committee.

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T-Com revenues from external customers

 

275,016

 

272,822

 

273,275

 

T-Com revenues from other segments

 

30,340

 

42,421

 

34,426

 

Total revenues of T-Com

 

305,356

 

315,243

 

307,701

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T-Mobile revenues from external customers

 

285,848

 

327,330

 

325,724

 

T-Mobile revenues from other segments

 

23,035

 

22,236

 

21,146

 

Total revenues of T-Mobile

 

308,883

 

349,566

 

346,870

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T-Systems revenues from external customers

 

50,803

 

63,423

 

75,034

 

T-Systems revenues from other segments

 

6,198

 

1,946

 

3,898

 

Total revenues of T-Systems

 

57,001

 

65,369

 

78,932

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GHS revenues from external customers

 

3,387

 

7,621

 

2,628

 

GHS revenues from other segments

 

18,628

 

18,776

 

21,109

 

Total revenues of GHS

 

22,015

 

26,397

 

23,737

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less: Inter-segment revenue

 

(78,201

)

(85,379

)

(80,579

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total revenue of the Group

 

615,054

 

671,196

 

676,661

 

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Impairment of tangible and intangible assets

 

316

 

2,457

 

 

Other depreciation and amortization

 

58,684

 

65,004

 

57,473

 

T-Com

 

59,000

 

67,461

 

57,473

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Impairment of tangible and intangible assets

 

75

 

616

 

126

 

Other depreciation and amortization

 

42,716

 

46,559

 

47,323

 

T-Mobile

 

42,791

 

47,175

 

47,449

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Impairment of tangible and intangible assets

 

 

 

 

Other depreciation and amortization

 

1,962

 

3,611

 

5,867

 

T-Systems

 

1,962

 

3,611

 

5,867

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Impairment of tangible and intangible assets

 

 

 

 

Other depreciation and amortization

 

10,933

 

4,002

 

4,806

 

GHS

 

10,933

 

4,002

 

4,806

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total depreciation and amortization of the Group

 

114,686

 

122,249

 

115,595

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Segment results (Operating profit)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T-Com

 

66,162

 

56,300

 

54,096

 

T-Mobile

 

87,524

 

92,772

 

101,855

 

T-Systems

 

20,823

 

12,134

 

5,966

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GHS

 

(32,755

)

(24,815

)

(33,605

)

Total operating profit of the Group

 

141,754

 

136,391

 

128,312

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additions to PPE and Intangible assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additions to Goodwill

 

 

6,317

 

 

Other additions due to business combinations

 

26,195

 

3,090

 

50

 

Purchases of tangible and intangible assets

 

43,158

 

38,574

 

39,433

 

T-Com

 

69,353

 

47,981

 

39,483

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additions to Goodwill

 

5,122

 

2,285

 

507

 

Other additions due to business combinations

 

12,450

 

 

 

Purchases of tangible and intangible assets

 

46,322

 

40,236

 

55,903

 

T-Mobile

 

63,894

 

42,521

 

56,410

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additions to Goodwill

 

 

4,468

 

13

 

Other additions due to business combinations

 

 

6,177

 

2,060

 

Purchases of tangible and intangible assets

 

5,078

 

5,853

 

3,316

 

T-Systems

 

5,078

 

16,498

 

5,389

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases of tangible and intangible assets

 

4,816

 

6,210

 

5,266

 

GHS

 

4,816

 

6,210

 

5,266

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Group

 

143,141

 

113,210

 

106,548

 

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

 

As at December 31,

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goodwill

 

32,710

 

33,174

 

Associates and joint ventures

 

4,071

 

4,933

 

Assets held for sale

 

1,878

 

636

 

Other assets

 

413,041

 

390,481

 

T-Com

 

451,700

 

429,224

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goodwill

 

207,738

 

208,275

 

Assets held for sale

 

888

 

 

Other assets

 

248,328

 

260,796

 

T-Mobile

 

456,954

 

469,071

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goodwill

 

4,701

 

4,863

 

Associates and joint ventures

 

1,700

 

 

Assets held for sale

 

739

 

739

 

Other assets

 

31,512

 

32,550

 

T-Systems

 

38,652

 

38,152

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets held for sale

 

3,320

 

3,018

 

Other assets

 

62,487

 

62,418

 

GHS

 

65,807

 

65,436

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inter-segment elimination

 

(17,911

)

(5,987

)

Total segment assets

 

995,202

 

995,896

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unallocated assets

 

136,393

 

139,682

 

Total assets of the Group

 

1,131,595

 

1,135,578

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T-Com

 

54,595

 

65,274

 

T-Mobile

 

49,153

 

58,348

 

T-Systems

 

9,307

 

20,127

 

GHS

 

104,437

 

34,829

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inter-segment elimination

 

(17,911

)

(5,987

)

Total segment liabilities

 

199,581

 

172,591

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unallocated liabilities

 

338,847

 

381,294

 

Total liabilities of the Group

 

538,428

 

553,885

 

 

31.2 Secondary reporting format

 

Magyar Telekom’s segments primarily operate in Hungary, Macedonia and Montenegro. The Group also has Fixed line operations in Romania, Bulgaria and Ukraine, which are shown in one amount in the table below. The geographical segment reporting information is included in the tables below.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue generated in Hungary

 

526,947

 

565,770

 

565,750

 

Less: inter-segment revenue

 

(1,020

)

(2,254

)

(3,474

)

Revenue from external customers – Hungary

 

525,927

 

563,516

 

562,276

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue generated in Macedonia

 

67,547

 

74,056

 

74,332

 

Less: inter-segment revenue

 

(311

)

(760

)

(525

)

Revenue from external customers – Macedonia

 

67,236

 

73,296

 

73,807

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue generated in Montenegro

 

20,521

 

30,683

 

35,747

 

Less: inter-segment revenue

 

(62

)

(229

)

(491

)

Revenue from external customers – Montenegro

 

20,459

 

30,454

 

35,256

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue generated in other countries

 

2,133

 

4,784

 

6,489

 

Less: inter-segment revenues

 

(701

)

(854

)

(1,167

)

Revenue from external customers – other countries

 

1,432

 

3,930

 

5,322

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total revenue of the Group

 

615,054

 

671,196

 

676,661

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additions to PPE and Intangible assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additions to Goodwill

 

 

10,377

 

520

 

Other additions due to business combinations

 

 

9,138

 

2,110

 

Purchases of tangible and intangible assets

 

84,764

 

77,875

 

83,538

 

Hungary

 

84,764

 

97,390

 

86,168

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additions to Goodwill

 

 

1,724

 

 

Other additions due to business combinations

 

 

 

 

Purchases of tangible and intangible assets

 

9,052

 

7,340

 

9,880

 

Macedonia

 

9,052

 

9,064

 

9,880

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additions to Goodwill

 

5,122

 

 

 

Other additions due to business combinations

 

38,645

 

 

 

Purchases of tangible and intangible assets

 

4,278

 

3,541

 

6,974

 

Montenegro

 

48,045

 

3,541

 

6,974

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additions to Goodwill

 

 

969

 

 

Other additions due to business combinations

 

 

129

 

 

Purchases of tangible and intangible assets

 

1,280

 

2,117

 

3,526

 

Other countries

 

1,280

 

3,215

 

3,526

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Group

 

143,141

 

113,210

 

106,548

 

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

 

As at December 31,

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Hungary

 

803,422

 

812,311

 

Macedonia

 

138,879

 

135,623

 

Montenegro

 

47,558

 

49,909

 

Other countries

 

6,690

 

8,352

 

Total

 

996,549

 

1,006,195

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inter-segment elimination

 

(1,347

)

(10,299

)

Total segment assets

 

995,202

 

995,896

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unallocated assets

 

136,393

 

139,682

 

Total assets of the Group

 

1,131,595

 

1,135,578

 

 

32 Commitments

 

32.1 Finance lease —Group as lessee

 

Finance leases in 2006 and 2007 relate to the sale and lease back of spaces in buildings accommodating telephone exchanges. The average contract term of these leases is 10 years, and the contracts include renewal options but no purchase options.

 

Future lease payments under finance leases related to sale and lease back transactions at December 31, 2006 and 2007 are as follows:

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

Amounts in HUF millions

 

Present
value

 

Interest
component

 

Minimum
lease
payment

 

Present
value

 

Interest
component

 

Minimum
lease
payment

 

Within 1 year

 

124

 

274

 

398

 

222

 

324

 

546

 

1-5 years

 

668

 

794

 

1,462

 

872

 

866

 

1,738

 

After 5 years

 

585

 

280

 

865

 

561

 

247

 

808

 

Total

 

1,377

 

1,348

 

2,725

 

1,655

 

1,437

 

3,092

 

 

Finance leases other than sale and lease back in 2007 mainly relate to vehicles and IT equipment. The average contract term of the leases is 3-5 years.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Future lease payments under finance leases other than sale and lease back transactions at December 31, 2006 and 2007 are as follows:

 

 

 

At December 31, 2006

 

At December 31, 2007

 

Amounts in HUF millions

 

Present
value

 

Interest
component

 

Minimum
lease
payment

 

Present
value

 

Interest
component

 

Minimum
lease
payment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Within 1 year

 

288

 

99

 

387

 

437

 

163

 

600

 

1-5 years

 

1,071

 

129

 

1,200

 

1,131

 

280

 

1,411

 

After 5 years

 

 

 

 

147

 

19

 

166

 

Total

 

1,359

 

228

 

1,587

 

1,715

 

462

 

2,177

 

 

32.2 Operating lease —Group as lessee

 

Operating lease commitments are mainly in respect of the rental of cell sites, and to a lesser extent, related to buildings, network and other telecommunications facilities.

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

Amounts in HUF millions

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Within 1 year

 

6,869

 

7,360

 

1-5 years

 

18,813

 

19,801

 

After 5 years

 

17,667

 

15,668

 

Total

 

43,349

 

42,829

 

 

The lease commitments represent a high amount of individually immaterial lease agreements, the terms of which vary on a wide range, spanning from 3 to 20 years with renewal options in most cases.

 

32.3 Finance lease —Group as lessor

 

Future lease receivables under finance leases at December 31, 2006 and 2007 are as follows:

 

 

 

At December 31, 2006

 

At December 31, 2007

 

Amounts in HUF
millions

 

Present
value

 

Interest
component

 

Minimum
lease
receipt

 

Present
value

 

Interest
component

 

Minimum
lease receipt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Within 1 year

 

1,856

 

1,330

 

3,186

 

4,011

 

1,617

 

5,628

 

1-5 years

 

8,907

 

4,690

 

13,597

 

9,742

 

3,928

 

13,668

 

After 5 years

 

7,256

 

902

 

8,158

 

7,816

 

5,971

 

8,787

 

Total

 

18,019

 

6,922

 

24,941

 

21,569

 

6,514

 

28,083

 

 

The interest component represents the unearned finance income. The present value due within one year is included in Other current financial assets, while the present value after one year is included in Other non current financial assets. The finance income accruing to the Group over the lease term is recognized in the income statement (Finance income).

 

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32.4 Operating lease — Group as lessor

 

The following table sets forth the future minimum lease payments receivable by the Group for the operating leases of PBX equipment where Magyar Telekom is the lessor.

 

Amounts in HUF millions

 

At December 31,
2007

 

 

 

Minimum lease
receipt

 

 

 

 

 

Within 1 year

 

2,738

 

1-5 years

 

2,446

 

After 5 years

 

12

 

Total

 

5,196

 

 

32.5 Purchase commitments for tangible assets

 

As of December 31, 2007, Magyar Telekom had contractual commitments for capital expenditures of HUF 12,6 billion (HUF 6.3 billion in 2006, HUF 3.2 billion in 2005) with the majority falling due within one year.

 

32.6 Commitments related to the extended GSM license of T-Mobile HU

 

The Company renewed its mobile concession contract for use of the 900 MHz frequency band that expires on November 4, 2008 for an additional term of seven and a half years, as agreed with the Hungarian Government. At the same time, the Company agreed to carry out large-scale investment projects to further increase mobile broadband coverage. In addition to the payment of the HUF 10 billion concession fee, Magyar Telekom agreed with the Government to spend at least HUF 20 billion in the following two years (2008 and 2009) on further increasing mobile broadband coverage in Hungary.

 

33 Related party transactions

 

33.1 Deutsche Telekom Group

 

Deutsche Telekom AG is the ultimate controlling owner of Magyar Telekom Plc. holding 59.21% of the issued shares. Deutsche Telekom (DT) Group has a number of fixed line and mobile telecom service provider subsidiaries worldwide, with whom Magyar Telekom Group has regular transactions.

 

The Company is directly owned by MagyarCom GmbH, which is a holding company of DTAG. Magyar Telekom pays dividends annually to its owners including MagyarCom GmbH.

 

MagyarCom Services Kft., a Hungarian company owned by Deutsche Telekom, provides Magyar Telekom with management and consulting services.

 

Deutsche Telekom International Finance (DTIF) is the treasury vehicle of DT Group, which provides loan financing across the DT Group including Magyar Telekom.

 

The Company’s Hungarian mobile subsidiary, Westel was renamed as T-Mobile Hungary during 2004, while other Hungarian companies were renamed in 2005. The renaming continued in 2006 in Macedonia and Montenegro. The expenditures incurred in connection with the launch and promotion of the new brands and the

 

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loss of value caused by discontinuing the old brands were compensated in value by Deutsche Telekom AG. The compensation received was recognized in the income statement (Other operating income).

 

The table below summarizes the above related party transactions with DT group.

 

 

 

2005

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues from telecom services provided to DT Group

 

8,056

 

7,127

 

6,729

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Costs of services provided by DT Group

 

(11,303

)

(13,016

)

(11,881

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income from DTAG

 

7,281

 

1,435

 

229

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense to DTIF

 

(24,518

)

(21,389

)

(23,301

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend paid to MagyarCom GmbH

 

(43,222

)

 

(88,296

)

Dividend payable to MagyarCom GmbH

 

 

(45,074

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable from DT Group

 

3,711

 

7,991

 

6,878

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable to MagyarCom Services Kft

 

(313

)

(163

)

(268

)

Accounts payable to other DT Group companies

 

(3,254

)

(6,044

)

(7,256

)

Accrued interests payable to DTIF

 

(6,198

)

(3,756

)

(5,210

)

Loans payable to DTIF

 

(286,648

)

(259,432

)

(274,432

)

 

Deutsche Telekom has pledged its support for Magyar Telekom’s financing needs through to June 30, 2009.

 

33.2 Governments

 

Magyar Telekom provides services to Government departments and businesses in Hungary, Macedonia and Montenegro, but individually none of these customers represent a significant source of revenue.

 

33.3 Associates and joint ventures

 

Hunsat is a joint venture founded by the Company (50%) and Antenna Hungária Rt. (50%). The revenues of Hunsat include commissions received from Hungarian telecommunications companies for the use of services of international satellite agencies. The operational transactions and balances with Hunsat are insignificant. Dividends received from Hunsat amounted to HUF 72 million in 2007 (2006: HUF 157 million, 2005: HUF 1,376 million).

 

IKO-Telekom Média Holding (ITMH) is a joint venture holding company of Magyar Telekom and IKO Production Kft., with a 50-50% ownership. The transactions between the Group and ITMH are insignificant.

 

M-RTL is an associate of Magyar Telekom. M-RTL is a television broadcast company that sells airtime through media agencies to Magyar Telekom, and Magyar Telekom provides telecom services to M-RTL mainly through an interactive service provider. Consequently, the direct operating transactions between M-RTL and the Group were insignificant. M-RTL declared dividends to Magyar Telekom directly and indirectly in an amount of

 

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HUF 750 million in 2007 (2006: HUF 605 million, 2005: HUF 550 million).

 

33.4 Board and supervisory board members

 

The remuneration of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors amounted to HUF 11 million in 2007 (2006: HUF 8 million, 2005: HUF 10 million). The remuneration of the members of the Company’s Supervisory Board amounted to HUF 42 million in 2007 (2006: HUF 17 million, 2005: HUF 14 million).

 

33.5 Key management

 

Key management has been identified as the members of the Group’s Management Committee, which is the main operational decision making body of Magyar Telekom.

 

The table below shows in total the compensation expenses (including social security and other payroll related taxes) incurred by the Group in relation to the key management.

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries and other short-term employee benefits

 

670

 

647

 

978

 

Contractual termination expense

 

350

 

432

 

1,129

 

Share based compensation (Note 24.1)

 

130

 

112

 

(123

)

 

 

1,150

 

1,191

 

1,984

 

 

The Group does not provide loans to its key management.

 

In 2001, DT’s shareholders approved the introduction of the 2001 Stock Option Plan, resulting in the granting of stock options in 2001 and 2002. 50 percent of the options granted to each beneficiary may only be exercised following the end of a vesting period of two years. The remaining 50 percent of the options granted to each beneficiary may be exercised at the end of a vesting period of three years. All options are vested as December 31, 2007. The exercise price of the 2001 option is EUR 30.00, the term of the options runs until August 12, 2011. The exercise price of the 2002 option is EUR 12.36, the term of the options runs until July 14, 2012. At the time they were granted, the options of the 2001 and 2002 tranches had no intrinsic value, but a fair value of EUR 4.87 and EUR 3.79 respectively. The Company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), who was a senior manager of DT at the time of the stock option, is a participant of the 2002 tranche, having 6,510 share options. Magyar Telekom does not have any potential obligation deriving from the CFO’s share options.

 

Further, the Company’s CFO is also a participant of the 2004, 2005 and 2006 MTIP programs of DT, which are very similar to those of Magyar Telekom as described in Note 24.1.3, the difference being that the targets of the programs are tied to the performance of the DT shares. Magyar Telekom does not have any potential obligation deriving from the CFO’s participation in DT’s MTIP program.

 

In 2001 and 2002, Deutsche Telekom granted stock appreciation rights (SARs) to employees in countries where it was not legally possible to issue stock options. Magyar Telekom employees only participated in the 2001 program. Each individual SAR entitles the plan participant to receive an amount in cash subject to these terms and conditions. Magyar Telekom does not have any potential obligation deriving from that contract, since Deutsche Telekom will pay the compensation, if any, to the participants, and further, the fair value of the SARs

 

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as at December 31, 20007 is estimated to be zero. No member of the current key management is a participant of the SAR program, but former members of the key management were participants of the 2001 SAR program.

 

34.Disclosures on financial instruments

 

34.1 Categories of financial assets and liabilities

 

34.1.1 Financial assets

 

The table below shows the categorization of financial assets as at December 31, 2006.

 

 

 

Financial assets

 

Carrying

 

Fair

 

Assets

 

Loans and

 

Held-to-

 

Available-

 

Held for

 

amount

 

value

 

in HUF millions

 

receivables

 

maturity

 

for-sale

 

trading

 

2006

 

2006

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

60,207

 

 

 

 

60,207

 

60,207

 

Bank deposits with original maturities over 3 months

 

17,633

 

 

 

 

17,633

 

17,633

 

Trade receivables

 

89,149

 

 

 

 

89,149

 

89,149

 

Trade receivables over one year

 

586

 

 

 

 

586

 

567

 

Employee loans

 

5,014

 

 

 

 

 

5,014

 

4,940

 

Derivative financial instruments

 

 

 

 

378

 

378

 

378

 

Other current financial assets

 

482

 

 

 

 

 

482

 

482

 

Financial assets available for sale

 

 

 

458

 

 

458

 

458

 

Other non current financial asset

 

2,280

 

 

 

 

2,280

 

2,269

 

Total

 

175,351

 

 

458

 

378

 

176,187

 

176,083

 

 

The table below shows the categorization of financial assets as at December 31, 2007.

 

 

 

Financial assets

Carrying

 

Fair

 

Assets

 

Loans and

 

Held-to-

 

Available-

 

Held for

 

amount

 

value

 

in HUF millions

 

receivables

 

maturity

 

for-sale

 

trading

 

2007

 

2007

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

47,666

 

 

 

 

47,666

 

47,666

 

Bank deposits with original maturities over 3 months

 

58,053

 

 

 

 

58,053

 

58,053

 

Trade receivables

 

95,478

 

 

 

 

95,478

 

95,478

 

Trade receivables over one year

 

619

 

 

 

 

619

 

595

 

Employee loans

 

4,610

 

 

 

 

4,610

 

4,879

 

Derivative financial instruments

 

 

 

 

57

 

57

 

57

 

Loans to third parties

 

1,334

 

 

 

 

1,334

 

1,334

 

Other current financial assets

 

636

 

 

 

 

636

 

636

 

Financial assets available for sale

 

 

 

690

 

 

690

 

690

 

Other non current financial asset

 

841

 

 

 

 

841

 

897

 

Total

 

209,237

 

 

690

 

57

 

209,984

 

210,285

 

 

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All financial instruments are recognized initially at fair value. More details are provided on subsequent measurement of financial instruments in Note 2.4.

 

Cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables, other current financial assets and loans to third parties mainly have short times to maturity. For this reason, their carrying amounts at the reporting date approximate the fair values.

 

The fair value of employee loans, trade receivables over one year and other non-current financial assets are determined by using discounted cash-flow valuation technique. The quarterly cash inflows from the employees are discounted by market based interest rates interpolated from the official Budapest and EUR Interest Rate Swap.

 

The fair value of financial instruments that are not traded in an active market (derivative financial instruments) is determined by using discounted cash-flow valuation technique. The fair value of forward foreign exchange contracts is determined using quoted spot exchange rates and appropriate interest rates at the balance sheet date.

 

Financial assets available for sale include investment in equity instruments that are measured at fair value.

 

Finance lease receivables (2007: HUF 21,568 million, 2006: HUF 18,019 million) meet the criteria of a financial instrument, but these are recognized and measured according to IAS 17 — Leases.

 

34.1.2 Financial liabilities

 

The table below shows the categorization of financial liabilities as at December 31, 2006.

 

 

 

Financial liabilities

 

Carrying

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

Measured at amortized

 

 

 

amount

 

Fair value

 

in HUF millions

 

cost

 

Held for trading

 

2006

 

2006

 

Financial liabilities to related parties

 

263,188

 

 

263,188

 

268,102

 

Bank loans

 

47,394

 

 

47,394

 

47,394

 

Trade payables

 

81,392

 

 

81,392

 

81,392

 

Dividend payable

 

76,165

 

 

76,165

 

76,165

 

Nonconvertible bonds and debentures

 

194

 

 

194

 

142

 

Other current financial liabilities

 

1,776

 

 

1,776

 

1,776

 

Other non current financial liabilities

 

6,405

 

 

6,405

 

5,978

 

Total

 

476,514

 

 

476,514

 

480,949

 

 

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The table below shows the categorization of financial liabilities as at December 31, 2007.

 

 

 

Financial liabilities

 

Carrying

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

Measured at amortized

 

 

 

amount

 

Fair value

 

in HUF millions

 

cost

 

Held for trading

 

2007

 

2007

 

Financial liabilities to related parties

 

279,642

 

 

279,642

 

287,600

 

Bank loans

 

94,184

 

 

94,184

 

95,424

 

Trade payables

 

87,989

 

 

87,989

 

87,989

 

Dividend payable

 

151

 

 

151

 

151

 

Nonconvertible bonds and debentures

 

194

 

 

194

 

146

 

Other current financial liabilities

 

1,532

 

 

1,532

 

1,532

 

Other non current financial liabilities

 

3,827

 

 

3,827

 

3,566

 

Total

 

467,519

 

 

467,519

 

476,408

 

 

The fair value of long term fixed-rate financial liabilities of a monetary nature (Financial liabilities to related parties, Bank loans and Nonconvertible bonds and debentures) is determined by using discounted cash-flow valuation technique. The cash flows of the liabilities are discounted by interest rates, which is reasonable to the Group for similar financial instruments. The carrying amount of floating-rate financial liabilities of monetary nature or expiring within one year, approximate the fair values at the reporting date, therefore these are not revalued.

 

Fair value information on the financial liabilities is provided Notes 16 and 17.

 

Trade payables and other current financial liabilities generally have short times to maturity, therefore the values reported approximate the fair values. As dividend payable is also a short-term liability, the carrying amount is a reasonable approximation of fair value.

 

There is an item in other non current financial liabilities, the carrying amount of which is a reasonable approximation of fair value at December 31, 2006, as the liability was recognized in September 2006 and there were no significant changes in market interest rates in Q3 2006. The fair value of other items in other non current liabilities is determined by using discounted cash-flow valuation technique.

 

Finance lease liabilities (2007: HUF 3,370 million, 2006: HUF 2,736 million) meet the criteria of a financial instrument, but these are recognized and measured according to IAS 17 — Leases.

 

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34.2 Net gain/loss by financial instrument category

 

The table below shows the net gains and losses by financial instruments in 2006.

 

 

 

 

 

From subsequent measurement

 

 

 

 

 

Net

 

 

 

From

 

At fair

 

Currency

 

Impairment

 

From

 

From fee

 

gain / loss

 

in HUF millions

 

interest

 

value

 

translation

 

loss

 

derecognition

 

expense

 

2006

 

Loans and receivables

 

3,304

 

 

(2,457

)

(5,066

)

 

(2,726

)

(6,945

)

Held-to-maturity investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

Available-for-sale financial assets

 

 

 

 

 

1,190

 

 

1,190

 

Financial instruments held for trading

 

 

377

 

 

 

 

 

377

 

Financial liabilities measured at amortized cost

 

(26,979

)

 

1,798

 

 

 

(105

)

(25,286

)

Net gain/loss of financial instruments under the scope of IAS 39

 

(23,675

)

377

 

(659

)

(5,066

)

1,190

 

(2,831

)

(30,664

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance lease net interest income (out of scope of IAS39)

 

188

 

 

 

 

 

 

188

 

 

The table below shows the net gains and losses by financial instruments in 2007.

 

 

 

 

 

From subsequent measurement

 

 

 

 

 

Net

 

 

 

From

 

At fair

 

Currency

 

Impairment

 

From

 

From fee

 

gain / loss

 

in HUF millions

 

interest

 

value

 

translation

 

loss

 

derecognition

 

expense

 

2007

 

Loans and receivables

 

4,334

 

 

(799

)

(3,193

)

 

(3,120

)

(2,804

)

Held-to-maturity investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale financial assets

 

 

233

 

 

 

 

 

233

 

Financial instruments held for trading

 

 

(321

)

 

 

828

 

 

507

 

Financial liabilities measured at amortized cost

 

(31,147

)

 

(457

)

 

 

 

(427

)

(32,005

)

Net gain/loss of financial instruments under the scope of IAS 39

 

(26,813

)

(88

)

(1,256

)

(3,193

)

828

 

(3,514

)

(34,069

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance lease net interest income (out of scope of IAS 39)

 

1,183

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,183

 

 

There were no financial assets or liabilities, which were reclassified into another financial instrument category.

 

No financial assets were transferred in such a way that part or all of the financial assets did not qualify for de-recognition.

 

The Group has pledged no financial assets as collateral for liabilities or contingent liabilities.

 

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The carrying amount of financial assets that would otherwise be past due or impaired whose terms have been renegotiated is not material therefore no separate disclosure is provided on those.

 

The amount of receivables that are individually determined to be impaired is not material, therefore, these are not disclosed separately.

 

The Group does not have compound financial instruments with multiple embedded derivatives.

 

There were no defaults and breaches in connection with loans payable.

 

35. Contingent liabilities

 

The most significant contingent liabilities of Group are described below. No provisions have been recognized for any of these cases as the management estimates that it is unlikely that these would result in economic outflows from the Group.

 

35.1 Compensation for unjustified termination of a contract by T-Mobile MK

 

In January 2002, T-Mobile MK and Newsphone signed an agreement, including a 3-month trial period, for the collection of T-Mobile MK’s overdue receivables. After the expiration of the 3-months trial period, T-Mobile MK terminated this contract in April 2002 due to breaches of the contractual obligations by Newsphone. Newsphone initiated a lawsuit in April 2003 requesting damage compensation for foregone profit and compensation for services already rendered. Expertise ordered by the court to review the figures and results of the cooperation between the parties during the trial period concluded on their review mostly in favor of T-Mobile MK. Management estimates it unlikely that Newsphone would win the court case against T-Mobile MK. The potential loss from the claim is approximately HUF 1,200 million. The first instance decision will be made by a primary court of Macedonia, the timing of which is uncertain.

 

35.2 Alleged abuse of dominant position by Maktel on wholesale ADSL market

 

In September 2007, the CPC stated that Maktel had been abusing its dominant position as it did not offer wholesale ADSL service for its competitors, while it started its own ADSL service and it also did not make 3rd party billing possible for other providers. Management estimates it unlikely that the CPC would win the court case against Maktel. The potential loss from the claim is approximately HUF 600 million. The final decision will be made by the Administrative Court of Macedonia, the timing of which is uncertain.

 

Maktel’s competitors have sued Maktel for damage compensation based on the above decision of the CPC. Management estimates it unlikely that the competitors would win the court cases against Maktel. The potential loss from the claim is approximately HUF 1,100 million. The first instance decisions will be made by a primary court of Macedonia, the timing of which is uncertain.

 

35.3 Alleged abuse of dominant position by Maktel by charging administrative fee

 

In February 2006, the CPC initiated procedure against MakTel for abusing dominant position by charging an administrative fee to the customers in an amount of 2% of the subscribers’ bill. Starting from June, 2006 MakTel stopped charging 2% administrative fee and implemented a fixed charge for covering the costs for preparation of the bill in fixed amount. In January 2007, the CPC established that MakTel abused its dominant position by

 

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charging the fixed fee and officially prohibited MakTel from charging the fixed amount or any additional amount for covering of the expenses for preparation of the bills. MakTel stopped charging the administrative fee from March 2007 showing the intention to comply with the CPC decisions. In June 2007, the CPC imposed a fine of approximately HUF 600 million for the misdemeanor Maktel had committed before discontinuing charging these fees. MakTel appealed against the above CPC resolutions, which will be decided by the Administrative Court of Macedonia. Management estimates it unlikely that the CPC would win these court cases against Maktel. The final decision will be made by the Administrative Court of Macedonia, the timing of which is uncertain.

 

35.4 Dispute around MakTel’s Reference Interconnection Offer (MATERIO)

 

In December 2006 the Macedonian Commission of Agency for Electronic Communications (the Agency) brought a decision requesting MakTel to change its MATERIO fees. MakTel appealed against the decision, which was rejected by the Agency. Subsequent to the rejection, MakTel submitted its adjusted MATERIO fees (calculated in accordance with the existing regulation for interconnections fees determination) to the Agency for final approval, which the Agency refused. The Agency initiated a misdemeanor procedure at a Macedonian primary court accusing MakTel of committing misdemeanor by not adjusting its MATERIO prices as per their request. Management believes that MakTel’s action can not be prescribed as misdemeanor at the time, and no misdemeanor sanction can be applied according to the general legal clauses that one cannot be convicted of misdemeanor if its action is not prescribed as misdemeanor by the law, and consequently there is no sanction prescribed for the action by law. Therefore, management estimates it unlikely that the Agency would win the court case against Maktel. The potential loss from the claim is approximately HUF 4.4 billion, as a theoretical maximum of 10% of MakTel’s annual revenue. The first instance decisions will be made by the primary court of Macedonia, the timing of which is uncertain.

 

35.5 Maktel’s dispute on fixed-to-mobile termination fees

 

In 2005, MakTel changed the retail prices for the traffic from fixed to mobile network. According to the interconnection agreements with mobile operators the change in retail prices automatically decreased interconnection fees for termination in the mobile networks. In February 2006, one of the Macedonian mobile operators, Cosmofon, submitted to the Commission of Agency for Electronic Communications (Agency) a request for dispute resolution with reference to the termination prices. The Agency rejected the requests of Cosmofon as ungrounded”. This decision of the Agency was appealed by Cosmofon by filing a law suit at the Administrative Court of Macedonia. The potential loss from the claim is approximately HUF 370 million, but the management estimates it unlikely that this would result in any loss. The final decision will be made by the Administrative Court of Macedonia, the timing of which is uncertain.

 

36 Events after the balance sheet date

 

36.1 Privatization tender for Telekom Slovenia

 

Following the completion of due diligence Magyar Telekom filed a binding bid in the public tender of the Republic of Slovenia for the sale of an equity participation in Telekom Slovenije d.d. on January 4, 2007. Later in January it was announced that the Company had not been selected to proceed to the next stage in the public tender process.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

36.2 Termination of a significant T-Systems contract

 

Pursuant to the decree of the Metropolitan Court in October 2007, a liquidation procedure was ordered to start against T-Systems Hungary (TSH) due to its debts (HUF 19 million) towards a creditor. The date of the publication in the Companies Gazette and the starting date of the insolvency / liquidation process was January 3, 2008.

 

TSH merged into IQSYS, which had been registered by the Court of Registry on December 31, 2007. At the same time TSH was deleted from the Companies Registry on December 31, 2007. The debt was paid to the creditor by the legal successor company (IQSYS). Consequently, the Metropolitan Court dated January 15, 2008 withdrew its decree which stated the insolvency of and ordered the insolvency / liquidation proceeding against TSH, and terminated the insolvency / liquidation proceeding. According to this decree, as of the starting date of the insolvency / liquidation proceeding (i.e. on January 3, 2008), T-Systems Hungary Kft. did not exist, because it had been deleted from the Companies Registry by the Metropolitan Court acting as Court of Registry dated December 31, 2007.

 

On January 18, 2008, a large T-Systems customer sent a termination letter with immediate effect regarding the long term contract entered into in September 2001, as the customer considered that the Court ordered the liquidation in 2007 was a cause for termination with immediate effect under a provision of the said contract. The customer also found injurious that TSH did not duly fulfill its obligation to provide information on the liquidation process. On January 21, 2008 IQSYS indicated in its response that it does not accept the termination with immediate effect, taking into consideration that the company is not insolvent, and the Metropolitan Court has terminated the insolvency / liquidation proceeding and has withdrawn its decree on ordering the insolvency / liquidation proceeding.

 

The agreement guaranteed the right for the customer to terminate the contract with immediate effect, because the underlying cause had occurred. However, the starting date of the insolvency / liquidation proceeding is January 3, 2008, and on this date TSH did not exist. On the date of the termination letter with immediate effect (January 18, 2008) the service provider (IQSYS, the legal successor of TSH) was not insolvent. The parties are in negotiations in connection with the above. The value of the dispute is not more than HUF 2.5 billion. Should the negotiations end unsuccessfully, a lawsuit could possibly be initiated due to the termination with immediate effect. We have recognized an impairment loss of HUF 1,500 million of the finance lease receivable from the customer as at December 31, 2007.

 

The Company is currently investigating the deficiencies in internal controls which led to the legal situation, triggering the early termination of the contract.

 

36.3 Sale of a subsidiary

 

MakTel signed an agreement in February 2008 to sell its subsidiary, Montmak for a consideration of EUR 5 million. Montmak owns and operates a beach hotel facility on Montenegro’s Adriatic coast. The Group will realize a gain of approximately HUF 1 billion on the sale, which will be recognized in 2008.

 

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MAGYAR TELEKOM GROUP

 

MAGYAR TELEKOM TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC

LIMITED COMPANY

 

Business Report of 2007

 

March 2008

 



 

Introduction

 

The consolidated annual report of the Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company (“Magyar Telekom Plc.” or “the Company”) has been prepared pursuant to the International Financial Reporting Standards. Magyar Telekom Group (“Magyar Telekom” or “the Group”) is composed of Magyar Telekom Plc. and 44 business enterprises (of which 34 enterprises are direct and 10 are indirect investments).

 

Magyar Telekom classified its investments in line with the International Financial Reporting Standards, and as of December 31, 2007 the Company declared 31 direct and 8 indirect investments as subsidiaries subject to consolidation.

 

There are three companies involved in consolidation as associated enterprises, in which Magyar Telekom as the parent company has a stake of between 20 and 50 percent.

 

As of December 31, 2007 Magyar Telekom classified two of its investments as jointly managed enterprise.

 

Magyar Telekom is the principal provider of fixed line telecommunications services in Hungary, with approximately 2.5 million fixed access lines at December 31, 2007. The Group is also Hungary’s largest mobile telecommunications service provider, with approximately 4.9 million mobile subscribers (including users of prepaid cards) at December 31, 2007.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. is listed in the Budapest and the New York Stock Exchanges.

 

Organizational changes

 

On September 25, 2007, Board of Directors decided to re-shape the Company’s management and organizational structure in order to enhance service quality and improve cost efficiency, as well as exploit new, innovative service and business opportunities. The decision reflects the significant structural changes that are underway in the telecommunications industry, driven by long-term industry trends. The ongoing technological development and innovation, changes in customer demand, as well as the changing market dynamics and convergence experienced throughout the industry, have resulted in a shift of focus away from technology and towards the demands of individual customer segments. As a consequence, Magyar Telekom’s operational structure in telecommunications services must be aligned with this development, to allow the company to continue to cope successfully with intensifying market competition.

 

Accordingly, Magyar Telekom’s executive management has devised a new management structure, based on a Group operational model structured around customer segments. The new structure, which supports the Group’s achievement of its strategic goals, was introduced on January 1, 2008, as approved by the Board of Directors. Both the organizational framework and scope of activity of individual business units, and the responsibility spheres of senior management will be affected. The main changes are as follows:

 

·                  The Consumer Services Business Unit comprises comprehensive marketing, sales and customer relations activities of both mobile and wireline consumer products and brands (T-Mobile, T-Com, T-Online, T-Kábel).

 

·                  The Business Services Business Unit provides mobile and wireline telecommunications, infocommunications and system integration services (including marketing, sales and customer relations activities) under the T-Systems brand to key business partners (large corporate customers) as well as small and medium businesses.

 

·                  An Alternative Businesses and Corporate Development Business Unit has been established comprising content, media and other non-access services; it is also responsible for new business development and the coordination of innovative activities. Accordingly, media and content service activities, which has been separated from T-Online Hungary from October 2007 has been be incorporated into this business unit.

 

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·                  The mobile and wireline network management and development activities were transferred to the current IT Management area, which took responsibility for Technology and IT Management.

 

Share Capital

 

As of December 31, 2007, the share capital of Magyar Telekom Plc. was HUF 104,274,561,500, consisting of 1,042,745,615 Series “A” ordinary shares. All Series “A” ordinary shares have a nominal value of HUF 100.

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage of

 

Shareholder

 

Number of shares

 

share capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MagyarCom

 

617,438,581

 

59.21

 

Publicly traded (1)

 

423,803,493

 

40.65

 

Treasury shares

 

1,503,541

 

0.14

 

 

 

1,042,745,615

 

100.00

 

 


(1)    Of our publicly traded shares, JP Morgan Chase Bank had 9,505,784 ADRs, evidencing 47,528,920 shares on its accounts as of December 31, 2007, for registered holders, such amount representing 4.6 percent of the total shares outstanding. We do not know whether this percentage may be indicative of the percentage of our ordinary shares held by U.S. persons.

 

SBC Communications Inc (“SBC”) and Deutsche Telekom AG (“DT”) jointly managed and operated MagyarCom until SBC’s 50 percent ownership in MagyarCom was transferred to DT in June 2000. DT now controls Magyar Telekom indirectly.

 

Voting Rights and Voting

 

Each ordinary share entitles the holder to one vote. Only shareholders or their nominees registered in the shareholders’ register six business days prior to a general meeting may cast a vote. Any decision overriding a resolution of the Board of Directors, require a three-quarter majority of votes cast by the shareholders present or represented at the general meeting. All other matters submitted to a general meeting require only a simple majority vote. There is no limitation on the rights of non-resident or foreign shareholders to hold or exercise voting rights on the ordinary shares.

 

Transfer of Shares

 

The shareholders holding at least a simple majority of the shares must generally approve a transfer of shares that would result in a person or group of persons gaining directly or indirectly ten percent or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Company.

 

When registering a transfer of shares, the registrar may request evidence that the shares were transferred in accordance with the Articles of Association. If the Company establishes that the transfer occurred in violation of the Articles of Association or if the transferee refuses to produce the necessary evidence, the Company may refuse to register the transfer. The Board of Directors may invalidate registrations based on untrue, false or misleading statements.

 

Limitation of the Rights of Shareholders

 

Shareholders whose names have not been entered into the Shareholders’ Register and shareholders who acquired their shares in violation of the restrictions in the Articles of Association pertaining to the transfer and the acquisition of shares shall not be allowed to exercise their rights attached to such shares vis-á-vis the Company.

 

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Amendment of the Articles of Association

 

The general meeting of the shareholders has the sole right to approve and amend the Articles of Association unless otherwise provided by law.

 

Board of Directors

 

Pursuant to our amended Articles of Association, the Board of Directors consists of a minimum of six and a maximum of eleven members elected at the annual general meeting of the shareholders for a term of three years. One of the current directors was nominated by the former holder of the Series “B” Share, five of the current directors were nominated by MagyarCom and two of the current directors were elected upon proposal by other shareholders of the Company.

 

On December 31, 2007, members of the Board of Directors, their principal occupations and the years of their original election were as follows:

 

Name

 

Age

 

Principal Occupation

 

Member
since

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christopher Mattheisen

 

46

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

2006

 

Dr. István Földesi

 

58

 

International business advisor

 

2003

 

Dr. Mihály Gálik

 

61

 

Professor and Head of the Marketing and Media Department of the Corvinus University

 

2006

 

Michael Günther

 

63

 

Member of the Management Board of T-Mobile International, responsible for Joint Venture Management

 

2002

 

Horst Hermann

 

53

 

Senior Executive Vice President of DT, responsible for Affiliate Management in Central and Eastern Europe

 

2003

 

Thilo Kusch

 

43

 

Chief Financial Officer of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

2006

 

Rudolf Kemler(1)

 

52

 

Generaldirektor of HP Austria

 

2007

 

Frank Odzuck

 

48

 

Chief Executive Officer of Zwack Unicum Plc.

 

2006

 

Dr. Ralph Rentschler

 

47

 

Member of the Management Board of T-Com

 

2003

 

 


(1) Resigned from his position on January 31, 2008.

 

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Management Committee

 

Pursuant to our amended Articles of Association and the amended Rules of Procedure of the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors established a Management Committee in 2000, which is empowered to carry out the day-to-day operations in accordance with the annual business plan.

 

On December 31, 2007, the Management Committee consisted of seven chief officers of Magyar Telekom. The members were as follows:

 

Name

 

Age

 

Position

 

Member
since

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christopher Mattheisen

 

46

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

2006

 

Thilo Kusch

 

43

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

2006

 

Éva Somorjai

 

41

 

Chief Human Resources Officer

 

2007

 

György Simó

 

41

 

Chief Officer, Alternative Business and Corporate Development BU

 

2006

 

István Papp

 

36

 

Chief Officer, Business Services BU

 

2007

 

János Winkler

 

53

 

Chief Officer, Consumer Services BU

 

2006

 

István Maradi

 

43

 

Chief Technology and IT Officer

 

2007

 

 

Supervisory Board

 

Pursuant to the Articles of Association, the Supervisory Board consists of a minimum of three and a maximum of fifteen members elected by the shareholders for a term of three years. The Works Council nominates one third of the Supervisory Board members. Meetings of the Supervisory Board require a quorum of eight members.

 

On December 31, 2007, the members of the Supervisory Board, their principal occupation and the years of their original election were as follows:

 

Name

 

Age

 

Principal Occupation

 

Member
since

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

István Koszorú

 

57

 

Chairman of the Workers’ Council at Network Management Directorate

 

2007

 

Attila Csizmadia

 

58

 

Ministry of Finance, Chief Counsellor

 

2003

 

Dr. Ádám Farkas

 

40

 

CEO of Allianz Bank Zrt.

 

2005

 

Dr. János Illéssy

 

45

 

 

 

2006

 

Gellért Kadlót

 

59

 

Member of the Workers’ Council of the sales field

 

2002

 

Dr. Sándor Kerekes

 

59

 

Director of Institute of Environmental Sciences Corvinus University Budapest

 

2006

 

Jutta Burke

 

43

 

Corporate Country Manager, responsible for Hungary, Macedonia and Montenegro

 

2007

 

Konrad Kreuzer

 

59

 

Chairman of the Board of Directors of E.ON Hungária Zrt.

 

2006

 

Dr. László Pap

 

64

 

Budapest University of Technology, Professor and Head of Telecommunication Department

 

1998

 

György Varju

 

61

 

Chairman of the Workers’ Council at Technical Services

 

2005

 

Péter Vermes

 

61

 

Chairman of Magyar Telekom’s Central Workers’ Council

 

1995

 

 

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Compensation of Directors, Officers and Employees

 

Half of the Management Committee members have an employment contract for a fixed duration. Pursuant to Hungarian legislation, if an employment contract is terminated before the end of its term, the average compensation received by the employee prior to such termination is payable for the remaining period up to 12 months. In the case of an employment contract for a fixed duration the notice period is normally six months, and severance is 16 months. Employment contracts with our management employees contain special provisions providing for entitlements after termination of employment; therefore, the amount of severance is higher than the amount required by the applicable provisions of the Labor Code.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. has entered into a collective bargaining agreement with the Hungarian telecommunications trade unions (Távközlési Szakszervezet, “TÁVSZAK” and Magyar Távközlési Ágazati Szakszervezet, “MATÁSZ”). Under the agreement, employees are generally entitled to prior notice before termination. Furthermore, employees are entitled to a specific amount of severance pay, which depends on the tenure of the employee.

 

Investigation into certain consultancy contracts

 

In the course of conducting their audit of our 2005 financial statements, PwC identified two contracts the nature and business purposes of which were not readily apparent. PwC notified the Audit Committee and advised them to retain independent counsel to conduct an investigation into these contracts. In February 2006, our Audit Committee retained White & Case, as its independent legal counsel, to conduct the investigation, with the additional assistance of a financial advisory firm and a digital forensics firm. In December 2006, the investigators delivered an Initial Report of Investigation. We cannot predict when the investigation will be concluded or what the final findings will be.

 

PwC initially raised concerns regarding two consultancy contracts entered into in 2005 by our Montenegrin subsidiaries Crnogorski Telekom and T-Mobile Crna Gora. The initial scope of the independent investigation was a complete review of these two contracts, including a review of all related documents and interviews with our, and Crnogorski Telekom and T-Mobile Crna Gora, employees and third parties with knowledge of the contracts. The financial advisory firm assisting the investigation also reviewed a sampling of our and our Montenegrin subsidiaries’ account and transactional data, equaling 72 percent of the value of all transactions and 90 percent of the value of all contracts with third party vendors. For each of these test items, all available supporting documentation was reviewed.  Early in the investigation, two additional consultancy contracts entered into by Magyar Telekom Plc. in 2005, were also called into question by the investigators, and our Audit Committee expanded the scope of the investigation to cover these contracts. The total value of these four contracts under investigation is approximately HUF 2 billion.

 

During the course of the investigation, it became evident that certain of Magyar Telekom, Crnogorski Telekom and T-Mobile Crna Gora employees had obstructed the investigation by destroying or tampering with electronic documents. Specifically, the digital forensics firm assisting the investigation found that ten computers assigned to seven employees showed evidence that documents had been deleted from the hard drives and “wiping” software had been used to make those documents permanently unrecoverable. Investigators determined that the deleted electronic documents included a number of documents related to the contracts under investigation. This deletion and wiping activity took place after our management had issued document retention memos requiring that all documents related to these contracts be retained. As a result of this deliberate destruction of documents, the investigators have been unable to review certain documents that could have been relevant to the investigation.

 

To date, the independent investigators have been unable to find sufficient evidence to show that any of the four contracts under investigation resulted in the provision of services to us or to our subsidiaries under those contracts of a value commensurate with the payments we made under those contracts. It is unclear who the true counterparties are to the contracts, and certain of the contracts are vague as to the actual services that are to be provided. The independent investigators have been unable to determine definitively the purpose of the contracts,

 

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and it is possible that the purpose may have been improper.

 

In our 2005 preliminary results announcement, we had capitalized the HUF 1.12 billion payment related to two of these contracts. As a result of the interim findings of the investigation, we have expensed the total amount of the HUF 2 billion paid under these four contracts and disclosed these expenses under the caption “Other operating expenses — net” in our 2005 Form 20-F report. This has resulted in a commensurate effect on, among other items, taxes, minority interest and net income when compared to the corresponding items reported in our 2005 preliminary results announcement.

 

As a consequence of the investigation, we have suspended a number of employees who have since resigned.  The suspended employees included senior members of our Strategy Group and a senior executive of Crnogorski Telekom. The Crnogorski Telekom Board of Directors has also been replaced.

 

The independent investigators’ Initial Report of Investigation further identified several contracts at our Macedonian subsidiary that could warrant further review. In February 2007, our Board of Directors determined that those contracts should be reviewed and expanded the scope of the independent investigation to cover these additional contracts and related transactions.

 

The investigation has revealed certain weaknesses in the design and operation of our internal controls and procedures. Accordingly, we have approved and have implemented certain remedial measures designed to enhance our internal controls and to ensure compliance with Hungarian and U.S. legal requirements and NYSE listing requirements. First, the position of Magyar Telekom Group Compliance Director has been created, reporting directly to the Audit Committee and with direct access to the Supervisory Board, Board of Directors, the Company Chief Executive Officer, the Company Chief Financial Officer, and other members of senior management. We note that, as required by Hungarian labor law, the employer’s rights vis-à-vis the Group Compliance Director are exercised by a representative of the Company (the CFO). The most significant of the employer’s rights, including any substantial amendment to the Compliance Director’s employment contract, shall be exercised in consultation with the Audit Committee. In conjunction with this new position, we have reviewed, with the assistance of U.S. counsel, our compliance and corporate governance policies and have established a comprehensive compliance-training program, with a focus on our code of ethics, insider trading policy, document retention policy, regulatory matters, and compliance with U.S. securities laws and the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Our Board has already approved and implemented a Magyar Telekom Group Corporate Compliance Program Manual, a Group Financial Code of Ethics to Treasury and Financial Managers applicable as a Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers, a Group Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, a Group Anti Fraud Policy, a Group Document Management Directive, a Group Directive on Compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a Group Insider Trading Directive, a Group Procurement Directive, a Group Directive on Compliance with U.S. Sanctions and Export Control Laws, a Group M&A Policy, and a new Disclosure Committee Charter. These policies are being further improved based on the experience from the implementation and comments from our Audit Committee and its independent legal counsel. Second, we have revised our internal controls relating to procurement, including centralized access to all SAP systems of subsidiaries and a requirement that all contract approvals pass through uniform rules and procedures. Third, we have revised our mergers and acquisitions process, including dividing accountability for M&A between the Strategy Group, which remains responsible for business development, and the area of the Chief Financial Officer, which is responsible for execution of M&A transactions. All M&A activity requires Board approval and will be reported to the Audit Committee on a semi-annual basis. Fourth, we are reviewing, and modifying where necessary, all other significant procurement, compliance, governance, M&A, and disclosure-related Group directives. Fifth, we have undertook a significant compliance and governance assessment of our Hungarian and non-Hungarian subsidiaries. This assessment included a review of all significant governance and compliance-related policies and the implementation of the new and revised Group-level policies and directives. Sixth, we have developed a comprehensive compliance training program, which covers all aspects of our compliance regime and will be effected through a combination of in person, Web-based and other forms of training depending on the category of employee and the compliance topic. In-person training has been carried out for the members of our top management, including Hungarian and international subsidiaries, as well as members of our Board of Directors, Supervisory Board and Audit Committee. Training will extend to all employees throughout the Magyar Telekom Group. Finally, our Board may make further decisions or recommendations in connection

 

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with the involvement of any senior management in the four contracts under investigation.

 

As previously reported, the investigation has delayed the finalization of our 2005 financial statements, and as a result we and some of our subsidiaries have failed and may fail to meet certain deadlines prescribed by U.S., Hungarian and other applicable laws and regulations for preparing and filing audited annual results and holding annual general meetings. We have to date been fined HUF 13 million as a consequence of these delays.  We have notified the Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice of the investigation, are in contact with these authorities regarding the investigation and are responding to inquiries raised by these authorities.

 

Analysis of results

 

Total Revenues

 

Our total revenues grew by 0.8 percent from HUF 671,196 million in 2006 to HUF 676,661 million in 2007. Increase in revenues was mainly due to higher system integration and IT revenues, which grew by 68.4 percent from 2006 to 2007, driven mainly by the consolidation of KFKI Group revenues from September 15, 2006, T-Systems Hungary from January 1, 2007 and the inclusion of Dataplex from April 1, 2006. The increase was also due to higher system integration outsourcing revenues at MT Plc. T-System. The higher mobile service revenues (excluding TETRA related revenues) as well as higher Internet revenues also contributed to the growth, which was almost completely offset by lower revenues from TETRA services at Pro-M and decreased voice retail traffic in the fixed line telecommunications services.

 

Total Operating Expenses

 

Our total operating expenses increased by 2.5 percent from 2006 to 2007. Operating expenses amounted to HUF 534,805 million in 2006 and HUF 548,349 million in 2007. Our total operating expenses as a percentage of total revenues increased from 79.7 percent in 2006 to 81.0 percent in 2007 mainly as a result of higher severance expenses and increased cost of the ongoing investigation.

 

The details on our analysis of the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2007 are available in our annual flash report; see “Financial Reports” section of Magyar Telekom’s website.

 

Overview of Magyar Telekom’s Services

 

Fixed Line Telecommunications Services - Hungary

 

Domestic Services

 

Products and Services

 

Public Switched Telephone Network (“PSTN”).  Due to the fierce competition and mobile substitution, the number of our PSTN lines decreased from 2,158,547 as of December 31, 2006 to 2,020,956 as of December 31, 2007.

 

Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN).  ISDN allows a single access line to be used simultaneously for a number of purposes, including voice, data, facsimile and video transmission. We offer both basic ISDN access lines with two channels and multiplex ISDN access lines with 30 channels. As of December 31, 2007, we had 166,058 ISDN access lines with two channels and 4,621 ISDN access lines with 30 channels, amounting to the total of 470,746 ISDN channels. We intend to extend the life cycle of the ISDN product in the business segment by offering various discounts to our customers.

 

Digifon Services.  Our network is 100 percent digitalized, which enable us to provide value added services in our entire service area. We provide a number of value added services, such as call forwarding, call waiting, call

 

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conference and caller number identity to a significant number of our fixed line subscribers. These services help increase fixed line usage as they make busy signals and unanswered calls less common. We also offer bundled packages of digifon services, as well as bundled ones in the ADSL complex package. The most popular of these packages is the Összhang, which contains five services at a discount price. Összhang package had approximately 228,000 customers by the end of 2007.

 

Voice-mail.  We offer a voice-mail service including call return and call capture. We also offer voice-mail Short Message Service (“SMS”), which provides an SMS alert to the mobile handset of the customer each time he or she receives a voice-mail message. These services allow better usage of the network, provide convenience to our customers and decrease the ratio of uncompleted calls.

 

Private Branch Exchange (PBX”) Services.  We also offer PBX services. The vast majority of the leased equipment is digital and meets the demands of developing technologies such as IP, ISDN and digitally enhanced cordless telecommunications.

 

Directory Assistance.  We offer directory inquiry services. The domestic directory assistance database includes all fixed line and postpaid mobile subscribers’ data in Hungary. We offer a call completion option to subscribers, whereby calls may be connected automatically. We also offer increasingly popular Directory Assistance-Plus (“DA-Plus”) service. DA-Plus offers a wide range of information including Yellow Pages, residential classified advertisements, encyclopedia- and dictionary-based information, recipes, poems, as well as telephone numbers, postal, e-mail and website addresses without any quantity restrictions. The requested information may be provided verbally, by SMS, by e-mail or by fax. The fees for the service are based on per minute usage. We also offer a call completion option to the subscribers of DA-Plus.

 

Subscribers

 

The following table sets forth information regarding total fixed access lines and penetration rates in our service areas:

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2006

 

2007

 

Lines in service in Magyar Telekom Plc.’s and Emitel’s service areas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Residential lines

 

1,981,876

 

1,902,011

 

1,779,039

 

Business lines

 

248,955

 

236,019

 

222,451

 

Public payphones

 

22,112

 

20,517

 

19,466

 

Total

 

2,252,943

 

2,158,547

 

2,020,956

 

ISDN channels

 

500,696

 

485,290

 

470,746

 

Total

 

2,753,639

 

2,643,837

 

2,491,702

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lines installed per 100 inhabitants in Magyar Telekom Plc.’s service areas

 

35.6

 

34.2

 

33.7

 

 

Our domestic fixed line telephony subscribers can be classified into two categories: residential customers and business customers, which include our customers in the public sector. As of December 31, 2007, 74 percent of our access lines were utilized by our residential customers and 25 percent by our business customers. The remaining one percent of access lines was used for public payphones.

 

Fees and Charges

 

We charge fixed line subscribers a one-time connection fee, monthly subscription charges and call charges based on usage. A call charge contains two elements: a call set-up charge and a traffic charge measured in seconds based on the call’s duration.

 

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In 2005, we introduced flat rate tariff packages (Favorit “family”) that offer free unlimited calls to customers during a certain period of the day for an additional monthly fee. In 2006 and 2007, we introduced various tariff packages with a monthly fee that can be fully offset by call charges. By the end of 2007, our flat rate offers attracted the highest customer base.

 

In 2007, we increased the number of tariff packages to allow customers in different market segments to choose packages that best suit their calling patterns. These tariff packages also serve as a tool to maintain our customer base in the fully liberalized market as those customers who select us as the operator for every traffic direction (local, long distance, fixed-to-mobile and international) receive the highest discounts. During 2007, the fixed-to-mobile bundled offers proved to be successful customer retention tools.

 

International Voice Telephone Services

 

International voice telephone services consist of outgoing and incoming international calls, including voice and switched transit traffic through Hungary. Since January 1, 2008, Magyar Telekom sends and receives all its international voice and switched transit traffic to and from Deutsche Telekom.

 

We provide international calling access to our fixed line subscribers and to subscribers of other local telephone operators and mobile service providers. Our Hungary Direct and Country Direct services permit customers to charge calls made from 50 foreign countries to their home phone numbers in Hungary.

 

Fees and Charges

 

The call charge for an international call contains two elements: a call set-up charge and a traffic charge measured in seconds based on the call’s duration. Although the published prices of our international rates did not change in 2007, the average per minute rates decreased as a result of discounts given in various optional tariff packages.

 

International Telecommunications Hub

 

We believe that Hungary is geographically well positioned to serve as a telecommunications gateway between Eastern and Western Europe. We have two state-of-the-art international gateways as well as fiber optic cable connections serving 25 border crossings. These fiber optic cable connections use synchronous digital hierarchy transmission facilities and we have launched our own Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (“DWDM”) backbone network. To increase the utilization of our transmission network, we offer attractive price schedules for dedicated transit services through Hungary. We are DT’s partner in Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe (“DANTE”), which provides transmission paths interconnecting Bucharest (2x622 Mbit/s) and Sofia (2x155 Mbit/s) to the European research and educational network, GEANT through their Budapest node.

 

We have X.25 links, which are used for packet switched data transmission with 83 international networks.

 

To seize the opportunities presented by the liberalization of the telecommunications market in Romania, we established interconnection arrangements with major Romanian network service providers to offer transit services to Western Europe. We provide Internet transit service to several Romanian and Bulgarian ISPs on our three IP PoPs in Romania and high-capacity international Internet transit service on our IP PoPs in Hungary to ISPs of Macedonia.

 

According to a new agreement with Deutsche Telekom, Magyar Telekom stopped buying and selling international voice services from and to other foreign carriers as of January 1, 2008. Since that time, Deutsche Telekom became the sole international voice partner. The agreement allows cost reductions due to synergy with the parent company.

 

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Internet Services

 

We offer Internet services based on dial-up, ADSL technology as well as access through cable television, Wireless Local Area Network (“WLAN”) and leased lines to provide residential and business customers with narrowband or broadband Internet services at affordable prices.

 

We increased our subscriber base to 505,725 from 427,000 as of December 31, 2006 in Hungary. We are the largest Internet service provider in Hungary with an estimated 62.2 percent market share based on the number of DSL broadband subscribers and 17.1 percent market share based on the number of cable net subscribers. Our broadband (ADSL, cable television, WLAN and leased line) customers reached 489,368 as of December 31, 2007 compared to 395,599 a year earlier.

 

In 2006, we introduced an IPTV service. IPTV allows broadcasts to be seen on a television set with a set-top-box over ADSL connection. The new product line offers various interactive contents, such as time-shift function, electronic program guide (“EPG”) on screen, recording onto the hard disc built in the set-top-box, web EPG service, video on demand service and picture in picture. The total customer base of IPTV reached 9,224 as of December 31, 2007 compared to 650 a year earlier.

 

Klip offers VoIP services via broadband access. Users of Klip can initiate and receive calls for free via the Internet, to both fixed line and mobile networks. Klip users can also be called from T-Com’s fixed network. The product was launched at the end of 2005 and had more than 48,000 registered users at the end of 2007.

 

Magyar Telekom ADSL.  ADSL is a continuous, high-speed Internet access service based on the Asymmetric DSL technology. The service offers cost-efficient broadband Internet access over existing copper wires. We provide these services on a wholesale basis to ISPs, which in turn resell the services to residential and small business customers. At the end of 2007, we had contractual relationships with 25 ISPs. In 2007, this service saw a significant growth with the number of ADSL connections reaching 613,051 by December 31, 2007 from 512,810 at December 31, 2006.

 

Data Transmission and Related Services

 

Magyar Telekom is the principal provider of leased lines in Hungary.

 

Leased line service establishes a permanent connection for transmission of voice and data traffic between two geographically separate points (point-to-point connection) or between a point and several other points (point-to-multipoint connection). These points can be either all within Hungary or some in Hungary and others abroad.

 

We lease lines to other local telephone operators and mobile service providers, who use such lines as part of their networks. We also lease lines to providers of data services. In addition, we lease lines to multi-site business customers who use leased lines to transmit internal voice and data traffic.

 

Flex-Com.  We offer Flex-Com, domestic and international digital leased lines with managed back-up systems that are dedicated to data transmission. The number of Flex-Com connections decreased from 9,165 as of December 31, 2006 to 7,710 lines as of December 31, 2007.

 

High Speed Leased Line (“HSLL”).  The HSLL service provides permanent, digital, transparent, point-to-point leased line service between service access points (“SAPs”). The connections are established by a service provider according to the needs of its customers.

 

Datex-P.  We offer Datex-P, a packet-switched data transmission service based on the X.25 protocol. The service provides low to medium speed domestic switched data communications services with international connectivity to business customers. As a result of the proliferation of new technologies, growth in the number of subscribers has stopped.

 

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Our leased line customers pay a one-time connection fee based on the type of line leased. Monthly subscription charges vary with the type and length of lines leased and, in some cases, with the term of the lease. With the exception of leased lines required for connection with other networks, leased line charges are not subject to regulation. As part of the overall rebalancing of our rates, we have reduced our leased line charges in real terms over the last few years in response to competition, which partly offset the revenue increase generated by volume and bandwidth increases of the leased line services.

 

Data transmission and related services consist primarily of data transmission and network services for business customers, such as financial institutions and insurance companies, and, to a lesser extent, residential customers. The market for data transmission and related services in Hungary is highly competitive. We are the leading supplier of data transmission and related services in Hungary.

 

Our revenues from data transmission have slightly grown as a result of both the development of the Hungarian economy and our increasingly sophisticated services. We expect the market for these services to grow with the proliferation of personal computers and increasing consumer demand. We believe that the ability to offer new data products and services will be critical to competing effectively in the future, particularly with respect to business customers.

 

International data products.  We provide signaling links for mobile operators to facilitate international roaming. We also sell international leased lines, including international managed leased lines, international ISDN, X.400, X.25 and telegraph services. The sales of international leased lines are steadily growing, partly due to the introduction of one-stop-shopping agreements, whereby customers can order from and pay for the service at one end-point of the connection, which eliminate the need to deal with multiple service providers.

 

MultiFlex.  In 2007, Magyar Telekom launched this new data transmission product that offers a standard solution for serving our partners’ complex telecommunications demand, allowing the entire internal data communications to be realized in one single corporate network. This is a technology independent service and it realizes the interconnection of local networks (LANs) with point to point or multi point to multi point structure.

 

System Integration and Information Technology

 

Following the expansion of the T-Systems segment’s service portfolio, particularly through the acquisitions of KFKI Group and T-Systems Hungary, the Company has reviewed the organizational structure of the segment.  Since January 1, 2007 the T-Systems segment has consisted of three divisions — Infocom, IT Infrastructure and IT Applications. The latter two encompassed the activities of the six subsidiaries, divided according to their profiles and competencies. In order to increase the segment’s transparency and improve sales efficiency, the number of subsidiaries were reduced via legal integration into the two respective divisions, thus forming two individual legal entities (KFKI System Integration Co. Ltd. and IQSYS IT and Consulting Co. Ltd).  The legal procedures were completed by January 1, 2008. This move will enable the Company to focus more efficiently on strengthening our market leadership in the ICT service market as well as repositioning its corporate market approach as a true IT/TC provider. Operational efficiency will also be improved through the elimination of overlapping activities.

 

The operational activities are divided as follows: the traditional service portfolio, including voice services and data WAN solutions, as well as the outsourcing activities, is managed under the Infocom division. The IT Infrastructure division covers network and system integration, network operation, and IT consultancy services. KFKI-LNX is therefore also included here. The IT Applications division, which also includes T-Systems Hungary, is responsible for on-site support and operations as well as for application development and operation.

 

In 2007, the Strategic ICT outsourcing projects we contracted for in 2006 reached their realization phase. With these projects we demonstrated outstanding performance in competency areas, which helped us stabilize the position of Magyar Telekom in the ICT outsourcing market.

 

In 2007, within the framework of the Allianz strategic ICT outsourcing program we launched the regional Outsourcing Service Portal for seven participating countries. On the web platform of the portal the current values

 

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of the service parameters, the content of fault tickets, and the level of processing faults can be monitored, which allows us to carry out electronic customer satisfaction surveys. With this solution we established regional level outsourcing competence, which we can utilize also at other customers.

 

Based on our outsourcing project experiences gained among strategic accounts, we started the Managed Services (“Custom MenX”) for medium size enterprises, and concluded long term contracts in this segment. We also extended the range of Managed Services. In addition to Managed Voice, Managed LAN and Managed Security in 2006, we also added Managed Desktop and Managed Print to the portfolio in 2007.

 

Multimedia

 

Our CATV group consists of two entities providing various cable television services in Hungary. The larger entity is T-Kábel Hungary, which began providing cable television services on January 1, 1999.

 

Through network development and acquisitions, our CATV group significantly increased its number of cable television customers during the past years. We are the second largest cable television provider in Hungary. The growth of subscribers has slowed down in the past two years, because of the stronger competition and the saturation of the market. The CATV group had approximately 419,000 CATV subscribers as of December 31, 2007 compared to approximately 414,000 a year earlier.

 

Fixed Line Telecommunications Equipment Sales

 

Magyar Telekom distributes an extensive range of telecommunications equipment, from individual telephone sets to facsimile terminals, PBXs and complete network systems, through a network of customer service centers. In addition to stand-alone phoneset sales, Magyar Telekom offers various packages combining telephone sets with telephone lines and tariff packages.

 

The telecommunications equipment sector is highly competitive and characterized by rapid technological innovation. Magyar Telekom believes that the supply and service of telecommunications equipment are integral elements of a full service telecommunications provider and are necessary for the expansion of its customer base. In addition, these activities allow Magyar Telekom to ensure that technologically advanced equipment required for new services is available in Hungary.

 

Other Revenues

 

Other revenues include construction and maintenance, rental, wholesale infrastructure services and other miscellaneous revenues.

 

We construct fixed telecommunications networks and offer network maintenance services to other telecommunications operators in Hungary. These construction and maintenance services are ancillary to the construction and maintenance of our networks.

 

Mobile Telecommunications Services - Hungary

 

We provided mobile telecommunications services in Hungary through our wholly-owned subsidiary, T-Mobile Hungary (“TMH”) prior to the merger of Magyar Telekom and TMH. TMH continues its operations within Magyar Telekom under an independent brand and as an independent business segment.

 

As of December 31, 2007, TMH accounted for an estimated 44.0 percent of the total Hungarian mobile market in terms of subscribers. The penetration rate of mobile telephone services in Hungary increased from 99.0 percent at December 31, 2006 to 109.7 percent at December 31, 2007.

 

Since 2006, when TMH was the first mobile operator to launch HSDPA service in Hungary, the company increased its HSDPA coverage based on population from 30 to 53 percent. In 2007, TMH made HSDPA with download speed up to 7.2 Mbit/s available in its network and at the same time launched HSUPA service in

 

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Hungary also as the first among local mobile service providers. In 2007 not only downloads but also uploads became faster in TMH’s network, offering the customers a highly stable, reliable service with the best quality all over Hungary.

 

In 2007, TMH continued to enhance its non-voice service portfolio, introduced several new products, increased the penetration and usage of the existing products and extended the access of some of its domestic products abroad.

 

Subscribers

 

The number of TMH subscribers has been growing over the past three years. The table below sets forth information concerning the number of TMH subscribers at the dates indicated:

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2006

 

2007

 

Number of subscribers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Postpaid subscribers

 

1,323,814

 

1,545,115

 

1,793,620

 

Prepaid subscribers

 

2,870,041

 

2,886,021

 

3,059,872

 

Total subscribers

 

4,193,855

 

4,431,136

 

4,853,492

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average monthly Minutes of Use (“MOU”) per subscriber

 

127

 

142

 

149

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Churn ratio (%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Postpaid subscribers

 

10.4

 

9.9

 

10.0

 

Prepaid subscribers

 

22.0

 

21.9

 

21.1

 

Total subscribers

 

18.5

 

17.9

 

17.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average monthly Revenue per User in HUF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Postpaid subscribers

 

10,838

 

9,849

 

8,635

 

Prepaid subscribers

 

2,239

 

2,300

 

2,205

 

Total subscribers

 

4,832

 

4,800

 

4,542

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mobile penetration in Hungary (%)

 

92.4

 

99.0

 

109.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TMH’s market share (%)

 

45.0

 

44.5

 

44.0

 

 

Though the Hungarian mobile market is reaching a saturation level with penetration nearly 110 percent in 2007, total growth rate exceeded previous year’s average due to the significant increase of inactive subscribers driven largely by Pannon’s inactivity results. The increase in the number of TMH subscribers since December 31, 2006 is attributable to a number of factors, including the expansion of mobile broadband services and the success of community offers.

 

Traffic.     TMH’s average traffic per subscriber is comparable to other European countries and was at a blended level of 149 minutes in 2007. Average traffic per subscriber has increased over 2006 as a result of successful tariff packages targeting both postpaid and prepaid segment.

 

Rates.       Since January 1998, mobile subscriber rates have been deregulated, and carriers have had the freedom to set the level of fee components (i.e., connection fee, subscription charge and traffic charges).

 

TMH charges subscribers a one-time connection fee, monthly subscription charges, event charges and time-based traffic charges. Customers using prepaid cards do not pay monthly subscription charges (but in case of some tariff packages monthly recurring fees do exist). TMH does not charge subscribers for incoming calls, other than calls received while roaming. TMH receives payments from other telecommunications service providers for

 

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terminating calls on its network. TMH maintained the widest range of tariff packages and successfully introduced additional packages in 2007 to acquire new subscribers and develop loyalty.

 

TMH faced intense price-based competition in 2007. Competitors waged various campaigns, including introduction of new tariff packages with minute, money bundle (purchasing a certain amount of minutes or a predefined monetary amount that can be applied toward usage) and community offers and products (such as family package), to win over TMH’s subscribers. TMH responded to the competitors with its own new tariff initiatives across all of the subscriber segments. In 2007, mobile Internet was one of the key development directions on the market where all operators introduced several offers. TMH is leading in both coverage and in the introduction of high speed technology (3G/HSDPA 7.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA).

 

International subsidiaries

 

Maktel has been a consolidated subsidiary of the Group from 2001.

 

Maktel is the primary fixed line service provider and the leading mobile service provider in Macedonia. Its exclusive rights in fixed line telecommunications services expired in December 2004. Maktel had 447,894 PSTN fixed lines and 44,482 ISDN channels as of December 31, 2007 and fixed line penetration reached 22.4 percent in Macedonia.

 

Mobile telephony was a significant growth driver in 2007 at Maktel. T-Mobile Macedonia is the digital mobile service provider of Maktel, which became a fully owned subsidiary of Maktel on June 4, 2001. The number of mobile subscribers increased by 28.4 percent to 1,212,539 by the end of 2007. The mobile penetration rate also grew significantly to 93.3 percent at the end of 2007 compared to 68.3 percent a year earlier. T-Mobile Macedonia offers value-added services, such as call waiting, call forwarding, conference call, SMS, voice mail, international roaming and itemized bill.

 

Maktel has a 93 percent market share in the Macedonian Internet market. The number of Internet subscribers and the time they spend on the Internet are gradually increasing. Maktel provides Internet access via the public switched telephone network, leased lines and ADSL. By the end of 2007, Maktel had 201,898 Internet customers, including 48,214 ADSL connections compared to 125,699 Internet customers, including 16,462 ADSL connections at the end of 2006.

 

Crnogorski Telekom has been a consolidated subsidiary of the Group from March 31, 2005.

 

Crnogorski Telekom is the principal fixed line service provider in Montenegro. Its exclusive rights in fixed line telecommunications services expired in December 2003. Crnogorski Telekom provides local, national and international services, in addition to a wide range of telecommunication services involving leased line circuits, data networks, telex and telegraph services.

 

Crnogorski Telekom had 168,062 analog fixed lines and 21,906 ISDN channels as of December 31, 2007.

 

Crnogorski Telekom’s subsidiary, T-Mobile Crna Gora, is the second largest mobile operator in Montenegro with 33.8 percent mobile market share. Since its inception in 2000, it has dedicated itself to offering innovative and advanced services to the Montenegrin market and has been experiencing dynamic growth.

 

At the end of 2007, T-Mobile Crna Gora counted 408,941 subscribers. The main activities of T-Mobile Crna Gora’s operations are digital mobile telephony services based on the GSM technology and non-voice services such SMS, MMS and GPRS. T-Mobile Crna Gora is actively developing market offers with various promotions and incentives to encourage use of services. In 2007, T-Mobile Crna Gora built up a new 3G network in order to extend service portfolio and meet the growing needs of mobile customers in an increasingly competitive Montenegrin mobile market.

 

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Research and development

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. has a department dedicated to performance of research and development (“R&D”) projects to meet the demands of the rapidly changing market, such as development of our telecommunications networks and service platforms. The R&D department works in close cooperation with educational institutions (including the Budapest University of Technical and Economic Sciences and the Technical College of Budapest), strategic investors, suppliers and domestic and international development organizations. Following our accession to the European Union, several funds aimed encouraging research and development activities became available to us as well; this encouraged us to deepen our involvement in national and international consortiums engaged in R&D.

 

The harmonization projects among DT Group members (Maktel, Slovak Telekom, Croatian Telekom and T-Systems International) play an important role. The joint development themes enable us to utilize group-level synergies, pursue efficient financial and human resource management and use the same third party contractors for our R&D projects.

 

In the last few years, to maintain or expand the competitive positions we developed the technical platform through the R&D activities for the introduction of new VoIP and multimedia-based services, based on the next generation (“NGN”) IP/Ethernet-based core and broadband fixed (ADSL, xDSL) and wireless (WLAN, WiFi) accesses.

 

Significant resources are devoted to the upgrading of our digital backbone network. The DWDM technology was introduced to satisfy the additional demands on the backbone network that arose in connection with broadband services, such as fast Internet access and broadband IP-VPN.

 

We are continuously developing our data communications and IP network and services to meet demands for broadband services. We developed the concept of a national, high-speed IP network built on DWDM and Gigabit Ethernet. Under this program, the components of our IPv6 protocol pilot network were identified.

 

In the last few years, we rolled out a wide range of broadband access technologies (e.g., ADSL, cable television, optical access network and managed leased line technologies) to satisfy demands for higher bandwidth. After introducing triple-play solutions, we started a field trial to provide IP High Definition TV (“HDTV”). We intend to offer HDTV as a commercial service from 2008. We also deployed a complex measurement system to measure the streamed quality of IPTV and to monitor the overall service quality in an “end-to-end” manner. Home Media Sharing is under investigation in order to provide value added features.

 

In 2007, we focused on the potential Next Generation, IP Multimedia Subsystem (“IMS”)-based applications. We conducted an internal test to evaluate the usability of the IP Centrex features. Based on IMS, we developed the Click-to-dial application, which is considered to be the basis for the forthcoming service improvements. In 2008, we intend to continue this project towards more complex services.

 

We developed a pilot system for the automated measure of the acoustic and electronic parameters of the analogue CPEs. This project is planned to be continued towards a completely automatic CPE testing framework.

 

Peer-to-peer communication services (p2p file sharing, p2p voice and video transmission, etc.) are intensively utilizing our IP infrastructure. To estimate and measure this traffic a pilot measuring system was elaborated.

 

The possibility to introduce EuroDOCSIS 3.0 technology is being considered. This technology has the potential to offer value added services and higher bandwidth data transmission.

 

We have developed a test system for hearing-impaired users, which transforms the speech signals into moving images, so users can recognize the speech by lip-reading. As an application, TV programs were used to measure the understanding factor by a test group of disabled people. Based on the results, a product development can be started for commercial launch.

 

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Environment protection

 

The management committee of Magyar Telekom adopted the Sustainability Strategy of the Company in January 2005 to strengthen our commitment to sustainable development.

 

As a part of our commitment to sustainability, we developed a sustainability section for Magyar Telekom’s website. This section includes our reports and news relating to sustainability and discusses our philosophy and approach to sustainability.

 

Real estate

 

Our headquarters are located at 55 Krisztina krt., 1013 Budapest, Hungary.

 

We have one of the largest real estate holdings in Hungary. We use substantially all of these properties for telecommunications installations, computer installations, research centers, service outlets and offices. Our equipment and machinery primarily consist of switches, communication towers and other telecommunications equipment.

 

Due to the consolidation of various operations, the conversion to digital switches and ongoing staff reductions, we anticipate that a substantial portion of our owned and leased properties will not be necessary for our core business in the future. We intend to sell or rent our surplus properties.

 

Based on a five-year contract, we outsourced our real estate operations from February 1, 2005, thus real estate development, investment, operations and management activities are now provided by DeTe Immobilien-Hungary Zrt. for Magyar Telekom Plc. In order to exercise strategic management and control, we established the Real Estate Management Office. Maktel outsourced its real estate management operations to a third party starting from April 1, 2006.

 

Real estate holdings have the following functions:

·                  Technical building

·                  Warehouse

·                  Garage

·                  Holiday resort

·                  Tower

·                  Office

·                  Other social building

·                  Preferential office

·                  Apartment

·                  Land

 

According to our proprietary needs, the aim of the Real Estate Management Office is to optimize the utilization of the real estate portfolio, while selling or otherwise making use of the surplus properties on favorable terms.

 

Financial risk management

 

Magyar Telekom is exposed in particular to risks from movements in exchange rates, interest rates, and market prices that affect its assets and liabilities. Financial risk management aims to limit these risks through ongoing operational and finance activities. Selected derivative and non-derivative hedging instruments are used for this purpose, depending on the risk assessment. However, Magyar Telekom only hedges the risks that affect the Group’s cash flow. Derivatives are exclusively used as hedging instruments, i.e., not for trading or other speculative purposes. To reduce the counterparty risk, hedging transactions are generally only concluded with leading Hungarian financial institutions.

 

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The fundamentals of Magyar Telekom’s financing strategy are established each year by the Board of Directors. The Group’s policy is to borrow centrally using a balanced combination of medium term and short term loans, and fixed and floating interest rates on those loans. The Board of Directors has approved two debt protection ratio limits, and monitors their fulfilment annually. The Board of Directors approves further limits in order to decrease risk exposures, these limits are monitored by the Chief Financial Officer monthly. The Group Treasury is responsible for implementing the finance policy and for ongoing risk management. The details of foreign exchange, liquidity and counterparty risk management guidelines are determined and monitored by the Group Treasurer continuously.

 

1. Market risk

 

Market risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market prices. Market risk comprises three types of risk: foreign currency risk, interest rate risk and other price risk.

 

Magyar Telekom is exposed to interest and foreign exchange rate risk associated with its debt and anticipated transactions. As the vast majority of the revenues and expenses of the Hungarian entities arise in HUF, the functional currency of Magyar Telekom is HUF, and as a result, Magyar Telekom’s objective is to minimize the level of its financial risk in HUF terms.

 

(a) Foreign currency risk

 

In order to mitigate the foreign currency risk, Magyar Telekom minimized its foreign currency borrowings in 2002 and 2003. From 2004, Magyar Telekom is having insignificant amount of foreign currency denominated debts.

 

The foreign exchange exposure of Magyar Telekom is mostly related to (i) holding foreign currency cash balances in its subsidiaries in the Southern and Eastern Europe region, and (ii) operating activities through revenues from and payments to international telecommunications carriers as well as capital expenditure contracted with vendors in foreign currency.

 

At the Company, major non-derivative monetary financial instruments (liquid assets, receivables, debt instruments held, interest-bearing liabilities, finance lease liabilities, non-interest-bearing liabilities) are either directly denominated in the functional currency or in line with currency hedging policy the effects of exchange rate moves offset each other. Exchange rate fluctuations therefore have no significant effects on profit or loss, or shareholders’ equity.

 

In line with currency hedging policy, Magyar Telekom holds significant amounts of EUR and USD on its bank accounts. The necessary amount is determined by the balance of trade payables and trade receivables in order to hedge the currency risk arising in connection with those liabilities. Exchange rate fluctuations therefore have no significant effect on profit or loss, or equity.

 

The Group’s Macedonian subsidiaries’ accumulated cash is partially deposited in EUR and USD linked deposits. The amount of accumulated cash in MKD, EUR and USD in the Macedonian subsidiaries is higher than the trade payables in MKD, EUR and USD of these companies. Compared to the spot FX rate as of December 31, 2007, a 1% weakening of HUF against MKD, EUR and USD would have caused (ceteris paribus) approximately HUF 501 million net gain in 2007 or the same amount of loss in case of a 1% HUF strengthening against MKD, EUR and USD.

 

Magyar Telekom occasionally enters into derivative contracts for risk reduction purposes. These foreign currency forward contracts are taken to reduce the exchange rate risk related to the foreign exchange denominated payment obligations or receivables.

 

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(b) Interest rate risk

 

Interest rate risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market interest rates.

 

Magyar Telekom is exposed to financial market risk primarily through interest rate fluctuations. This is due to the fact that changing HUF interest rates affect the fair value of fixed rate debts and also affect the cash outflow through the variable rate debts. By the end of 2003, Magyar Telekom managed to convert almost its entire remaining foreign exchange debt portfolio to HUF, thereby the debt portfolio is only exposed to HUF interest rate fluctuations. To control interest rate risk, a combination of fixed and floating rate debt is used within the HUF portfolio. The fixed rate HUF debt to total HUF debt ratio was 58.88% as of December 31, 2007.

 

Given, that Magyar Telekom had HUF 150 billion floating rate debt as of December 31, 2007, a one percentage point rise in market interest rate would have caused (ceteris paribus) the interest payment to increase by approx. HUF 1.5 billion annually, while a similar decrease would cause the same decrease in interest payments.

 

Macedonian subsidiaries of Magyar Telekom had a HUF 75.8 billion deposit as of December 31, 2007, a one percentage point rise in market interest rate would have caused (ceteris paribus) the interest received to increase by approx. HUF 758 million annually, while similar decrease would have caused the same decrease in interest received.

 

Montenegrin subsidiaries of Magyar Telekom had HUF 19 billion deposit as of December 31, 2007, a one percentage point rise in market interest rate would have caused (ceteris paribus) the interest received to increase by approx. HUF 190 million annually, while similar decrease would have caused the same decrease in interest received.

 

The Group has insignificant amounts of HUF deposits, therefore, the change in interest rates would have a very minimum impact on the Group’s financial statements.

 

As a result of the volatile international capital and securities markets, a higher fluctuation of the interest rates is also possible according to management’s estimations, the exposure to which is mitigated by the balanced portfolio of fixed and variable interest rate borrowings (see above).

 

(c) Other price risk

 

As of December 31, 2006 and 2007, Magyar Telekom did not hold any material investments, which could be affected by risk variables such as stock exchange prices or other indices.

 

2. Liquidity risk

 

Liquidity risk is the risk that an entity may encounter difficulty in meeting obligations associated with financial liabilities.

 

Prudent liquidity risk management implies maintaining sufficient cash, cash equivalents and term deposits as well as available funding through adequate amount of committed credit lines. The Group Treasury’s management aims at maintaining flexibility in funding by keeping committed credit lines available. The available free credit line amounted to HUF 48.4 billion in 2007, and the Company also had in 2007 HUF 14.4 billion uncommitted credit lines from several Hungarian Banks. In addition to the above, Deutsche Telekom confirmed its readiness to finance Magyar Telekom Group’s budgeted financing needs until the end of June 2009. Despite the fact that this has not been formulized in a contract, it can be considered as a “quasi shelf facility”.

 

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The average maturity of Magyar Telekom’s debt portfolio was 2.58 years in 2007, which is in line with the predefined liquidity management limit range of keeping the average maturity of the debt portfolio between 2 and 3 years.

 

3. Capital risk

 

The Group’s objectives when managing capital are to safeguard the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern in order to provide returns for shareholders and benefits for other stakeholders and to maintain an optimal capital structure to reduce the cost of capital.

 

In order to maintain or adjust the capital structure, the Group may adjust the amount of dividends paid to shareholders, return capital to shareholders, issue new shares or sell assets to reduce debt. Consistent with others in the industry, the Group monitors capital on the basis of the gearing ratio. This ratio is calculated as net debt divided by Equity (including Minority interest) and net debt.

 

During 2007, the Group’s strategy was to maintain a gearing ratio within 30% to 40%. The gearing ratio at December 31, 2007 was 31.0%.

 

Risk management policies

 

It is our policy that all disclosures made by us to our security holders and the investment community be accurate and complete, and fairly present our financial condition and results of operations in all material respects. Such disclosures should be made on a timely basis as required by applicable laws, rules and regulations, including by-laws of the Budapest Stock Exchange and rules adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). To achieve these objectives, we formed the Disclosure Committee and developed and have continuously enhanced our risk management policies.

 

Our risk management includes identification, assessment and evaluation of risks, development of necessary action plans, and monitoring of performance and results. For risk management to be effective, we must ensure that management take business decisions with full understanding of all relevant risks.

 

In 1999, we established a formal risk management system. This system was integrated into the risk management system of Deutsche Telekom in 2002.

 

All risks related to material internal and external operations, financial and legal compliance and certain other risks are evaluated and managed by a well-defined internal mechanism. A risk management handbook and a Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) directive on risk management were published in 2003. A risk management course was developed for employees responsible for risk management in all organizational areas. Risk items affecting our operations are reviewed quarterly throughout the Group. All of our subsidiaries, business units, divisions and entities are obliged to identify and report their operational risks on a quarterly basis. After evaluation of these risks, results are reported to our management, to the Audit Committee and to DT.

 

Following the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, we decided to enhance our risk management procedures. As this new law requires prompt disclosure of all risk items influencing investors’ decisions, we complemented our quarterly risk reporting system with a continuous reporting procedure which requires all of our departments and subsidiaries to report on a real-time basis any new material fact, information or risk that comes to their knowledge. Information thus submitted is monitored daily by the risk management department, and the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) is notified when a new material risk or information is identified.

 

A CEO directive has been issued to define responsibilities of each employee in risk monitoring and management. In addition, an e-learning course was introduced to train our employees on requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, our enhanced reporting and corporate governance obligations and the enhanced risk reporting procedures. Completion of this course has been made compulsory for all of our employees.

 

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We established the Disclosure Committee on July 31, 2003. The Disclosure Committee acts both in plenary meetings and through its members acting individually. It supports CEO and CFO in fulfilling their responsibility to oversee processes designed to ensure accuracy and timeliness of our disclosures.

 

Human policy

 

„Professional and committed employees, who are able to act on their own initiative, are the most important success factor of the business effectiveness of Magyar Telekom”—this is the HR vision the Group has articulated in line with its mission and strategy. The most important goal is to achieve that our company possesses the most professional human resources organization in Hungary and in international terms as well, regarded by its clients as their internal partner and consultant, which other firms also approach with confidence whenever they need to obtain experience.

 

Magyar Telekom’s human resources strategy for the years 2003-2007 is grouped around five focal points in line with Deutsche Telekom’s HR strategy. The focal points are as follows:

 

·                  Managing diversity: we endeavour to leverage group level synergies in order to achieve highest best business returns.

 

·                  Management of personnel expenses: our aim is to achieve a cost effective personnel management based on market information and best international practice.

 

·                  Total compensation: our aim is to ensure performance-based and market-competitive compensation.

 

·                  Management of skills and competences: we focus on identifying and managing knowledge and skill, and on promoting talent.

 

·                  HR efficiency and quality: our aim is to deliver high-level human resource services meeting the needs of our business partners.

 

Out of the nine core elements of SA8000 (Social Accountability) standard, our human resources strategy highlights the one dealing with the absence of discrimination. As far as other core elements are concerned, our company’s practice is adapted to Hungarian legislative norms (among others the Constitution of the Hungarian Republic, provisions set out in the Labour Code, as well as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights). The principles of justice and equal opportunities are set out in the basic standards articulated in our Code of Ethics published in 1997, which complies with the S-OX (Sarbanes-Oxley) act. Alternative forms of employment like telework, part-time work, flex-work, employment of disabled persons provide possibilities for the practical implementation of equal opportunities.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. continuously cooperates with trade unions and the Workers Council to represent employees’ interests: wage and compensation elements are reviewed once a year and their upward correction is set out in a contract along with headcount efficiency measures.

 

The Group’s wage tariff system regulated by way of the Collective Agreement complies with Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which says: „Everybody is entitled to equal wage for equal work without any kind of discrimination.”

 

Magyar Telekom’s welfare and social benefits constitute an exceedingly wide-ranging pool. A part of them is granted to every employee, while others are available on certain conditions or are of an insurance nature, the basis of which is the employees’ collective contribution. The way social benefits and discretionary benefits are granted is set out in the Collective Agreement and related regulations.

 

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Both in its selection processes and during the career of its employees at the company, Magyar Telekom is committed to ensure for its employees equal opportunities independently from age, gender, ethnicity, religious or political conviction, and sexual orientation. In hiring labour a special attention is paid to granting possibilities to its own employees in the first place, through either horizontal or vertical advancement: this is the FreeJob system (a data base of vacant positions accessible only to Magyar Telekom Plc. employees) accompanied by a regulation for 30 days being reserved for an exclusively internal search. The company operates an Induction Program to effectively help the accommodation of colleagues selected for the position.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. pays special attention to young graduates through the „Starting-Block” trainee program, which grants employment and training to 15-20 graduates each year.

 

The company introduced in 1997 and has continuously developed since then its knowledge management system, which is being used for the measurement of competence and knowledge, for the definition of development areas and the review of individual tasks. Development needs are identified with the help of the Personnel Round Table for middle and top management. Development is available in the following forms:

 

·                  traditional „classroom” training within the company and outside,

 

·                  skills development training (individual and group programs administered by trainers, e.g. team building, self-awareness training)

 

·                  e-learning, i.e. distant training through an individual training „net” (e.g. media training).

 

Both management succession and development of professionals are key aims in the area of advancement and talent management, for which Magyar Telekom operates several, target-specific talent management programs.

 

Magyar Telekom is committed to excellence: the results of regular surveys among employees and customers are used as a basis for the improvement of our internal operation. In addition, the company takes advantage of the possibilities rendered by modern technologies to achieve excellence: through the enhancement and use of advanced IT systems it improves operating efficiency.

 

The HR area operates its web-based IT services and, through eHR solutions, it continuously broadens the range of its cost saving, efficiency improving and customer friendly services.

 

Magyar Telekom pays special attention to the high level of the employees’ occupational safety and provides them the conditions of safe work and a working environment, which does not harm health. A special organizational unit is engaged in occupational health and safety of work issues, and develops the company’s safety of work strategy and set of objectives.

 

Magyar Telekom puts a major emphasis on taking care of departing employees: several solutions have been developed to provide for benevolent outplacement and to reduce the number of one-sided terminations. Using the wealth of alternative forms of employment is accompanied by an outplacement system called Chance program to help departing employees find a new employment. The program provides training and helps departing employees’ reintegration in the labour market.

 

Outlook
 

The telecommunications industry is undergoing a major change globally. We have observed several long-term trends which are changing the structure of the Hungarian telecommunications market. Key drivers of the long-term trends include changes in technology (i.e., IP-based broadband products and solutions, emerging wireless broadband technologies), customer requirements (i.e., mobility and ease of use, triple-play solutions), competition and regulation (i.e., low entry barriers, new business models).

 

Magyar Telekom’s current plans and outlook are based on our current best knowledge and expected circumstances. Nevertheless the behavior of our competitors can hardly be completely predicted. Therefore a

 

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stronger than assumed impact of alternative operators, new market entrants and new solutions in any country where Magyar Telekom is present could influence our business performance negatively.

 

We should emphasize that each segment is affected by its unique business environment, and we are subject to circumstances and events that are yet unforeseen or beyond our control. We have identified several risk factors which may affect our business in the future including changes in the regulatory environment, changes in competition, the unforeseeable effects of the announced stabilization package of the Hungarian government and changes in the foreign exchange rates just to mention the most important ones.

 

We expect that our core business units will be able to continue to generate strong free cash flow. However, there are some significant elements that can have negative effects on the free cash flow, for example, the roll-out of EDR infrastructure and potential acquisitions. Despite these effects we expect to generate solid positive free cash flow in 2008 as well.

 

Revenues

 

The following reflects our current expectations with respect to our plans and initiatives:

 

In the fixed line operations, we expect continued gradual decline in fixed line voice revenues due to continued line reduction and fixed line unit price erosion driven by mobile substitution and the increased competition in the fixed line market, including competition from VoIP or VoCATV providers. As indicated in our strategy, to mitigate the decrease in fixed line voice revenues we are now moving from the traditional traffic-based revenue structure to an access-based revenue structure, which will allow us to substitute declining traffic revenues with content, entertainment and bundled access revenues. Fixed line inter-connection tariffs are expected to be reduced gradually further in 2008 and in the years after, having additional negative impact on our fixed line revenue streams.

 

As the leading broadband provider in Hungary, we are committed to accelerating growth in country-wide broadband penetration by applying a multi-access cost-efficient approach.

 

We aim to move towards content and media businesses to support traditional access services and build new revenue streams and exploit new revenue sources. We are seeking new revenue sources by entering new non-traditional telecommunication markets such as transactional services and commerce to generate new revenue streams in case a potential business opportunity arises to capture potential growth opportunities on new converged market areas. Recent years’ acquisitions, together with the T-Online capabilities, enable us to achieve success in that segment. On the other hand, we experienced a slow-down of the growth-rate of the broadband market in the second half of 2007. If the weak demand continues in 2008, it could impact negatively the growth of the segment.

 

In Macedonia, increasing competition has already begun in the fixed segment, with the competition in international incoming and outgoing, fixed-to-mobile and long distance calls. Further competition is expected from the entrance of the third Macedonian mobile operator VIP in September 2007 and from Macedonian CaTV operators, which expected to provide internet and fixed voice on the same platform.

 

Crnogorski Telekom’s improvement was significant in 2007 despite the increasing competition (international termination, CATV launch). Promonte, the Montenegrin market leader in mobile telephony has acquired a license for international voice traffic valid from January 1, 2007, however they continued to use Crnogorski Telekom’s network during 2007. This expected to change in 2008. The Montenegrin Telecommunication Agency awarded licenses of cable television services to 10 companies. These new providers expected to enter traditional telecommunications markets in 2008, and will increase competition. The launch of the third mobile operator also imposes pressure on the fixed market.

 

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To maintain sustainable competitiveness in the corporate sector, we have committed to further developing our IT competencies by focusing on complex service offering via managed services, system integration and outsourcing through consultancy-based selling to corporate customers. Expanding our business operation to these new areas with lower EBITDA margins results in a dilutive effect on the EBITDA margin both on fixed segment and Magyar Telekom Group level.

 

In the mobile operations, market penetration in Hungary is now almost saturated, and we expect lower growth rates due to a smaller number of potential new subscribers. This trend is partly offset by the migration of prepaid customers to postpaid packages and the future growth potential of value added and data services, which is supported by the continuing roll-out of UMTS and HSDPA services. Accordingly, leveraging on our newly built HSDPA capacities and market leadership in 3G coverage and quality is one of T-Mobile Hungary’s primary strategic priorities on the fast growing wireless broadband market.

 

The expected growth driven by customer base and mobile data is off-set by regulatory measures. Adopting EU regulations on roaming coupled with continuation of gradual cuts of mobile termination fees are expected to decrease revenues significantly. As a result, we expect stable net revenue generation in the Hungarian mobile segment in 2008.

 

Magyar Telekom renewed its mobile concession contract for use of the 900 MHz frequency that expires on November 4, 2008 for an additional term of seven and half years according to an agreement with the Ministry of Economy and Transport. In addition to payment of the HUF 10 billion concession fee Magyar Telekom has undertaken to spend at least HUF 20 billion in the following two years on further increase of mobile broadband coverage in Hungary.

 

The government of Macedonia has approved Austrian Mobilkom’s bid to become the country’s third mobile operator at the beginning of 2007. In line with the license rules, the new operator “VIP” launched services in September 2007. The entrance of VIP resulted in increased competition on Macedonian mobile market. As a result of intensified competition, we do not expect growth in the mobile revenues in Macedonia.

 

In the Montenegrin market, subscriber growth continued in 2007 and drove the net revenue growth. For 2008, we expect a slowdown of subscriber growth as the markets come to saturation. The new entrant - Telekom Serbia (“MTS”) - started a rush expansion, and we expect the very sharp competition to continue in 2008. The Telecommunication Agency has also awarded three licenses for providing 3G mobile services. Despite intensifying competition we expect further growth in mobile revenues in Montenegro.

 

Expenses

 

In line with our strategy, we plan to improve our internal operational efficiency in all segments. We announced a headcount reduction plan in October 2007. The measures are expected to decrease the Group-level headcount by 15 percent by the end of 2008 compared to end of June 2007. The majority of the headcount reduction was implemented at the end of 2007; rest will be implemented gradually in 2008. The headcount reduction includes our Macedonian and Montenegrin fixed line service providers as well. We are determined to bring their performance in line with industry best practice and our management is committed to further simplification and improvement of processes and connected systems. In addition to organizational measures and process improvement, we seek cost savings by leveraging our group-wide synergies in procurement and by gradual integration of support systems.

 

Though adopted EU roaming regulations and decreasing termination fees result in lower interconnection revenues, this effect is partially offset by decreasing outpayment costs.

 

In line with world market developments and the Hungarian energy market liberalization, we experience rapid growth in energy prices, highly above the inflation level. We expect the trend will continue in 2008, impacting us negatively. We also expect growing expenses in mobile site rental costs as a result of the increasing coverage of 3G services and higher IT costs driven by value added products.

 

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We plan to reshuffle our brand portfolio in 2008, similarly to our parent company Deutsche Telekom. We intend to introduce a new brand, “T-Home”, and current fixed line brands (T-Com, T-Online and T-Kábel) will be pulled off from the market. This move will simplify the company’s market presence from customer point of view, but may cause marketing cost increase in 2008.

 

Gross additions to tangible and intangible assets

 

We aimed to reduce the gross additions to tangible and intangible assets to sales ratio to below 14 percent in 2007 and succeeded in meeting this target (without the fees for mobile license). Excluding potential acquisitions, we expect this ratio to increase in 2008, mostly because of our mobile license contract that includes HUF 20 billion investment obligations for the next two years to increase mobile coverage. We expect an increasing proportion of gross additions to relate to high-growth areas in the fixed line segment, such as Internet, broadband and data transmissions, while our mobile segment will continue the roll-out of the UMTS and HSDPA infrastructure.

 

According to our strategic directions we are committed to further strengthening and leveraging our presence in the South-East European region. Therefore, we are continuously seeking for further value-creating acquisition and investment targets with even larger scale.

 

Revenue and EBITDA targets

 

The increasing revenue contribution of new services, such as IT and systems integration, will help to maintain revenue levels. However, as these are lower margin services, we expect a slight decline in EBITDA in 2008 compared to the 2007 level.

 

Events after the balance sheet date

 

1. Privatization tender for Telekom Slovenia

 

Following the completion of due diligence Magyar Telekom filed a binding bid in the public tender of the Republic of Slovenia for the sale of an equity participation in Telekom Slovenije d.d. on January 4, 2007. Later in January it was announced that the Company had not been selected to proceed to the next stage in the public tender process.

 

2. Termination of a significant T-Systems contract

 

Pursuant to the decree of the Metropolitan Court in October 2007, a liquidation procedure was ordered to start against T-Systems Hungary (TSH) due to its debts (HUF 19 million) towards a creditor. The date of the publication in the Companies Gazette and the starting date of the insolvency / liquidation process was January 3, 2008.

 

TSH merged into IQSYS, which had been registered by the Court of Registry on December 31, 2007. At the same time TSH was deleted from the Companies Registry on December 31, 2007. The debt was paid to the creditor by the legal successor company (IQSYS). Consequently, the Metropolitan Court dated January 15, 2008 withdrew its decree which stated the insolvency of and ordered the insolvency / liquidation proceeding against TSH, and terminated the insolvency / liquidation proceeding. According to this decree, as of the starting date of the insolvency / liquidation proceeding (i.e. on January 3, 2008), T-Systems Hungary Kft. did not exist, because it had been deleted from the Companies Registry by the Metropolitan Court acting as Court of Registry dated December 31, 2007.

 

On January 18, 2008, a large T-Systems customer sent a termination letter with immediate effect regarding

 

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the long term contract entered into in September 2001, as the customer considered that the Court ordered the liquidation in 2007 was a cause for termination with immediate effect under a provision of the said contract. The customer also found injurious that TSH did not duly fulfill its obligation to provide information on the liquidation process. On January 21, 2008 IQSYS indicated in its response that it does not accept the termination with immediate effect, taking into consideration that the company is not insolvent, and the Metropolitan Court has terminated the insolvency / liquidation proceeding and has withdrawn its decree on ordering the insolvency / liquidation proceeding.

 

The agreement guaranteed the right for the customer to terminate the contract with immediate effect, because the underlying cause had occurred. However, the starting date of the insolvency / liquidation proceeding is January 3, 2008, and on this date TSH did not exist. On the date of the termination letter with immediate effect (January 18, 2008) the service provider (IQSYS, the legal successor of TSH) was not insolvent. The parties are in negotiations in connection with the above. The value of the dispute is not more than HUF 2.5 billion. Should the negotiations end unsuccessfully, a lawsuit could possibly be initiated due to the termination with immediate effect. We have recognized an impairment loss of HUF 1,500 million of the finance lease receivable from the customer as at December 31, 2007.

 

The Company is currently investigating the deficiencies in internal controls which led to the legal situation, triggering the early termination of the contract.

 

3. Sale of a subsidiary

 

MakTel signed an agreement in February 2008 to sell its subsidiary, Montmak for a consideration of EUR 5 million. Montmak owns and operates a beach hotel facility on Montenegro’s Adriatic coast. The Group will realize a gain of approximately HUF 1 billion on the sale, which will be recognized in 2008.

 

Budapest, March 18, 2008.

 

 

 

 

Christopher Mattheisen

 

Thilo Kusch

 

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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Report of the Supervisory Board

of Magyar Telekom Plc.

to the General Meeting

on the Y2007 operation of the Company and the Group

 

The Supervisory Board has reviewed the Reports of the Company’s Board of Directors in respect of the performance, financial status and business prospects of the Company and the Group in the Y2007.

 

The Supervisory Board focused on the following priorities:

 

1.                    the compliance of the operation of the Company with the legal expectations and requirements,

 

2.                    the compliance of the applied accounting practices with the Hungarian Accounting Regulations (HAR) and with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS),

 

3.                    whether the operation and decisions of the Board of Directors served the best interest of the shareholders.

 

The Supervisory Board summarizes its position as follows:

 

I.                                         The business operations of the Company and the Group met the expectations of the shareholders in the 2007 business year; the main business lines could keep the leading position in the strong competitive environment on the market.

 

II.                                     The Supervisory Board hereby states that the After-tax Net Income of the Company for the 2007 business year is HUF 35,634 million (say: thirty-five billion, six hundred and thirty-four million Forints) and the Balance Sheet Total Assets of the Company for the 2007 business year are HUF 942,877 million (say: nine hundred and forty-two billion, eight hundred and seventy-seven million Forints). The Annual Report of the Company has been prepared according to the Hungarian Accounting Regulations (HAR).

 

The consolidated Profit after tax of the Magyar Telekom Group for the 2007 business year (before the deduction of HUF 12,901 million attributable to minority interests) is HUF 73,056 million (say: seventy-three billion, fifty-six million Forints) and the consolidated Balance Sheet Total Assets of the Magyar Telekom Group are HUF 1,135,578 million (say: one trillion, one hundred and thirty-five billion, five hundred and seventy-eight million Forints). The Consolidated Financial Statements of the Magyar Telekom Group have been prepared according to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

 

The Supervisory Board acknowledges that the dividend payable to the shareholders is established at HUF 77,051,913,476 (say: seventy-seven billion, fifty-one million, nine hundred and thirteen thousand, four hundred and seventy-six Forints).

 

III.           The Supervisory Board monitored the Management’s decisions; discussed the Management reports: the Group financial reports, the Group Strategy, the reports on the Group acquisition activities, restructuring of the Company.

 

IV.           The Supervisory Board approved the Annual Audit Plan of the independent Internal Audit organization for the year 2007. The Supervisory Board requested and received regular reports about each and every audit finding, recommended audit measures and

 



 

about the status of the implementation of these measures. The Director of the Internal Audit is a permanent invitee of the Supervisory Board Meetings where he regularly responded to the further issues raised in connection with certain audits.

 

V.            The Supervisory Board paid special attention in the year 2007 to the following audit topics: compliance with SOX 404 requirements, integrity of the financial statements, procurement processes, security of IT systems, integration processes, CRM, business solutions.

 

VI.           In line with the provisions of the Directive on “Procedures for treatments of complains/comments regarding accounting matters” the Supervisory Board had all the reports known by the Internal Audit investigated and reports were made about them. The Group has made the necessary measures in all cases to prevent repeated occurrence.

 

VII.          The Supervisory Board monitored the progress of the Corporate Compliance Program.

 

VIII.        The Supervisory Board also reviewed the reports on the activities of the Audit Committee.

 

Based on its findings in the course of the continuous monitoring of the business operations of the Company and the Magyar Telekom Group the Supervisory Board recommends that the General Meeting should:

 

·                  approve the Y2007 Annual Report of the Company prepared according to the Hungarian Accounting Regulations (HAR) with the Balance Sheet Total Assets and After-tax Net Income as proposed by the Board of Directors,

 

·                  approve the Y2007 Consolidated Financial Statements of the Magyar Telekom Group prepared according to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) with the Balance Sheet Total Assets and Profit after tax as proposed by the Board of Directors,

 

·                  accept the Auditor’s reports,

 

·                  accept the proposal of the Board of Directors on the dividend payment,

 

·                  approve the Corporate Governance Report for 2007.

 

April 9, 2008

 



 

 

 

 

Pricewaterhouse Coopers Kft.

 

 

H-1077 Budapest

 

 

Wesselényi u. 16.

 

 

 

 

 

H-1438 Budapest, P.O.Box 517

 

 

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Telephone:

+36 1 461-9100

 

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT

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(Free translation)

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To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Nyrt.

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of Magyar Telekom Nyrt. (“the Company”), which comprise the consolidated balance sheet as of 31 December 2007 (in which the balance sheet total is HUF 1,135,578 million and the profit attributable to the equity holders of the Company is HUF 60,155 million) the consolidated income statement, consolidated statement of changes in equity, and the consolidated cash flow statement, tor the year then ended and the notes to the financial statements including a summary of the main accounting policies as well as other disclosures.

 

Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements

 

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards. This responsibility includes: designing, implementing, and maintaining internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error; selecting and applying appropriate accounting policies; and making accounting estimates that are reasonable in the circumstances.

 

Auditors Responsibility

 

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audit and to assess whether or not the accounting information disclosed in the business report is consistent with that contained in the consolidated financial statements. We conducted our audit in accordance with Hungarian and International Standards on Auditing and with applicable laws and regulations in force in Hungary. Those Standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the consolidated financial statements are free from material misstatement.

 

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well

 



 

as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our work in respect of the business report was limited to checking it within the aforementioned scope and did not include a review of any information other than that drawn from the audited accounting records of the Company.

 

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

 

Opinion

 

During our work we have audited the components and disclosures along with the underlying accounting records and supporting documentation in the consolidated financial statements of Magyar Telekom Nyrt. in accordance with Hungarian and International Standards on Auditing and, on the basis of our audit work, we have gained sufficient and appropriate evidence that the consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the EU. In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of Magyar Telekom Nyrt. as of 31 December 2007, and of the results of its operation for the year then ended in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the EU. The business report is consistent with the disclosures in the financial statements.

 

 

Budapest, April 10, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Nick KÓs

 

/s/ Hegedüsné Szücs Márta

Nick KÓs

 

Hegedüsné Szücs Márta:

Partner

 

Statutory auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers Kft.

 

Licence number: 006838

1077 Budapest, Wesselényi u. 16.

 

 

License Number: 001464

 

 

 



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

MAGYAR TELEKOM TELECOMMUNICATIONS
PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

 

BALANCE SHEET AND PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT
TO THE 2007 ANNUAL REPORT

 



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

BALANCE SHEET AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2007

 

(All amounts in millions of HUF)

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

Note

 

December 31, 2006

 

Self-revision

 

December 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A. FIXED ASSETS AND FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS

 

 

 

859 509

 

2

 

842 584

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I. Intangible assets

 

5

 

223 598

 

-4

 

224 100

 

Capitalised costs of foundation and restructuring

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

Capitalised costs of research and development

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

Rights

 

 

 

39 783

 

-4

 

62 531

 

Intellectual property

 

 

 

19 935

 

0

 

3 502

 

Goodwill

 

 

 

163 880

 

0

 

158 067

 

Advance payments on intangible assets

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

II. Tangible assets

 

6

 

436 866

 

-5

 

427 065

 

Land and buildings and related rights

 

 

 

232 976

 

590

 

236 254

 

-Land

 

 

 

2 691

 

2

 

2 661

 

-Buildings

 

 

 

68 198

 

258

 

64 175

 

-Telecommunication network

 

 

 

153 203

 

151

 

157 188

 

-Other properties

 

 

 

7 804

 

179

 

11 148

 

-Real estate related rights

 

 

 

1 080

 

0

 

1 082

 

Technical equipment, machinery and vehicles

 

 

 

174 220

 

2 585

 

157 754

 

-Telecommunication equipment and machinery

 

 

 

173 152

 

2 416

 

156 164

 

-Other technical equipment, machinery and vehicles

 

 

 

1 068

 

169

 

1 590

 

Other equipment and vehicles

 

 

 

15 434

 

315

 

12 871

 

Construction-in-progress

 

 

 

13 762

 

-3 495

 

20 185

 

Advance payments on construction-in-progress

 

 

 

474

 

0

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

III. Financial investments

 

 

 

199 045

 

11

 

191 419

 

Non current investments in related parties

 

7

 

177 838

 

10

 

164 290

 

Non current loans granted to related parties

 

8

 

14 672

 

0

 

21 641

 

Other investments

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

Other non current loans granted

 

9

 

6 535

 

1

 

5 488

 

Non current bonds and other securities

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B. CURRENT ASSETS

 

 

 

76 591

 

742

 

68 160

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I. Inventories

 

10

 

7 501

 

-18

 

7 161

 

Raw materials

 

 

 

1 397

 

0

 

606

 

Work in progress and semi-finished products

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

32

 

Finished products

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

Goods resale

 

 

 

6 054

 

-19

 

6 523

 

Advance payments on inventories

 

 

 

50

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

II. Receivables

 

 

 

64 404

 

761

 

55 908

 

Accounts receivable

 

11

 

35 506

 

328

 

39 052

 

Receivables from subsidiaries

 

12

 

16 754

 

352

 

10 511

 

Bills receivable

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

Receivables from other related companies

 

 

 

2

 

86

 

0

 

Other receivables

 

13

 

12 142

 

-5

 

6 345

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

III. Securities

 

14

 

1 504

 

0

 

1 179

 

Investments in related parties

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

Other investments

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

Treasury stock, quotas

 

 

 

1 504

 

0

 

1 179

 

Marketable securities

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IV. Liquid assets

 

 

 

3 182

 

0

 

3 912

 

Cash and cheques

 

 

 

67

 

0

 

88

 

Bank deposits

 

 

 

3 115

 

0

 

3 824

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C. PREPAYMENTS

 

15

 

29 762

 

-59

 

32 133

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued income

 

 

 

28 341

 

-59

 

31 080

 

Prepayments for costs and expenses

 

 

 

1 421

 

0

 

1 053

 

Deferred expenses

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

 

 

 

965 862

 

885

 

942 877

 

 

Budapest, March 18, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Christopher Mattheisen

 

/s/ Thilo Kusch

 

 

Christopher Mattheisen

 

Thilo Kusch

 

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,

 

Chief Financial Officer,

 

 

Chairman of the Board

 

Board Member

 

The supplement forms an integral part of these financial statements.

 



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

BALANCE SHEET AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2007

 

(All amounts in millions of HUF)

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY

 

 

 

Note

 

December 31, 2006

 

Self-revision

 

December 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D. SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY

 

16

 

381 638

 

975

 

412 697

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I.

Common stock

 

 

 

104 277

 

0

 

104 275

 

 

- of this treasury stock at par value

 

 

 

246

 

0

 

150

 

II.

Unpaid share capital (-)

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

III.

Capital reserves

 

 

 

54 932

 

0

 

58 289

 

IV.

Retained earnings

 

 

 

205 520

 

265

 

212 943

 

V.

Restricted reserves

 

 

 

1 504

 

0

 

1 556

 

VI.

Valuation reserves

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

VII.

Net income

 

 

 

15 405

 

710

 

35 634

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E. PROVISIONS

 

17

 

7 977

 

0

 

22 049

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for expected obligations

 

 

 

7 783

 

0

 

20 598

 

 

Provision for expected expenses

 

 

 

166

 

0

 

1 311

 

 

Other provisions

 

 

 

28

 

0

 

140

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F. LIABILITIES

 

 

 

533 211

 

-278

 

456 515

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I. Subordinated liabilities

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

II. Non current liabilities

 

 

 

212 001

 

0

 

309 062

 

Non current borrowings

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

Convertible bonds

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

Debt from issuance of bonds

 

 

 

123

 

0

 

123

 

Investment and development loans

 

18

 

18 250

 

0

 

0

 

Other non current loans

 

19

 

0

 

0

 

50 557

 

Non current liabilities to related parties

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

Non current liabilities to other related parties

 

20

 

185 432

 

0

 

254 432

 

Other non current liabilities

 

 

 

8 196

 

0

 

3 950

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

III. Liabilities

 

 

 

321 210

 

-278

 

147 453

 

Current borrowings

 

 

 

71

 

0

 

71

 

-of this convertible bonds

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

Current loans

 

21

 

27 374

 

0

 

39 942

 

Advances received

 

 

 

343

 

0

 

529

 

Accounts payable

 

 

 

28 704

 

-6

 

34 805

 

Bills of exchange payable

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

Current liabilities to related parties

 

22

 

22 441

 

-1

 

24 540

 

Current liabilities to other related parties

 

23

 

74 089

 

0

 

20 000

 

Other current liabilities

 

24

 

168 188

 

-271

 

27 566

 

-of this dividends payable

 

 

 

72 994

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G. ACCRUED EXPENSES

 

25

 

43 036

 

-12

 

51 616

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred income

 

 

 

7 619

 

0

 

6 319

 

Accrued expenses

 

 

 

34 646

 

-12

 

44 854

 

Other deferred revenue

 

 

 

771

 

0

 

443

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABLITIES AND SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY

 

 

 

965 862

 

685

 

942 877

 

 

Budapest, March 18, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Christopher Mattheisen

 

/s/ Thilo Kusch

 

 

Christopher Mattheisen

 

Thilo Kusch

 

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,

 

Chief Financial Officer,

 

 

Chairman of the Board

 

Board Member

 

The supplement loans an integral part of these financial statements.

 



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

INCOME STATEMENT FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 DECEMBER, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF)

 

 

 

Note

 

2006

 

Self-revision

 

2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Domestic sales

 

26

 

450 016

 

217

 

478 105

 

2. Export sales

 

27

 

20 735

 

113

 

21 804

 

I. Sales revenues

 

 

 

470 751

 

330

 

499 909

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Change in self-manufactured inventories

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

12

 

4. Capitalised value of self-manufactured assets

 

 

 

14 339

 

3

 

22 743

 

II. Own work capitalized

 

 

 

14 339

 

3

 

22 755

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

III. Other revenues

 

28

 

22 290

 

0

 

20 763

 

of which: reversal of impairment

 

 

 

170

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Costs of raw material

 

 

 

19 939

 

3

 

31 220

 

6. Costs of services

 

29

 

97 843

 

-79

 

97 487

 

7. Costs of other services

 

 

 

9 473

 

25

 

12 711

 

8. Cost of goods sold

 

 

 

34 415

 

-2

 

34 276

 

9. Costs of services sold (intermediated)

 

31

 

84 872

 

50

 

85 780

 

IV. Material-type expenses

 

 

 

246 542

 

-3

 

261 474

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.  Salaries and wages

 

32

 

42 522

 

1

 

46 342

 

11.  Other payroll related costs

 

32

 

10 900

 

5

 

15 930

 

12.  Payroll related contributions

 

 

 

15 948

 

24

 

18 695

 

V. Payroll and related expenses

 

 

 

69 370

 

30

 

80 967

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VI. Depreciation

 

 

 

93 408

 

47

 

97 230

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VII. Other expanses

 

34

 

30 034

 

-1

 

41 800

 

of which: impairment

 

 

 

2 814

 

0

 

1 220

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A. PROFIT FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

68 026

 

260

 

61 956

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13. Dividends and profit sharing (received or due)

 

 

 

50 174

 

353

 

5 531

 

of which: received from related parties

 

 

 

50 174

 

353

 

5 531

 

14. Foreign exchange gains on sale of investments

 

 

 

260

 

0

 

11

 

of which: received from related parties

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

15. Interest income and gains on financial investments

 

 

 

1 517

 

0

 

1 828

 

of which: received from related parties

 

 

 

1 508

 

0

 

18 28

 

16. Other interest income received

 

 

 

873

 

1

 

783

 

of which: received from related parties

 

 

 

710

 

0

 

547

 

17. Other revenues from financial activities

 

 

 

2 860

 

0

 

2 161

 

VIII. Revenues from financial transactions

 

 

 

55 684

 

354

 

10 314

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18. Loss on the sale of financial investments

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

of which: related to related parties

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

19. Interest expense

 

 

 

27 084

 

0

 

31 815

 

of which: related to related parties

 

 

 

939

 

0

 

1 134

 

related to other related party

 

 

 

21 396

 

0

 

23 301

 

20. Impairment of investments, securities and bank deposits

 

 

 

1 872

 

-2

 

17

 

21. Other expenses refinancial activities

 

 

 

3 235

 

-10

 

1 178

 

IX. Expenses from financial transactions

 

 

 

32 191

 

-12

 

83 010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B. FINANCIAL RESULTS

 

35

 

23 493

 

366

 

-22 696

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C. PROFIT FROM ORDINARY ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

91 519

 

626

 

39 260

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X.

Extraordinary revenues

 

36

 

234

 

43

 

4 818

 

XI.

Extraordinary expenses

 

37

 

3 231

 

-3

 

7 087

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D. PROFIT FROM EXTRAORDINARY ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

-2997

 

46

 

-2 269

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E. PROFIT BEFORE TAXES

 

 

 

88 622

 

672

 

36 991

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XII. Corporate Income tax

 

39

 

123

 

-38

 

1 357

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F. NET INCOME

 

 

 

88 399

 

710

 

35 634

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22. Use of retained earnings for dividends

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

23. Dividend paid (approved)

 

40

 

72 994

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G. BALANCE SHEET NET INCOME

 

 

 

15 405

 

710

 

35 634

 

 

Budapest, March 18, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Christopher Mattheisen

 

/s/ Thilo Kusch

 

 

Christopher Mattheisen

 

Thilo Kusch

 

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,

 

Chief Financial Officer,

 

 

Chairman of the Board

 

Board Member

 

The supplement loans an integral part of these financial statements.

 



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

 

MAGYAR TELEKOM TELECOMMUNICATIONS

PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

 

 

NOTES

 

TO THE 2007 ANNUAL REPORT

 



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

0.     Note Added For Translation

 

This annual report for December 31, 2007 is the English translation of the annual report issued in Hungarian language and prepared in accordance with Act C/2000 on accounting and with generally accepted accounting principles in Hungary.

 

These principles may be different from International Financial Reporting Standards or accounting principles of any other country. No adjustments have been made to conform the annual report with any accounting principles other than Hungarian.

 

The auditors’ report is a translation of the auditors’ report issued in Hungarian language on the Hungarian annual report as outlined above.

 

In the event of any discrepancy, whether in the auditors’ report or in the annual report, the Hungarian original version prevails.

 



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

1.     Background and General Information

 

Official name of the Company: Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

Short name of the Company: Magyar Telekom Plc.

Headquarter of the Company: 1013 Budapest, Krisztina krt. 55.

The Company’s main activity is telecommunication.

 

The Hungarian Telecommunications Company (“Matáv Rt.”), the legal predecessor of Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company (“Magyar Telekom Plc.” or the “Company”) was founded by the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Construction on January 1, 1990. The Company was transformed by the Board of directors of State Asset Holding Ltd. into a wholly owned company limited by shares as of December 31, 1991.

The Company was privatized on December 22, 1993, when the MagyarCom consortium acquired a 30.1 per cent stake in the Company. At the second stage of the privatization, which took place in December 1995, MagyarCom became the majority owner.

 

On November 14, 1997 the Company was the first in the Central-Eastern European region to be listed on both the Budapest and the New York Stock Exchanges.

 

In June 1999, the State Privatization and Holding Company sold its remaining stake (5.75 per cent) through a secondary offering. After this transaction, the proportion of publicly traded shares increased to 40.47 per cent. MagyarCom’s share in the Company decreased to 59.53 per cent.

 

In 2000, the Company increased its common stock through issuing new shares in the amount of HUF 63 million, which were held mainly within the Magyar Telekom Group. As a result of this transaction, the proportion of publicly traded shares increased to 40.51 per cent and MagyarCom’s ownership changed to 59.49 per cent.

 

In 2002, the Company carried out an additional increase in common stock in the amount of HUF 490 million, which shares were repurchased. As a result of this transaction, the proportion of publicly traded shares changed to 40.32 per cent, the proportion of repurchased treasury stock to 0.47 per cent and MagyarCom’s ownership decreased to 59.21 per cent.

 

The Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held on February 22, 2005 approved the decision of the Board of Directors to change the official name of Magyar Telecommunications Company Ltd. into Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Company Ltd., with short name of Magyar Telekom Rt. The change was registered by the Court of Registry on May 6, 2005.

 

On February 28, 2006 the name of Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Company Ltd. changed to Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company, with short name of Magyar Telekom Plc. (“Magyar Telekom Plc.” or the “Company”). The change was registered by the Court of Registry on February 28, 2006.

 

Persons authorised to sign the annual report:

Christopher Mattheisen - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Board member (residence: Budapest)

Thilo Kusch - Chief Financial Officer and Board member (residence: Budapest)

 

The Company’s bookkeeping services are provided by EurAccount Pénzügyi és Számviteli Szolgáltató Kft.

The company register number of EurAccount Kft. is 01-09-737269, its taxation number is 13477541-2-42.

The accounting services provided by EurAccount Kft. are supervised by Beáta Bálintné Pál Executive Director. Certificate number: 132224. Area of speciality: entrepreneurial activity. State: registered. Residence: Budapest The Company is subject to compulsory audit. The Company’s auditor is PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd. — Márta Hegedsné Szcs

 

Magyar Telekom Plc.’s homepage address: www.magyartelekom.hu

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

Investigation into certain consultancy contracts

 

As previously disclosed, in the course of conducting their audit of our 2005 consolidated financial statements, PricewaterhouseCoopers Könyvvizsgáló és Gazdasági Tanácsadó Kft. identified two contracts the nature and business purposes of which were not readily apparent. In February 2006, our Audit Committee initiated an independent investigation into this matter. In the course of the investigation, two further contracts entered into by Magyar Telekom Plc. were also raising concerns. To date, the independent investigators have been unable to find sufficient evidence to show that any of the four contracts under investigation resulted in the provision of services to us or to our subsidiaries under those contracts of a value commensurate with the payments we made under those contracts. The independent investigators have been unable to determine definitively the purpose of the contracts, and it is possible that the purpose may have been improper. The independent investigators further identified several contracts at our Macedonian subsidiary that could warrant further review. In February 2007, our Board of Directors determined that those contracts should be reviewed and expanded the scope of the independent investigation to cover these additional contracts and related transactions. We have approved and have been implementing certain remedial measures designed to enhance our internal controls to ensure compliance with Hungarian and U.S. legal requirements and NYSE listing requirements.

 

As previously reported, the investigation delayed the finalization of our 2005 financial statements, and as a result we and some of our subsidiaries have failed and may fail to meet certain deadlines prescribed by U.S., Hungarian and other applicable laws and regulations for preparing and filing audited annual results and holding annual general meetings. To date, we have been fined HUF 13 million as a consequence of these delays.

 

The Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority, the Hungarian National Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice have been informed of the investigation. The Company is in regular contact with these authorities regarding the investigation and is also responding to inquiries raised by and to the investigations being conducted by these authorities under U.S. and Hungarian law. The U.S. Department of Justice has recently expanded the scope of its investigation to include the actions taken by the Company in response to the findings of and issues raised by the Company’s internal investigation and a related subpoena and further document requests have been issued.

 

2.     Effects of mergers on the comparability of figures in 2006 and 2007

 

The Extraordinary General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc. held on June 29, 2007 decided on the demerger of the access business line of T-Online Magyarország Zrt. and its merger into Magyar Telekom Plc. and the merger of Emitel Távközlési Zrt. into Magyar Telekom Plc. The mergers were registered by the Court of Registry on September 30, 2007.

 

In the course of the merger, EMITEL Távközlési Zrt. prepared an annual report according to the Hungarian Act on Accounting as of September 30, 2007 by closing its analytical and general ledgers. Magyar Telekom Plc. and T-Online Magyarország Zrt. (its new name is [origo] Zrt.) managed the takeover of assets and liabilities (including provisions and accrued expenses as well) and the resulting shareholder’s equity being the difference, with continuous bookkeeping.

 

Due to the takeover of assets and liabilities, the balance sheet lines of December 31, 2006 and 2007 are not entirely comparable. In order to assure comparability the merger balance sheet is disclosed in a summarised form in the Notes.

 

Due to the merger, the income statement of Magyar Telekom Plc. contains the revenues and expenses of the activities taken over for the period started October 1, 2007 ended on December 31, 2007. As a consequence, the income statements as of 2007 and 2006 are not entirely comparable. In order to assure comparability the income statements

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

of EMITEL Távközlési Zrt. and T-Online Magyarország Zrt. for the period started January 1 ended September 30, 2007 are disclosed in summarised forms in the Notes.

 

T-Mobile Magyarország Zrt. merged into Magyar Telekom Plc. with effect from February 28, 2006. Magyar Telekom Plc. managed the takeover of assets and liabilities (including provisions and accrued expenses as well) and the resulting shareholder’s equity being the difference, with continuous bookkeeping.

 

Due to the merger, Magyar Telekom Plc.’s income statement for 2006 contains the revenues and expenses of the Mobile Line of Business (T-Mobile ) for the period started on March 1, 2006 ended on December 31, 2006.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

3.     Accounting policies

 

The accounting policies of Magyar Telekom Plc. include basic accounting principles, measurement methods and procedures as well as methods and tools used for enforcing the provisions of the Hungarian Accounting Regulations.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. maintains its records both in accordance with the Hungarian Accounting Regulations (HAR) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The differences between the two reports are solely due to differences in the respective accounting principles.

 

The closing day in the Company’s business year is December 31. The balance sheet preparation date is the 1st working day of the following year.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. uses version “A” of the balance sheet and version “A” of the income statement (total cost method) when preparing its annual report in accordance with the Hungarian Accounting Regulations. Amounts in the annual report are stated in HUF millions. The currency of accounting is the Hungarian Forint (HUF).

The Hungarian Act on Accounting allows for certain captions in the balance sheet to be broken-down or omitted, what is adopted by the Company both in case of the balance sheet and the income statement.

 

Since January 1, 2005 the Company has complied with its obligation to prepare consolidated annual report in such a way that it prepares its consolidated annual report in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards. Based on the above, in contrast to previous practice, information regarding the consolidation level of related parties — for the year 2005 and for comparative periods as well — is no longer provided either in the income statement or in the balance sheet, only in the Notes.

 

Deutsche Telekom Group’s consolidated annual report prepared by Deutsche Telekom AG (Friedrich-Ebert-Alle 140, 53113 Bonn, Germany) includes Magyar Telekom Plc. as a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG.

 

Definition of the accounting principles, guidelines and methods

 

Classification of accounting matters:

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. applies the materiality and significance guidelines for limits set forth in the Hungarian Accounting Regulations in preparing its annual report.

 

Material error

An error revealed must be treated as a material error in every case it results in at least 20 per cent change in prior year’s shareholder’s equity.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

Significant error

Items must be considered as significant in every case if in the year the error was discovered the cumulative absolute amount of the errors and their effects on net income and shareholder’s equity exceeds the lower of 2 per cent of total assets of the year they relate to or HUF 500 million.

 

If the Company reveals a significant error through self-revision, then modifications relating to prior years are presented next to the prior years’ figures for each balance sheet and income statement item.

 

The Company has set up regulations for valuation of assets and liabilities, scrapping, cost calculation, stocktaking, cash management, and system of documentation as required by the Hungarian Accounting Regulations.

 

Until further decision, the Company does not use the allowed alternative treatment in the Hungarian Accounting Regulations for the valuation of fixed assets as market value and valuation of certain financial instruments as fair value.

 

The Company qualifies every foreign exchange rate difference resulting from foreign exchange translation as significant, therefore all realized and unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses are recorded in the subledger as well as in the general ledger.

 

Valuation methods used for the preparation of the Balance Sheet

 

ASSETS

 

Recognition and measurement of non current assets

 

Intangible and tangible fixed assets

Magyar Telekom Plc. carries intangible and tangible fixed assets at historical cost less accumulated depreciation. Property, plant and equipment includes the capitalized value of improvements and refurbishment that extend the useful life of the asset, increase its capacity and/or modify its functionality.

The volume of costs connected directly to loans taken for acquisition or production of the asset is not significant therefore the Company does not capitalize it considering the principle of cost-benefit.

The Company neither capitalizes the foreign exchange difference resulting from the conversion of a foreign currency liability - for which there is no cover in the foreign currency bank account - that is directly connected to a tangible or intangible asset and has been recorded for the period up to the time when the asset is put into operation.

 

Depreciation policy

The depreciation of tangible fixed assets is determined using the straight-line method on the basis of the useful life of the assets, taking into consideration their residual value. The Company determines residual values for those groups of assets where the residual values are considered to be significant. Residual value is considered to be significant if the expected realizable value exceeds the expected scrap value when the asset is taken out of service.

The Company determines residual value for buildings and vehicles. Residual value is not considered to be significant for intangible assets and other groups of the tangible fixed assets.

The Company applies residual values only for assets capitalized after January 1, 2001. No residual value is calculated for additional capitalization on assets purchased before January 1, 2001.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

Applied residual value:

Buildings:

 

Determined individually based on the location of the building as well as the expected future useful life and usage of the building.

Vehicles:

 

Since January 1, 2005 personal cars for personal use: 40 per cent of the acquisition cost

 

 

(In cases of assets capitalized before 2005 and in Mobile Services Line of Business: 30 per cent)

 

 

passanger cars for business use: 30 per cent of the acquisition cost

 

 

trucks under 3.5 tons: 30 per cent of the acquisition cost

 

 

trucks above 3.5 tons: 20 per cent of the acquisition cost

 

 

transport vehicles: 10 per cent of the acquisition cost.

 

Useful lives are determined based on generally accepted international telecommunication industry practices and development potentials. Magyar Telekom Plc. regularly reviews the useful lives of fixed assets and modifies them if necessary. The Company records the value of all tangible fixed assets below HUF 50,000 immediately as depreciation expense, except for those that are serving the operation of the telecom network directly; are part of the subscriber network and those installed telecom software operating solely on telecom hardware.

 

The Company records extraordinary depreciation in cases where the value of the assets permanently decreased due to the fact that it is no longer needed, is spoiled or destroyed, or if the book value is permanently and significantly in excess of the market value. In the absence of other reliable estimates the market value of the asset is determined using expected discounted cashflow analysis.

 

In case the market value of the individual asset that has been impaired before significantly exceeds its carrying value, the Company records a reversal of extraordinary depreciation and classifies the related income as other revenue.

 

Capitalized value of foundation and restructuring

The Company does not capitalize foundation and restructuring costs.

 

Capitalized value of research and development

The Company does not capitalize research and development costs.

 

Goodwill

That part of the cost of an acquisition of a subsidiary with qualified majority (at least 75 per cent ownership) which is calculated as the difference between the fair value of the acquired assets and the assumed liabilities (valued according to the Hungarian Act on Accounting) is recorded as goodwill if the acquisition cost is higher.

The Company does not record amortization on goodwill recognized after January 1, 2005 unless impairment is required. The Company applies the straight-line amortization method for goodwill recognized earlier.

 

Intellectual property

Since 2005 only those assets have been recorded as intellectual property which are in the ownership of the Company. The useful life of intellectual property is generally 5 years.

Those intellectual properties where the Company has only the rights of use are recorded as Rights. Their useful life are those of intellectual property.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

Own work capitalized

Direct costs incurred in the construction of property, plant and equipment manufactured by the Company are capitalized. This includes direct production costs and all other direct costs. The Company records materials provided to subcontractors at delivery as construction in progress.

 

Financial investments

Long term investments in subsidiaries are recorded at cost when established or at original purchase price less goodwill when acquired. At the end of the financial year, the Company’s investments are impaired if the market value of the equity investment is permanently and significantly lower than its book value. The impairment review is carried out on an individual basis.

Loans granted include loans to subsidiaries, associated companies and other companies as well as long term loans given to employees for housing purposes.

 

Recognition and measurement of current assets

 

Inventories

Goods are valued at cost using standard price method and raw materials using the weighted average cost formula. Telephone cards on stock are classified as goods for resale and are valued using the FIFO method.

Inventories include assets whose future usage can not be determined at the time of purchase (i.e. whether they will be used for an investment project or maintenance). Inventories also include advance payments on inventories and assets held for sale reclassified from tangible fixed assets.

 

Tangible fixed assets reclassified to inventories are valued on an individual basis. Besides these assets Magyar Telekom Plc. considers its inventories as low value items. Impairments of inventories purchased within a year are determined by a so-called Price Trend Report. If the current average price is higher by 20 per cent than the last month average price invoiced then the article has to be impaired to the average price of the last month.

 

Inventories purchased over a year ago are impaired in proportion to a percentage of their book value.

Measure of impairment on new materials:

·      inventories from 12 to 24 months

35 per cent impairment

·      inventories from 24 months

60 per cent impairment

Measure of impairment on used or repaired materials:

·      inventories from 6 to 12 months

5 per cent impairment

·      inventories from 12 to 24 months

50 per cent impairment

·      inventories from 24 months

100 per cent impairment

 

Before 20007, impairments of inventories based on the following estimation method:

“Impairment loss is charged on individual inventory articles using ageing as follows:

Raw materials form 2006:

 

Inventories from 6-12 months

20 per cent impairment (40 % in 2005)

Inventories from 12 months

40 per cent impairment (80 % in 2005)

 

Individual impairment percentages can be applied for both categories above if it reasonable due to inventory usage or economic considerations.

80 per cent of goods are qualified based on ageing and market information.

Impairment loss charged on goods is similar to the method at raw materials by using 20 and 40 per cent rate.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

Mobile Line of Business charges impairment loss on purchased inventories to show their market or fair value at balance sheet date and other qualification date in the balance sheet.”

 

The change in the estimation method has no significant effect on the amount recorded as impairment (see Note 10).

 

Trade receivables

The balance of trade receivables reflects invoiced amounts accepted by the customers and does not include any unrecoverable and unaccepted receivables.

 

Rates of impairment for overdue receivables are the following:

 

 

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. excl. Mobile LoB

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. Mobile LoB

 

 

 

Receivables excl.

 

NER* net receivables

 

Mobile phone

 

Other trade

 

ROAMING

 

Days

 

NER*

 

(international settlement)

 

receivables

 

receivables

 

receivables

 

1-60

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

61-90

 

 

 

 

 

30

%

 

 

 

 

91-180

 

30

%

Based on individual LoB decision

 

50

%

30

%

5

%

181-360

 

70

%

 

 

70

%

70

%

25

%

360 <

 

100

%

 

 

99,9

%

100

%

50

%

 


* NER: System for international settlements

 

Accounts receivable from companies under liquidation and in bankruptcy are identified on an individual basis and fully impaired. Magyar Telekom Plc. excluding Mobile LoB evaluates individually all trade receivables from those debtors (customers) having at least one non-hire-purchase debt more than 360 days overdue and in special circumstances receivables of key customers and receivables reduced by liabilities of countries participating in international settlement.

Impairment loss for debts of customers under voluntary liquidation is recorded based on individual decision.

 

The Company considers receivables as doubtful debt in the following cases:

· customers with suspended SIM cards are reported to police because of suspicion of fraud but the procedure at the police has not been finalized yet;

· customers with installment debts to whom the order for payment has been sent,

· customers with expired conditional discounts.

 

The Company does not impair receivables from related parties and non current loans granted to related parties.

 

Accounts receivable and payable related to international telecommunications traffic are stated at gross value, even though the financial settlement of the balance is performed on a net basis.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. measures its foreign currency receivables at year-end at the official exchange rate of the Hungarian National Bank (“MNB”) as of December 31.

 

Securities

Securities in current assets include the original cost of bonds, shares, other securities held for sale and the repurchase value of treasury stock.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY

 

Valuation reserve

Magyar Telekom Plc. does not apply the allowed alternative treatment for the recognition of a valuation reserve arising from market value and fair value measurement.

 

Restricted reserve

Magyar Telekom Plc. records restricted amounts from capital reserves and retained earnings as restricted reserve. The repurchase value (acquistion cost) of the repurchased treasury stock is recorded in restricted reserve.

 

Provisions

Main items include:

·      early retirement payment liabilities

·      severance payment liabilities

·      contingent and other liabilities

·      environmental liabilities

·      guarantee liabilities determined by law

 

Valuation of liabilities in foreign currencies

Liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are valued at the official exchange rate of MNB at year-end.

 

Measurement principles applied in the preparation of the Income Statement

 

Based on the Section 74. (2) of Act C/2000 on accounting the exports sales revenue includes the value of sales and services supplied to non-resident customer regardless of the location of the services provided, except the customer is non-residential in the territory of Hungarian Republic and has not officially informed Magyar Telekom Plc. (e.g. non-resident customer - whose registered office, place of abode or permanent residence is situated abroad - buys phone sets in a T-Pont).

 

Revenues and expenses are recognized in line with the accrual concept of accounting. Non-realized exchange rate differences are recognized as follows:

·                  if the net balance of non-realized foreign exchange gain and loss is a gain, it is recorded as other revenue from financial transactions,

·                  if the net balance is a loss, it is recorded as other expenses from financial transactions.

 

The Company recognizes dividends approved by the General Meeting of the subsidiaries and associates in the year following the one they relate to. Interim dividends paid by the subsidiaries and associates are recorded as liability until final approval.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

The fees paid by Magyar Telekom Plc. to carrier, mobile and international service providers for call termination are invoiced to the customers by Magyar Telekom Plc. Therefore the payments for calls initiated in Magyar Telekom Plc.’s network and terminated by carrier, mobile and international service providers as well as payments for leased lines (both domestic and international) are recorded and disclosed as intermediated services disclosed as costs of services sold.

 

Extraordinary items are disclosed in the Notes.

 

Revenues and expenses not directly related to the ordinary operations are disclosed as extraordinary items.

 

OTHER

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. pays special attention to meeting environmental protection regulations in its activities. The necessary power supply batteries used in switches and power generators and used cell phones are stored and neutralized in accordance with the applicable environmental protection laws.

 

The Company did not incur penalty expenses due to environmental liabilities.

 

4. Summary of the Company’s financial position and liquidity

 

The Company’s financial position and liquidity as of December 31, 2006 and 2007 are represented by the following financial ratios:

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

Liquidity ratio (= current assets / current liabilities)

 

0.24

 

0.46

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating margin (= operating profit / (sales revenues + other revenues))

 

0.14

 

0.12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating return on assets (= operating profit / total assets)

 

0.07

 

0.06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leverage ratio (= non current liabilities / (equity + non current liabilities))

 

0.36

 

0.43

 

 

The favorable change in liquidity ratio is due to the decrease of current liabilities because year 2007 as of opposed to 2006, did not include two years of dividend payment liability (2005 and 2006). The payment of dividend for 2005 commenced on January 12, 2007 therefore its full amount (HUF 76,122 million) is disclosed as current liabilities in the 2006 figures.

 

The increase in leverage ratio is due to the increase in bank and owner’s (Deutsche Telekom Finance B.V.) financing.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

The following is the cashflow statement for the years ended on December 31, 2006 and 2007:

 

 

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I. Cash flows from operating activities (lines 1-14)

 

 

 

147,220

 

6,894

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Profit before income tax (before dividend received)

 

(+/-)

 

37,231

 

31,812

 

2. Depreciation and amortization

 

(+)

 

93,471

 

97,277

 

3. Impairment losses charged and reversed

 

(+/-)

 

8,462

 

5,600

 

4. Change in provisions

 

(+/-)

 

3,670

 

14,072

 

5. Profit or loss on the sale of non current assets

 

(+/-)

 

-1,794

 

-1,713

 

6. Change in accounts payable

 

(+/-)

 

7,013

 

-4,427

 

7. Change in other current liabilities

 

(+/-)

 

-3,446

 

12,235

 

8. Change in accruals

 

(+/-)

 

18,208

 

8,580

 

9. Change in accounts receivable

 

(+/-)

 

-15,950

 

-5,865

 

10. Change in current assets (without accounts receivable and cash and cash equivalents)

 

(+/-)

 

14,425

 

15,603

 

11. Change in prepayments

 

(+/-)

 

-19,442

 

-2,371

 

12. Income tax paid

 

(–)

 

5,767

 

-2,179

 

13. Dividend paid

 

(–)

 

-36

 

-149,066

 

14. Other non cash items

 

(+/-)

 

-359

 

-12,664

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

II. Cash flows from investing activities (lines 15-17)

 

 

 

-103,931

 

-58,418

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15. Acquisition of fixed assets and financial investments

 

(–)

 

-112,851

 

-68,872

 

16. Proceeds from sale of non current assets

 

(+)

 

6,700

 

4,570

 

17. Dividends and advanced dividends received

 

(+)

 

2,220

 

5,884

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

III. Cash flows from financing activities (lines 18-29)

 

 

 

-41,780

 

52,254

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18. Proceeds from issue of shares

 

(+)

 

2,097

 

7,472

 

19. Proceeds from the issuance of bonds

 

(+)

 

0

 

0

 

20. Loans received

 

(+)

 

227,021

 

283,361

 

21. Redemption from non current loans granted and bank deposits

 

(+)

 

37,196

 

39,582

 

22. Non-repayable liquid assets received

 

(+)

 

14

 

0

 

23. Share capital decrease

 

(–)

 

-18

 

-8

 

24. Treasury stock repurchases

 

(–)

 

0

 

0

 

25. Repayment of bonds

 

(–)

 

-1

 

0

 

26. Repayment of loans

 

(–)

 

-262,856

 

-223,836

 

27. Non current loans granted and bank deposits

 

(–)

 

-48,073

 

-49,939

 

28. Non-repayable donations given

 

(–)

 

0

 

-131

 

29. Change in liabilities to founders and other non current liabilities

 

(+/-)

 

2,840

 

-4,246

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IV. Change in liquid assets (lines I. + II. + III.)

 

(+/-)

 

1,509

 

730

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash at the beginning of the year

 

 

 

1,673

 

3,182

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash at year-end

 

 

 

3,182

 

3,912

 

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

5. Intangible fixed assets

 

The following table is a summary of intangible fixed asset movements between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2007:

 

 

 

Capitalized
costs of R&D

 

Rights

 

Intellectual
property

 

Goodwill

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GROSS BOOK VALUE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening balance as of January 1, 2006

 

876

 

52,136

 

2,438

 

200,456

 

255,906

 

Additions

 

0

 

3,388

 

7,562

 

13,414

 

24,364

 

Additions due to merger

 

0

 

35,401

 

34,029

 

0

 

69,430

 

Disposals

 

763

 

2,211

 

37

 

0

 

3,011

 

Reclassifications

 

0

 

1,372

 

-1,194

 

0

 

178

 

Balance as of December 31, 2006

 

113

 

90,086

 

42,798

 

213,870

 

346,867

 

Additions

 

0

 

21,403

 

556

 

3,100

 

25,059

 

Additions due to merger

 

0

 

3,327

 

1,359

 

1,376

 

6,062

 

Disposals

 

113

 

1,230

 

29

 

0

 

1,372

 

Reclassifications

 

0

 

32,747

 

-32,417

 

0

 

330

 

Balance as of December 31, 2007

 

0

 

146,333

 

12,267

 

218,346

 

376,946

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMORTIZATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening balance as of January 1, 2006

 

876

 

33,898

 

880

 

39,841

 

75,495

 

Charge for the year

 

0

 

8,937

 

5,354

 

10,149

 

24,440

 

Impairment

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

Additions due to merger

 

0

 

8,940

 

17,250

 

0

 

26,190

 

Disposals

 

763

 

2,067

 

32

 

0

 

2,862

 

Reclassifications

 

0

 

595

 

-589

 

0

 

6

 

Balance as of December 31, 2006

 

113

 

50,303

 

22,863

 

49,990

 

123,269

 

Charge for the year

 

0

 

15,217

 

2,098

 

10,170

 

27,485

 

Impairment

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

58

 

58

 

Additions due to merger

 

0

 

2,385

 

743

 

61

 

3,189

 

Disposals

 

113

 

1,021

 

28

 

0

 

1,162

 

Reclassifications

 

0

 

16,918

 

-16,911

 

0

 

7

 

Balance as of December 31, 2007

 

0

 

83,802

 

8,765

 

60,279

 

152,846

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET BOOK VALUE
as of December 31, 2006

 

0

 

39,783

 

19,935

 

163,880

 

223,598

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET BOOK VALUE
as of December 31, 2007

 

0

 

62,531

 

3,502

 

158,067

 

224,100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extraordinary depreciation

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

58

 

58

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reversal of extraordinary depreciation

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

Rights

The increase is mainly due to the extension of the period of GSM concessions, additionally capitalized rights of use (IT systems, SAP and other software) and reclassification of software rights of use from intellectual properties.

The decrease was caused by scrapping of obsolete software rights.

In 2007, depreciation increased by HUF 132 million due to the change of software’s useful life.

 

Intellectual properties

The increase in intellectual properties is mainly due to the mergers of Emitel Zrt. and the access business line of T-Online Magyarország Zrt. into Magyar Telekom Plc. The decrease is due to the reclassifiation from rights as mentioned before.

 

Goodwill

In 2006, further HUF 60 million goodwill was recognized relating to a correction of the purchase price of investment in Stonebridge Communication AD. Its useful life was defined in line with the remaining useful life of the previously recorded goodwill related to this investment.

 

Also in 2006, the Company purchased Dataplex Infokommunikációs Infrastruktúra Szolgáltató és Ingatlanhasznosító Kft. and acquired an ownership in KFKI-LNX Hálózatintegrációs Zrt. Relating to these transactions, HUF 4,793 million and HUF 8,561 million goodwill was recognized.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. has become the owner of IWIW Kft. and Adnetwork Kft. as a consequence of the merger of the access business line of T-Online Magyarország Kft. into Magyar Telekom Plc. At the same time the related goodwill was recognized in the amounts of HUF 1,132 million (IWIW Kft.) and HUF 174 million (Adnetwork Kft.). In connection with the merge HUF 8 million goodwill was recognized related to Alba Internet Adatbank és Informatikai Kft.

 

The Company purchased three subsidiaries previously 100 per cent owned by Viabridge Telecommunications Holdings Ltd. in 2007 and recognized goodwill in the amounts of HUF 447 million (Novatel EOOD), HUF 933 million (Orbitel EAD) and HUF 818 million (Combridge SRL).

 

Also in 2007, further goodwill was recognized in the amounts of HUF 507 million and HUF 395 million in connection with Magyar Telekom Plc.’s investments acquired in Mobilpress Zrt. and in M-Factory Kft.

 

During 2007 HUF 10,170 million amortization was charged on goodwill. Impairment in the amount of HUF 58 million was charged on X-Byte Számítástechnikai Kft.’s goodwill and it was derecognized from the books.

 

14



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

The movements in gross value and amortization of goodwill in 2006 and 2007 are summarized as follows:

 

Description

 

Remaining
useful life
(month)

 

Gross book
value as of
December
31, 2006

 

Accumulated
amort’n as of
December
31, 2006

 

Net book
value as of
December
31, 2006

 

Goodwill
recorded in
2007

 

Amort’n
charge in
2007

 

Net book
value as of
December
31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T-Mobile Távközlési Magyarország Rt.

 

168

 

181,948

 

-45,494

 

136,454

 

0

 

-9,115

 

127,339

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KFKI-LNX Hálózatintegrációs Zrt.

 

0

 

8,561

 

0

 

8,561

 

0

 

0

 

8,561

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EMITEL Távközlési Zrt.

 

137

 

10,501

 

-3,190

 

7,311

 

0

 

-589

 

6,722

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stonebridge Communication AD

 

186

 

7,507

 

-1,050

 

6,457

 

0

 

-392

 

6,065

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dataplex Infokommunikációs
Infrastruktúra
Szolgáltató és
Ingatlanhasznosító Kft.

 

0

 

4,793

 

0

 

4,793

 

0

 

0

 

4,793

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IWIW Szolgáltató Kft.

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

1,132

 

0

 

1,132

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Orbitel EAD

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

933

 

0

 

933

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Combridge SRL

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

818

 

0

 

818

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mobilpress Zrt.

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

507

 

0

 

507

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Novatel EOOD

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

447

 

0

 

447

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M-Factory Kft.

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

395

 

0

 

395

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adnetwork Online Marketing Kft.

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

174

 

0

 

174

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Integris-Rendszerház Kft.

 

61

 

306

 

-99

 

207

 

0

 

-34

 

173

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alba Internet Adatbank és Informatikai Kft.

 

5

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

9

 

-1

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X-Byte Számítástechnikai Kft.

 

0

 

58

 

0

 

58

 

0

 

-58

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telemacedonia AD

 

22

 

3

 

-2

 

1

 

0

 

-1

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BCN Rendszerház Kft.

 

0

 

193

 

-155

 

38

 

0

 

-38

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

213,870

 

-49,990

 

163,880

 

4,415

 

-10,228

 

158,067

 

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

6. Tangible fixed assets

 

The following table is a summary of tangible fixed asset movements — without construction in progress and advance payments for construction in progress — between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2007:

 

 

 

Real estate and
related rights

 

Technical
equipment,
machinery and
vehicles

 

Other equipment
and vehicles

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GROSS BOOK VALUE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening balance as of January 1, 2006

 

305,418

 

370,401

 

39,534

 

715,353

 

Additions

 

17,426

 

38,341

 

6,725

 

62,492

 

Additions due to merger

 

31,077

 

171,751

 

45,590

 

248,418

 

Disposals

 

5,836

 

13,384

 

3,808

 

23,028

 

Reclassifications

 

0

 

-268

 

90

 

-178

 

Balance as of December 31, 2006

 

348,085

 

566,841

 

88,131

 

1,003,057

 

Additions

 

10,095

 

35,529

 

4,521

 

50,145

 

Additions due to merger

 

8,318

 

8,691

 

973

 

17,982

 

Disposals

 

3,349

 

17,678

 

7,518

 

28,545

 

Reclassifications

 

5,457

 

5,832

 

-11,417

 

-128

 

Balance as of December 31, 2007

 

368,606

 

599,215

 

74,690

 

1,042,511

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEPRECIATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening balance as of January 1, 2006

 

100,702

 

252,671

 

33,244

 

386,617

 

Charge for the year

 

11,737

 

49,918

 

7,061

 

68,716

 

Impairment

 

0

 

1,209

 

35

 

1,244

 

Additions due to merger

 

4,522

 

99,914

 

35,988

 

140,424

 

Disposals

 

1,865

 

11,046

 

3,657

 

16,568

 

Reclassifications

 

13

 

-45

 

26

 

-6

 

Balance as of December 31, 2006

 

115,109

 

392,621

 

72,697

 

580,427

 

Charge for the year

 

12,608

 

50,490

 

6,124

 

69,222

 

Impairment

 

95

 

80

 

8

 

183

 

Additions due to merger

 

3,428

 

5,693

 

661

 

9,782

 

Disposals

 

1,007

 

15,855

 

7,096

 

23,958

 

Reclassifications

 

2,119

 

8,432

 

-10,575

 

-24

 

Balance as of December 31, 2007

 

132,352

 

441,461

 

61,819

 

635,632

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET BOOK VALUE as of December 31, 2006

 

232,976

 

174,220

 

15,434

 

422,630

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET BOOK VALUE as of December 31, 2007

 

236,254

 

157,754

 

12,871

 

406,879

 

 

Further details are disclosed in Appendix 1.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

Real estate and related rights

The merger of the access business line of T-Online Zrt. and Emitel Zrt. into Magyar Telekom Plc. resulted in a significant increase of HUF 8,318 million in gross book value (HUF 4,890 million in net value) in the current year figures.

 

Increase in buildings amounted to HUF 3,131 million in gross value of which the capitalization from construction in progress of Antenna towers amounted to HUF 1,126 million. Gross value of telecommunication networks increased by HUF 6,375 million of which the additions to the on-ground metallic conducting cables for local network amounted to HUF 2,506 million.

 

The decrease in real estate and related rights is mainly due to the sale of real estates (Budapest, Horváth Mihály tér 17-19. - net value: HUF 1,145 million; Budapest, XI. Vásárhelyi Pál utca 4-6. - net value: HUF 439 million; Budapest, XI. Nagyszebeni út 53. - net value: HUF 197 million etc.), scrapping of rented buildings (net value: HUF 34 million) and partial scrapping of on-ground metallic conducting cables for local network (net value: HUF 40 million).

 

Technical equipment, machinery and vehicles

Increase is due the capitalization of telecommunication equipment of HUF 44,220 million and the merger of the access business line of T-Online Zrt. and Emitel Zrt. into Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

Obsolete and replaced assets were scrapped in an amount of HUF 386 million (EWSD subscriber centers, on-ground microwave telecommunication equipment, IN PreIN equipment).

 

Other equipment and vehicles

Increase in the amount of HUF 5,494 million is due to the capitalization of IT system hardware and the merger of the access business line of T-Online Zrt. and Emitel Zrt. into Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

The decrease in other equipment and vehicles is due to the sale of computers and peripherals connected indirectly to the core activity in an amount of HUF 184 million, car sales and scrapping of equipment for training and system support purposes with a net book value of HUF 56 million.

 

Reclassifications

Reclassifications of movements of intangible and tangible fixed assets are mainly due to the review of classification of assets in the asset categories.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

7. Non current investments in related parties

 

As of December 31, 2006 and 2007, the Company’s non current investments are summarized as follows (further details on investments are disclosed in Appendix 2):

 

 

 

Ownership
direct (%)

 

Ownership
indirect (%)

 

Net book value

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stonebridge AD (under liquidation)

 

100.00

 

 

 

90,266

 

90,364

 

Crnogorski Telekom AD

 

76.53

 

 

 

36,729

 

36,891

 

Investel Zrt.

 

100.00

 

 

 

7,162

 

9,029

 

Pro-M Zrt.

 

100.00

 

 

 

8,200

 

8,200

 

BCN Rendszerház Kft.

 

100.00

 

 

 

5,042

 

2,864

 

ViDaNet Zrt.

 

67.50

 

22.50

 

2,836

 

2,836

 

T-Kábel Magyarország Kft.

 

16.39

 

83.61

 

2,359

 

2,359

 

[origo] Zrt. (previously T-Online Zrt.)

 

100.00

 

 

 

12,750

 

1,886

 

T-Systems Hungary Kft.

 

100.00

 

 

 

1,633

 

1,693

 

Orbitel EAD

 

100.00

 

 

 

0

 

1,650

 

IKO-Telekom Zrt.

 

50.00

 

 

 

1,600

 

1,600

 

KFKI-LNX Zrt.

 

100.00

 

 

 

1,223

 

1,224

 

Dataplex Kft.

 

100.00

 

 

 

355

 

1,055

 

Novatel EOOD

 

100.00

 

 

 

0

 

633

 

Integris-Rendszerház Kft.

 

100.00

 

 

 

594

 

594

 

EurAccount Kft.

 

99.00

 

1.00

 

446

 

446

 

EPT Nyrt.

 

97.20

 

 

 

304

 

304

 

ViaBridge Telecommunications H. L. (under liquidation)

 

99.99

 

0.01

 

293

 

294

 

KIBU Innováció Kft. (X-Byte Kft.)

 

99.20

 

0.80

 

12

 

86

 

Novatel Ukraine LLC

 

99.94

 

0.06

 

70

 

70

 

M-Factory Zrt.

 

92.00

 

 

 

0

 

63

 

HUNSAT Zrt.

 

50.00

 

 

 

50

 

50

 

Telemacedonia AD

 

100.00

 

 

 

21

 

21

 

TeleData Kft.

 

50.98

 

 

 

20

 

20

 

ProMoKom Zrt. (under liquidation)

 

100.00

 

 

 

35

 

18

 

IQSYS Zrt.

 

0.30

 

99.70

 

0

 

15

 

IWIW Kft.

 

100.00

 

 

 

0

 

11

 

Gabriele 17 GmbH

 

100.00

 

 

 

7

 

7

 

Adnetwork Kft.

 

100.00

 

 

 

0

 

4

 

Mindentudás Egyeteme Kht.

 

60.00

 

 

 

2

 

3

 

Combridge SRL

 

100.00

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

Emitel Zrt.

 

0

 

 

 

4,036

 

0

 

EGERTEL Zrt.

 

0

 

 

 

1,793

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

177,838

 

164,290

 

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

Significant changes of Non current investments in subsidiaries

The Extraordinary General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc. held on June 29, 2007 decided on the merger of the access business line of T-Online Magyarország Zrt. into Magyar Telekom Plc. and the merger of Emitel Távközlési Zrt. and Magyar Telekom Plc. The mergers were registered by the Court of Registry on September 30, 2007. After the merger the Company cancelled the Emitel Zrt.’s investments from its books and decreased the investment in T-Online Magyarország Zrt. ([origo] Zrt.) correspondingly.

 

During 2007 some subsidiaries increased their capitals (Dataplex Kft. by HUF 700 million, KIBU Innováció Kft./X-Byte Kft. by HUF 74 million, Novatel EOOD by HUF 630 million and Orbitel EAD by 1,650 million).

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. has decreased the capital of BCN Rendszerház Kft. in the amount of HUF 2,177 million.

 

HUF 263 million (of which HUF 253 million related to 2007) was recorded as foreign exchange difference on foreign exchange investments at the balance sheet date. This amount increased the book value of non current investments.

 

During 2007 HUF 17 million impairment was recorded related to investments (ProMoKom Zrt.).

 

Further significant changes in case of subsidiaries in 2007: T-Systems Hungary Kft. and Integris Rendszerház Kft. merged into IQSYS Zrt.; BCN Rendszerház Kft. and ICON Zrt. merged into KFKI-LNX Hálózatintegrációs Zrt. The transformations were registered by the Court of Registry with effect from December 31, 2007. On December 31, 2007 the merged companies are disclosed separately in the books of Magyar Telekom Plc. and in the Notes. The merged subsidiaries were cancelled from the books in January, 2008.

 

New investments in 2007

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. decided to purchase three subsidiaries (Novatel EOOD, Orbitel EAD and Combridge SRL) owned 100 per cent by Viabridge Telecommunications Holdings Ltd.

 

After the transaction the Company has 100 per cent ownership in these companies. The acquisition cost of the companies was together EUR 8,709 thousand.

 

Novatel EOOD

 

The company was established in 2004 with BGN 300,000 subscribed capital and with headquarter in Sofia, Bulgaria. The company’s main activities are: international and domestic leased line connection, international IPVPN services, roaming services, infocommunication business solutions and international call termination.

 

In connection with the investment HUF 447 million was recorded as goodwill. Novatel’s share capital was increased by HUF 630 million (EUR 2,500 thousand) at year-end.

 

Orbitel EAD

 

The company’s headquarter is in Sofia, Bulgaria. Its subscribed capital is BGN 78,125. The company is an alternative service provider with main activities of voice service, providing connection between sites, leased line and IPVPN services and system (network) integration.

 

In connection with the investment HUF 933 million (EUR 3,696 thousand) was recorded as goodwill. Magyar Telekom Plc. increased Orbitel’s share capital by HUF 1,650 million (EUR 6,511 thousand) at year-end.

 

19



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

Combridge SRL

 

The company’s headquarter is in Bucarest, Romania. Its subscribed capital is ROL 2,000,000. Its main activities are: international and domestic leased line connection, international internet access, international IPVPN services, roaming services and international VoIP call termination.

 

In connection with the investment HUF 818 million (EUR 3,241 thousand) was recorded as goodwill.

 

Further investments acquired in 2007

 

IQSYS Informatikai Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság (IQSYS Zrt.)

 

IQSYS Zrt. was established in 1990 with headquarter in Budapest. The company’s capital at acquisiton was HUF 211 million. Its main activities are: releasing software, wholesale of computers and software, reproduction of computer storage media, data processing and repair of office computers.

 

In 2007 Magyar Telekom Plc. Purchased the 32 remaining shares in the amount of HUF 15 million (HUF 20,000 per share at face value) representing 0.3 per cent ownership rights.

 

T-Systems Hungary Kft. and Integris Rendszerház Kft. merged into IQSYS Zrt. with effect from December 31, 2007. The transformation was registered by the Court of Registry.

 

M-Factory Kommunikációs szolgáltató Kft. (M-Factory Kft.) / Mobilpress Zrt.

 

Mobilpress Zrt. is one of the leading provider of mobile content and aggregator services in Hungary, was established in 2005. The company’s common stock is HUF 20 million which consists of 200 shares (HUF 100,000 per share at face value).

 

In January 2007 - after signing the contract in December 2006 - Magyar Telekom Plc. purchased 100 per cent of Mobilpress Zrt.’s shares in the amount of HUF 600 million. By this transaction the Company strengthened its leading role in the area of mobile content and value added services.

 

In connection with the investment HUF 507 million was recorded as goodwill.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. purchased 75.05 per cent share in M-Factory Kommunikációs Szolgáltató Kft. in the amount of HUF 450 million. The transaction was registered by the Court of Registry in January 2007.

 

In connection with the investment HUF 394 million was recorded as goodwill.

 

During 2007 the founders decided to merge Mobilpress Zrt. and M-Factory Kommunikációs Szolgáltató Kft. The form of transformation is merger under which M-Factory Kft. merged into Mobilpress Zrt.. Magyar Telekom Plc. derecognized its investment.

 

The successor company’s name was changed to M-Factory Kommunikációs Szolgáltató Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság.

 

As a result of the transformation, Magyar Telekom Plc.’s ownership in the company changed to 92 per cent.

 

The transformation and the change of name were registered by the Court of Registry.

 

20



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

Investments in the books of Magyar Telekom Plc. resulting from the transformations in 2007:

 

As mentioned before, with the separation of the access business line from T-Online Magyarország Zrt. and its merger into Magyar Telekom Plc., the Company acquired a 100 per cent ownership in Adnetwork Online Kft. and IWIW Kft.

 

Adnetwork Online Marketing Kft. (Adnetwork Online Kft.)

 

The company was established in 2005 with headquarter in Budapest. Its share capital is HUF 5 million. Among others the company’s activities are: wholesale trade of certain products as an agent, retail trade of certain products, reproduction of computer storage media, releasing software, periodical publications and data processing.

 

IWIW Szolgáltató Kft. (IWIW Kft.)

 

The company was established in 2002 with headquarter in Budapest. Its share capital is HUF 3 million. The company’s main activities are: producing software, technical assistance and releasing software. Its other activities are: publication of books, newspaper, phonograms, hardware consultancy services, data processing, database services and on-line publications.

 

Other major investments:

 

Stonebridge Communications AD (Stonebridge AD)

 

In December 2000, Magyar Telekom Plc., on behalf of a consortium, reached an agreement with the government of Macedonia to purchase 51 percent of MakTel on its privatization. The deal was concluded on January 15, 2001, whereby the Company paid the purchase price on behalf of the consortium in accordance with the relevant agreement. The 51 percent ownership acquired by Magyar Telekom Plc. was contributed on January 16, 2001 to a newly established Macedonian holding company, Stonebridge AD, which is a holding company residing in Skopje.

 

In accordance with the deed of foundation and an agreement between Magyar Telekom Plc., SEEF Holdings Ltd. and CosmoTelco Added Value Services S.A., the latter two acquired 6.1 per cent and 7.4 per cent ownership in Stonebridge AD.

 

In accordance with the shareholders’ agreement between Magyar Telekom Plc., SEEF and CosmoTelco signed on December 14, SEEF exercised its put option in 2003 and 2004. Thereby the Company purchased further 6.1 per cent stake in Stonebridge AD.

 

Also in 2004, Magyar Telekom Plc. Purchased the 7.4 per cent shares owned by CosmoTelco in Stonebridge AD. As a result of this transaction, the Company became the 100 per cent owner of Stonebridge AD.

 

[origo] Média és Kommunkációs Zrt. ([origo] Zrt.) - previously T-Online Magyarország Internet Szolgáltató Zrt.

 

In the field of Internet servicing, this company is a very important investment of Magyar Telekom Plc. The company was established in 1999, with its headquarters in Budapest. The company has a strong position both in the residential and the business segments.

 

In 2005 the company changed its name to T-Online Magyarország Internet Szolgáltató Részvénytársaság (T-Online Magyarország Zrt.) and was registered by the Court of Registry on May 6, 2005.

 

As mentioned before, the Extraordinary General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc. held on June 29, 2007 decided on the merger of the access business line of T-Online Magyarország Zrt. into Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

The internet and content providing business line of T-Online Magyarország Zrt. continues its activities under the name of [origo] Média és Kommunikációs Zrt.

 

The transformation and the change of name were registered by the Court of Registry on September 30, 2007.

 

21



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

BCN Rendszerház Informatikai és Kommunikációs Hálózatokat Szolgáltató Kft. (BCN Rendszerház Kft.)

 

MatávCom Kft. was established in 1997 with its headquarters in Budapest. MatávCom Kft. sells products and provides services for the integration of business communication networks and IT applications. The activities of the company were restructured during 2001 and certain activities were transferred to Magyar Telekom Plc.

In 2004, BCN Kft. merged into MatávCom Kft. Following this transaction MatávCom Kft. changed its name to BCN Rendszerház Informatikai és Kommunikációs Hálózatokat Szolgáltató Kft. (BCN Rendszerház Kft.

In 2007 Magyar Telekom Plc. decreased the company’s capital in the amount of HUF 2,177 million.

The company merged into KFKI-LNX Rendszerintegrációs Zrt. (owned 100 per cent by Magyar Telekom Plc.) and the merger was registered by the Court of Registry.

 

Investel Magyar Távközlési Befektetési Zrt. (Investel Zrt.)

 

Investel Zrt. was established on June 25, 1991 with the majority ownership of Magyar Telekom Plc. for the purpose of ensuring financing for Magyar Telekom’s investment programs by obtaining financing from domestic and international money markets. By the end of 1997, the original function of the company lost its importance. Currently it is the owner and trustee of cable TV companies.

In 2007 EGERTEL Zrt. merged into Investel Zrt. and it was registered by the Court of Registry with effect from August 31, 2007.

 

T-Kábel Magyarország Kábeltelevíziós Szolgáltató Kft. (T-Kábel Magyarország Kft.)

 

On July 1, 1998 Magyar Telekom Plc. established MatávkábelTV Kft. to provide cable television services.  MatávkábelTV Kft. changed its name in 2005. The new name is T-Kábel Magyarország Kábeltelevíziós Szolgáltató Kft. (T-Kábel Magyarország Kft.) which was registered by the Court of Registry on May 6, 2005.

 

EGERTEL Távközlési Hálózat Létesítő Zrt. (EGERTEL Zrt.)

 

The company was established on May 27, 1993 with the majority ownership of EMA (First Hungarian Fund) to construct a telephone network in the area of Eger. Magyar Telekom Plc. gradually bought out EMA by using its call option.

In 2007 the company merged into Investel Zrt. The transformation was registered by the Court of Registry with effect from August 31, 2007. Magyar Telekom Plc. derecognized its investment from the books.

 

Első Pesti Telefontársaság Nyrt. (EPT Nyrt.)

 

EPT Nyrt. was established in 1992 with headquarters in Budapest. At present the company provides IP based international and domestic telecommunication and call center services. In 2003 additional shares were bought by the Company for HUF 65 million, increasing Magyar Telekom Plc.’s direct ownership in the company to 97.20 per cent.

In 2005 the company decreased its share capital together with a capital increase which was registered by the Court of Registry on March 1, 2005.

 

Integris-Rendszerház Informatikai Szolgáltató Kft. (Integris-Rendszerház Kft./ Rába Szolgáltatóház Kft.)

 

The company residing in Győr, provides telecommunications, IT, financial, accounting and human resources related services for Rába Automotive Group. The company started its operations on October 1, 2000.

 

22



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

On November 28, 2003, Magyar Telekom Plc. paid HUF 900 million to Rába Járműipari Holding Rt. for the 100 per cent ownership of Rába-Szolgáltatóház Kft. The transaction was approved by the Competition Office on January 5, 2004. The acquisition provides the Company with the opportunity to take advantages of its economies of scale in new areas.

The co-operation with the Rába Group is based on a frame-contract expiring in 2012 signed on November 14, 2003. In line with the ownership expectations and the new strategic aims, the company changed its name to Integris-Rendszerház Kft. on September 14, 2004. The company continues its operations as an outsourcing company of Magyar Telekom Plc. Group’s Business Services Line of Business.

The company merged into IQSYS Zrt. with effect from December 31, 2007 and the merger was registered by the Court of Registry.

 

ViDaNet Kábeltelevíziós Szolgáltató Zrt. (ViDaNet Zrt.)

 

In 2003 Győri KTV Kft., Kaposkábel Kft. and Kábelholding Rt. merged into Németkábel Vagyonkezelő Rt. After the merger the company changed its name to ViDaNet Rt. which was registered on February 11, 2003 by the Court of Registry. The company’s common stock is HUF 2,000 million which consists of 20,000 shares (HUF 100,000 per share at face value) with different ownership rights.

In 2005 KIS-ASTRASAT Kft. merged into ViDaNet Rt. and the book value of the investment increased by HUF 336 million. In 2005, the company’s name was changed to ViDaNet Kábeltelevíziós Szolgáltató Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság which was registered by the Court of Registry.

 

Mindentudás Egyeteme Tudományos Közhasznú Társaság (Mindentudás Egyeteme Kht.)

 

The company was established in 2004 by Magyar Telekom Plc., the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and T-Online Magyarország Zrt. The company’s share capital is HUF 5 million. Magyar Telekom Plc.’s quota in the company and its share in its capital was 40 per cent. The purpose of its public activity is to organize public courses through media and other telecommunication means to help spreading knowledge of highly interesting scientific topics. The company conducts its business activities to accomplish its main purposes and not endanger it.

The company was registered by the Court of Registry on June 3, 2004.

The proportion of Magyar Telekom Plc.’s direct share in the company changed from 40 per cent to 60 per cent subsequent to the merger of T-Online Zrt.’s access business line into Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

IKO-TELEKOM Média Holding Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság (IKO-TELEKOM Zrt.)

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. entered into an agreement with IKO Media Group for establishing a holding company with the aim of merging their interests in Magyar RTL Televízió Rt. and providing interactive and premium rate content services. As a result IKO-Matáv Média Holding Rt. was established with 50 per cent ownership of both owners. The company’s share capital is HUF 20 million, fully paid in cash. The company’s headquarter is in Budapest.

Through this business association, Magyar Telekom Plc. increased its share in premium rate content services and strengthened its position in commercial broadcasting.

As stated in the decree of the General Meeting, the owners’ shares in M-RTL Rt. were contributed to the Holding as contribution-in-kind. In 2005 the contribution-in-kind by Magyar Telekom Plc. was registered by the Court of Registry in the amount of HUF 1,590 million.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

T-Systems Hungary Szolgáltató Kft. (T-Systems Hungary Kft.)

 

In 2004 Magyar Telekom Plc. acquired a 49 per cent share in T-Systems Hungary Kft. based on an agreement between Magyar Telekom Plc. and T-Systems International. The acquisition included the purchase of the quota for HUF 1,430 million through a capital increase by HUF 82 million and the transfer of HUF 1,918 million to capital reserves.

 

The company’s main activity is software consultation and supply.

T-Systems Hungary Kft. and Magyar Telekom Plc. form a strategic alliance in providing integrated solutions to 200 of the most significant Hungarian companies. T-Systems Hungary Kft. acts as an outsourcing partner of Magyar Telekom Plc. for system integration services, while Magyar Telekom Plc. supports its partner in telecommunications and network services.

In 2006 HUF 1,797 million impairment loss was recorded related to the investment.

 

On January 1, 2007 Magyar Telekom Plc. acquired a further 2 per cent share in an amount of HUF 60 million in the company and its ownership in the company increased to 51 per cent.

Also in 2007 Magyar Telekom Plc. and T-Systems Enterprise Services GmbH (as 49 per cent owner of T-Systems Hungary Kft.) entered into a separation, contract including that the T-Systems Enterprise Services GmbH separates its ownership from T-Systems Hungary Kft. After this separation T-Systems Hungary Kft. continues its operations as a single-member company with unchanged legal status. The company’s share capital is HUF 500 million.

As a result of the transformation, Magyar Telekom Plc. became the 100 per cent owner of the company.

The company merged into IQSYS Zrt. with effect from December 31, 2007 and the merger was registered by the Court of Registry.

 

ViaBridge Telecommunications Holding Limited (ViaBridge Ltd.)

 

ViaBridge Telecommunications Holding Ltd. was registered on July 6, 2004 in Malta. The company’s share capital is EUR 251,000 (HUF 62 million) consisting of 2,510 shares (EUR 100 per share at face value). Magyar Telekom Plc. owns 2,509 shares and EGERTEL Zrt. (Investel Zrt.) owns 1 share.

In 2005, the company’s share capital increased as a result of issuing 9,100 shares (EUR 100 per share at face value) and therefore Magyar Telekom Plc.’s investment increased by HUF 222 million.

 

Crnogorski Telekom A.D.

 

In 2004, the Montenegrin Privatization Agency issued a tender for the sale of a 51.12 per cent stake in the Montenegrin Telecommunications Company (TCG). Magyar Telekom Plc. won the tender.

Crnogorski Telekom A.D. is the incumbent fixed line service provider of Montenegro with a 100 per cent owned mobile telecom service provider subsidiary, T-Mobile Crne Gore D.O.O. The company is also the 100 per cent owner of Internet Crne Gore D.O.O., the leading Montenegrin internet service provider company. The share purchase agreement was signed on March 15, 2005 in the amount of EUR 114 million. Magyar Telekom Plc. acquired a further 25.41 per cent share for EUR 27 million based on an agreement with minority shareholders.

Related to this investment consulting fees were capitalized in the amount of HUF 971 million and negative goodwill was recognized in the amount of HUF 239 million.

 

EurAccount Pénzügyi és Számviteli Szolgáltató Kft. (EurAccount Kft.)

 

EurAccount Kft. was established on March 1, 2005 by Magyar Telekom Plc. and EGERTEL Zrt. to provide accounting services for Magyar Telekom Plc. The company was registered by the Court of Registry on April 1, 2005.

The company’s share capital is HUF 450 million, cash contribution in full, of which Magyar Telekom Plc.’s capital contribution is HUF 445.5 million.

After the merger of EGERTEL Zrt. into Investel Zrt, Investel Zrt. became the minority owner of the company

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

Novatel UKRAINE LLC

 

In 2005, Magyar Telekom Plc. established NOVATEL Ukraine Limited Liability Company with 99.9 per cent stake. The company’s share capital is EUR 150,150, of which Magyar Telekom Plc. paid EUR 150,000 based on its ownership ratio. During 2005 the company’s share capital increased by EUR 126,000.

 

Pro-M Profeszionális Mobilrádió Zártkörűen Működő részvénytársaság (Pro-M. Zrt.)

 

On November 11, 2005 Magyar Telekom Plc. together with T-Mobile Magyarország Rt. established Pro-M Professzionális Mobilrádió Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság (Pro-M Zrt.) with its headquarter in Budapest. The company’s main activity is telecommunication. The company’s share capital was HUF 200 million, which was cash contribution in full, of which Magyar Telekom Plc.’s share was HUF 50 million.

The Court of Registry registered Pro-M Zrt. on January 31, 2006.

The company’s capital increased by HUF 5,000 million and further HUF 3,000 million was contributed as capital reserves during 2006. The Court of Registry registered the transaction on May 22, 2006.

As a result of T-Mobile Magyarország Rt.’s merger into Magyar Telekom Plc., the Company’s share increased to 100 per cent.

 

Dataplex Infokommunikációs Infrastruktúra Szolgáltató és Ingatlanhasznosító Kft. (Dataplex Kft.)

 

On December 12, 2005, Magyar Telekom Plc. signed an agreement on purchasing a 100 per cent ownership of Dataplex Kft. The company is a major player in Hungary’s IT service sector. The company provides growth potential in the IT service sector for Magyar Telekom Group. After the approval of the Competition Office the Court of Registry registered the transaction on April 20, 2006. The purchase price of the investment was HUF 5,113 million. Consulting fee of HUF 34 million capitalized on the investment increased the book value.

In connection with the investment HUF 4,793 million was recorded as goodwill in 2006.

 

KFKI-LNX Hálózatintegrációs Zrt.

 

On June 16, 2006 Magyar Telekom Plc. signed an agreement on purchasing a 100 per cent ownership in KFKI-LNX Zrt.

The maximum purchase price was determined HUF 9,670 million. KFKI Group (KFKI-LNX Zrt. and its subsidiaries ICON Zrt. and IQSYS Zrt.) is a major player in Hungary’s IT service sector. By the acquisition, Magyar Telekom Group may achieve further market growth and widen its service portfolio in the business segment of the IT service sector.

The members of KFKI Group are: KFKI-LNX Zrt., main activities including structuring and operating of communication networks (network integration) ICON Zrt., main activities including IT infrastructure and security solutions (system integration) and IQSYS Zrt., main activities including software and application development. The purchase price (with a maximum of HUF 9,670 million) can change depending on later financial results.

Consulting fee of HUF 115 million capitalized on the investment increased the book value.

In connection with the investment, HUF 8,561 million was recorded as goodwill in 2006.

BCN Rendszerház Kft. and ICON Zrt. merged into KFKI-LNX Zrt. with effect from December 31, 2007 and the merger was registered by the Court of Registry.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

8.  Non current loans granted to related parties

 

As of December 31, 2006 and 2007 non current loans granted to related parties are the following:

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

Pro-M Zrt.

 

9,400

 

10,500

 

T-Kábel Magyarország Kft.

 

0

 

5,424

 

ViDaNet Zrt.

 

1,580

 

1,940

 

KFKI-LNX Zrt.

 

0

 

1,300

 

Orbitel EAD

 

0

 

1,140

 

Dataplex Kft.

 

0

 

800

 

ICON Zrt.

 

0

 

400

 

NOVATEL Ukraine LLC

 

119

 

137

 

EMITEL Zrt.*

 

1,820

 

0

 

Viabridge Ltd.

 

1,753

 

0

 

Total

 

14,672

 

21,641

 

 

The amount of loans does not include the installments due within one year. These installments were reclassified to short term receivables from related parties (see Note 12).

 

After the merger with Emitel Zrt. the Company derecognized its relevant existing loans.

 

9.  Other non current loans granted

 

This caption contains long term loans granted to employees and deposits given and long term bank deposits as well as the long term part of installment receivables of cell phone sales.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

10.  Inventories

 

Inventories include mainly network maintenance materials, cables and telecommunication assets stored. Goods include mainly telecommunication goods and abandoned fixed assets designated for sale.

The following is a movement table of inventories in 2006 and in 2007:

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

Opening balance

 

2,862

 

7,501

 

Change in inventories

 

1,365

 

103

 

Impairment loss

 

-501

 

-469

 

Increase due to the merger *

 

3,555

 

76

 

Impairment loss reversed

 

170

 

0

 

Change in advance payments given for inventories

 

50

 

-50

 

Closing balance

 

7,501

 

7,161

 

 


* The increase in 2006 is due to the merger of T-Mobile Magyarország Rt.

Further details of inventory impairment are disclosed in Appendix 3.

 

11.  Accounts receivable

 

As of December 31, 2006 and 2007 accounts receivable include the following:

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

Domestic accounts receivable

 

45,399

 

48,206

 

Foreign accounts receivable

 

2,024

 

1,570

 

Impairment of receivables

 

-11,917

 

-10,724

 

Total

 

35,506

 

39,052

 

 

Further details on receivables impairment are disclosed in Appendix 3.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

12.  Receivables from related parties

 

Receivables from related partiesas of December 31, 2006 and 2007 are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

Receivables from Combridge SRL

 

604

 

2,798

 

Loans to BCN Kft.

 

0

 

1,300

 

Loans to Novatel EOOD

 

8

 

1,094

 

Loans to Orbitel EAD

 

0

 

966

 

Receivables from T-Systems Hungary Kft.

 

250

 

844

 

Loans to Dataplex Kft.

 

500

 

700

 

Receivables from T-Kábel Kft.

 

3,925

 

631

 

Loans to EPT Nyrt.

 

500

 

500

 

Receivables from Pro-M Zrt.

 

2,585

 

470

 

Loans to M-Factory Zrt.

 

0

 

270

 

Loans to ViDaNet Zrt.

 

464

 

60

 

Receivables from [origo] Zrt. (previously T-Online Zrt.)

 

2,036

 

13

 

Loans to Viabridge Ltd

 

4,513

 

0

 

Loans to EGERTEL Zrt.

 

593

 

0

 

Other

 

776

 

865

 

Total

 

16,754

 

10,511

 

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

13.  Other receivables

 

The Company’s other receivables as of December 31, 2006 and 2007 are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

Advance payments given

 

1,440

 

1,653

 

Tax receivables*

 

6,885

 

1,551

 

Receivables from employees

 

1,190

 

1,342

 

Shorter part of KFKI deposit (maturing in March 2008)

 

0

 

920

 

Receivables from the government

 

104

 

150

 

Own share sale

 

509

 

0

 

Reclaimable VAT of Roaming service

 

464

 

0

 

M-Factory acquisition (not registered by the Court of Registry until December 31, 2006)

 

450

 

0

 

Other

 

1,100

 

729

 

Total

 

12,142

 

6,345

 

 


* After the merger of T-Mobile Magyarország Rt. into Magyar Telekom Plc. the Company as T-Mobile Magyarország Rt.’s legal successor was to pay its tax advances in 2006.

 

14.  Securities

 

The amount of HUF 1,179 million, presented as securities, represents the value of repurchased treasury stock. On July 3, 2002 the Company issued new shares through CIB Bank Rt. to cover its management stock option plan. In 2006 and 2007 shares with a book value of HUF 422 and HUF 325 million were sold within the frame of the above mentioned plan. In connection with the sale, a part of the restricted reserve was released in the same amount in 2006 and 2007(see Note 16).

 

15.  Prepayments and accrued income

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

Accrued income related to telecommunication activities

 

26,004

 

23,038

 

Accrued income related to related parties

 

1,604

 

7,917

 

Other

 

733

 

125

 

Accrued income

 

28,341

 

31,080

 

Rental fees

 

572

 

535

 

Insurance fees

 

4

 

11

 

Other

 

845

 

507

 

Prepaid costs and expenses

 

1,421

 

1,053

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

29,762

 

32,133

 

 

Revenues related to the main activity are accrued depending on the billing-cycle. The revenues of actual, but not invoiced, traffic are accrued.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

16. Shareholder’s Equity

 

 

 

Number of

 

Nominal value

 

Total value

 

Ownership

 

Shareholder

 

shares

 

(HUF per share)

 

(HUF’000)

 

percentage (%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MagyarCom Holding GmbH

 

617,438,581

 

100

 

61,743,858

 

59.21

%

Free float

 

423,803,393

 

100

 

42,380,339

 

40.65

%

Repurchased treasury stock

 

1,503,541

 

100

 

150,354

 

0.14

%

State-owned

 

100

 

100

 

10

 

0.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

1,042,745,615

 

 

 

104,274,561

 

100.00

%

 

The Company’s common stock consists of 1,042,745,615 pieces of shares (face value HUF 100 per share, “A” series). The extraordinary general meeting of the Company held on June 29, 2007 abolished the “B” series of preference share (“golden share”) and the “B” share (face value HUF 10,000) was transformed to 100 pieces of share (face value HUF 100, “A” series). The Court of Registry was registered the change with effect from September 30, 2007.

 

Changes in the equity items during 2006 and 2007 are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retained

 

Restricted

 

Balance Sheet

 

 

 

Common stock

 

Capital reserves

 

earnings

 

reserves

 

Net Profit

 

Opening balance as of January 1, 2006

 

104,281

 

52,837

 

204,834

 

1,926

 

0

 

Increases

 

0

 

0

 

163

 

0

 

15,405

 

Increase due to the merger

 

0

 

2,097

 

51,258

 

500

 

0

 

Decreases

 

4

 

2

 

13

 

0

 

0

 

Decreases due to the merger

 

0

 

0

 

51,644

 

0

 

0

 

Reclassifications

 

0

 

0

 

922

 

-922

 

0

 

Balance as of December 31, 2006

 

104,277

 

54,932

 

205,520

 

1,504

 

15,405

 

Increases

 

0

 

0

 

1,025

 

0

 

35,634

 

Increase due to the merger

 

0

 

3,358

 

1,023

 

377

 

0

 

Decreases

 

2

 

1

 

185

 

0

 

0

 

Decreases due to the merger

 

0

 

0

 

10,170

 

0

 

0

 

Reclassifications

 

0

 

0

 

15,730

 

-325

 

-15,405

 

Balance as of December 31, 2007

 

104,275

 

58,289

 

212,943

 

1,556

 

35,634

 

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

17. Provisions

 

 

 

Early retirement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and severance

 

Contingent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

payments*

 

liabilities

 

Other**

 

Total

 

Opening Balance as of January 1, 2006

 

2,807

 

1,376

 

124

 

4,307

 

Increase

 

0

 

6,250

 

195

 

6,445

 

Increase due to the merger

 

25

 

3,752

 

48

 

3,825

 

Decrease

 

1,842

 

4,585

 

173

 

6,600

 

Closing Balance as of December 31, 2006

 

990

 

6,793

 

194

 

7,977

 

Reclassification at opening

 

0

 

166

 

-166

 

0

 

Increase

 

13,942

 

2,856

 

1,351

 

18,149

 

Increase due to the merger

 

0

 

99

 

51

 

150

 

Decrease

 

787

 

3,440

 

0

 

4,227

 

Closing Balance as of December 31, 2007

 

14,145

 

6,474

 

1,430

 

22,049

 

 


*                 In 2007, HUF 13,942 million provision was recognized for headcount reduction in the following years.

**          In 2007, HUF 1,284 million provision was recognized for reorganisation of the call center.

 

The main items of reversals of provision for contingent liabilities during the year are as follows:

 

Titles

 

2006

 

2007

 

Customer loyalty program

 

1,811

 

1,834

 

Employees’ bonuses

 

45

 

426

 

Payment obligation due to EKG agreement

 

0

 

296

 

Legal cases

 

806

 

195

 

Penalties

 

400

 

190

 

Amount transferred to Dimenzió Biztosító Egyesület

 

193

 

139

 

Dismissal expenses of employees of DeTeImmobilien Hungary Rt.

 

168

 

96

 

Environmental liabilities

 

0

 

91

 

Forgiveness of employee loans

 

171

 

58

 

Guarantee liabilities

 

31

 

48

 

Local business tax default

 

874

 

0

 

Multipont usage

 

86

 

0

 

Other

 

0

 

67

 

Total reversals

 

4,585

 

3,440

 

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

The main items of increase of provision for contingent liabilities during the year are as follows:

 

Titles

 

2006

 

2007

 

Customer loyalty program

 

1,963

 

1,720

 

Liability increase due to EKG agreement

 

711

 

497

 

Environmental liabilities

 

972

 

225

 

Contribution to be given to Dimenzió Biztosító Egyesület

 

139

 

180

 

Penalties

 

320

 

100

 

Employees’ bonuses

 

332

 

54

 

Guarantee liabilities

 

46

 

46

 

Legal cases

 

826

 

34

 

Local business tax default

 

874

 

0

 

Public procurement fee

 

67

 

0

 

Total increases

 

6,250

 

2,856

 

 

18. Construction loans

 

Construction loans disclosed in previous year’s annual report are reclassified to Other non current loans in 2007 and are detailed in Note 19.

 

19. Other non current loans

 

The Company had long term loan liabilities in the amount of HUF 50,557 million as of December 31, 2007 which includes the opening balance of the Construciton loans disclosed in the previous year’s annual report.

During 2007, HUF 57,600 million was drawn down and HUF 2,449 million was reclassified to current loans.

The Company repaid HUF 23,000 million during 2007. Non-realized foreign exchange loss was recognized in the amount of HUF 156 million on foreign exchange loans.

 

The short term parts of construction loans are disclosed among current loans (see Note 21).

The Company does not have any assets pledged for loans.

 

The maturities of non current bank loans are as follows (including debt from issuance of bonds):

 

Due dates

 

Amount

 

2009

 

30,828

 

2010

 

8,729

 

2011

 

11,000

 

Further installments in total

 

123

*

Total

 

50,680

 

 


* Debt from issuance of bonds

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

20. Non current liabilities to other related parties

 

This caption contains the non current part of related party loans received from Deutsche Telekom Finance B.V. The closing balance of these loans as of December 31, 2007 is HUF 254,432 million.

Loans in the amount of HUF 30,000 million were drawn down in January 2007 repayable until 2010 (fix interest rate of 7.66 per cent), HUF 34,000 million loan was drawn down in May 2007 repayable until 2011 (fix interest rate of 7.21 per cent) and HUF 25.000 million loan was drawn down also in May 2007 repayable until 2013 (fix interest rate of 7.26 per cent).

The short term part of related party loans (HUF 20,000 million) is disclosed in Note 23.

 

The maturities of non current owner’s loans are as follows:

 

Maturity

 

Amount

 

2009

 

87,487

 

2010

 

39,487

 

2011

 

43,486

 

2012

 

49,486

 

2013

 

34,486

 

Total

 

254,432

 

 

21. Current loans

 

The Company had current loans received from banks in the amount of HUF 39,942 million as of December 31, 2007. During 2007, HUF 136,761 million was drawn down and HUF 2,449 million was reclassified from long term loans. The Company repaid HUF 126,723 million during 2007. Non-realized foreign exchange loss was recognized in the amount of HUF 81 million on foreign exchange loans.

 

22. Current liabilities to related parties

 

This caption consists mainly the loan payables to related parties. The balance of the loan payables to Stonebridge AD is HUF 13,682 million, to Investel Magyar Távközlési Befektetési Zrt. is HUF 630 million and to EurAccount Kft. is HUF 400 million.

 

Interest-Pool liabilities to subsidiaries amounted to HUF 2,748 million. Other liabilities to related parties include HUF 3,554 million to INVESTEL Magyar Távközlési Befektetési Zrt., HUF 1,144 million to BCN Rendszerház Kft, HUF 587 million to T-Systems Hungary Kft and HUF 1,795 million to other related parties.

 

23. Current liabilities to other related parties

 

This caption contains HUF 20,000 million (short term part) of the related party loans described in Note 20. This amount has to be repaid on May 20, 2008 (fix interest rate of 8.21 per cent).

Deutsche Telekom has pledged its support for financing the Company’s needs through to the end of June 2009.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

24. Other current liabilities

 

Other current liabilities as of December 31, 2006 and 2007 are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

Liability relating to inter-connection fee based on Decrees of NHH 999/2004, NHH/DH-6584-12/2005 and DH-385-18/2006.

 

5,063

 

6,603

 

Payables to employees and related contributions

 

3,127

 

4,597

 

Value Added Tax

 

5,967

 

4,772

 

Personal income tax

 

1,909

 

3,067

 

Liability from topping up the universal balance*

 

0

 

2,309

 

Remaining purchase price of KFKI-LNX Zrt. - second installment

 

0

 

920

 

Liabilities to government

 

171

 

887

 

Solidarity tax

 

0

 

182

 

Dividends payable 2005**

 

76,122

 

0

 

Dividends payable 2006**

 

72,994

 

0

 

Dividends payable 2007**

 

0

 

0

 

Withholding tax

 

358

 

0

 

Other***

 

2,477

 

4,229

 

Total

 

168,188

 

27,566

 

 


* In August 2007 the Company’s Mobile Services Line of Business introduced, as a new service, the option for its customers to top up their universal balance.

** The General Meeting held on December 21, 2006, decided on paying dividend for 2005 which commenced on January 12, 2007. The General Meeting held on April 26, 2007, decided on paying dividend for 2006 which commenced on May 24, 2007. Dividend payable for 2007 has not been decided yet.

*** The category “Other” includes HUF 42 million and HUF 55 million unpaid dividends approved for 2006 and 2007, respectively. The category also includes liabilities due to the EKG agreement in the amounts of HUF 1,075 million in 2006 and HUF 2,028 million in 2007.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

25. Accrued expenses and deferred income

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

Deferred subscription and traffic fees

 

6,758

 

5,580

 

Deferred income of rebranding *

 

470

 

311

 

Other

 

391

 

428

 

Deferred income

 

7,619

 

6,319

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vendor accruals

 

16,320

 

19,928

 

Accrued payroll related expenses

 

4,076

 

7,453

 

Accrued interest on owners’ loan

 

3,758

 

5,210

 

Accrued frequency usage fee

 

3,910

 

4,557

 

Accrued roaming related expenses

 

3,729

 

3,829

 

Accruals to related parties

 

1,702

 

1,909

 

Accrued interest

 

291

 

1,451

 

Accrued value added services

 

734

 

517

 

Other

 

126

 

0

 

Accrued expenses

 

34,646

 

44,854

 

Other deferred revenue

 

771

 

443

 

Total

 

43,036

 

51,616

 

 


* The reimbursement received from the parent company in connection with capitalized expenditures is shown as deferred income, and recognized in other revenues in line with the depreciation of the related assets.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

26. Domestic sales

 

Domestic sales in the years ending December 31, 2006 and 2007 are as follows:

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

Subscriptions, connections and other charges

 

111,094

 

127,929

 

Fixed line traffic revenues

 

66,676

 

50,952

 

Mobile traffic revenues

 

177,073

 

209,870

 

Leased lines and data transmission

 

50,183

 

47,582

 

Handset revenues

 

17,679

 

18,270

 

Revenues from equipment sales

 

2,611

 

1,900

 

Other revenues

 

24,700

 

21,602

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total domestic sales

 

450,016

 

478,105

 

 

27. Export sales by geographical areas

 

Export sales by geographical areas in the years ending December 31, 2006 and 2007 are summarized as follows (sales are solely connected with services provided):

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

 

%

 

Europe (within the EU)

 

12,794

 

61.70

%

16,784

 

76.98

%

Europe (outside the EU)

 

6,807

 

32.83

%

3,719

 

17.06

%

America

 

787

 

3.79

%

871

 

4.00

%

Asia

 

320

 

1.54

%

369

 

1.69

%

Australia

 

22

 

0.11

%

48

 

0.22

%

Africa

 

5

 

0.03

%

13

 

0.06

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total export sales

 

20,735

 

100.00

%

21,804

 

100.00

%

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

28. Other revenues

 

Other revenues in the years ending December 31, 2006 and 2007 are as follows:

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

Discount received subsequently

 

4,256

 

5,856

 

Revenue from sale of intangible and tangible fixed assets

 

6,611

 

4,570

 

Reversal of provisions

 

6,601

 

4,227

 

Default interest, penalties, compensations

 

1,622

 

2,164

 

Other revenues in connection with impairment

 

360

 

1,791

 

Revenue from receivable factoring

 

449

 

303

 

Renaming and rebranding

 

602

 

185

 

Reversal of impairment

 

170

 

0

 

Other

 

1,619

 

1,667

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

22,290

 

20,763

 

 

29. Import purchases

 

Import purchases by geographical areas in the years ending December 31, 2006 and 2007 are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

 

 

Services

 

Products

 

Total

 

Services

 

Products

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Europe (within the EU)

 

19,283

 

6,656

 

25,939

 

15,381

 

18,655

 

34,036

 

Europe (outside the EU)

 

7,748

 

6

 

7,754

 

2,301

 

27

 

2,328

 

America

 

3,049

 

218

 

3,267

 

5,267

 

334

 

5,601

 

Asia

 

241

 

76

 

317

 

555

 

453

 

1,008

 

Australia

 

11

 

0

 

11

 

53

 

0

 

53

 

Africa

 

102

 

0

 

102

 

243

 

0

 

243

 

Total

 

30,434

 

6,956

 

37,390

 

23,800

 

19,469

 

43,269

 

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

30. Cost of services

 

Cost of services in the years ending December 31, 2006 and 2007 are as follows:

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

Repair and maintenance costs

 

29,281

 

27,345

 

Marketing expenses

 

11,558

 

12,219

 

Consulting fees

 

9,947

 

11,263

 

Rental fees

 

8,060

 

9,544

 

Payments to international network operators

 

9,208

 

8,227

 

Fees paid to entrepreneurs

 

6,617

 

7,295

 

Commissions paid

 

6,459

 

6,401

 

Expenses of rented workforce

 

3,786

 

6,055

 

Postage*

 

3,911

 

2,330

 

Bookkeeping services

 

1,720

 

2,123

 

Property operating costs

 

1,186

 

1,369

 

Education, training expenses

 

1,024

 

905

 

Travel and accommodation costs

 

581

 

588

 

Services related to other revenues

 

2,620

 

484

 

Fleet management

 

727

 

469

 

Payments to Internet service providers**

 

346

 

284

 

T-Mobile Royalty fee

 

170

 

181

 

Other

 

642

 

405

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

97,843

 

97,487

 

 


* In 2006, Postage includes postal check-processing costs in the amount of HUF 1,500 million which is among other services in 2007.

** Payments to Internet service providers are based on the decree of MeHVM 30/2001 (XII.23.).

 

31. Costs of services sold (intermediated)

 

Costs of intermediated services sold in the years ending December 31, 2006 and 2007 are as follows:

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

Payment to mobile operators

 

65,414

 

66,379

 

Payment to fixed line operators

 

3,985

 

3,908

 

Other

 

15,473

 

15,493

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

84,872

 

85,780

 

 

38



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

32. Employees

 

The average number of employees in 2006 and 2007 are as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

Average number of
employee (person)

 

Salaries and
Wages

 

Other payroll
related expenses

 

Full-time employees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

blue collar

 

1,171

 

3,055

 

889

 

 

 

white collar

 

5,227

 

36,626

 

9,207

 

 

 

total

 

6,398

 

39,681

 

10,096

 

Part-time employees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

blue collar

 

22

 

44

 

13

 

 

 

white collar

 

406

 

886

 

251

 

 

 

total

 

428

 

930

 

264

 

Employees total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

blue collar

 

1,193

 

3,099

 

902

 

 

 

white collar

 

5,633

 

37,512

 

9,458

 

 

 

total

 

6,826

 

40,611

 

10,360

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employees not in headcount*

 

 

 

0

 

1,911

 

540

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

6,826

 

42,522

 

10,900

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

Average number of
employee (person)

 

Salaries and
Wages

 

Other payroll
related expenses

 

Full-time employees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

blue collar

 

1,144

 

3,392

 

1,214

 

 

 

white collar

 

5,473

 

39,411

 

6,078

 

 

 

total

 

6,617

 

42,803

 

7,292

 

Part-time employees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

blue collar

 

20

 

45

 

23

 

 

 

white collar

 

389

 

971

 

427

 

 

 

total

 

409

 

1,016

 

450

 

Employees total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

blue collar

 

1,164

 

3,437

 

1,237

 

 

 

white collar

 

5,862

 

40,382

 

6,505

 

 

 

total

 

7,026

 

43,819

 

7,742

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employees not in headcount*

 

 

 

0

 

2,523

 

8,188

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

7,026

 

46,342

 

15,930

 

 


* Includes employees on maternity leave, who are excluded from the average statistical number of employees.

 

39



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

33. Remuneration of Board of Directors and Supervisory Board

 

The remuneration of members of the Board of Directors and Supervisory Board of the Company in the years ending December 31, 2006 and 2007 is summarized below:

 

Year

 

Board of Directors

 

Supervisory Board

 

Total

 

2006

 

8

 

18

 

26

 

2007

 

11

 

42

 

53

 

 

The members of Board of Directors and Supervisory Board have not received any advance payments or loans from the Company.

 

34. Other expenses

 

Other expenses in the years ending December 31, 2006 and 2007 are as follows:

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

Provisions*

 

6,445

 

18,149

 

Government taxes

 

7,388

 

8,399

 

Discount given subsequently on roaming traffic

 

2,751

 

3,095

 

Write-off, extraordinary depreciation and scrapping of intangible and tangible fixed assets **

 

3,442

 

3,084

 

Net book value of fixed assets sold

 

4,292

 

2,850

 

Write-off of uncollectible receivables

 

1,458

 

1,984

 

Factored receivables

 

1,682

 

1,670

 

Impairment of receivables and inventories

 

464

 

1,225

 

Other

 

2,112

 

1,344

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

30,034

 

41,800

 

 


* In 2007, HUF 13,942 million provisions were recognized for early retirement, exemption salaries, sevarance and related social security.

** Extraordinary depreciation amounted to HUF 241 million in 2007.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

35. Results of financial activities

 

The main driver in revenues from financial activities (HUF 10,314 million) is the dividend received in 2007 related to 2006 (HUF 5,531 million). The most significant item is the dividend received from Crnogorski Telekom AD (HUF 1,593 million), from Emitel Zrt. (HUF 1,158 million), from T-Kábel Kft. (HUF 639 million) and from ViDaNet Zrt. (HUF 535 million). Further significant item is the interest on loans given to subsidiaries disclosed as interest income on financial investments (HUF 1,828 million) and as other interest income received (HUF 783 million).

 

In 2007, other gains amounted to HUF 432 million, the foreign exchange gain related to year-end revaluation of investments amounted to HUF 253 million. HUF 67 million gain on sale of treasury shares also increased the revenues from financial activities (HUF 2,161 million). Gain on financial investments contains HUF 11 million profit on a related party sold in 2007.

 

The majority of the HUF 33,010 million financial expenses is the HUF 31,815 million interest expense in 2007. This includes the amount of the interest payable on owners’ loans and bank loans. Impairment loss of HUF 17 million was recorded on investments in 2007. Other expenses from financial transactions is HUF 1,178 million which consists of HUF 666 million other foreign exchange loss.

 

In 2007, realized foreign exchange gain in the amount of HUF 1,307 million and foreign exchange loss in the amount of HUF 488 million were recorded in connection with closed forward transactions (over-the-counter hedging transactions).

 

36. Extraordinary revenues

 

Extraordinary revenues in the years ending December 31, 2006 and 2007 are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

Assets received free of charge

 

5

 

5

 

Extraordinary revenues adjusting tax base

 

5

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues related to investments in subsidiaries:

 

 

 

 

 

-BCN Rendszerház Kft.capital decrease

 

0

 

2,704

 

-Merger of EGERTEL Zrt.into Investel Zrt.

 

0

 

1,866

 

-Merger of M-Factory Kft.Mobilpress Zrt.

 

0

 

8

 

Assets received free of charge (not adjusting tax base)

 

6

 

116

 

Development contributions

 

120

 

93

 

Assets surplus

 

12

 

15

 

Dividends expired

 

17

 

7

 

Liabilities waived

 

59

 

0

 

Other extraordinary revenues

 

15

 

4

 

Extraordinary revenues not adjusting tax base

 

229

 

4,813

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

234

 

4,818

 

 

41



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

37. Extraordinary expenses

 

The extraordinary expenses of the Company in the years ending December 31, 2006 and 2007 are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

Donation to foundations, charities and other organizations

 

2,850

 

2,893

 

Net book value of assets contributed free of charge

 

3

 

75

 

Net book value of receivables waived

 

73

 

57

 

Repayment of state contribution

 

178

 

0

 

Extraordinary losses adjusting tax base

 

3,104

 

3,025

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses related to investments in subsidiaries:

 

 

 

 

 

-BCN Rendszerház Kft.capital decrease

 

0

 

2,177

 

-Merger of EGERTEL Zrt.into Investel Zrt.

 

0

 

1,793

 

-Merger of M-Factory Kft.into Mobilpress Zrt.

 

0

 

56

 

Assets contributed free of charge based on Law

 

113

 

12

 

Other extraordinary losses

 

14

 

24

 

Extraordinary losses not adjusting tax base

 

127

 

4,062

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

3,231

 

7,087

 

 

42



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

38. Transactions with related parties

 

Among related parties the items connected to the members of Magyar Telekom Group are disclosed mainly in the relevant captions of the balance sheet and income statement. Only revenues are detailed as follows.

 

Loans received from owners are disclosed as Non current liabilities to other related parties or Current liabilities to other related parties. Their interests are disclosed separately as expenses from financial transactions in the income statement.

 

Revenues and expenses (mainly relating to telecommunication services) from the subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom Group were not disclosed separately as transactions with related parties.

 

Transactions with related parties and subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom in the years ending December 31, 2006 and 2007 are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

Net domestic sales

 

450,016

 

478,105

 

- of which: related parties

 

30,778

 

25,132

 

- of which: subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom Group

 

516

 

425

 

Net exportsales

 

20,735

 

21,804

 

- of which: related parties

 

2,124

 

2,254

 

- of which: subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom Group

 

5,935

 

6,740

 

Other revenues

 

22,290

 

20,763

 

- of which: related parties

 

556

 

189

 

- of which: subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom Group

 

4,853

 

5,274

 

Accounts receivable

 

35,506

 

39,052

 

- of which: subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom Group

 

327

 

422

 

Receivables from related parties

 

16,754

 

10,511

 

- of which: subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom Group

 

7

 

0

 

Other receivables

 

12,142

 

6,345

 

- of which: subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom Group

 

0

 

1

 

Accrued income

 

28,341

 

31,080

 

- of which: subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom Group

 

4,673

 

6,003

 

Accounts payable

 

28,704

 

34,805

 

- of which: subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom Group

 

824

 

2,476

 

Current liabilities to other related parties

 

74,089

 

20,000

 

- of which: subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom Group

 

74,089

 

20,000

 

Accrued expenses

 

34,646

 

44,854

 

- of which: subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom Group

 

7,366

 

9,947

 

 

43



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

39. Corporate Income Tax

 

The differences between profit before tax and the tax base for the years ending December 31, 2006 and 2007 are presented below:

 

 

 

2006

 

2007

 

Profit before tax

 

88,522

 

36,991

 

Depreciation, amortization and write-off

 

100,641

 

97,471

 

Provisions

 

6,445

 

18,149

 

Derecognition of intangible and tangible assets, reclassification to current assets

 

470

 

4,832

 

Non-repayable donations, assets and services given free of charge, assumed liabilities

 

3,739

 

3,085

 

Uncollectible and waived receivables

 

1,429

 

2,086

 

Expenses unrelated to business

 

419

 

0

 

Impairment of receivables

 

220

 

-650

 

Other increasing items

 

308

 

1,076

 

Tax base increasing items

 

113,671

 

126,049

 

Depreciation, amortization according to the Tax Law, tax book value of assets derecognized

 

106,272

 

105,633

 

Local business tax

 

6,815

 

7,327

 

Dividend income

 

50,174

 

5,531

 

Derecognition of intangible and tangible assets, reclassification to current assets

 

397

 

4,733

 

Reversal of provisions

 

6,600

 

4,227

 

Utilization of tax loss carried forward

 

28,016

 

2,500

 

Bad debt write-off, reversal of impairment

 

1,869

 

2,199

 

Donations

 

450

 

1,077

 

R&D costs

 

976

 

634

 

Subsidies received

 

602

 

0

 

Other decreasing items

 

22

 

5

 

Tax base decreasing items

 

202,193

 

133,866

 

Tax base

 

0

 

29,174

 

Calculated amount of tax

 

0

 

4,668

 

Tax credit

 

0

 

4,668

 

Solidarity tax

 

123

 

1,357

 

Corporate Income Tax

 

123

 

1,357

 

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

Other tax related information

 

2180/2003 Government Resolution: The Company can reduce its corporate income tax liability by the present value of tax credit on broadband Internet investments. The tax credit can be used from the year when the investment is completed up to four years and cannot exceed HUF 3,174 million.

 

552/2004 Ministry of Finance Resolution: Tax credit in connection with improvement program cannot exceed HUF 5,908 million at present value.

 

19/2005 Ministry of Finance Resolution: Tax credit in connection with improvement program cannot exceed HUF 2,614 million at present value.

 

Tax credit on broadband Internet investments announced for 2006. Tax credit cannot exceed HUF 2,292 million at present value.

 

Tax credit on broadband Internet investments announced for 2007. Tax credit cannot exceed HUF 1,318 million at present value.

 

6515/2005 Ministry of Finance Resolution: The tax credit is applicable in connection with construction of UMTS network which also provides broadband internet service and cannot exceed HUF 2,911 million at present value.

 

12.724/2005 Ministry of Finance Resolution: The tax credit is applicable in connection with construction of WLAN which also provides broadband internet service and cannot exceed HUF 334 million at present value.

 

The tax credit is applicable in connection with construction of UMTS network announced by T-Mobile on 18 August, 2005 which also provides broadband internet service and cannot exceed HUF 4,215 million at present value.

 

Tax credit on broadband Internet investments announced for 2006 by T-Mobile. The tax credit is applicable in connection with construction of WLAN which also provides broadband internet service and cannot exceed HUF 835 million at present value.

 

Budapest Capital City Local Authority conducted a tax audit for 2002 and 2003 at T-Mobile Magyarország Rt. in connection with local tax in 2004. Although the inquiry had not been closed yet the probable tax difference of HUF 519 million was already paid.

 

The tax authority started a tax audit for all taxes for 2002, 2003 and 2004 at Magyar Telekom Plc. in September, 2006. The audit was closed in 2007. 2004 is the last year closed by comprehensive audit by the Hungarian Tax Authority (APEH) at the Company. Tax authorities may at any time inspect the books and records until the end of the 5th year following the year when the tax declarations were submitted and can levy extra tax or penalty. Management of the Company is not aware of any circumstances which could result in a significant liability in this respect.

 

40. Dividend

 

The current year’s dividend payable has not been decided yet.

 

45



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

41. Off-balance sheet items

 

Off-balance sheet items are mainly contractual commitments (rental contracts, contracted construction-in-progress commitments). For details see Appendix 4.

 

42. Hazardous waste, Research & Development costs

 

The following table shows the movement of hazardous waste at the Company in 2007 (data in kilograms):

 

 

 

Hazardous waste (kg)

 

December 31, 2006

 

2,000

 

Increase

 

1,545,286

 

Decrease

 

1,546,492

 

December 31, 2007

 

794

 

 

Environmental expenses amounted to HUF 232 million in 2006, and HUF 350 million in 2007.

Research and development costs amounted to HUF 492 million at Magyar Telekom Plc. in 2007.

 

43. Self-revisions

 

At Magyar Telekom Plc., financial events that are related to prior years are recorded in the current year through self-revision.

 

According to the Hungarian Accounting Regulations, if the impact of the self-revision exceeds the 2 per cent of the total assets of the current year, or at least HUF 500 million, such items must be disclosed in a separate column in both the balance sheet and the income statement.

 

Errors related to prior years, that were discovered in 2007 exceeded the HUF 500 million limit (irrespective of their profit increasing or decreasing nature), therefore they are presented next to previous year’s figures in the balance sheet and income statement.

 

The total (profit increasing) impact of self-revisions is HUF 710 million and is broken down by corresponding years as follows:

 

Year

 

Self-revision

 

1999

 

-2

 

2001

 

-1

 

2002

 

1

 

2003

 

-29

 

2004

 

-46

 

2005

 

313

 

2006

 

502

 

January - September, 2007*

 

-28

 

 


* Total amount of items related to the merger of Emitel Zrt. and T-Online Magyarország Zrt.’s access business line into Magyar Telekom Plc. as of September 30, 2007 for the period indicated above.

 

46



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2007

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

The major items based on the *A* type income statement lines are the following:

 

I. Sales revenue

 

 

 

330

 

Settlement of revenues form leased lines

 

149

 

 

 

Advertisement revenues

 

53

 

 

 

Other export revenues- Combridge SRL

 

40

 

 

 

Other

 

88

 

 

 

II. Own work capitalized

 

 

 

3

 

IV. Material-type expenses

 

 

 

-3

 

V. Payroll and related expenses

 

 

 

30

 

Training contribution

 

30

 

 

 

Health care contribution related to contribution in kind

 

12

 

 

 

Social Security

 

-18

 

 

 

Other

 

6

 

 

 

VI. Depreciation

 

 

 

47

 

Depreciation related to prior years

 

47

 

 

 

VII. Other expenses

 

 

 

-1

 

VIII. Revenues from financial transactions

 

 

 

354

 

M-RTL dividend

 

353

 

 

 

Other

 

1

 

 

 

IX. Expenses form financial transactions

 

 

 

-12

 

Non-realized foreign exchange loss on foreign exchange investment(TCG)

 

-10

 

 

 

Other

 

-2

 

 

 

D. PROFIT FROM EXTRAORDINARY ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

46

 

Assets surplus

 

43

 

 

 

Other

 

3

 

 

 

XII. Corporate income tax

 

 

 

-38

 

Corporate income tax

 

-30

 

 

 

Solidarity tax

 

-8

 

 

 

Impact on net income

 

 

 

710

 

 

 

Budapest, March 18, 2008

 

 

/s/ Christopher Mattheisen

 

/s/ Thilo Kusch

 

Christopher Mattheisen

 

Thilo Kusch

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,

 

Chief Financial Officer,

 

Chairman of the Board

 

Board member

 

47



 

Appendix 1A

Magyar Telekom Plc. 2007.

 

Real estate and related rights

 

(in HUF millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telecommunication

 

 

 

Real Estate related

 

related Rights

 

Description

 

Land

 

Building

 

Network

 

Other Properties

 

Rights

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Gross value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11. Opening gross value (on January 1, 2007)

 

2 691

 

84 333

 

242 074

 

13 715

 

5 272

 

348 085

 

12. Additions in gross value

 

37

 

3 131

 

6 375

 

366

 

186

 

10 095

 

12. Additions due to merger

 

37

 

642

 

7 479

 

98

 

62

 

8 318

 

14. Disposals in gross value

 

80

 

2 876

 

336

 

50

 

7

 

3 349

 

Reclassifications

 

-24

 

-3 994

 

5 509

 

3 967

 

-1

 

5 457

 

15. Closing gross value (on December 31, 2007)

 

2 661

 

81 236

 

261 101

 

18 096

 

5 512

 

368 606

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Accumulated depreciation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21. Opening depreciation (on January 1, 2007)

 

0

 

16 134

 

88 872

 

5 911

 

4 192

 

115 109

 

22. Annual depreciation

 

0

 

2 002

 

9 876

 

492

 

238

 

12 608

 

23. Additions due to merger

 

0

 

84

 

0

 

11

 

0

 

95

 

24. Extraordinary depreciation

 

0

 

122

 

3 263

 

37

 

6

 

3 428

 

25. Disposals in depreciation

 

0

 

732

 

224

 

44

 

7

 

1 007

 

Reclassifications

 

0

 

-549

 

2 126

 

541

 

1

 

2 119

 

26. Closing depreciation (on December 31, 2007)

 

0

 

17 061

 

103 913

 

6 948

 

4 430

 

132 352

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Net book value (on December 31, 2007)

 

2 661

 

64 175

 

157 188

 

11 148

 

1 082

 

236 254

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-Of which residual value

 

 

 

210

 

0

 

5

 

1

 

216

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Other data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual depreciation (January - December, 2007)

 

0

 

2 002

 

9 876

 

492

 

238

 

12 608

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extraordinary depreciation

 

0

 

84

 

0

 

11

 

0

 

95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reversal of Extraordinary depreciation

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 


 


 

Appendix 1B

Magyar Telekom Plc. 2007

 

Technical and Other Equipment, Machinery and Vehicles

 

(in HUF millions)

 

Description

 

Telecommunication
Equipment, Machinery

 

Other Technical
Equipment, Machinery
and vehicles

 

Technical Equipment,
Machinery and Vehicles
Total

 

Other Equipment
Total

 

Technical and Other
Equipment Total

 

Technical and Other
Equipment used for
environmental
protection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Gross value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11. Opening gross value (on January 1, 2007)

 

563 179

 

3 662

 

566 841

 

88 131

 

654 972

 

34

 

12. Additions in gross value

 

34 838

 

691

 

35 529

 

4 521

 

40 050

 

0

 

13. Additions due to merger

 

8 546

 

145

 

8 691

 

973

 

9 664

 

0

 

14. Disposals in gross value

 

17 109

 

569

 

17 678

 

7 518

 

25 196

 

0

 

Reclassifications

 

5 835

 

-4

 

5 832

 

-11 417

 

-5 585

 

0

 

15. Closing gross value (on December 31, 2007)

 

595 289

 

3 925

 

599 215

 

74 690

 

673 905

 

34

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Accumulated depreciation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21. Opening depreciation (on January 1, 2007)

 

390 027

 

2 594

 

392 621

 

72 697

 

465 318

 

22

 

22. Annual depreciation

 

50 276

 

214

 

50 490

 

6 124

 

56 614

 

4

 

23. Extraordinary depreciation

 

80

 

0

 

80

 

8

 

88

 

0

 

24. Addition due to merger

 

5 607

 

86

 

5 693

 

661

 

6 354

 

0

 

25. Disposals in depreciation

 

15 296

 

559

 

15 855

 

7 096

 

22 951

 

0

 

Reclassifications

 

8 432

 

0

 

8 432

 

-10 575

 

-2 143

 

0

 

26. Closing depreciation (on December 31, 2007)

 

439 126

 

2 335

 

441 461

 

61 819

 

503 280

 

26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Net book value (on December 31, 2007)

 

156 163

 

1 590

 

157 754

 

12 871

 

170 625

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-Of which residual value

 

33

 

476

 

509

 

1 508

 

2 017

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Other data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual depreciation (January - December, 2007)

 

50 276

 

214

 

50 490

 

6 124

 

56 614

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extraordinary depreciation

 

80

 

0

 

80

 

8

 

88

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reversal of Extraordinary depreciation

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 



 

Appendix 2

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. 2007

 

Investments of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

(in HUF millions)

 

Description

 

Headquarter

 

Owner-ship
Direct (%)

 

Owner-ship
Indirect (%)

 

Owner-ship
(%)

 

Voting Rights

 

Common
Stock*

 

Capital
Reserves

 

Net Income

 

Owner’s Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adnetwork Online Marketing Kft.

 

1117 Budapest, Gábor Dénes u. 2.

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

5

 

-1

 

30

 

34

 

BCN Rendszerház Informatikai és Kommunikációs Hálózatokat Szolgáltató Kft.

 

1107 Budapest, Bihari út 6.

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

3 500

 

56

 

375

 

3 931

 

Combridge S.R.L.

 

Calea Victoriei Nr.155, Bl.D1, Tronson 6, Et. 1, sector 1, 010073 Bucuresti, Romania

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

231

 

-390

 

-185

 

-344

 

Dataplex Infokommunikációs Infrastrúktúra Szolgáltató és Ingatlanhasznosító Kft.

 

1087 Budapest, Asztalos Sándor u. 13

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

900

 

300

 

178

 

1 378

 

Gabriele 17 Vermögensverwaltung GmbH.

 

60311 Frankfurt am Main, Bethmann str. 50-54. Germany

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

6

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

Integris- Rendszerház Informatikai Szolgáltató Kft.

 

9027 Gyór, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky 46.

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

615

 

45

 

255

 

915

 

Investel Magyar Távközlési Befektetési Zrt.

 

1013 Budapest, Krisztina krt. 32.

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

4 453

 

1 089

 

3 605

 

9 147

 

IWIW Szolgáltató Kft.

 

1117 Budapest, Gábor Dénes u. 2.

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

3

 

17

 

54

 

74

 

KFKI-LNX Hálózatintegrációs Zrt.

 

1135 Budapest, Hun u 2.

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

204

 

2 639

 

638

 

3 481

 

Novatel E.O.O.D.*

 

Sredna Gora 49. et. 4., Sofia 1303, Bulgaria

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

672

 

-158

 

7

 

521

 

Orbitel A.D.*

 

1 Makedonia Sq. Floor 18, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

1 659

 

73

 

-356

 

1 376

 

[origo] Média és Kommunikációs Szolgáltató Zrt.

 

1117 Budapest, Gábor Dénes u. 2.

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

282

 

3 282

 

-2 220

 

1 344

 

Pro-M Professzionális Mobilrádió Zrt.

 

1107 Budapest, Száva u. 3-5.

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

5 200

 

3 049

 

674

 

8 923

 

ProMoKom ZártkörUen MUködQ Professzionális Mobil Kommunikációs Rt. #

 

1013 Budapest, Krisztina krt.55.

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

21

 

-1

 

-2

 

18

 

Stonebridge Communication A.D.Skopje* #

 

1000 Skopje, Orce Nikolov bb.

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

87 745

 

13 842

 

18 191

 

119 778

 

Telemacedonia A.D.Skopje*

 

1000 Skopje, Orce Nikolov bb.

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

3

 

273

 

31

 

307

 

T-Systems Hungary Szolgáltató Kft.

 

1135 Bp. Hun u. 2.

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

500

 

1 651

 

-1 914

 

237

 

Viabridge Telecommunications Holding Limited* #

 

Level 2, Valletta Buildings, South Street, Valletta, Malta VLT 11

 

99.99

%

0.01

%

100.00

%

100.00

%

294

 

-57

 

-125

 

112

 

Novatel UKRAINE L.L.C.*

 

Pymonenka Str. 13, building 7, office 7B/36, - Kiew, 04050 Ukraine

 

99.94

%

0.06

%

100.00

%

100.00

%

58

 

-68

 

-80

 

-90

 

EurAccount Pénzügyi és Számviteli Szolgáltató Kft.

 

1077 Budapest, Kéthly Anna tér 1.

 

99.00

%

1.00

%

100.00

%

100.00

%

450

 

0

 

258

 

708

 

KIBU Innováció MUszaki Kutató FejlesztQ Szolgáltató Nonprofit Kft

 

1092. Budapest, Ráday u. 30.

 

99.20

%

0.80

%

100.00

%

100.00

%

25

 

86

 

-25

 

86

 

ElsQ Pesti Telefontársaság Nyrt.

 

1183 Budapest, Haladás út 5.

 

97.20

%

 

 

97.20

%

97.20

%

777

 

-2

 

-223

 

552

 

M Factory Kommunikációs Szolgáltató Zrt.

 

1033 Budapest, Huszti út 32.

 

92.00

%

 

 

92.00

%

92.00

%

20

 

214

 

-339

 

-105

 

Crnogorski Telekom A.D.Podgorica*

 

Moskovska 29, Podgorica 81000, Serbia and Montenegro

 

76.53

%

 

 

76.53

%

76.53

%

35 721

 

993

 

5 194

 

41 908

 

ViDaNet Kábeltelevíziós Szolgáltató Zrt.

 

1036 Bp, Dereglye út 5/B

 

67.50

%

22.50

%

90.00

%

50.00

%

2 000

 

508

 

947

 

3 455

 

TELE-DATA Távközlési Adatfeldolgozó és HirdetésszervezQ Kft.

 

2040 Budaörs, Baross u. 89.

 

50.98

%

 

 

50.98

%

50.98

%

39

 

8

 

65

 

112

 

HUNSAT Magyar urtávközlésZrt.

 

1117 Budapest, Hauszmann Alajos u. 2.

 

50.00

%

 

 

50.00

%

50.00

%

100

 

0

 

179

 

279

 

IKO-Telekom Média Holding Zrt.

 

1222 Bp, Nagytétényi út 29.

 

50.00

%

 

 

50.00

%

50.00

%

3 200

 

1 569

 

1 497

 

6 266

 

Mindentudás Egyeteme Tudományos Közhasznú Társaság

 

1105 Budapest, Zágrábi út 1-3.

 

60.00

%

 

 

60.00

%

60.00

%

5

 

7

 

15

 

27

 

T-Kábel Magyarország Kábeltelevíziós Szolgáltató Kft.

 

1089 Budapest, Baross u. 133.

 

16.39

%

83.61

%

100.00

%

100.00

%

920

 

4 090

 

1 811

 

6 821

 

Axelero Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft.

 

1013 Budapest, Krisztina krt. 55.

 

10.00

%

90.00

%

100.00

%

100.00

%

4

 

0

 

-1

 

3

 

Matáv Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft.

 

1013 Budapest, Krisztina krt. 55.

 

10.00

%

90.00

%

100.00

%

100.00

%

4

 

0

 

-1

 

3

 

MatávkábelTV Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft.

 

1013 Budapest, Krisztina krt. 55.

 

10.00

%

90.00

%

100.00

%

100.00

%

4

 

0

 

-1

 

3

 

IQSYS Informatikai Zrt.

 

1135 Budapest, Hun u 2.

 

0.30

%

99.70

%

100.00

%

100.00

%

211

 

273

 

240

 

724

 

 

The indicated voting rights define unambiguously the significant (more than 25%), the majority (more than 50%) and the direct control (more than 75%) according to the Companies Act.

 


* The common stock figures of foreign subsidiaries based on IFRS reports were revalued using foreign exchange rates as of December 31, 2007.

 

# Under liquidation.

 



 

Appendix 3

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. 2007

 

Impairment

 

 

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For Financial Investments

 

For Current Assets

 

Description

 

Investments

 

Loans granted

 

Securities

 

Inventories

 

Receivables*

 

Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening balance

 

4 132

 

0

 

0

 

2 814

 

14 191

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening correction

 

6

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase due to merger

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

10

 

614

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase

 

17

 

0

 

0

 

469

 

755

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Decrease

 

1 273

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

2564

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reversed impairment

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Closing balance

 

2 882

 

0

 

0

 

3 293

 

12 996

 

0

 

 


* The impairment of receivables contains the impairment of other receivables, too.

 



 

Appendix 4.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. 2007.

 

Off-balance Sheet Liabilities

 

(in HUF millions)

 

 

 

Total

 

2008.

 

2009.

 

2010.

 

2011.

 

2012.

 

2013.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental contracts

 

32 851

 

6 177

 

5 101

 

4 304

 

3 999

 

3 438

 

9 833

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental contracts with related parties

 

62

 

62

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitment for capital expenditure

 

6 262

 

6 262

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Environmental protection, restoration and other

 

582

 

132

 

90

 

90

 

90

 

90

 

90

 

 



 

Appendix 5.

 

(in HUF millions)

 

Summarized form of Magyar Telekom Plc.’s final merger balance sheet
as of September 30, 2007

 

Description

 

Magyar Telekom
Plc.

 

Emitel

 

Separating part
from T-Online

 

Total

 

Differences

 

Magyar Telekom Plc.
Final merger balance
sheet of the transformed
company

 

The effect of transformation
on Magyar Telekom Plc.’s
balance sheet as of
September 30, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A. Fixed assets and financial investments

 

828 309

 

6 167

 

6 163

 

840 639

 

-16 390

 

824 249

 

-4 060

 

I. Intangible assets

 

209 628

 

249

 

2 738

 

212 615

 

0

 

212 615

 

2 987

 

II. Tangible assets

 

411 500

 

5 912

 

3 325

 

420 737

 

0

 

420 737

 

9 237

 

III. Financial investments

 

207 181

 

6

 

100

 

207 287

 

-16 390

 

190 897

 

-16 284

 

B. Current assets

 

65 855

 

721

 

4 434

 

71 010

 

-5 201

 

65 809

 

-46

 

I. Inventories

 

6 169

 

25

 

51

 

6 245

 

0

 

6 245

 

76

 

II. Receivables

 

52 742

 

689

 

4 358

 

57 789

 

-5 201

 

52 588

 

-154

 

III. Securities

 

1 179

 

0

 

0

 

1 179

 

0

 

1 179

 

0

 

IV. Liquid assets

 

5 765

 

7

 

25

 

5 797

 

0

 

5 797

 

32

 

C. Prepayments

 

30 921

 

48

 

201

 

31 170

 

-446

 

30 724

 

-197

 

Total assets

 

925 085

 

6 936

 

10 798

 

942 819

 

-22 037

 

920 782

 

-4 303

 

D. Shareholder’s equity

 

409 934

 

4 550

 

4 943

 

419 427

 

-14 912

 

404 515

 

-5 419

 

I. Common stock

 

104 277

 

3 110

 

1 624

 

109 011

 

-4 736

 

104 275

 

-2

 

of this treasury stock at par value

 

150

 

0

 

0

 

150

 

0

 

150

 

0

 

II. Unpaid share capital (-)

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

III. Capital reserves

 

54 932

 

40

 

3 319

 

58 291

 

-1

 

58 290

 

3 358

 

IV. Retained earnings

 

249 546

 

1 023

 

0

 

250 569

 

-10 175

 

240 394

 

-9 152

 

V. Restricted reserves

 

1 179

 

377

 

0

 

1 556

 

0

 

1 556

 

377

 

E. Provisions

 

25 911

 

64

 

87

 

26 062

 

0

 

26 062

 

151

 

F. Liabilities

 

437 473

 

1 916

 

4 564

 

443 953

 

-6 683

 

437 270

 

-203

 

II. Non current liabilities

 

309 690

 

1 423

 

41

 

311 154

 

-1 420

 

309 734

 

44

 

III. Current liabilities

 

127 783

 

493

 

4 523

 

132 799

 

-5 263

 

127 536

 

-247

 

G. Accrued expenses

 

51 767

 

406

 

1 204

 

53 377

 

-442

 

52 935

 

1 168

 

Total liabilities and shareholder’s equity

 

925 085

 

6 936

 

10 798

 

942 819

 

-22 037

 

920 782

 

-4 303

 

 



 

Appendix 6.

(in HUF millions)

Summarized form of T-Online Magyarország Zrt.’s income statement

as of September 30, 2007

 

Description

 

January -
December, 2006

 

January -
September,
2007

 

Period January -
September, 2007 in
percentage of Magyar
Telekom Plc.’s relevant
figures

 

1.Domestic sales

 

35 023

 

29 676

 

8.38

%

2. Export sales

 

57

 

67

 

0.39

%

I. Sales revenues

 

35 080

 

29 743

 

8.01

%

II. Own work capitalized

 

80

 

101

 

0.78

%

III. Other revenue

 

1 841

 

430

 

2.77

%

IV. Material-type expenses

 

29 109

 

26 703

 

14.31

%

V. Payroll and related expenses

 

3 218

 

2 703

 

4.78

%

VI. Depreciation

 

1 218

 

1 319

 

1.84

%

VII. Other expenditures

 

1 707

 

1 131

 

3.00

%

A. PROFIT FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

 

1 749

 

-1 582

 

-3.36

%

VIII. Revenues from financial transactions

 

216

 

131

 

1.46

%

IX. Expenses from financial transactions

 

33

 

23

 

0.09

%

B. FINANCIAL RESULTS

 

183

 

108

 

-0.62

%

C. PROFIT FROM ORDINARY ACTIVITIES

 

1 932

 

-1 474

 

-4.95

%

D. PROFIT FROM ON EXTRAORDINARY ACTIVITIES

 

-184

 

-123

 

8.33

%

E. PROFIT BEFORE TAXES

 

1 748

 

-1 597

 

-5.64

%

XII. Corporate income tax

 

25

 

0

 

 

 

F. NET INCOME

 

1 723

 

-1 597

 

-5.86

%

G. BALANCE SHEET NET INCOME

 

1 723

 

-1 597

 

-5.86

%

 



 

Appendix 6.

Summarized form of EMITEL Zrt.’s income statement

(in HUF millions)

 

as of September 30, 2007

 

 

Description

 

January -
December, 2006

 

January -
September,
2007

 

Period January -
September, 2007 in
percentage of Magyar
Telekom Plc.’s relevant
figures

 

1.Domestic sales

 

4 898

 

3 552

 

1.00

%

2. Export sales

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I. Sales revenues

 

4 898

 

3 552

 

0.96

%

II. Own work capitalized

 

135

 

86

 

0.66

%

III. Other revenue

 

212

 

84

 

0.54

%

IV. Material-type expenses

 

1 618

 

1 067

 

0.57

%

V. Payroll and related expenses

 

1 064

 

797

 

1.41

%

VI. Depreciation

 

779

 

556

 

0.78

%

VII. Other expenditures

 

282

 

146

 

0.39

%

A. PROFIT FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

 

1 502

 

1 156

 

2.45

%

VIII. Revenues from financial transactions

 

7

 

9

 

0.10

%

IX. Expenses from financial transactions

 

148

 

119

 

0.45

%

B. FINANCIAL RESULTS

 

-141

 

-110

 

0.63

%

C. PROFIT FROM ORDINARY ACTIVITIES

 

1 361

 

1 046

 

3.51

%

D. PROFIT FROM ON EXTRAORDINARY ACTIVITIES

 

12

 

-3

 

0.20

%

E. PROFIT BEFORE TAXES

 

1 373

 

1 043

 

3.68

%

XII. Corporate income tax

 

146

 

74

 

6.83

%

F. NET INCOME

 

1 227

 

969

 

3.56

%

Dividend paid (approved)

 

1 158

 

0

 

 

 

G. BALANCE SHEET NET INCOME

 

69

 

969

 

3.56

%

 



 

MAGYAR TELEKOM PLC.

 

MAGYAR TELEKOM TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC
LIMITED COMPANY

 

Business Report of 2007

 

March 2008

 



 

Introduction

 

The annual report of the Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company (“Magyar Telekom Plc.” or “the Company”) has been prepared pursuant to the Hungarian Accounting Law.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. is the principal provider of fixed line telecommunications services in Hungary, with approximately 2.5 million fixed access lines at December 31, 2007. The Company is also Hungary’s largest mobile telecommunications service provider, with approximately 4.9 million mobile subscribers (including users of prepaid cards) at December 31, 2007.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. is listed in the Budapest and the New York Stock Exchanges.

 

Organizational changes

 

On June 29, 2007, Magyar Telekom’s Extraordinary General Meeting approved the decision on the merger of Magyar Telekom Plc., Emitel (a former fully owned subsidiary) and the access business area of T-Online. The access business area includes Internet access products such as ADSL, dial-up, cable Internet, as well as IPTV and VoIP services. The remaining business entity of T-Online will focus on media, content and other new business areas. Financial and operational statistical figures throughout this report include Emitel’s and T-Online’s results for the last quarter of 2007 and as of December 31, 2007, therefore these figures are not comparable with those of 2006.

 

On September 25, 2007, Board of Directors decided to re-shape the Company’s management and organizational structure in order to enhance service quality and improve cost efficiency, as well as exploit new, innovative service and business opportunities. The decision reflects the significant structural changes that are underway in the telecommunications industry, driven by long-term industry trends. The ongoing technological development and innovation, changes in customer demand, as well as the changing market dynamics and convergence experienced throughout the industry, have resulted in a shift of focus away from technology and towards the demands of individual customer segments. As a consequence, Magyar Telekom’s operational structure in telecommunications services must be aligned with this development, to allow the company to continue to cope successfully with intensifying market competition.

 

Accordingly, Magyar Telekom Plc.’s executive management has devised a new management structure, based on an operational model structured around customer segments. The new structure, which supports the Company’s achievement of its strategic goals, was introduced on January 1, 2008, as approved by the Board of Directors. Both the organizational framework and scope of activity of individual business units, and the responsibility spheres of senior management will be affected. The main changes are as follows:

 

·                  The Consumer Services Business Unit comprises comprehensive marketing, sales and customer relations activities of both mobile and wireline consumer products and brands (T-Mobile, T-Com, T-Online, T-Kábel).

 

·                  The Business Services Business Unit provides mobile and wireline telecommunications, infocommunications and system integration services (including marketing, sales and customer relations activities) under the T-Systems brand to key business partners (large corporate customers) as well as small and medium businesses.

 

·                  An Alternative Businesses and Corporate Development Business Unit has been established comprising content, media and other non-access services; it is also responsible for new business development and the coordination of innovative activities. Accordingly, media and content service activities, which has been separated from T-Online Hungary from October 2007 has been be incorporated into this business unit.

 

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·                  The mobile and wireline network management and development activities were transferred to the current IT Management area, which took responsibility for Technology and IT Management.

 

Share Capital

 

As of December 31, 2007, the share capital of Magyar Telekom Plc. was HUF 104,274,561,500, consisting of 1,042,745,615 Series “A” ordinary shares. All Series “A” ordinary shares have a nominal value of HUF 100.

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage of

 

Shareholder

 

Number of shares

 

share capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MagyarCom

 

617,438,581

 

59.21

 

Publicly traded (1)

 

423,803,493

 

40.65

 

Treasury shares

 

1,503,541

 

0.14

 

 

 

1,042,745,615

 

100.00

 

 


(1)

Of our publicly traded shares, JP Morgan Chase Bank had 9,505,784 ADRs, evidencing 47,528,920 shares on its accounts as of December 31, 2007, for registered holders, such amount representing 4.6 percent of the total shares outstanding. We do not know whether this percentage may be indicative of the percentage of our ordinary shares held by U.S. persons.

 

SBC Communications Inc (“SBC”) and Deutsche Telekom AG (“DT”) jointly managed and operated MagyarCom until SBC’s 50 percent ownership in MagyarCom was transferred to DT in June 2000. DT now controls Magyar Telekom indirectly.

 

Voting Rights and Voting

 

Each ordinary share entitles the holder to one vote. Only shareholders or their nominees registered in the shareholders’ register six business days prior to a general meeting may cast a vote. Any decision overriding a resolution of the Board of Directors, require a three-quarter majority of votes cast by the shareholders present or represented at the general meeting. All other matters submitted to a general meeting require only a simple majority vote. There is no limitation on the rights of non-resident or foreign shareholders to hold or exercise voting rights on the ordinary shares.

 

Transfer of Shares

 

The shareholders holding at least a simple majority of the shares must generally approve a transfer of shares that would result in a person or group of persons gaining directly or indirectly ten percent or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Company.

 

When registering a transfer of shares, the registrar may request evidence that the shares were transferred in accordance with the Articles of Association. If the Company establishes that the transfer occurred in violation of the Articles of Association or if the transferee refuses to produce the necessary evidence, the Company may refuse to register the transfer. The Board of Directors may invalidate registrations based on untrue, false or misleading statements.

 

Limitation of the Rights of Shareholders

 

Shareholders whose names have not been entered into the Shareholders’ Register and shareholders who acquired their shares in violation of the restrictions in the Articles of Association pertaining to the transfer and the acquisition of shares shall not be allowed to exercise their rights attached to such shares vis-á-vis the Company.

 

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Amendment of the Articles of Association

 

The general meeting of the shareholders has the sole right to approve and amend the Articles of Association unless otherwise provided by law.

 

Board of Directors

 

Pursuant to our amended Articles of Association, the Board of Directors consists of a minimum of six and a maximum of eleven members elected at the annual general meeting of the shareholders for a term of three years. One of the current directors was nominated by the former holder of the Series “B” Share, five of the current directors were nominated by MagyarCom and two of the current directors were elected upon proposal by other shareholders of the Company.

 

On December 31, 2007, members of the Board of Directors, their principal occupations and the years of their original election were as follows:

 

Name

 

Age

 

Principal Occupation

 

Member
since

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christopher Mattheisen

 

46

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

2006

Dr. István Földesi

 

58

 

International business advisor

 

2003

Dr. Mihály Gálik

 

61

 

Professor and Head of the Marketing and Media Department of the Corvinus University

 

2006

Michael Günther

 

63

 

Member of the Management Board of T-Mobile International, responsible for Joint Venture Management

 

2002

Horst Hermann

 

53

 

Senior Executive Vice President of DT, responsible for Affiliate Management in Central and Eastern Europe

 

2003

Thilo Kusch

 

43

 

Chief Financial Officer of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

2006

Rudolf Kemler(1)

 

52

 

Generaldirektor of HP Austria

 

2007

Frank Odzuck

 

48

 

Chief Executive Officer of Zwack Unicum Plc.

 

2006

Dr. Ralph Rentschler

 

47

 

Member of the Management Board of T-Com

 

2003

 


(1) Resigned from his position on January 31, 2008.

 

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Management Committee

 

Pursuant to our amended Articles of Association and the amended Rules of Procedure of the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors established a Management Committee in 2000, which is empowered to carry out the day-to-day operations in accordance with the annual business plan.

 

On December 31, 2007, the Management Committee consisted of seven chief officers of Magyar Telekom. The members were as follows:

 

Name

 

Age

 

Position

 

Member
since

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christopher Mattheisen

 

46

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

2006

Thilo Kusch

 

43

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

2006

Éva Somorjai

 

41

 

Chief Human Resources Officer

 

2007

György Simó

 

41

 

Chief Officer, Alternative Business and Corporate Development BU

 

2006

István Papp.

 

36

 

Chief Officer, Business Services BU

 

2007

János Winkler

 

53

 

Chief Officer, Consumer Services BU

 

2006

István Maradi

 

43

 

Chief Technology and IT Officer

 

2007

 

Supervisory Board

 

Pursuant to the Articles of Association, the Supervisory Board consists of a minimum of three and a maximum of fifteen members elected by the shareholders for a term of three years. The Works Council nominates one third of the Supervisory Board members. Meetings of the Supervisory Board require a quorum of eight members.

 

On December 31, 2007, the members of the Supervisory Board, their principal occupation and the years of their original election were as follows:

 

Name

 

Age

 

Principal Occupation

 

Member
since

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

István Koszorú

 

57

 

Chairman of the Workers’ Council at Network Management Directorate

 

2007

Attila Csizmadia

 

58

 

Ministry of Finance, Chief Counsellor

 

2003

Dr. Ádám Farkas

 

40

 

CEO of Allianz Bank Zrt.

 

2005

Dr. János Illéssy

 

45

 

 

 

2006

Gellért Kadlót

 

59

 

Member of the Workers’ Council of the sales field

 

2002

Dr. Sándor Kerekes

 

59

 

Director of Institute of Environmental Sciences Corvinus University Budapest

 

2006

Jutta Burke

 

43

 

Corporate Country Manager, responsible for Hungary, Macedonia and Montenegro

 

2007

Konrad Kreuzer

 

59

 

Chairman of the Board of Directors of E.ON Hungária Zrt.

 

2006

Dr. László Pap

 

64

 

Budapest University of Technology, Professor and Head of Telecommunication Department

 

1998

György Varju

 

61

 

Chairman of the Workers’ Council at Technical Services

 

2005

Péter Vermes

 

61

 

Chairman of Magyar Telekom’s Central Workers’ Council

 

1995

 

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Compensation of Directors, Officers and Employees

 

Half of the Management Committee members have an employment contract for a fixed duration. Pursuant to Hungarian legislation, if an employment contract is terminated before the end of its term, the average compensation received by the employee prior to such termination is payable for the remaining period up to 12 months. In the case of an employment contract for a fixed duration the notice period is normally six months, and severance is 16 months. Employment contracts with our management employees contain special provisions providing for entitlements after termination of employment; therefore, the amount of severance is higher than the amount required by the applicable provisions of the Labor Code.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. has entered into a collective bargaining agreement with the Hungarian telecommunications trade unions (Távközlési Szakszervezet, “TÁVSZAK” and Magyar Távközlési Ágazati Szakszervezet, “MATÁSZ”). Under the agreement, employees are generally entitled to prior notice before termination. Furthermore, employees are entitled to a specific amount of severance pay, which depends on the tenure of the employee.

 

Investigation into certain consultancy contracts

 

In the course of conducting their audit of our 2005 financial statements, PwC identified two contracts the nature and business purposes of which were not readily apparent. PwC notified the Audit Committee and advised them to retain independent counsel to conduct an investigation into these contracts. In February 2006, our Audit Committee retained White & Case, as its independent legal counsel, to conduct the investigation, with the additional assistance of a financial advisory firm and a digital forensics firm. In December 2006, the investigators delivered an Initial Report of Investigation. We cannot predict when the investigation will be concluded or what the final findings will be.

 

PwC initially raised concerns regarding two consultancy contracts entered into in 2005 by our Montenegrin subsidiaries Crnogorski Telekom and T-Mobile Crna Gora. The initial scope of the independent investigation was a complete review of these two contracts, including a review of all related documents and interviews with our, and Crnogorski Telekom and T-Mobile Crna Gora, employees and third parties with knowledge of the contracts. The financial advisory firm assisting the investigation also reviewed a sampling of our and our Montenegrin subsidiaries’ account and transactional data, equaling 72 percent of the value of all transactions and 90 percent of the value of all contracts with third party vendors. For each of these test items, all available supporting documentation was reviewed. Early in the investigation, two additional consultancy contracts entered into by Magyar Telekom Plc. in 2005, were also called into question by the investigators, and our Audit Committee expanded the scope of the investigation to cover these contracts. The total value of these four contracts under investigation is approximately HUF 2 billion.

 

During the course of the investigation, it became evident that certain of Magyar Telekom, Crnogorski Telekom and T-Mobile Crna Gora employees had obstructed the investigation by destroying or tampering with electronic documents. Specifically, the digital forensics firm assisting the investigation found that ten computers assigned to seven employees showed evidence that documents had been deleted from the hard drives and “wiping” software had been used to make those documents permanently unrecoverable. Investigators determined that the deleted electronic documents included a number of documents related to the contracts under investigation. This deletion and wiping activity took place after our management had issued document retention memos requiring that all documents related to these contracts be retained. As a result of this deliberate destruction of documents, the investigators have been unable to review certain documents that could have been relevant to the investigation.

 

To date, the independent investigators have been unable to find sufficient evidence to show that any of the four contracts under investigation resulted in the provision of services to us or to our subsidiaries under those contracts of a value commensurate with the payments we made under those contracts. It is unclear who the true counterparties are to the contracts, and certain of the contracts are vague as to the actual services that are to be provided. The independent investigators have been unable to determine definitively the purpose of the contracts,

 

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and it is possible that the purpose may have been improper.

 

In our 2005 preliminary results announcement, we had capitalized the HUF 1.12 billion payment related to two of these contracts. As a result of the interim findings of the investigation, we have expensed the total amount of the HUF 2 billion paid under these four contracts and disclosed these expenses under the caption “Other operating expenses — net” in our 2005 Form 20-F report. This has resulted in a commensurate effect on, among other items, taxes, minority interest and net income when compared to the corresponding items reported in our 2005 preliminary results announcement.

 

As a consequence of the investigation, we have suspended a number of employees who have since resigned. The suspended employees included senior members of our Strategy Group and a senior executive of Crnogorski Telekom. The Crnogorski Telekom Board of Directors has also been replaced.

 

The independent investigators’ Initial Report of Investigation further identified several contracts at our Macedonian subsidiary that could warrant further review. In February 2007, our Board of Directors determined that those contracts should be reviewed and expanded the scope of the independent investigation to cover these additional contracts and related transactions.

 

The investigation has revealed certain weaknesses in the design and operation of our internal controls and procedures. Accordingly, we have approved and have implemented certain remedial measures designed to enhance our internal controls and to ensure compliance with Hungarian and U.S. legal requirements and NYSE listing requirements. First, the position of Magyar Telekom Group Compliance Director has been created, reporting directly to the Audit Committee and with direct access to the Supervisory Board, Board of Directors, the Company Chief Executive Officer, the Company Chief Financial Officer, and other members of senior management. We note that, as required by Hungarian labor law, the employer’s rights vis-à-vis the Group Compliance Director are exercised by a representative of the Company (the CFO). The most significant of the employer’s rights, including any substantial amendment to the Compliance Director’s employment contract, shall be exercised in consultation with the Audit Committee. In conjunction with this new position, we have reviewed, with the assistance of U.S. counsel, our compliance and corporate governance policies and have established a comprehensive compliance-training program, with a focus on our code of ethics, insider trading policy, document retention policy, regulatory matters, and compliance with U.S. securities laws and the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Our Board has already approved and implemented a Magyar Telekom Group Corporate Compliance Program Manual, a Group Financial Code of Ethics to Treasury and Financial Managers applicable as a Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers, a Group Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, a Group Anti Fraud Policy, a Group Document Management Directive, a Group Directive on Compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a Group Insider Trading Directive, a Group Procurement Directive, a Group Directive on Compliance with U.S. Sanctions and Export Control Laws, a Group M&A Policy, and a new Disclosure Committee Charter. These policies are being further improved based on the experience from the implementation and comments from our Audit Committee and its independent legal counsel. Second, we have revised our internal controls relating to procurement, including centralized access to all SAP systems of subsidiaries and a requirement that all contract approvals pass through uniform rules and procedures. Third, we have revised our mergers and acquisitions process, including dividing accountability for M&A between the Strategy Group, which remains responsible for business development, and the area of the Chief Financial Officer, which is responsible for execution of M&A transactions. All M&A activity requires Board approval and will be reported to the Audit Committee on a semi-annual basis. Fourth, we are reviewing, and modifying where necessary, all other significant procurement, compliance, governance, M&A, and disclosure-related Group directives. Fifth, we have undertook a significant compliance and governance assessment of our Hungarian and non-Hungarian subsidiaries. This assessment included a review of all significant governance and compliance-related policies and the implementation of the new and revised Group-level policies and directives. Sixth, we have developed a comprehensive compliance training program, which covers all aspects of our compliance regime and will be effected through a combination of in person, Web-based and other forms of training depending on the category of employee and the compliance topic. In-person training has been carried out for the members of our top management, including Hungarian and international subsidiaries, as well as members of our Board of Directors, Supervisory Board and Audit Committee. Training will extend to all employees throughout the Magyar Telekom Group. Finally, our Board may make further decisions or recommendations in connection

 

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with the involvement of any senior management in the four contracts under investigation.

 

As previously reported, the investigation has delayed the finalization of our 2005 financial statements, and as a result we and some of our subsidiaries have failed and may fail to meet certain deadlines prescribed by U.S., Hungarian and other applicable laws and regulations for preparing and filing audited annual results and holding annual general meetings. We have to date been fined HUF 13 million as a consequence of these delays.  We have notified the Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice of the investigation, are in contact with these authorities regarding the investigation and are responding to inquiries raised by these authorities.

 

Analysis of results

 

Revenues.  Our sales revenues increased by 6.1 percent from HUF 471,081 million in 2006 to HUF 499,909 million in 2007. This growth is due to the higher mobile traffic revenues and higher subscriptions, connections and other charges. Increase were partly offset by lower fixed line traffic revenues resulting from lower per minute rates included in our various tariff packages, lower usage and loss of lines reflecting the effect of strong competition and mobile substitution.

 

Other revenues decreased by 6.9 percent. Decrease is attributable to the lower amounts of proceeds from disposal of real estates and the lower amount of reversal of provision in 2007. These decreases were partly offset by higher amounts of discount received and higher revenues in connection with impairment.

 

Expenditures.  Material-type expenditures increased by 6.1 percent due to significant increase in costs of raw material and costs of other services.

 

Payroll and related expenditures increased by 16.7 percent. The main driver of the increase is higher amounts of severance expenditures in relation to the headcount reduction program in 2007.

 

Other expenses increased by 39.2 percent as HUF 13,942 million provisions were recognized for early retirement exemption salaries, severance and related social security in 2007.

 

Financial results.  Financial results decreased from HUF 23,859 million in 2006 to HUF -22,696 million in 2007. The decrease mainly resulted from lower dividend received from affiliated companies.

 

Overview of Magyar Telekom Plc.’s Services

 

Fixed Line Telecommunications Services

 

Domestic Services

 

Products and Services

 

Public Switched Telephone Network (“PSTN”).  Due to the fierce competition and mobile substitution, the number of our PSTN lines decreased from 2,090,507 as of December 31, 2006 to 2,020,956 as of December 31, 2007.

 

Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN).  ISDN allows a single access line to be used simultaneously for a number of purposes, including voice, data, facsimile and video transmission. We offer both basic ISDN access lines with two channels and multiplex ISDN access lines with 30 channels. As of December 31, 2007, we had 166,058 ISDN access lines with two channels and 4,621 ISDN access lines with 30 channels, amounting to the total of 470,746 ISDN channels. We intend to extend the life cycle of the ISDN product in the business segment by offering various discounts to our customers.

 

Digifon Services.  Our network is 100 percent digitalized, which enable us to provide value added services in

 

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our entire service area. We provide a number of value added services, such as call forwarding, call waiting, call conference and caller number identity to a significant number of our fixed line subscribers. These services help increase fixed line usage as they make busy signals and unanswered calls less common. We also offer bundled packages of digifon services, as well as bundled ones in the ADSL complex package. The most popular of these packages is the Összhang, which contains five services at a discount price. Összhang package had approximately 228,000 customers by the end of 2007.

 

Voice-mail.  We offer a voice-mail service including call return and call capture. We also offer voice-mail Short Message Service (“SMS”), which provides an SMS alert to the mobile handset of the customer each time he or she receives a voice-mail message. These services allow better usage of the network, provide convenience to our customers and decrease the ratio of uncompleted calls.

 

Directory Assistance.  We offer directory inquiry services. The domestic directory assistance database includes all fixed line and postpaid mobile subscribers’ data in Hungary. We offer a call completion option to subscribers, whereby calls may be connected automatically. We also offer increasingly popular Directory Assistance-Plus (“DA-Plus”) service. DA-Plus offers a wide range of information including Yellow Pages, residential classified advertisements, encyclopedia- and dictionary-based information, recipes, poems, as well as telephone numbers, postal, e-mail and website addresses without any quantity restrictions. The requested information may be provided verbally, by SMS, by e-mail or by fax. The fees for the service are based on per minute usage. We also offer a call completion option to the subscribers of DA-Plus.

 

Subscribers

 

The following table sets forth information regarding total fixed access lines and penetration rates in our service areas:

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2006

 

2007(1)

 

Lines in service in Magyar Telekom Plc.’s service areas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Residential lines

 

1,919,434

 

1,841,214

 

1,779,039

 

Business lines

 

241,875

 

229,209

 

222,451

 

Public payphones

 

21,596

 

20,084

 

19,466

 

Total

 

2,182,905

 

2,090,507

 

2,020,956

 

ISDN channels

 

495,796

 

480,374

 

470,746

 

Total

 

2,678,701

 

2,570,881

 

2,491,702

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lines installed per 100 inhabitants in Magyar Telekom Plc.’s service areas

 

35.6

 

34.2

 

33.7

 

 


(1)

From October 1, 2007 Emitel merged with Magyar Telekom Plc. Figures for December 31, 2007 include Emitel’s subscriber data.

 

Our domestic fixed line telephony subscribers can be classified into two categories: residential customers and business customers, which include our customers in the public sector. As of December 31, 2007, 74 percent of our access lines were utilized by our residential customers and 25 percent by our business customers. The remaining one percent of access lines was used for public payphones.

 

Fees and Charges

 

We charge fixed line subscribers a one-time connection fee, monthly subscription charges and call charges based on usage. A call charge contains two elements: a call set-up charge and a traffic charge measured in seconds based on the call’s duration.

 

In 2005, we introduced flat rate tariff packages (Favorit “family”) that offer free unlimited calls to customers during a certain period of the day for an additional monthly fee. In 2006 and 2007, we introduced various tariff

 

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packages with a monthly fee that can be fully offset by call charges. By the end of 2007, our flat rate offers attracted the highest customer base.

 

In 2007, we increased the number of tariff packages to allow customers in different market segments to choose plans that best suit their calling patterns. These tariff packages also serve as a tool to maintain our customer base in the fully liberalized market as those customers who select us as the operator for every traffic direction (local, long distance, fixed-to-mobile and international) receive the highest discounts. During 2007, the fixed-to-mobile bundled offers proved to be successful customer retention tools.

 

International Voice Telephone Services

 

International voice telephone services consist of outgoing and incoming international calls, including voice and switched transit traffic through Hungary. Since January 1, 2008, Magyar Telekom Plc. sends and receives all its international voice and switched transit traffic to and from Deutsche Telekom.

 

We provide international calling access to our fixed line subscribers and to subscribers of other local telephone operators and mobile service providers. Our Hungary Direct and Country Direct services permit customers to charge calls made from 50 foreign countries to their home phone numbers in Hungary.

 

Fees and Charges

 

The call charge for an international call contains two elements: a call set-up charge and a traffic charge measured in seconds based on the call’s duration. Although the published prices of our international rates did not change in 2007, the average per minute rates decreased as a result of discounts given in various optional tariff packages.

 

International Telecommunications Hub

 

We believe that Hungary is geographically well positioned to serve as a telecommunications gateway between Eastern and Western Europe. We have two state-of-the-art international gateways as well as fiber optic cable connections serving 25 border crossings. These fiber optic cable connections use synchronous digital hierarchy transmission facilities and we have launched our own Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (“DWDM”) backbone network. To increase the utilization of our transmission network, we offer attractive price schedules for dedicated transit services through Hungary. We are DT’s partner in Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe (“DANTE”), which provides transmission paths interconnecting Bucharest (2x622 Mbit/s) and Sofia (2x155 Mbit/s) to the European research and educational network, GEANT through their Budapest node.

 

We have X.25 links, which are used for packet switched data transmission with 83 international networks.

 

To seize the opportunities presented by the liberalization of the telecommunications market in Romania, we established interconnection arrangements with major Romanian network service providers to offer transit services to Western Europe. We provide Internet transit service to several Romanian and Bulgarian ISPs on our three IP PoPs in Romania and high-capacity international Internet transit service on our IP PoPs in Hungary to ISPs of Macedonia.

 

According to a new agreement with Deutsche Telekom, Magyar Telekom Plc. stopped buying and selling international voice services from and to other foreign carriers as of January 1, 2008. Since that time, Deutsche Telekom became the sole international voice partner. The agreement allows cost reductions due to synergy with the parent company.

 

Internet Services

 

We offer Internet services based on dial-up, ADSL technology as well as access through cable television, Wireless Local Area Network (“WLAN”) and leased lines to provide residential and business customers with

 

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narrowband or broadband Internet services at affordable prices.

 

We increased our subscriber base to 505,725 from 427,000 as of December 31, 2006 in Hungary. We are the largest Internet service provider in Hungary with an estimated 62.2 percent market share based on the number of DSL broadband subscribers and 17.1 percent market share based on the number of cable net subscribers. Our broadband (ADSL, cable television, WLAN and leased line) customers reached 489,368 as of December 31, 2007 compared to 395,599 a year earlier.

 

In 2006, we introduced an IPTV service. IPTV allows broadcasts to be seen on a television set with a set-top-box over ADSL connection. The new product line offers various interactive contents, such as time-shift function, electronic program guide (“EPG”) on screen, recording onto the hard disc built in the set-top-box, web EPG service, video on demand service and picture in picture. The total customer base of IPTV reached 9,224 as of December 31, 2007 compared to 650 a year earlier.

 

Klip offers VoIP services via broadband access. Users of Klip can initiate and receive calls for free via the Internet, to both fixed line and mobile networks. Klip users can also be called from T-Com’s fixed network. The product was launched at the end of 2005 and had more than 48,000 registered users at the end of 2007.

 

Magyar Telekom ADSL.  ADSL is a continuous, high-speed Internet access service based on the Asymmetric DSL technology. The service offers cost-efficient broadband Internet access over existing copper wires. We provide these services on a wholesale basis to ISPs, which in turn resell the services to residential and small business customers. At the end of 2007, we had contractual relationships with 25 ISPs. In 2007, this service saw a significant growth with the number of ADSL connections reaching 613,051 by December 31, 2007 from 512,810 at December 31, 2006.

 

Leased lines and data transmission

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. is the principal provider of leased lines in Hungary.

 

Leased line service establishes a permanent connection for transmission of voice and data traffic between two geographically separate points (point-to-point connection) or between a point and several other points (point-to-multipoint connection). These points can be either all within Hungary or some in Hungary and others abroad.

 

We lease lines to other local telephone operators and mobile service providers, who use such lines as part of their networks. We also lease lines to providers of data services. In addition, we lease lines to multi-site business customers who use leased lines to transmit internal voice and data traffic.

 

Flex-Com.  We offer Flex-Com, domestic and international digital leased lines with managed back-up systems that are dedicated to data transmission. The number of Flex-Com connections decreased from 8,726 as of December 31, 2006 to 7,710 lines as of December 31, 2007.

 

High Speed Leased Line (“HSLL”).  The HSLL service provides permanent, digital, transparent, point-to-point leased line service between service access points (“SAPs”). The connections are established by a service provider according to the needs of its customers.

 

Datex-P.  We offer Datex-P, a packet-switched data transmission service based on the X.25 protocol. The service provides low to medium speed domestic switched data communications services with international connectivity to business customers. As a result of the proliferation of new technologies, growth in the number of subscribers has stopped.

 

Our leased line customers pay a one-time connection fee based on the type of line leased. Monthly subscription charges vary with the type and length of lines leased and, in some cases, with the term of the lease. With the exception of leased lines required for connection with other networks, leased line charges are not subject to regulation. As part of the overall rebalancing of our rates, we have reduced our leased line charges in

 

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real terms over the last few years in response to competition, which partly offset the revenue increase generated by volume and bandwidth increases of the leased line services.

 

Leased lines and data transmission consist primarily of data transmission and network services for business customers, such as financial institutions and insurance companies, and, to a lesser extent, residential customers. The market for data transmission and related services in Hungary is highly competitive. We are the leading supplier of data transmission and related services in Hungary. We expect the market for these services to grow with the proliferation of personal computers and increasing consumer demand. We believe that the ability to offer new data products and services will be critical to competing effectively in the future, particularly with respect to business customers.

 

International data products.  We provide signaling links for mobile operators to facilitate international roaming. We also sell international leased lines, including international managed leased lines, international ISDN, X.400, X.25 and telegraph services. The sales of international leased lines are steadily growing, partly due to the introduction of one-stop-shopping agreements, whereby customers can order from and pay for the service at one end-point of the connection, which eliminate the need to deal with multiple service providers.

 

MultiFlex.  In 2007, Magyar Telekom Plc. launched this new data transmission product that offers a standard solution for serving our partners’ complex telecommunications demand, allowing the entire internal data communications to be realized in one single corporate network. This is a technology independent service and it realizes the interconnection of local networks (LANs) with point to point or multi point to multi point structure.

 

Fixed Line Telecommunications Equipment Sales

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. distributes an extensive range of telecommunications equipment, from individual telephone sets to facsimile terminals, PBXs and complete network systems, through a network of customer service centers. In addition to stand-alone phoneset sales, Magyar Telekom Plc. offers various packages combining telephone sets with telephone lines and tariff packages.

 

The telecommunications equipment sector is highly competitive and characterized by rapid technological innovation. Magyar Telekom Plc. believes that the supply and service of telecommunications equipment are integral elements of a full service telecommunications provider and are necessary for the expansion of its customer base. In addition, these activities allow Magyar Telekom Plc. to ensure that technologically advanced equipment required for new services is available in Hungary.

 

Mobile Telecommunications Services

 

We provided mobile telecommunications services in Hungary through our wholly-owned subsidiary, T-Mobile Hungary (“TMH”) prior to the merger of Magyar Telekom Plc. and TMH. TMH continues its operations within Magyar Telekom Plc. under an independent brand and as an independent business segment.

 

As of December 31, 2007, TMH accounted for an estimated 44.0 percent of the total Hungarian mobile market in terms of subscribers. The penetration rate of mobile telephone services in Hungary increased from 99.0 percent at December 31, 2006 to 109.7 percent at December 31, 2007.

 

Since 2006, when TMH was the first mobile operator to launch HSDPA service in Hungary, the company increased its HSDPA coverage based on population from 30 to 53 percent. In 2007, TMH made HSDPA with download speed up to 7.2 Mbit/s available in its network and at the same time launched HSUPA service in Hungary also as the first among local mobile service providers. In 2007 not only downloads but also uploads became faster in TMH’s network, offering the customers a highly stable, reliable service with the best quality all over Hungary.

 

In 2007, TMH continued to enhance its non-voice service portfolio, introduced several new products,

 

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increased the penetration and usage of the existing products and extended the access of some of its domestic products abroad.

 

Subscribers

 

The number of TMH subscribers has been growing over the past three years. The table below sets forth information concerning the number of TMH subscribers at the dates indicated:

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2006

 

2007

 

Number of subscribers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Postpaid subscribers

 

1,323,814

 

1,545,115

 

1,793,620

 

Prepaid subscribers

 

2,870,041

 

2,886,021

 

3,059,872

 

Total subscribers

 

4,193,855

 

4,431,136

 

4,853,492

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average monthly Minutes of Use (“MOU”) per subscriber

 

127

 

142

 

149

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Churn ratio (%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Postpaid subscribers

 

10.4

 

9.9

 

10.0

 

Prepaid subscribers

 

22.0

 

21.9

 

21.1

 

Total subscribers

 

18.5

 

17.9

 

17.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average monthly Revenue per User in HUF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Postpaid subscribers

 

10,838

 

9,849

 

8,635

 

Prepaid subscribers

 

2,239

 

2,300

 

2,205

 

Total subscribers

 

4,832

 

4,800

 

4,542

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mobile penetration in Hungary (%)

 

92.4

 

99.0

 

109.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TMH’s market share (%)

 

45.0

 

44.5

 

44.0

 

 

Though the Hungarian mobile market is reaching a saturation level with penetration nearly 110 percent, in 2007, total growth rate exceeded previous year’s average due to the significant increase of inactive subscribers driven largely by Pannon’s inactivity results. The increase in the number of TMH subscribers since December 31, 2006 is attributable to a number of factors, including the expansion of mobile broadband services and the success of community offers.

 

Traffic.     TMH’s average traffic per subscriber is comparable to other European countries and was at a blended level of 149 minutes in 2007. Average traffic per subscriber has increased over 2006 as a result of successful tariff packages targeting both postpaid and prepaid segment.

 

Rates.       Since January 1998, mobile subscriber rates have been deregulated, and carriers have had the freedom to set the level of fee components (i.e., connection fee, subscription charge and traffic charges).

 

TMH charges subscribers a one-time connection fee, monthly subscription charges, event charges and time-based traffic charges. Customers using prepaid cards do not pay monthly subscription charges (but in case of some tariff packages monthly recurring fees do exist). TMH does not charge subscribers for incoming calls, other than calls received while roaming. TMH receives payments from other telecommunications service providers for terminating calls on its network. TMH maintained the widest range of tariff packages and successfully introduced additional packages in 2007 to acquire new subscribers and develop loyalty.

 

TMH faced intense price-based competition in 2007. Competitors waged various campaigns, including introduction of new tariff packages with minute, money bundle (purchasing a certain amount of minutes or a

 

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predefined monetary amount that can be applied toward usage) and community offers and products (such as family package), to win over TMH’s subscribers. TMH responded to the competitors with its own new tariff initiatives across all of the subscriber segments. In 2007, mobile Internet was one of the key development directions on the market where all operators introduced several offers. TMH is leading in both coverage and in the introduction of high speed technology (3G/HSDPA 7.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA).

 

Research and development

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. has a department dedicated to performance of research and development (“R&D”) projects to meet the demands of the rapidly changing market, such as development of our telecommunications networks and service platforms. The R&D department works in close cooperation with educational institutions (including the Budapest University of Technical and Economic Sciences and the Technical College of Budapest), strategic investors, suppliers and domestic and international development organizations. Following our accession to the European Union, several funds aimed encouraging research and development activities became available to us as well; this encouraged us to deepen our involvement in national and international consortiums engaged in R&D.

 

The harmonization projects among DT Group members (Maktel, Slovak Telekom, Croatian Telekom and T-Systems International) play an important role. The joint development themes enable us to utilize group-level synergies, pursue efficient financial and human resource management and use the same third party contractors for our R&D projects.

 

In the last few years, to maintain or expand the competitive positions we developed the technical platform through the R&D activities for the introduction of new VoIP and multimedia-based services, based on the next generation (“NGN”) IP/Ethernet-based core and broadband fixed (ADSL, xDSL) and wireless (WLAN, WiFi) accesses.

 

Significant resources are devoted to the upgrading of our digital backbone network. The DWDM technology was introduced to satisfy the additional demands on the backbone network that arose in connection with broadband services, such as fast Internet access and broadband IP-VPN.

 

We are continuously developing our data communications and IP network and services to meet demands for broadband services. We developed the concept of a national, high-speed IP network built on DWDM and Gigabit Ethernet. Under this program, the components of our IPv6 protocol pilot network were identified.

 

In the last few years, we rolled out a wide range of broadband access technologies (e.g., ADSL, cable television, optical access network and managed leased line technologies) to satisfy demands for higher bandwidth. After introducing triple-play solutions, we started a field trial to provide IP High Definition TV (“HDTV”). We intend to offer HDTV as a commercial service from 2008. We also deployed a complex measurement system to measure the streamed quality of IPTV and to monitor the overall service quality in an “end-to-end” manner. Home Media Sharing is under investigation in order to provide value added features.

 

In 2007, we focused on the potential Next Generation, IP Multimedia Subsystem (“IMS”)-based applications. We conducted an internal test to evaluate the usability of the IP Centrex features. Based on IMS, we developed the Click-to-dial application, which is considered to be the basis for the forthcoming service improvements. In 2008, we intend to continue this project towards more complex services.

 

We developed a pilot system for the automated measure of the acoustic and electronic parameters of the analogue CPEs. This project is planned to be continued towards a completely automatic CPE testing framework.

 

Peer-to-peer communication services (p2p file sharing, p2p voice and video transmission, etc.) are intensively utilizing our IP infrastructure. To estimate and measure this traffic a pilot measuring system was elaborated.

 

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The possibility to introduce EuroDOCSIS 3.0 technology is being considered. This technology has the potential to offer value added services and higher bandwidth data transmission.

 

We have developed a test system for hearing-impaired users, which transforms the speech signals into moving images, so users can recognize the speech by lip-reading. As an application, TV programs were used to measure the understanding factor by a test group of disabled people. Based on the results, a product development can be started for commercial launch.

 

Environment protection

 

The management committee of Magyar Telekom Plc. adopted the Sustainability Strategy of the Company in January 2005 to strengthen our commitment to sustainable development.

 

As a part of our commitment to sustainability, we developed a sustainability section for Magyar Telekom’s website. This section includes our reports and news relating to sustainability and discusses our philosophy and approach to sustainability.

 

Real estate

 

Our headquarters are located at 55 Krisztina krt., 1013 Budapest, Hungary.

 

We have one of the largest real estate holdings in Hungary. We use substantially all of these properties for telecommunications installations, computer installations, research centers, service outlets and offices. Our equipment and machinery primarily consist of switches, communication towers and other telecommunications equipment.

 

Due to the consolidation of various operations, the conversion to digital switches and ongoing staff reductions, we anticipate that a substantial portion of our owned and leased properties will not be necessary for our core business in the future. We intend to sell or rent our surplus properties.

 

Based on a five-year contract, we outsourced our real estate operations from February 1, 2005, thus real estate development, investment, operations and management activities are now provided by DeTe Immobilien-Hungary Zrt. for Magyar Telekom Plc. In order to exercise strategic management and control, we established the Real Estate Management Office.

 

Real estate holdings have the following functions:

·                  Technical building

·                  Warehouse

·                  Garage

·                  Holiday resort

·                  Tower

·                  Office

·                  Other social building

·                  Preferential office

·                  Apartment

·                  Land

 

According to our proprietary needs, the aim of the Real Estate Management Office is to optimize the utilization of the real estate portfolio, while selling or otherwise making use of the surplus properties on favorable terms.

 

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Financial risk management

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. is exposed in particular to risks from movements in exchange rates, interest rates, and market prices that affect its assets and liabilities. Financial risk management aims to limit these risks through ongoing operational and finance activities. Selected derivative and non-derivative hedging instruments are used for this purpose, depending on the risk assessment. However, Magyar Telekom Plc. only hedges the risks that affect its cash flow. Derivatives are exclusively used as hedging instruments, i.e., not for trading or other speculative purposes. To reduce the counterparty risk, hedging transactions are generally only concluded with leading Hungarian financial institutions.

 

The fundamentals of Magyar Telekom Plc.’s financing strategy are established each year by the Board of Directors. The Company’s policy is to borrow centrally using a balanced combination of medium term and short term loans, and fixed and floating interest rates on those loans. The Board of Directors has approved two debt protection ratio limits, and monitors their fulfilment annually. The Board of Directors approves further limits in order to decrease risk exposures, these limits are monitored by the Chief Financial Officer monthly. The Group Treasury is responsible for implementing the finance policy and for ongoing risk management. The details of foreign exchange, liquidity and counterparty risk management guidelines are determined and monitored by the Group Treasurer continuously.

 

1. Market risk

 

Market risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market prices. Market risk comprises three types of risk: foreign currency risk, interest rate risk and other price risk.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. is exposed to interest and foreign exchange rate risk associated with its debt and anticipated transactions. As the vast majority of the revenues and expenses arise in HUF, the functional currency of Magyar Telekom Plc. is HUF, and as a result, Magyar Telekom Plc.’s objective is to minimize the level of its financial risk in HUF terms.

 

(a)          Foreign currency risk

 

In order to mitigate the foreign currency risk, Magyar Telekom Plc. minimized its foreign currency borrowings in 2002 and 2003. From 2004, Magyar Telekom Plc. is having insignificant amount of foreign currency denominated debts.

 

The foreign exchange exposure of Magyar Telekom Plc. is mostly related to operating activities through revenues from and payments to international telecommunications carriers as well as capital expenditure contracted with vendors in foreign currency.

 

At the Company, major non-derivative monetary financial instruments (liquid assets, receivables, debt instruments held, interest-bearing liabilities, finance lease liabilities, non-interest-bearing liabilities) are either directly denominated in the functional currency or in line with currency hedging policy the effects of exchange rate moves offset each other. Exchange rate fluctuations therefore have no significant effects on profit or loss, or shareholders’ equity.

 

In line with currency hedging policy, Magyar Telekom Plc. holds significant amounts of EUR and USD on its bank accounts. The necessary amount is determined by the balance of trade payables and trade receivables in order to hedge the currency risk arising in connection with those liabilities. Exchange rate fluctuations therefore have no significant effect on profit or loss, or equity.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. occasionally enters into derivative contracts for risk reduction purposes. These foreign currency forward contracts are taken to reduce the exchange rate risk related to the foreign exchange denominated payment obligations or receivables.

 

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(b) Interest rate risk

 

Interest rate risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market interest rates.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. is exposed to financial market risk primarily through interest rate fluctuations. This is due to the fact that changing HUF interest rates affect the fair value of fixed rate debts and also affect the cash outflow through the variable rate debts. By the end of 2003, Magyar Telekom Plc. managed to convert almost its entire remaining foreign exchange debt portfolio to HUF, thereby the debt portfolio is only exposed to HUF interest rate fluctuations. To control interest rate risk, a combination of fixed and floating rate debt is used within the HUF portfolio.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. has insignificant amounts of HUF deposits, therefore, the change in interest rates would have a very minimum impact on its financial statements.

 

As a result of the volatile international capital and securities markets, a higher fluctuation of the interest rates is also possible according to management’s estimations, the exposure to which is mitigated by the balanced portfolio of fixed and variable interest rate borrowings.

 

(c) Other price risk

 

As of December 31, 2006 and 2007, Magyar Telekom Plc. did not hold any material investments, which could be affected by risk variables such as stock exchange prices or other indices.

 

2. Liquidity risk

 

Liquidity risk is the risk that an entity may encounter difficulty in meeting obligations associated with financial liabilities.

 

Prudent liquidity risk management implies maintaining sufficient cash, cash equivalents and term deposits as well as available funding through adequate amount of committed credit lines. The Group Treasury’s management aims at maintaining flexibility in funding by keeping committed credit lines available. In addition, Deutsche Telekom confirmed its readiness to finance Magyar Telekom Plc.’s budgeted financing needs until the end of June 2009. Despite the fact that this has not been formulized in a contract, it can be considered as a “quasi shelf facility”.

 

3. Capital risk

 

The Company’s objectives when managing capital are to safeguard its ability to continue as a going concern in order to provide returns for shareholders and benefits for other stakeholders and to maintain an optimal capital structure to reduce the cost of capital.

 

In order to maintain or adjust the capital structure, the Company may adjust the amount of dividends paid to shareholders, return capital to shareholders, issue new shares or sell assets to reduce debt. Consistent with others in the industry, Magyar Telekom Plc. monitors capital on the basis of the gearing ratio. This ratio is calculated as net debt divided by Equity (including Minority interest) and net debt.

 

Risk management policies

 

It is our policy that all disclosures made by us to our security holders and the investment community be accurate and complete, and fairly present our financial condition and results of operations in all material respects.

 

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Such disclosures should be made on a timely basis as required by applicable laws, rules and regulations, including by-laws of the Budapest Stock Exchange and rules adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). To achieve these objectives, we formed the Disclosure Committee and developed and have continuously enhanced our risk management policies.

 

Our risk management includes identification, assessment and evaluation of risks, development of necessary action plans, and monitoring of performance and results. For risk management to be effective, we must ensure that management take business decisions with full understanding of all relevant risks.

 

In 1999, we established a formal risk management system. This system was integrated into the risk management system of Deutsche Telekom in 2002.

 

All risks related to material internal and external operations, financial and legal compliance and certain other risks are evaluated and managed by a well-defined internal mechanism. A risk management handbook and a Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) directive on risk management were published in 2003. A risk management course was developed for employees responsible for risk management in all organizational areas. Risk items affecting our operations are reviewed quarterly. All of our business units, divisions and entities are obliged to identify and report their operational risks on a quarterly basis. After evaluation of these risks, results are reported to our management, to the Audit Committee and to DT.

 

Following the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, we decided to enhance our risk management procedures. As this new law requires prompt disclosure of all risk items influencing investors’ decisions, we complemented our quarterly risk reporting system with a continuous reporting procedure which requires all of our departments to report on a real-time basis any new material fact, information or risk that comes to their knowledge. Information thus submitted is monitored daily by the risk management department, and the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) is notified when a new material risk or information is identified.

 

A CEO directive has been issued to define responsibilities of each employee in risk monitoring and management. In addition, an e-learning course was introduced to train our employees on requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, our enhanced reporting and corporate governance obligations and the enhanced risk reporting procedures. Completion of this course has been made compulsory for all of our employees.

 

We established the Disclosure Committee on July 31, 2003. The Disclosure Committee acts both in plenary meetings and through its members acting individually. It supports CEO and CFO in fulfilling their responsibility to oversee processes designed to ensure accuracy and timeliness of our disclosures.

 

Human policy

 

„Professional and committed employees, who are able to act on their own initiative, are the most important success factor of the business effectiveness of Magyar Telekom Plc.”— this is the HR vision the company has articulated in line with its mission and strategy. The most important goal is to achieve that our company possesses the most professional human resources organization in Hungary and in international terms as well, regarded by its clients as their internal partner and consultant, which other firms also approach with confidence whenever they need to obtain experience.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc.’s human resources strategy for the years 2003-2007 is grouped around five focal points in line with Deutsche Telekom’s HR strategy. The focal points are as follows:

 

·                  Managing diversity: we endeavour to leverage group level synergies in order to achieve highest best business returns.

 

·                  Management of personnel expenses: our aim is to achieve a cost effective personnel management based on market information and best international practice.

 

·                  Total compensation: our aim is to ensure performance-based and market-competitive compensation.

 

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·                  Management of skills and competences: we focus on identifying and managing knowledge and skill, and on promoting talent.

 

·                  HR efficiency and quality: our aim is to deliver high-level human resource services meeting the needs of our business partners.

 

Out of the nine core elements of SA8000 (Social Accountability) standard, our human resources strategy highlights the one dealing with the absence of discrimination. As far as other core elements are concerned, our company’s practice is adapted to Hungarian legislative norms (among others the Constitution of the Hungarian Republic, provisions set out in the Labour Code, as well as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights). The principles of justice and equal opportunities are set out in the basic standards articulated in our Code of Ethics published in 1997, which complies with the S-OX (Sarbanes-Oxley) act. Alternative forms of employment like telework, part-time work, flex-work, employment of disabled persons provide possibilities for the practical implementation of equal opportunities.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. continuously cooperates with trade unions and the Workers Council to represent employees’ interests: wage and compensation elements are reviewed once a year and their upward correction is set out in a contract along with headcount efficiency measures.

 

The company’s wage tariff system regulated by way of the Collective Agreement complies with Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which says: „Everybody is entitled to equal wage for equal work without any kind of discrimination.”

 

Magyar Telekom Plc.’s welfare and social benefits constitute an exceedingly wide-ranging pool. A part of them is granted to every employee, while others are available on certain conditions or are of an insurance nature, the basis of which is the employees’ collective contribution. The way social benefits and discretionary benefits are granted is set out in the Collective Agreement and related regulations.

 

Both in its selection processes and during the career of its employees at the company, Magyar Telekom Plc. is committed to ensure for its employees equal opportunities independently from age, gender, ethnicity, religious or political conviction, and sexual orientation. In hiring labour a special attention is paid to granting possibilities to its own employees in the first place, through either horizontal or vertical advancement: this is the FreeJob system (a data base of vacant positions accessible only to Magyar Telekom Plc. employees) accompanied by a regulation for 30 days being reserved for an exclusively internal search. The company operates an Induction Program to effectively help the accommodation of colleagues selected for the position.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. pays special attention to young graduates through the „Starting-Block” trainee program, which grants employment and training to 15-20 graduates each year.

 

The company introduced in 1997 and has continuously developed since then its knowledge management system, which is being used for the measurement of competence and knowledge, for the definition of development areas and the review of individual tasks. Development needs are identified with the help of the Personnel Round Table for middle and top management. Development is available in the following forms:

 

·                  traditional „classroom” training within the company and outside,

 

·                  skills development training (individual and group programs administered by trainers, e.g. team building, self-awareness training)

 

·                  e-learning, i.e. distant training through an individual training „net” (e.g. media training).

 

Both management succession and development of professionals are key aims in the area of advancement and talent management, for which Magyar Telekom Plc. operates several, target-specific talent management programs.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc. is committed to excellence: the results of regular surveys among employees and customers are used as a basis for the improvement of our internal operation. In addition, the company takes advantage of the possibilities rendered by modern technologies to achieve excellence: through the enhancement and use of advanced IT systems it improves operating efficiency.

 

The HR area operates its web-based IT services and, through eHR solutions, it continuously broadens the range of its cost saving, efficiency improving and customer friendly services.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. pays special attention to the high level of the employees’ occupational safety and provides them the conditions of safe work and a working environment, which does not harm health. A special organizational unit is engaged in occupational health and safety of work issues, and develops the company’s safety of work strategy and set of objectives.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. puts a major emphasis on taking care of departing employees: several solutions have been developed to provide for benevolent outplacement and to reduce the number of one-sided terminations. Using the wealth of alternative forms of employment is accompanied by an outplacement system called Chance program to help departing employees find a new employment. The program provides training and helps departing employees’ reintegration in the labour market.

 

Outlook
 

The telecommunications industry is undergoing a major change globally. We have observed several long-term trends which are changing the structure of the Hungarian telecommunications market. Key drivers of the long-term trends include changes in technology (i.e., IP-based broadband products and solutions, emerging wireless broadband technologies), customer requirements (i.e., mobility and ease of use, triple-play solutions), competition and regulation (i.e., low entry barriers, new business models).

 

Magyar Telekom Plc.’s current plans and outlook are based on our current best knowledge and expected circumstances. Nevertheless the behavior of our competitors can hardly be completely predicted. Therefore a stronger than assumed impact of alternative operators, new market entrants and new solutions in any country where Magyar Telekom Plc. is present could influence our business performance negatively.

 

We should emphasize that each segment is affected by its unique business environment, and we are subject to circumstances and events that are yet unforeseen or beyond our control. We have identified several risk factors which may affect our business in the future including changes in the regulatory environment, changes in competition, the unforeseeable effects of the announced stabilization package of the Hungarian government and changes in the foreign exchange rates just to mention the most important ones.

 

We expect that our core business units will be able to continue to generate strong free cash flow. However, there are some significant elements that can have negative effects on the free cash flow, for example, the roll-out of EDR infrastructure and potential acquisitions. Despite these effects we expect to generate solid positive free cash flow in 2008 as well.

 

Revenues

 

The following reflects our current expectations with respect to our plans and initiatives:

 

In the fixed line operations, we expect continued gradual decline in fixed line voice revenues due to continued line reduction and fixed line unit price erosion driven by mobile substitution and the increased competition in the fixed line market, including competition from VoIP or VoCATV providers. As indicated in our strategy, to mitigate the decrease in fixed line voice revenues we are now moving from the traditional traffic-based revenue structure to an access-based revenue structure, which will allow us to substitute declining traffic revenues with content, entertainment and bundled access revenues. Fixed line inter-connection tariffs are expected to be

 

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reduced gradually further in 2008 and in the years after, having additional negative impact on our fixed line revenue streams.

 

As the leading broadband provider in Hungary, we are committed to accelerating growth in country-wide broadband penetration by applying a multi-access cost-efficient approach.

 

We aim to move towards content and media businesses to support traditional access services and build new revenue streams and exploit new revenue sources. We are seeking new revenue sources by entering new non-traditional telecommunication markets such as transactional services and commerce to generate new revenue streams in case a potential business opportunity arises to capture potential growth opportunities on new converged market areas. Recent years’ acquisitions, together with the T-Online capabilities, enable us to achieve success in that segment. On the other hand, we experienced a slow-down of the growth-rate of the broadband market in the second half of 2007. If the weak demand continues in 2008, it could impact negatively the growth of the segment.

 

To maintain sustainable competitiveness in the corporate sector, we have committed to further developing our IT competencies by focusing on complex service offering via managed services, system integration and outsourcing through consultancy-based selling to corporate customers. Expanding our business operation to these new areas with lower EBITDA margins results in a dilutive effect on the EBITDA margin.

 

In the mobile operations, market penetration in Hungary is now almost saturated, and we expect lower growth rates due to a smaller number of potential new subscribers. This trend is partly offset by the migration of prepaid customers to postpaid packages and the future growth potential of value added and data services, which is supported by the continuing roll-out of UMTS and HSDPA services. Accordingly, leveraging on our newly built HSDPA capacities and market leadership in 3G coverage and quality is one of T-Mobile Hungary’s primary strategic priorities on the fast growing wireless broadband market.

 

The expected growth driven by customer base and mobile data is off-set by regulatory measures. Adopting EU regulations on roaming coupled with continuation of gradual cuts of mobile termination fees are expected to decrease revenues significantly. As a result, we expect stable net revenue generation in the Hungarian mobile segment in 2008.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. renewed its mobile concession contract for use of the 900 MHz frequency that expires on November 4, 2008 for an additional term of seven and half years according to an agreement with the Ministry of Economy and Transport. In addition to payment of the HUF 10 billion concession fee Magyar Telekom Plc. has undertaken to spend at least HUF 20 billion in the following two years on further increase of mobile broadband coverage in Hungary.

 

Expenses

 

In line with our strategy, we plan to improve our internal operational efficiency in all segments. We announced a headcount reduction plan in October 2007. The measures are expected to decrease the Group-level headcount by 15 percent by the end of 2008 compared to end of June 2007. The majority of the headcount reduction was implemented at the end of 2007; rest will be implemented gradually in 2008.

 

Though adopted EU roaming regulations and decreasing termination fees result in lower interconnection revenues, this effect is partially offset by decreasing outpayment costs.

 

In line with world market developments and the Hungarian energy market liberalization, we experience rapid growth in energy prices, highly above the inflation level. We expect the trend will continue in 2008, impacting us negatively. We also expect growing expenses in mobile site rental costs as a result of the increasing coverage of 3G services and higher IT costs driven by value added products.

 

We plan to reshuffle our brand portfolio in 2008, similarly to our parent company Deutsche Telekom. We intend to introduce a new brand, “T-Home”, and current fixed line brands will be pulled off from the market.

 

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This move will simplify the company’s market presence from customer point of view, but may cause marketing cost increase in 2008.

 

Gross additions to tangible and intangible assets

 

We aimed to reduce the gross additions to tangible and intangible assets to sales ratio to below 14 percent in 2007 and succeeded in meeting this target (without the fees for mobile license). Excluding potential acquisitions, we expect this ratio to increase in 2008, mostly because of our mobile license contract that includes HUF 20 billion investment obligations for the next two years to increase mobile coverage. We expect an increasing proportion of gross additions to relate to high-growth areas in the fixed line segment, such as Internet, broadband and data transmissions, while our mobile segment will continue the roll-out of the UMTS and HSDPA infrastructure.

 

Revenue and EBITDA targets

 

The increasing revenue contribution of new services will help to maintain revenue levels. However, as these are lower margin services, we expect a slight decline in EBITDA in 2008 compared to the 2007 level.

 

Events after the balance sheet date

 

Privatization tender for Telekom Slovenia

 

Following the completion of due diligence Magyar Telekom filed a binding bid in the public tender of the Republic of Slovenia for the sale of an equity participation in Telekom Slovenije d.d. on January 4, 2007. Later in January it was announced that the Company had not been selected to proceed to the next stage in the public tender process.

 

 

Budapest, March 18, 2008.

 

 

 

Christopher Mattheisen

Thilo Kusch

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Chief Financial Officer

 

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Report of the Supervisory Board

of Magyar Telekom Plc.

to the General Meeting

on the Y2007 operation of the Company and the Group

 

The Supervisory Board has reviewed the Reports of the Company’s Board of Directors in respect of the performance, financial status and business prospects of the Company and the Group in the Y2007.

 

The Supervisory Board focused on the following priorities:

 

1.                    the compliance of the operation of the Company with the legal expectations and requirements,

 

2.                    the compliance of the applied accounting practices with the Hungarian Accounting Regulations (HAR) and with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS),

 

3.                    whether the operation and decisions of the Board of Directors served the best interest of the shareholders.

 

The Supervisory Board summarizes its position as follows:

 

I.                                         The business operations of the Company and the Group met the expectations of the shareholders in the 2007 business year; the main business lines could keep the leading position in the strong competitive environment on the market.

 

II.                                     The Supervisory Board hereby states that the After-tax Net Income of the Company for the 2007 business year is HUF 35,634 million (say: thirty-five billion, six hundred and thirty-four million Forints) and the Balance Sheet Total Assets of the Company for the 2007 business year are HUF 942,877 million (say: nine hundred and forty-two billion, eight hundred and seventy-seven million Forints). The Annual Report of the Company has been prepared according to the Hungarian Accounting Regulations (HAR).

 

The consolidated Profit after tax of the Magyar Telekom Group for the 2007 business year (before the deduction of HUF 12,901 million attributable to minority interests) is HUF 73,056 million (say: seventy-three billion, fifty-six million Forints) and the consolidated Balance Sheet Total Assets of the Magyar Telekom Group are HUF 1,135,578 million (say: one trillion, one hundred and thirty-five billion, five hundred and seventy-eight million Forints). The Consolidated Financial Statements of the Magyar Telekom Group have been prepared according to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

 

The Supervisory Board acknowledges that the dividend payable to the shareholders is established at HUF 77,051,913,476 (say: seventy-seven billion, fifty-one million, nine hundred and thirteen thousand, four hundred and seventy-six Forints).

 

III.           The Supervisory Board monitored the Management’s decisions; discussed the Management reports: the Group financial reports, the Group Strategy, the reports on the Group acquisition activities, restructuring of the Company.

 

IV.           The Supervisory Board approved the Annual Audit Plan of the independent Internal Audit organization for the year 2007. The Supervisory Board requested and received regular reports about each and every audit finding, recommended audit measures and

 



 

about the status of the implementation of these measures. The Director of the Internal Audit is a permanent invitee of the Supervisory Board Meetings where he regularly responded to the further issues raised in connection with certain audits.

 

V.            The Supervisory Board paid special attention in the year 2007 to the following audit topics: compliance with SOX 404 requirements, integrity of the financial statements, procurement processes, security of IT systems, integration processes, CRM, business solutions.

 

VI.           In line with the provisions of the Directive on “Procedures for treatments of complains/comments regarding accounting matters” the Supervisory Board had all the reports known by the Internal Audit investigated and reports were made about them. The Group has made the necessary measures in all cases to prevent repeated occurrence.

 

VII.          The Supervisory Board monitored the progress of the Corporate Compliance Program.

 

VIII.        The Supervisory Board also reviewed the reports on the activities of the Audit Committee.

 

Based on its findings in the course of the continuous monitoring of the business operations of the Company and the Magyar Telekom Group the Supervisory Board recommends that the General Meeting should:

 

·                  approve the Y2007 Annual Report of the Company prepared according to the Hungarian Accounting Regulations (HAR) with the Balance Sheet Total Assets and After-tax Net Income as proposed by the Board of Directors,

 

·                  approve the Y2007 Consolidated Financial Statements of the Magyar Telekom Group prepared according to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) with the Balance Sheet Total Assets and Profit after tax as proposed by the Board of Directors,

 

·                  accept the Auditor’s reports,

 

·                  accept the proposal of the Board of Directors on the dividend payment,

 

·                  approve the Corporate Governance Report for 2007.

 

April 9, 2008

 



 

 

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers Kft.

 

H-1077 Budapest

 

Wesselényi u. 16.

 

 

 

H-1438 Budapest, P. O. Box 517

 

HUNGARY

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT

 

(Free translation)

Telephone:

(36-1) 461 - 9100

 

Facsimile:

(36-1) 461 - 9101

 

Internet:

www.pwc.com/hu

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Nyrt.

 

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Magyar Telekom Nyrt. (“the Company”) which comprise the balance sheet as of 31 December 2007 (in which the balance sheet total is HUF 942,877 million, the profit per balance sheet is HUF 35,634 million, the related profit and loss account for the year then ended, and the notes to the financial statement including a summary of the main accounting policies as well as other disclosures.

 

Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements

 

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with the provisions of the Accounting Act and accounting principles generally accepted in Hungary. This responsibility includes: designing, implementing and maintaining internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error; selecting and applying appropriate accounting policies; and making accounting estimates that are reasonable in the circumstances.

 

Auditor’s Responsibility

 

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit and to assess whether or not the accounting information disclosed in the business report is consistent with that contained in the financial statements. We conducted our audit in accordance with Hungarian and International Standards on Auditing and with applicable laws and regulations in force in Hungary. Those Standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

 

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our work in respect of the

 



 

business report was limited to checking it in within the aforementioned scope and did not include a review of any information other than that drawn from the audited accounting records of the Company.

 

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

 

Opinion

 

During our work we have audited the components and disclosures along with the underlying accounting records and supporting documentation in the financial statements of Magyar Telekom Nyrt. in accordance with the Hungarian and International Standards on auditing and, on the basis of our audit work, we have gained sufficient and appropriate evidence that the financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provision of the accounting law and with accounting principles generally accepted in Hungary. In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of Magyar Telekom Nyrt. as of 31 December 2007, and of the results of its operations for the year then ended. The business report is consistent with the disclosures in the financial statements.

 

Without qualifying our opinion we draw your attention to the fact that the attached financial statements have been prepared for the consideration of the shareholders at the forthcoming General Meeting and, as such, do not reflect the effects, if any, of resolutions that might be adopted at that meeting.

 

Budapest, April 10,2008

 

Nick Kós

Hegedűsné Szűcs Márta

Partner

Statutory auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers Kft.

Licence number: 006838

1077 Budapest, Wesselényi u. 16.

 

License Number: 001464

 

 

Translation note:

 

The accompanying financial statements are not intended to present the financial position and results of operations and cash flows in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in jurisdictions other than Hungary.

 



 

 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT OF

MAGYAR TELEKOM NYRT.

 

Approved by The Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Nyrt. on March 18, 2008 with Resolution

No. 3/4 (03 18 2008)

and the Supervisory Board on March 26, 2008 with Resolution No. 1/7 (03 26 2008).

The Audit Committee reviewed and evaluated the Report at its March 19, 2008 meeting.

 



 

Corporate Governance Report

of Magyar Telekom Nyrt.

 

The Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company (hereinafter „Magyar Telekom” or „Company”)

 

based on

 

·                            the Corporate Governance Recommendations of the Budapest Stock Exchange Zrt., published in October, 2007, and

·                            the provisions of Act IV. of 2006 on Business Associations („Company Act”) (especially Section 312),

 

taking into account

 

·                            the Recommendations of the European Commission (“Commission”) fostering an appropriate regime for the remuneration of directors of listed companies (2004/913/EK), and

·                            and the Commission’s Recommendations on the role of non-executive or supervisory directors of listed companies and on the committees of the (supervisory) board (2005/162/EK),

 

approves and submits to the Annual General Meeting the below Corporate Governance Report and declaration.

 

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1. A brief presentation of the operation of the Board of Directors, and a description of the division of responsibility and duties between the Board and the executive management

 

Magyar Telekom’s Board of Directors (“Board” or “Board of Directors”) is the Company’s executive body that represents the Company towards third parties and before courts and other authorities. The Board of Directors exercises its rights and performs its obligations as an independent body.

 

The members of the Board of Directors shall act with due care as it is generally expected from persons in such positions and - unless it is otherwise provided in the Company Act — must give priority to the interest of the company. The members of the Board shall be liable towards the Company pursuant to the general provisions of the civil law in case of causing damage to the Company through breaching the laws, the Articles of Associations (“Articles”), the resolutions of the General Meeting (“General Meeting”) of the Company and their managerial duties. The indemnification liability of the members of the Board towards the Company is joint and severable according to the provisions of the Civil Code on jointly causing damage. If the damage was caused by the resolution of the management as a body, those members are exempted from such liabilities who did not participate in the voting or voted against the resolution in question. The members of the Board of Directors shall bear unlimited and joint liability for those damages that arise from the announcement of false data, rights or facts to the Company Register or the late announcement of the same in addition to failing to file such announcement at all.

 

The Board of Directors is not an operative management body. In other words, the Board of Directors is not involved in the Company’s daily business. The Board acts in all matters that do not fall in the competence of the General Meeting. Among other responsibilities, it approves the Company’s strategy, business plan, major organizational changes and key transactions, appoints the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and the Chief Officers, concludes employment agreements with and removes the CEO and Chief Officers, and determines the remuneration and target tasks on the basis of which it evaluates the performance of the top management.

 

For the purpose of the operative control and effective day-to-day management of the Company the Board of Directors established the Management Committee the members of which are the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Human Resources Officer, the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), the Chief Technical Officer, the leader of the new Alternative Businesses and Corporate Development Segment area, the leader of the Residential Services Line of Business and the leader of the Business Services Line of Business. The Management Committee acts within the scope of competences assigned to it by the Board of Directors. The competences of the Management Committee include decisions on all matters that based on the laws, the Articles of Association of the Company and the Rules of Procedure of the Board of Directors, do not fall into the exclusive competences of the General Meeting or the Board of Directors. The Management Committee reports to the Board of Directors on the operation and status of Magyar Telekom Group at each Board meeting.

 

Due to the fact that in line with the above, the Board of Directors delegated several competences to the Management Committee we answered “no” to several questions in the declaration to this Corporate Governance Report, because in these cases the Company does comply with the given recommendation but based on the decision of the Board of Directors the given issue is within the Management Committee’s scope of competence delegated to it by the Board of Directors.

 

The detailed rules on the tasks, competences and operation of the Management Committee are contained in the Rules of Procedure approved by the Board of Directors: http://matrix.telekom.intra/vig_titkarsag/file/MC-ugyrend-2008-eng.doc

 

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2. The introduction of the members of the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board and the executive management (in the case of Board members, including the status of independence of the different members), a description of the structure of committees.

 

For more details with regard to the members of the Board of Directors, the supervisory board of Magyar Telekom (“Supervisory Board”) and the senior management please visit the web site of Magyar Telekom:

 

·                            http://www.magyartelekom.hu/befektetoknek/vallalatiranyitas/igazgatosag/tagok.vm

·                            http://www.magyartelekom.hu/befektetoknek/vallalatiranyitas/felugyelobizottsag/tagok.vm#

·                            http://www.magyartelekom.hu/rolunk/felsovezetok.vm

 

The Board of Directors is comprised of a minimum of six (6), and a maximum of eleven (11) members. The members of the Board of Directors shall be elected by the General Meeting. The assignment of the members of the Board of Directors lasts for a term of three years from the date of the annual General Meeting until May, 31 of the third year subsequent to the date of the said General Meeting with the exception, that if the General Meeting in the third year is held prior to May 31 than their assignment lasts until the date thereof. The members of the Board of Directors can be recalled or re-elected by the General Meeting at any time. The Board of Directors operates in line with the Rules of Procedure, in compliance with the laws and the Articles of Association.

 

The Company Act does not include requirements with regard to the independency of the members of the board of directors if besides the board of directors there is also a supervisory board operating at the company. Currently 3 members of the Board of Directors meets the independency criteria set forth in the Recommendations: Frank Odzuck, dr. Mihály Gálik, dr. István Földesi.

 

According to the Articles of Association of the Company the Supervisory Board of the Company is comprised of at least three (3) but maximum fifteen (15) members. The Supervisory Board acts as a body. The Supervisory Board elects a Chairman from among its members and, except for cases set forth in its Rules of Procedure, makes decisions with simple majority. The Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom is currently comprised of eleven (11) members. The members are elected by the Annual General Meeting for three years. The Supervisory Board carries out its tasks according to its Rules of Procedure that is established by the Supervisory Board and approved by the General Meeting.

 

Independent members of the Supervisory Board — according to the Company Act: dr. László Pap, dr. Ádám Farkas, dr. Sándor Kerekes, dr. János Illéssy, Attila Csizmadia and Konrad Kreuzer. Dr. György Szapáry who was a member between March 1, 2007 and December 10, 2007 was also an independent member.

 

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3. The number of meetings held in the relevant period by the Board of Directors, Supervisory Board and committees, including the number of members attending

 

Section 5 discusses the work of the individual committees in details therefore we analyzed here the above parameters with regard to the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board.

 

In 2007 the Board of Directors held five meetings, at which the overall rate of attendance of the members (either personally or by telephone conference) was 94%. The Board of Directors adopted resolutions without holding a meeting in eight cases through the procedure of voting by fax as regulated in the Rules of Procedure.

 

The most important issues discussed by the Board of Directors in 2007 were as follows:

 

·                  Decisions on the bonus achievement for the management in 2006 based on recommendation of the Remuneration Committee;

·                  Proposal on the approval of the Y2006 financial statements, the use of the profit after tax and the dividend to the General Meeting;

·                  Setting targets for the management for 2008;

·                  Approval of the mid-term strategy and budget for years 2007-2009;

·                  M&A decisions (e.g. merger of Emitel Zrt. and T-Online Zrt.);

·                  Proposal on the new, customer-focused operation model, implemented from January, 2008;

·                  Review of the compliance program.

 

The Supervisory Board held 4 meetings in business year 2007 at which the average rate of participation was 89% and adopted written resolutions without holding a meeting in two cases.

 

The most important issues discussed by the Supervisory Board in 2007 were as follows:

 

·                  Review the reports, submissions on the agenda of the General Meeting;

·                  Review the reports of the management: Group financial statements, Group Strategy, reports on the Group acquisition activities, restructuring of the organization of the Company;

·                  The reports on the activitiy of the Internal Audit and the Audit Plan of the Internal Audit;

·                  Review the progress of the corporate compliance program;

·                  Review the reports on the activities of the Audit Committee.

 

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4. The presentation of viewpoints considered when evaluating the work of the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board, the executive management, as well as of the different members. Reference to whether evaluation carried out in the relevant period has resulted in any changes

 

The Y2007 self assessment of the Board of Directors is published on the web site of the Company. The self assessment primarily focused on

 

·                  the shareholder relations,

·                  the enforcement of the strategic and business plans of the Company and

·                  the assessment of the legal and ethical requirements.

 

Within the framework of the Y2007 performance evaluation of the Supervisory Board the following viewpoints — among others - were taken into account:

 

·                  whether the organization and members of the of Supervisory Board, the operation of the Supervisory Board was ensured in business year 2007 as prescribed in the Articles of Association of the Company as well as the Rules of Procedure of the Supervisory Board;

·                  whether the Supervisory Board, based on its legal status, scope of authorities and responsibilities as included in the Articles and the Rules of Procedure of the Supervisory Board, properly fulfilled its tasks in business year 2007;

·                  whether the Supervisory Board deems it necessary to take further actions to follow-up steps in the individually assessed cases.

 

Within the framework of the evaluation of the Y2007 performance of the Supervisory Board the following viewpoints were taking into account at the assessment of the individual members and also whether based on these viewpoints their relevant competence was ensured:

 

·                  Dr. László Pap: Independence, expertise in technical — telecommunications technology — field, experience as member of the Audit Committee and as member of the board of directors of an international company.

·                  Dr. Ádám Farkas: Independence, expertise in economy, finance and banking, experience as financial advisor, as member of the Stock Exchange Council, as chief executive officer of banks, as chairman of Audit Committee and as its financial expert.

·                  Dr. Sándor Kerekes: Independence, expertise in economy and business management, experience as member of the Audit Committee.

·                  Dr. János Illéssy: Independence, expertise in technical field and economy, experience as chief financial officer of quoted companies, as member of the Audit Committee.

·                  Konrad Kreuzer: Independence, expertise and experience in law and business affairs.

·                  Attila Csizmadia: Independence, expertise in telecommunications, experience in economy and finance, at government bodies, also as member of the EU Governmental Expert Committee for Post and Telecommunications.

·                  Jutta Burke: Experience in reporting according to US GAAP and IFRS, in US GAAP and SEC compliance matters.

·                  Péter Vermes: Expertise in technical — telecommunications — field, experience as employees’ representative and chairman of the Central Workers’ Council.

·                  István Koszorú: Experience as employees’ representative, an official and chairman of the Workers’ Council.

·                  György Varju: Experience as employees’ representative, chairman of the Workers’ Council, and member of the Central Workers’ Council.

·                  Gellért Kadlót: Experience as employees’ representative, as chairman of the Workers’ Council.

 

The Chairman of the Supervisory Board initiated the amendment of the Rules of Procedure of the Supervisory Board with regard to the allocation of resources so that the Supervisory Board can carry out its supervisory

 

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tasks. The Supervisory Board is committed to increase its efficiency and to comply with the rules of the Stock Market.

 

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5. Report on the operation of different committees, including the introduction of the members of the committees (professional background), the number of meetings held, the number of members attending the meetings, as well as the most important issues discussed at the meetings and the general operation of the committee. If the Board of Directors has passed a resolution on an issue contrary to the recommendations of the committee, the presentation of the operations of the Audit Committee shall include that fact (as well as the reasons of the Board of Directors for doing so). It is recommended that reference be made to the company’s website, where the tasks delegated to the committees, the rules of procedure of the committees and the date of appointing the members should be disclosed.

 

Audit Committee

 

Chairman of the Audit Committee:

 

·                  Dr. Ádám Farkas.

 

Members of the Audit Committee:

 

·                  Dr. László Pap

·                  Dr. Sándor Kerekes

·                  Dr. János Illéssy.

 

There is more detailed information on the members of the Audit Committee on the following web site: http://www.magyartelekom.hu/befektetoknek/vallalatiranyitas/ellenorzobizottsag/fooldal.vm.

 

The members of the Audit Committee are assigned from April 26, 2007 until May 31, 2010. (Dr. György Szapáry resigned his membership in the Audit Committee with the effect of December 10, 2007.)

 

The purpose of the Committee is, inter alia, to oversee:

 

·                  the integrity of the Company’s financial statements,

·                  the Company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements falling within the scope of authorities and responsibilities of the Committee,

·                  the qualifications and independence of the Company’s independent external auditor,

·                  the performance of the Company’s internal audit function and independent auditors.

 

The Committee acts independently within its scope of authority provided in the Company Act, in Hungarian Act CXX of 2001 on the Capital Market and in the Articles of Association, and in compliance with the rules and regulations of the Budapest Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), as well as the provisions and rules of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”).

 

The Audit Committee held 9 meetings in the previous business year of 2007, with 86% average participation rate. The Audit Committee made further written resolutions without holding a meeting on 9 issues on 5 occasions.

 

The Chief Financial Officer of the Company, the leader of the Internal Audit, the representatives of the independent external auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers Kft. („PwC”) and subsequent to her appointment, the Group compliance director, participated all meetings of the Audit Committee — except for the discussion of agenda items discussed within the frame of closed meetings by the decision of the Audit Committee.

 

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The Audit Committee has been conducting and is conducting an independent internal investigation with the involvement of an independent outside counsel regarding certain contracts and conduct involving the Company and certain of its affiliates (the “Independent Investigation”). The Audit Committee has been supervising and is supervising the work of the independent outside counsel involved in the Independent Investigation.

 

The Audit Committee, during the supervision of the independent auditor - inter alia - discussed the below subject matters with the auditor:

 

·                  audit according to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 („SOX” or „SOX 404”) — Magyar Telekom’s internal controls over financial reporting;

·                  Y2006 audit;

·                  independent auditor reports on the Y2006 Consolidated Financial Statements of Magyar Telekom Group prepared according to the International Financial Reporting Standards („IFRS”) and the Y2006 Annual Report of the Company prepared according to the Hungarian Accounting Standards („HAR”);

·                  enforcement of the professional requirements and conflict of interest stipulations towards the independent auditor;

·                  formal written statement of PwC in which the auditor specifies its relation to the Company according to Standard No. 1 of the Independence Standards Board;

·                  designation of the auditor, personally responsible for the audit of the Company as well as the deputy auditor;

·                  Y2005-2006 Management Letter and the response of the management of the Company;

·                  independent auditor’s report on the management’s assessment and on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006;

·                  Y2007 audit;

·                  specific pre-approval of the audit and audit related services to be provided by PwC.

 

The Audit Committee — inter alia — discussed the below important issues at its meetings:

 

·                  the services of the independent external auditor and its fees;

·                  reports on the activities of the Internal Audit, Audit Plan of the Internal Audit;

·                  Y2006 Consolidated Financial Statements of Magyar Telekom Group prepared according to the IFRS and the Y2006 Annual Report of the Company prepared according to the HAR;

·                  SOX 404 compliance, Annual Report on the SOX compliance of Magyar Telekom and its internal control system, Status of significant SOX compliance deficiencies;

·                  20-F annual reports of Magyar Telekom Plc. for the fiscal years ending on December 31, 2005 and 2006;

·                  the risk management system of Magyar Telekom Group, quarterly risk management reports;

·                  the operation of the financial reporting system at Magyar Telekom;

·                  issues pertaining to the Independent Investigation;

·                  adequacy of the remedial actions taken in response to the findings of the Independent Investigation and the implementation of the compliance program.

 

Though there was an example where in 2007 the Board of Directors decided against the proposal of the Audit Committee, in February, 2008 the respective decision was made in line with the proposal of the Audit Committee.

 

The Rules of Procedure of the Audit Committee, approved on February 15, 2008, - including the tasks delegated to the Audit Committee — is accessible on the following web site: http://www.magyartelekom.hu/english/investorrelations/corporategovernance/auditcommittee/main.vm

 

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Remuneration Committee:

 

The Remuneration Committee is comprised of three members, assigned for the same period as the members of the Board of Directors.

 

The current members are:

 

·                  Frank Odzuck

·                  Michael Günther

·                  Dr. Ralph Rentschler

 

The professional experience of the members is accessible in details on the following web site of the Company: (http://www.magyartelekom.hu/befektetoknek/vallalatiranyitas/igazgatosag/tagok.vm).

 

The rules of the operation of the committee is contained in its Rules of Procedure:

http://matrix.telekom.intra/vig_titkarsag/file/Rules-of-procedure-for-the-RC-20061205.doc

 

In 2007 the Remuneration Committee held 3 meetings.

 

The issues discussed were as follows:

 

·                  March, 2007: assessment of the Y2006 targets of the top management of Magyar Telekom Group and personnel related issues (participation rate: 100%)

·                  September, 2007: personnel issues (participation rate: 100%)

·                  December, 2007: determination of the Y2008 targets of the top managers of Magyar Telekom Group (participation rate: 67%)

 

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6. The presentation of the system of internal controls and the evaluation of the activity in the relevant period. Report on the efficiency and effectiveness of risk management procedures. (Information on where the report on internal controls by the Board of Directors may be viewed by shareholders.)

 

The presentation of the system of internal controls, evaluation of the activity in the relevant period.

 

Magyar Telekom is compliant with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as an independent registrant Company in the U.S. As required by section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the management of Magyar Telekom is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate “internal control over financial reporting”. Our system of internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union (“IFRS”). Our internal control system is based on the framework and criteria established in “Internal Control—Integrated Framework” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). The management has established and maintains documentation of internal controls over financial reporting. The internal control system has been grouped into two levels of documentation:

 

·                  The company-level controls include the following (in line with PCAOB Audit Standard No. 5):

 

·                  controls related to the control environment

·                  controls over management override

·                  the company’s risk assessment process

·                  controls to monitor results of operations

·                  controls to monitor other controls, including the activities of the internal audit function, the Audit Committee and self-assessment programs

·                  controls over the period-end reporting process

·                  policies that address significant business control and risk management practices.

 

·                  Transaction Level Controls describe the controls built into our business processes that have been designed and operated to ensure that material misstatements in each significant financial account and disclosure within the financial statements are prevented or detected in a timely manner.

 

In line with the criteria of the adopted internal control framework, management evaluates the effectiveness of internal control system within each financial year. Management’s assessment for 2007 is still in progress, but based on the already available information, we believe that internal control system has been operating effectively to prevent material misstatements in the financial statements.

 

The Company disclosed its report on the internal controls with regard to the reliability of financial reports in the 20F report.

 

Risk management policies

 

It is our policy that all disclosures made by us to our security holders and the investment community be accurate and complete, and fairly present our financial condition and results of operations in all material respects. Such disclosures should be made on a timely basis as required by applicable laws, rules and regulations, including by-laws of the Budapest Stock Exchange and rules adopted by the SEC. To achieve these objectives there is a Disclosure Committee operating at the Company and also we developed and have continuously enhanced our risk management policies.

 

Our risk management includes identification, assessment and evaluation of risks, development of necessary action plans, as well as monitoring of performance and results. For risk management to be effective, we must ensure that management take business decisions with full understanding of all relevant risks.

 

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In 1999, we established a formal risk management system. This system has been operating in an integrated way with the risk management system of Deutche Telekom in since 2002.

 

All risks related to material internal and external operations, financial and legal compliance and certain other risks are evaluated and managed by a well-defined internal mechanism. A risk management manual and a Chief Executive Officer directive on risk management were prepared. A risk management course was developed for employees responsible for risk management in all organizational areas. Risk items affecting our operations are reviewed quarterly throughout the group. All of our departments and subsidiaries are obliged to identify and report their operational risks on a quarterly basis. After evaluation of these risks, results are reported to our management, the Audit Committee and to Deutsche Telekom.

 

Following the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, we decided to enhance our risk management procedures. As this new law requires prompt disclosure of all risk items influencing investors’ decisions, we complemented our quarterly risk reporting system with a continuous reporting procedure which requires all the organizations of the group to report on a real-time basis any new material fact, information or risk that comes to their knowledge. Information thus submitted is monitored by the risk management area and CFO is notified when a new material risk or information is identified.

 

A CEO directive has been issued to define responsibilities of each employee in risk monitoring and management. We introduced the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, our enhanced reporting and corporate governance obligations and the enhanced risk reporting procedures to our colleagues through e-learning. The personnel scope of the training covered all employees.

 

The Disclosure Committee of the Company supports CEO and CFO in fulfilling their responsibility to oversee processes designed to ensure accuracy and timeliness of our disclosures.

 

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7. Information on whether the auditor has carried out any activities not related to auditing

 

Based on the effective Pre-approval Rules of the Audit Committee the independent external auditor — upon the general pre-approval or the specific pre-approval of the Audit Committee — provided the below service for the Company in Y2007 besides the audit type of services:

 

·                  audit related services;

·                  tax services.

 

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8. A detailed presentation of the company’s disclosure policy, and its policy on trading by insiders

 

Disclosure policy of the Company

 

It is Magyar Telekom’s policy that all disclosures made by the Company to its security holders or the investment community should be accurate and complete, and fairly present the Company’s financial condition and results of operations in all material respects, and such disclosures should be made on a timely basis as required by applicable laws and requirements of the Budapest Stock Exchange the NYSE, the SEC and the Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority (“HFSA”).

 

The procedures currently used by the Company are designed to ensure that: information required by the Company to be disclosed to the BSE, NYSE, SEC and HFSA (Annual and Quarterly Reports, Registrations Statements, 20-F Filings and 6-K Submissions) as well as any and all other written information that the Company discloses from time to time to the investment community (presentations to rating agencies and information contained on the Magyar Telekom Group investor relations website) is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported accurately and on a timely basis as well as that the information is collected and transferred to the management to ensure that timely decisions are made on the disclosure.

 

Since July 3, 2003 a Disclosure Committee has been operating at the Company that tasks of which include — among others — to elaborate, supervise and monitor processes and procedures described above. The Disclosure Committee is comprised of such managers who are jointly well informed on the significant and complex aspects of the business and financial activities as well as the risks of the Company.

 

An external legal firm is retained by the Company as an advisor to monitor the changes of SEC and NYSE rules and to notify the Company if such changes occur. Within the framework of an internal audit the Company reviews its disclosure processes each year.

 

Policy in connection with the prohibition of insider trading

 

The shares of Magyar Telekom are traded on both the Budapest Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange.  Therefore, the trading of Magyar Telekom securities is regulated by the Hungarian legislation and government (including the Hungarian FSA) and United States legislation and government (including SEC).

 

With the aim of ensuring enforcement of the requirements of the legal environment Magyar Telekom created its own regulation which applies to all organizations of Magyar Telekom and those affiliated companies in which Magyar Telekom has 25% or more direct or indirect ownership or voting rights.

 

Based on he Hungarian securities laws and United States federal and state securities laws Magyar Telekom prohibits:

 

(a) the direct or indirect purchase or sale of securities while in possession of inside information and

(b) the disclosure of inside information to others who then trade in securities (hereinafter: tip or tipping).

 

The regulation defines the scope of insider information, the definition of insider trading as well as the scope of insider persons.

 

Magyar Telekom does encourage investment in Magyar Telekom securities by its employees and directors. However, it states some general trading guidelines as well as specific restrictions regarding the timing of trading in Magyar Telekom securities.

 

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Trading guidelines:

 

·                  Magyar Telekom strongly recommends that all insider persons refrain from any transactions in Magyar Telekom securities other than during the period beginning on the third (3rd) trading day following the release of quarterly or annual financial results and ending ten calendar days later (so called „window period”).

·                  The safest period for trading in Magyar Telekom securities, assuming the absence of inside information, is generally the first few days of the window period. Periods other than window periods are more highly sensitive for transactions in Magyar Telekom securities from the perspective of compliance with applicable securities laws.  However, trading in Magyar Telekom securities during a window period should not be considered a “safe harbor.”

·                  Even after inside information is disclosed, sufficient time must pass to permit the market and outside investors to digest the information and make investment decisions before insider persons can trade in Magyar Telekom securities.  Even during a window period, any person possessing inside information may not engage in any transactions in Magyar Telekom securities until the commencement of the third trading day after inside information is publicly disclosed.

·                  Regulatory authorities scrutinize securities trading with special attention. Consequently, before trading in Magyar Telekom securities, you should carefully consider how the authorities, in the future, might view your concluded transactions with special attention.

·                  Every insider person has the individual responsibility to comply with the relevant regulations, regardless of whether Magyar Telekom has recommended a window period to that insider person or any other insider person. The guidelines set forth in Magyar Telekom’s directive are guidelines only, and appropriate judgment should be exercised in connection with any transaction in Magyar Telekom securities.

·                  An insider person may, from time to time, have to forego a proposed transaction in Magyar Telekom securities even if he or she planned to make the transaction before learning of the inside information and even though the insider person believes he or she may suffer an economic loss or forego anticipated profit by waiting.

 

In addition to the aforementioned trading guidelines the directive also states that specific restriction periods, which are prescribed in the Capital Markets Act also apply to specific categories of insider persons described therein.

 

Magyar Telekom in its directive draws the attention that insider persons, in addition to being forbidden from using inside information to trade in securities for their own advantage, are also prohibited from tipping inside information to an outsider (any person other than a Magyar Telekom employee, officer or director, and includes friends, business associates, spouses or family members), who then trades on that information.

 

In certain cases transactions must be immediately announced to the authority or to the public by the insider person and / or by the issuer. In order to support compliance with the announcement obligations insider persons shall without delay fill in and send a form if they concluded a transaction with Magyar Telekom shares and Magyar Telekom shall file the necessary announcements and disclosures on behalf of certain insider persons.

 

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9. A detailed demonstration of the methods of exercising shareholders’ rights

 

The holder of each Series “A” Share shall be entitled to one vote at the General Meeting of the Company and to all such rights attributed to such shareholder by the Companies Act or the Articles. The owner of the security — unless the contrary is proved — shall be the person on whose account the security is registered. The transfer of registered or interim share certificates shall be effective with respect to the Company when the name of the new owner of the shares has been entered in the shareholders’ register.

 

The Board of Directors of the Company through the registrar assigned by the Board according to Section 202.§ (2) of the Act, maintains a shareholders’ register of the holders of registered shares (including holders of interim share certificates or preliminary share certificates) and shareholders’ proxies by the class of shares, in which the name - in case of a joint representative the relevant data of the joint representative respectively - and address (seat) of each shareholder (shareholder’s proxy) as well as the shareholding of each shareholder by the share series is recorded. The Company maintains a computerized shareholders’ register.

 

Whenever a dividend or interim dividend is declared by the General Meeting, shareholders shall be entitled to such dividend or interim dividend in proportion to the nominal value of their shares.

 

In the event of dissolution of the Company, the assets of the Company shall be distributed, after satisfying creditors, among all of the shareholders of the Company, such distribution to occur in accordance with the ratio of the nominal value of each shareholder’s shares to the total registered capital of the Company.

 

Shareholders whose names have not been entered into the shareholders’ register and shareholders who acquired their shares in violation of the restrictions in the Articles pertaining to the transfer and the acquisition of shares shall not be allowed to exercise their rights attached to such shares vis-á-vis the Company.

 

If the General Meeting establishes that the company has made profit and determines that dividends should be paid, only those shareholders or shareholder representatives shall be entitled to such dividends who are owners with respect to the record date of identification of beneficial owner and the statutory required data of which are available for the payment of dividends.

 

The General Meeting shall be convened if shareholders representing at least five percent of the votes request the Board of Directors in writing to convene the General Meeting, stipulating the reason for and the object of their request. The court of registration shall convene the General Meeting if the convocation of the General Meeting is requested in compliance with the above outlined procedure and the Board of Directors fails to act within a period of 30 days or fails to convene the General Meeting within the shortest notice period required by the law or the Articles after such action.

 

Each shareholder has the right to attend the General Meeting, request information and comment on issues at the General Meeting.  Holders of voting shares have the right to make proposals and to vote.

 

The Board of Directors shall provide the necessary information to any shareholder with respect to any matter on the agenda of the General Meeting upon the request of such shareholder submitted in writing to the Board of Directors at least 8 days prior to the General Meeting. The Board of Directors may refuse to provide such information only if that would violate a substantial business interest or business secret of the Company. As part of the rights of shareholders to information shareholders may not have access to the business books and other business documents of the Company.

 

The condition of participating at the General Meeting is that the shareholder or the nominee (except proxy holders acting on the basis of the authorization of the shareholder issued in the form of a public instrument or a private document of full probative force) is registered as such in the shareholders’ register at least six (6) working days prior to the date of the General Meeting.

 

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The detailed rules of exercising shareholder’s rights are contained in the Articles of Association of the Company that is available on the web site of the Company:

http://matrix.telekom.intra/vig_titkarsag/file/alapszabaly-2007-jun-29-english-dolt.doc

 

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10. A brief presentation of rules on the conducting of the General Meeting

 

The General Meeting is the highest decision-making body of the Company, comprised of the shareholders. The decisions of the General Meeting, which are referred to as resolutions, are binding upon the shareholders, the other organs and the officers of the Company.

 

The Company shall hold a General Meeting at least once each year (the “Annual General Meeting”) where the annual balance sheet of the Company shall be approved.  The Annual General Meeting shall occur no later than April 30 of the year immediately subsequent to the business year in question. In addition to the Annual General Meeting, the Company may hold extraordinary General Meetings at any time, if necessary.

 

Notice of each General Meeting of the Company — unless otherwise provided by the Companies Act - shall be published in the manner stipulated by the applicable law and the Articles for the publication of the Company’s notices and advertisements 30 days prior to the date of such General Meeting. The public notice of the General Meeting of the Company shall be published by the body responsible for the convocation of the General Meeting either by law or by the Articles.

 

The General Meeting shall be properly constituted with a quorum if shareholders representing more than half of the shares carrying voting rights at such General Meeting are present in person or by proxy within 60 minutes of the time stipulated in the public notice convening the General Meeting.  A second General Meeting convened and held within two hours from the time of the original General Meeting without a sufficient number of shares present to constitute a quorum shall have a quorum for the purposes of considering items on the agenda of the postponed General Meeting regardless of the voting rights represented at such meeting.

 

Votes for or against a proposed resolution or amendment cast in accordance with the provisions of the Articles shall be regarded as votes duly cast. Abstentions shall not be considered as votes duly cast. The General Meeting shall adopt its resolutions by a simple majority vote except for resolutions on issues listed in the Articles in Section 6.2. (a)-(f), (k), (m), (p), (q) and (t), which shall require at least a three-quarters majority of the votes cast. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the General Meeting decides to override a resolution of the Board of Directors, such shareholders resolution shall be binding only if a three-quarter majority of the votes of the shareholders that are present vote in favor of such a resolution.

 

The detailed rules of conducting the General Meeting are contained in Section 6 of the Articles of Association of the Company that is published on the web site of the Company:

http://matrix.telekom.intra/vig_titkarsag/file/alapszabaly-2007-jun-29-english-dolt.doc

 

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11. Remuneration statement

 

Compensation of Board Members, Supervisory Board Members and Audit Committee Members

 

According to the resolutions passed on the General Meeting in April 2007 the remuneration of Board Members, Supervisory Board Members and Audit Committee Members at the Company are as follows:

 

The Chairman of the Board of Directors:

HUF 546 000 per month

The Members of the Board of Directors:

HUF 364 000 per month

The Chairman of the Supervisory Board:

HUF 448 000 per month

The Members of the Supervisory Board:

HUF 294 000 per month

The Chairman of the Audit Committee:

HUF 294 000 per month

The Members of the Audit Committee:

HUF 147 000 per month

 

Compensation of Management Committee Members

 

The compensation packages of Management Committee members have been designed in line with the strategic investor’s compensation guidelines — reflecting general characteristic features of the industry that is applicable in Hungary — (Global Compensation Guideline for Senior Executives of the Deutsche Telekom Group) issued in 2002.

 

With respect to the size of each element of the compensation package the Remuneration Committee submits its proposals in consideration of domestic benchmark surveys. Final decision is taken by Magyar Telekom’s Board of Directors. Compensation of Management Committee members is reviewed once each year.

 

The compensation package consists of the following elements:

 

Base wage
Its size varies depending on the incumbent’s position, a fixed wage amount tailored to the individual payable in monthly equal installments.

 

Variable pay
The annual target bonus is generally 45% of the income, payable in the function of the achievement of the individual targets set as derived from Magyar Telekom Group’s strategic goals. For over-achievement of goals additional bonus is paid.

 

The structure of the bonus target as well as the cap of additional bonus are specified by the Compensation Guidelines of the strategic investor.

 

Management incentive plan

In 2004 Magyar Telekom launched a Mid Term Incentive Plan (MTIP) for its top management, whereby the targets to be achieved are based on the share price performance of the Magyar Telekom share. The MTIP is a cash settled long term incentive instrument which is planned to cover five years, with a new package being launched in each year (last package to be launched in 2008), and with each tranche lasting for three years. The MTIP cash allowance is proportional to the annual target salary (basic salary + bonus for 100% plan fulfillment) for each Management Committee member.

 

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Other benefits and perks

Other compensation elements have been designed in consideration of domestic benchmark data and the strategic investor’s regulations, with a view to cost efficiency (e.g. cars for personal use, mobile phone, managers’ insurance, etc.)

 

With respect to other benefits and perks we have been guided by Magyar Telekom’s relevant policy, Collective Agreement and regulations.

The executive members of the Board of Directors have an employment contract for a fixed duration. The employment can be terminated according to the regulations of the Labor Code.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2007, the aggregate compensation of the members of the Management Committee was HUF 740.5 million. In line with the Form 20-F report (considering the laws relating to personal data), according to its relevant policy, the Company does not disclose data that could be matched with individuals.

 

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Corporate Governance Declaration on Compliance with the Corporate Governance Recommendations

 

R 1.1.1             The Managing Body ensured that shareholders received access to information in time to enable them to exercise their rights.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 1.1.2             The company applies the “one share - one vote” principle.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 1.2.8             The company ensures that shareholders must meet the same requirements in order to attend at the General Meeting.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 1.2.9             Items on the General Meeting agenda only include subjects which are correctly detailed and summarized clearly and unambiguously.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The proposals included the suggestions of the Supervisory Board and a detailed explanation of the effects of the decision.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

Though the General Meeting of the Company did not explain in details the effect of the decisions in case of each resolution but it did so prior to making such resolutions when due to the importance or complexity of the decision it could have an effect on the ongoing processes at the Company.

 

R 1.2.10           Shareholders’ comments on and supplements to the items on the agenda were published at least two days prior to the General Meeting.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 1.3.8             Comments on the items of the agenda were made available to shareholders simultaneously with registration at the latest.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

Written comments made on the items on the agenda were published two working days prior to the General Meeting.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 1.3.10           The election and dismissal of executives took place individually and by separate resolutions.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

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R 2.1.1             The responsibilities of the Managing Body include those laid out in 2.1.1.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The Articles of Association and the Rules of Procedure of the Board of Directors set forth that all matters fall into the competence of the Board of Directors (or into that of the Management Committee delegated to it by the Board of Directors) that according to the laws or the Articles of Association do not fall into the exclusive competence of the General Meeting. The list of competences in the Articles of Associations and in the Rules of Procedure of the Board of Directors does not fully cover the list set forth in the explanation of the recommendations.

 

R 2.3.1             The Managing Body held meetings regularly, at times designated in advance.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The Supervisory Board held meetings regularly, at times designated in advance.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The rules of procedure of the Managing Body provide for unscheduled meetings and decision-making through electronic communications channels.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The rules of procedure of the Supervisory Board provide for unscheduled meetings and decision-making through electronic communications channels.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 2.5.1             The Management Board of the company has a sufficient number of independent members to ensure the impartiality of the board.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 2.5.4             At regular intervals (in connection with the CG Report) the Managing Body requested a confirmation of their independent status from those members considered independent.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 2.5.5             At regular intervals (in connection with the CG Report) the Supervisory Board requested a confirmation of their independent status from those members considered independent.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

Due to the fact that the new Corporate Governance Recommendations were published at the end of October, 2007 the Supervisory Board has not requested yet the confirmation on the independent status of the members who are deemed independent in connection with the Corporate Governance Report, however during the evaluation of the Y2007 performance independency was taken into account when the members were assessed personally.

 

R 2.5.7             The company disclosed on its website the guidelines on the independence of the Managing Body and the Supervisory Board, as well as the criteria applied for assessing independence.

 

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Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The Rules of Procedure of the Supervisory Board — that is accessible on the web site of the Company — includes the criteria on independency but as far as the Board of Directors is concerned the Company did not set such independency criteria.

 

R 2.6.1             Members of the Managing Body informed the Managing Body (Supervisory Board/Audit Committee) if they (or any other person in a close relationship to them) had a significant personal stake in a transaction of the company (or the company’s subsidiary).

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

Not applicable, because no such personal stake did exist.

 

R 2.6.2             Transactions between board and executive management members (and persons in close relationship to them) and the company (or its subsidiary) were conducted according to general rules of practice of the company, but with stricter transparency rules in place.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

Transactions which according to 2.6.2, fell outside the normal course of the company’s business, and their terms and conditions were approved by the Supervisory Board (Audit Committee).

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

Not applicable, because no such transaction took place at Magyar Telekom in 2007.

 

R 2.6.3             Board members informed the Supervisory Board/Audit Committee if they received an offer of Board membership or an offer of an executive management position in a company which is not part of the company group.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

Not applicable, because no such request was made to the Company.

 

R 2.6.4             The Managing Body established its guidelines on information flow within the company and the handling of insider information, and monitored compliance with those guidelines.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

A CEO Directive was issued at the Company on this subject matter.

 

The Managing Body established its guidelines regarding insiders’ trading in securities and monitored compliance with those guidelines.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

A CEO Directive was issued at the Company on this subject matter.

 

R 2.7.1             The Managing Body formulated remuneration guidelines regarding the evaluation and remuneration of the work of the Managing Body, the Supervisory Board and the executive management.

 

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Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

There were no such guidelines elaborated on the subject matter in 2007 but we examine the possibility to implement them. The evaluation of the work of the of the management and its remuneration is based on the guidelines elaborated by the strategic investor.

 

The Supervisory Board formed an opinion on the remuneration guidelines.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

Not applicable due to the fact that the remuneration guidelines are not yet implemented.

 

The guidelines regarding the remuneration for the Managing Body and the Supervisory Board and the changes in those guidelines were approved by the General Meeting, as a separate item on the agenda.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

Not applicable due to the fact that the remuneration guidelines are not yet elaborated yet and the fee of the members of the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board was approved by the General Meeting under a separate agenda item.

 

R 2.7.2             The Managing Body prepared an evaluation of the work it carried out in the given business year.

 

The Supervisory Board prepared an evaluation of the work it carried out in the given business year.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 2.7.3             It is the responsibility of the Managing Body to monitor the performance of and determine the remuneration for the executive management.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The frameworks of benefits due to members of the executive management that do not represent normal practice, and the changes in those benefits were approved by the General Meeting as a separate agenda item.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

Not applicable because the members of the management do not have benefits that do not represent normal practice and there were no such events in 2007.

 

R 2.7.4             The structure of share-incentive schemes were approved by the General Meeting.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

Not applicable, because currently there is no share-incentive scheme in place at the Company.

 

Prior to the decision by the General Meeting on share-incentive schemes, shareholders received detailed information (at least according to those contained in 2.7.4).

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

Not applicable because currently there is no share-incentive scheme in place at the Company.

 

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R 2.7.7             The Remuneration Statement was prepared by the company and submitted to the General Meeting.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The Remuneration Statement includes information about the remuneration of individual members of the Managing Body, the Supervisory Board, and the executive management.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The Remuneration Statement includes information about the remuneration of individual members of the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board but due to data protection reasons the remuneration data of the management contains aggregate figures.

 

R 2.8.1             The Managing Body or the committee operated by it is responsible for monitoring and controlling the company’s entire risk management.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The supervision of the risk management system is carried out by the Audit Committee of Magyar Telekom.

 

The Managing Body requests information on the efficiency of risk management procedures at regular intervals.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The strategic investor, the Management Committee of Magyar Telekom and the Audit Committee receives a quarterly report on the risks of the Company as well as an annual report on the changes of the risk management system. The Management Committee informed the Board of Directors that it had reviewed the risk management processes.

 

The Managing Body took the necessary steps to identify the major risk areas.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

Though on the basis of the effective competence allocation scheme of the Company the identification of the main risk areas is not the competence of the Board of Directors, all material risks related to the internal, external activities, risks related to financial and legal requirements and numerous other risks are assessed and managed by a well defined internal mechanism, by the participation of the bodies specified in the previous answer. All subsidiaries, business lines and other organizations must identify and report the risks of their operation. Subsequent to the establishment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act we extended the scope of the risk management process with a new element. The new Act requires the immediate disclosure of risks that influence investors’ decisions therefore we extended our quarterly risk reporting system with a continuous reporting obligation. Within the framework of this the organizations of the group must immediately report all material facts, information and risks that they become aware of. The risk management system is regulated by a risk management handbook and the CEO Directive on risk management.

 

R 2.8.3             The Managing Body formulated the principles regarding the system of internal controls.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The Board of Directors approved the system of internal control over financial reporting.

 

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The system of internal controls established by the executive management guarantees the management of risks affecting the activities of the company, and the achievement of the company’s performance and profit targets.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The management established the internal control environment over financial reporting to ensure the reliability of the financial statements. Further, the management also established the internal control environment covering the compliance risks to ensure the managing of non-ethical business behavior related risks. All subsidiaries, business lines and other organizations must quarterly identify and report the risks of their operation. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires the immediate disclosure of risks that influence investors’ decisions. Within the framework of this the organizations of the Group must immediately report all material facts, information and risks that they become aware of.

 

R 2.8.4             When developing the system of internal controls, the Managing Body took into consideration the viewpoints included in 2.8.4.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The Board of Directors approved the system of internal controls over the financial reports. However, the system of internal controls does not cover to supervise the achievement of targets specified e.g. in the business plan.

 

R 2.8.5             It is the duty and responsibility of the executive management to develop and maintain the system of internal controls.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 2.8.6             The company created an independent Internal Audit function which reports to the Audit Committee.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The Internal Audit reported at least once to the Audit Committee on the operation of risk management, internal control mechanisms and corporate governance functions.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The above report was made to the Audit Committee but not solely by the Group Audit Directorate but — according to competences - jointly by the Group Compliance Directorate and the Risk Management area.

 

R 2.8.7             The internal audit activity is carried out by the Internal Audit function based on authorization from the Audit Committee.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The internal audit organization of Magyar Telekom Group, the Group audit directorate (form 2007: Internal Audit Directorate), is directly reporting to the Chief Executive Officer from an organizational point of view.

 

As an organization, the Group Audit function is independent from the executive management.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

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The internal audit organization is directly reporting to the Chief Executive Officer from an organizational point of view.

 

R 2.8.8             The Internal Audit schedule was approved by the Managing Body (Supervisory Board) based on the recommendation of the Audit Committee.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 2.8.9             The Managing Body prepared its report for shareholders on the operation of internal controls.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

In line with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Company’s Management Committee and the Board each year evaluate the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. The report on the evaluation is approved by the Management Committee and the Board. Although the report is not public, the result of the evaluation is available for shareholders in the Company’s 20F report within section ‘Controls and procedures.

 

The Managing Body developed its procedures regarding the receipt, processing of reports on the operation of internal controls, and the preparation of its own report.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The operation of internal controls falls into the competence of the management and not into the Board of Directors’.

 

R 2.8.11           The Managing Body identified the most important deficiencies or flow in the system of internal controls, and reviewed and re-evaluated the relevant activities.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The operation of internal controls falls into the competence of the management and not into the Board of Directors’.

 

R 2.9.2             The Managing Body, the Supervisory Board and the Audit Committee were notified in all cases when an assignment given to the auditor may have resulted in significant additional expense, caused a conflict of interest, or affected normal business practices significantly in any other way.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

In view of the fact that Magyar Telekom is also listed on the New York Stock Exchange, in compliance with the extremely strict provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Audit Committee is responsible for the oversight of the work of the independent external auditor of the Company. All audit-relevant and non-audit-relevant services to be performed by the independent external auditor for the Company and their fees are subject to the Audit Committee’s pre-approval in order to ensure that the independent external auditor does not impair his independence from the Company. For this activity the “Pre-approval policy of Magyar Telekom Plc.’s Audit Committee” is applicable.

 

R 2.9.3             The Managing Body informed the Supervisory Board of any assignment given to the external auditor or an external advisor in connection with any event which held significant bearing on the operations of the company.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

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The Audit Committee is responsible for the oversight of the work of the independent external auditor of the Company. All audit-relevant and non-audit-relevant services to be performed by the independent external auditor for the Company and their fees are subject to the Audit Committee’s pre-approval in order to ensure that the independent external auditor does not impair his independence from the Company. For this activity the “Pre-approval policy of Magyar Telekom Plc.’s Audit Committee” is applicable.

 

The Managing Body pre-determined in a resolution what circumstances constitute “significant bearing”.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The Audit Committee is responsible for the oversight of the work of the independent external auditor of the Company. All audit-relevant and non-audit-relevant services to be performed by the independent external auditor for the Company and their fees are subject to the Audit Committee’s pre-approval in order to ensure that the independent external auditor does not impair his independence from the Company. For this activity the “Pre-approval policy of Magyar Telekom Plc.’s Audit Committee” is applicable.

 

R 3.1.6             On its website, the company disclosed duties delegated to the Audit Committee, the Nomination Committee and the Remuneration Committee, as well as the committees’ targets, rules of procedure, composition (indicating the name, brief biography and the date of appointment of members).

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

There is no Nomination Committee operating at the Company but as far as the other bodies are  concerned the information is available on the web site of the Company.

 

R 3.2.1             The Audit Committee monitored the efficiency of risk management, the operation of internal controls, and the activity of the Internal Audit.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 3.2.3             The Audit Committee received accurate and detailed information on the work schedule of the Internal Auditor and the independent auditor, and received the auditor’s report on problems discovered during the audit.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 3.2.4             The Audit Committee requested the new candidate for the position of auditor to submit the disclosure statement according to 3.2.4.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

Due to the fact that the General Meeting elected the auditor of the Company for 2 years in business year 2006 no auditor was elected in 2007 nor disclosure statement was submitted.

 

R 3.3.1             There is a Nomination Committee operating at the company.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

Certain tasks and competences — that in line with the Recommendations are the competences of the Nomination Committee — are delegated to other bodies, for example the

 

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Remuneration Committee makes a proposal on the conclusion and modification of the work contract of the CEO.

 

R 3.3.2             The Nomination Committee provided for the preparation of personnel changes.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

There is no Nomination Committee at the Company.

 

The Nomination Committee reviewed the procedures regarding the election and appointment of members of the executive management.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

There is no Nomination Committee at the Company.

 

The Nomination Committee evaluated the activity of board and executive management members.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

There is no Nomination Committee at the Company.

 

The Nomination Committee examined all the proposals regarding the nomination of board members which were submitted by shareholders or the Managing Body.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

There is no Nomination Committee at the Company.

 

R 3.4.1             There is a Remuneration Committee operating at the company.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 3.4.2             The Remuneration Committee made a proposal for the system of remuneration for the boards and the executive management (individual levels and the structure of remuneration), and carries out its monitoring.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 3.4.3             The remuneration of the executive management was approved by the Managing Body based on the recommendation of the Remuneration Committee.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The remuneration of the Managing Body was approved by the General Meeting based on the recommendation of the Remuneration Committee.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The Remuneration Committee also monitored the share option, cost reimbursement and other benefits in the remuneration system.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 3.4.4             The Remuneration Committee made proposals regarding remuneration guidelines and the remuneration of individual persons.

 

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Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The Remuneration Committee reviewed the terms and conditions of contracts concluded with the members of the executive management.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The Remuneration Committee ascertained whether the company fulfilled its disclosure obligations regarding remuneration issues.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

Currently the Remuneration Committee does not have such duty.

 

R 3.4.7             The majority of the members of the Remuneration Committee are independent.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

There is one independent member among the members of the 3-member Remuneration Committee.

 

R 3.5.1             The Managing Body disclosed its reasons for combining the Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The Remuneration and Nomination Committees are not combined and there is no Nomination Committee at the Company.

 

R 3.5.2             The Managing Body carried out the duties of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees and disclosed its reasons for doing so.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

There is a separate Remuneration Committee at the Company the members of which were elected by the Board of Directors from among its own members.

 

R 4.1.1             In its disclosure guidelines, the Managing Body established those principles and procedures which ensure that all relevant information about the operations of the company and circumstances influencing its share price are disclosed and made available accurately, in a timely fashion and in full.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The CEO Directive related to the Disclosure Committee, also regulating disclosure procedures, was approved by the Board of Directors. The tasks of the individual organizational units regarding disclosure are contained in the relevant CEO Directive.

 

R 4.1.2             The company ensured in its disclosure activities that all shareholders and market participants were treated equally.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 4.1.3             The company’s disclosure guidelines include the procedures governing electronic, on-line disclosure.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

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The Directive referred to in Section 4.1.1. does not cover these procedures.

 

The company develops its website taking into consideration disclosure guidelines and the provision of information to investors.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 4.1.4             The Managing Body assessed the efficiency of disclosure processes.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 4.1.5             The company published its corporate events calendar on its website.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 4.1.6             In the annual report and on the website of the company, the public was informed about the company’s corporate strategy, its main business activities, business ethics and its policies regarding other stakeholders.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 4.1.8             In the annual report the Managing Body disclosed the character and size of any other assignments given by the company or its subsidiaries to the auditing firm responsible for auditing the financial statements.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 4.1.9             In the annual report and on the website the company discloses information on the professional career of the members of the Managing Body, the Supervisory Board and the executive management.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 4.1.10           The company provided information on the internal organization and operation of the Managing Body and the Supervisory Board and on the criteria considered when evaluating the work of the Managing Body, the executive management and the individual members thereof.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The Company gave a report on the internal organization, operation of the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board, the work of the Board of Directors and the management, and the viewpoints taken into account at the individual evaluation of the members of the Supervisory Board but the individual members of the Board of Directors were not evaluated in 2007.

 

R 4.1.11           In the annual report and in the Remuneration Statement on the company’s website, the company informed the public about the applied remuneration guidelines, including the remuneration and fees provided for members of the Managing Body, the Supervisory Board and the executive

 

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management.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The Remuneration Statement does not include the guidelines but it complies with the other requirements.

 

R 4.1.12           The Managing Body disclosed its risk management guidelines, including the system of internal controls, the applied risk management principles and basic rules, as well as information about major risks.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The risk management guidelines of the Company were published by the management and not by the Board of Directors on the web site of the Company under “Investor relations/Corporate Governance” menu item. The main risks are discussed in details in the 3rd part of the 20F report (Risk Factors).

 

R 4.1.13           In order to provide market participants with information, the company publishes its report on corporate governance at the same time that it publishes its annual report.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 4.1.14           The company discloses its guidelines governing insiders’ trading in the company’s securities on its website.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The company published in the annual report and on its website ownership in the company’s securities held by the members of the Managing Body, the Supervisory Board and the executive management, as well as any interests held in share-incentive schemes.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

Note: Currently there is no share-incentive scheme in place at the Company.

 

R 4.1.15           In the annual report and on its website, the company disclosed any relationship between members of the Managing Body and the executive management with a third party, which might have an influence on the operations of the company.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

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Level of compliance with the Suggestions

The company should indicate whether the relevant suggestion of the CGR is applied or not (— Yes / No)

 

S 1.1.3

 

The company has an investor relations department.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.2.1

 

The company published on its website the summary document regarding the conducting of the General Meeting and the exercise of shareholders’ rights to vote (including voting via proxy)

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.2.2

 

The company’s articles of association are available on the company’s website.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.2.3

 

The company disclosed on its website information according to 1.2.3 (on the record date of corporate events).

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.2.4

 

Information and documents according to 1.2.4 regarding General Meetings (invitations, proposals, draft resolutions, resolutions, minutes) were published on the company’s website.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.2.5

 

The General Meeting of the company was held in a way that ensured the greatest possible shareholder participation.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.2.6

 

Additions to the agenda were published within 5 days of receipt, in the same manner as the publication of the original invitation for the General Meeting.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.2.7

 

The voting procedure applied by the company ensured unambiguous, clear and fast decision-making by shareholders.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S1.2.11

 

At the shareholders’ request, the company also provided information on the General Meeting electronically.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.3.1

 

The identity of the chairman of the General Meeting was approved by the company’s General Meeting prior to the discussion of the items on the agenda. (Note: the Articles of Association of the Company — that is approved by the General Meeting — determines that the Chairman of the General Meeting shall be the person nominated by the Chairman of the Board or the Board of Directors without a separate voting.)

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.3.2

 

The Managing Body and the Supervisory Board were represented at the General Meeting.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.3.3

 

The company’s articles of association render possible that at the initiation of the chairman of the Managing Body or the shareholders of the company, a third party be invited to the company’s General Meeting and be granted the right of participation in the discussion of the relevant items on the agenda. (Note: though the Articles of Association of the Company does not contain a specific provision on this matter the practice is that the

 

Yes / No

 

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Company does not exclude the participation of third parties at the General Meeting.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.3.4

 

The company did not prevent shareholders attending the General Meeting from exercising their rights to request information, make comments and proposals, and did not set any pre-requisites to do so.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.3.5

 

The company published on its website within three days its answers to those questions which it was unable to answer satisfactorily at the General Meeting. Where the company declined to give an answer it published its reasons for doing so.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.3.6

 

The chairman of the General Meeting and the company ensured that in answering the questions raised at the General Meeting, national laws and regulations of the Stock Exchange pertaining to disclosure were complied with.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.3.7

 

The company published a press release and held a press conference on the decisions passed at the General Meeting.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S1.3.11

 

The company’s General Meeting decided on the different amendments of the articles of association in separate resolutions.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S1.3.12

 

The minutes of the General Meeting containing the resolutions, the presentation of draft resolutions, as well as the most important questions and answers regarding the draft resolutions were published by the company within 30 days of the General Meeting.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.4.1

 

The dividend was paid within 10 days to those shareholders who had provided all the necessary information and documentation.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.4.2

 

The company disclosed its policy regarding anti-takeover devices. (Not applicable because no such policy was elaborated by the Company.)

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 2.1.2

 

The rules of procedure define the composition of the Managing Body and all procedures and protocols for the preparation and holding of meetings, the drafting of resolutions and other related matters.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 2.2.1

 

The rules of procedure and the work schedule of the Supervisory Board gives a detailed description of its operation and duties, as well as procedures and processes which the Supervisory Board followed.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 2.3.2

 

Board members had access to the proposals of a given meeting at least five days prior to the board meeting.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 2.3.3

 

The rules of procedure regulate the regular or occasional participation at board meetings of persons who are not members of the boards.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 2.4.1

 

The election of the members of the Managing Body took place in a transparent way,

 

Yes / No

 

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information on candidates was made public at least five days prior to the General Meeting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S 2.4.2

 

The composition of boards and the number of members complies with the principles specified in 2.4.2.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 2.4.3

 

Newly elected, non-executive board members were able to familiarize themselves with the structure and operations of the company, as well as their duties as board members through a tailored induction programme.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 2.5.2

 

The separation of the responsibilities of the Chairman of the Managing Body from those of the Chief Executive Officer has been outlined in the basic documents of the company.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 2.5.3

 

The company has published a statement about the means it uses to ensure that the Managing Body gives an objective assessment of the executive management’s work where the functions of Chairman and CEO are combined.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 2.5.6

 

The company’s Supervisory Board has no member who held a position in the Managing Body or the executive management of the company in the three years prior to his nomination.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 2.7.5

 

The development of the remuneration system of the Managing Body, the Supervisory Board and the executive management serves the strategic interests of the company and thereby those of the shareholders.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 2.7.6

 

In the case of members of the Supervisory Board, the company applies a fixed amount of remuneration and does not apply a remuneration component related to the share price.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 2.8.2

 

The Managing Body developed its risk management policy and regulations with the cooperation of those executives who are responsible for the design, maintenance and control of risk management procedures and their integration into the company’s daily operations.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S2.8.10

 

When evaluating the system of internal controls, the Managing Body took into consideration the aspects mentioned in 2.8.10.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S2.8.12

 

The company’s auditor assessed and evaluated the company’s risk management systems and the risk management activity of the executive management, and submitted its report on the matter to the Audit Committee.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 2.9.1

 

The rules of procedure of the Managing Body, the Supervisory Board and the committees cover the procedure to be followed when employing an external advisor.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 2.9.4

 

The Managing Body may invite the company’s auditor to participate in those meetings where it debates General Meeting agenda items.

 

Yes / No

 

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S 2.9.5

 

The company’s Internal Audit function co-operated with the auditor in order to help it successfully carry out the audit.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 3.1.2

 

The chairmen of the Audit Committee, Nomination Committee, Remuneration Committee (and any other committees operating at the company) regularly inform the Managing Body about the meetings of the committee, and the committees prepared at least one report for the Managing Body and the Supervisory Board in the given business year. (Note: there is no Nomination Committee at the Company the answer was provided with regard to the other bodies)

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 3.1.4

 

The company’s committees are made up of members who have the capabilities, professional expertise and experience required to perform their duties.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 3.1.5

 

The rules of procedure of committees operating at the company include those aspects detailed in 3.1.5.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 3.2.2

 

The members of the Audit Committee were fully informed about the accounting, financial and operational peculiarities of the company.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 3.3.3

 

The Nomination Committee prepared at least one evaluation for the chairman of the Managing Body on the operation of the Managing Body and the work and suitability of the members of the Managing Body. (Note: not applicable because there is no Nomination Committee at the Company.)

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 3.3.4

 

The majority of the members of the Nomination Committee are independent. (Note: not applicable because there is no Nomination Committee at the Company.)

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 3.3.5

 

The rules of procedure of the Nomination Committee includes those details contained in 3.3.5. (Note: not applicable because there is no Nomination Committee at the Company.)

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 3.4.5

 

The Remuneration Committee prepared the Remuneration Statement.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 3.4.6

 

The Remuneration Committee exclusively consists of non-executive members of the Managing Body.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 4.1.4

 

The disclosure guidelines of the company at least extend to those details contained in 4.1.4.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Managing Body informed shareholders in the annual report on the findings of the investigation into the efficiency of disclosure procedures.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 4.1.7

 

The company’s financial reports followed IFRS guidelines.

 

Yes / No

 

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S4.1.16

 

The company also prepares and releases its disclosures in English.

 

Yes / No

 

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EXTRACT

 

of the Minutes No. 1/2008 of the meeting of the Supervisory Board held on March 26, 2008 in the 4th floor boardroom of Magyar Telekom Plc.’s Headquarters (Krisztina krt. 55)

 

“Resolution No. 1/7 (03 26 2008)

 

The Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom approves the Y2007 Corporate Governance Report of the Company in accordance with the appendix of the submission, supplemented with the remuneration of the members of the Audit Committee.

 

The Supervisory Board has taken the above resolution with the affirmative vote of 9 members.”

 



 

EXTRACT

 

of the Minutes No. 2/2008 of the meeting of the Supervisory Board held on April 9, 2008 in the 4th floor boardroom of Magyar Telekom Plc.’s Headquarters (Krisztina krt. 55)

 

“Resolution No. 2/5 (04 09 2008)

 

The Supervisory Board accepts the proposal of the Board of Directors for the use of the profit after tax earned in 2007, and recommends that the General Meeting accept the proposal of the Board of Directors on the dividend payment.

 

The Supervisory Board has taken the above resolution with the affirmative vote of 10 members.”

 



 

 

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers

 

Tanácsadó Kft.

 

H-1077 Budapest

 

Wesselényi u. 16.

 

 

 

H-1438 Budapest, P. O. Box 517

 

HUNGARY

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT

 

(Free translation)

Telephone:

(36-1) 461-9100

 

Facsimile:

(36-1) 461-9101

 

Internet:

www.pwc.com/hu

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Nyrt.

 

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Magyar Telekom Nyrt. (‘‘the Company”) which comprise the balance sheet as of 31 December 2007 (in which the balance sheet total is HUF 942,877 million, the profit per balance sheet is HUF 0, the related profit and loss account for the year then ended, and the notes to the financial statement including a summary of the main accounting policies as well as other disclosures.

 

Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements

 

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with the provisions of the Accounting Act and accounting principles generally accepted in Hungary. This responsibility includes: designing, implementing and maintaining internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error; selecting and applying appropriate accounting policies; and making accounting estimates that are reasonable in the circumstances.

 

Auditor’s Responsibility

 

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit and to assess whether or not the accounting information disclosed in the business report is consistent with that contained in the financial statements. We conducted our audit in accordance with Hungarian and International Standards on Auditing and with applicable laws and regulations in force in Hungary. Those Standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

 

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our work in respect of the

 



 

business report was limited to checking it in within the aforementioned scope and did not include a review of any information other than that drawn from the audited accounting records of the Company.

 

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

 

Opinion

 

During our work we have audited the components and disclosures along with the underlying accounting records and supporting documentation in the financial statements of Magyar Telekom Nyrt. in accordance with the Hungarian and International Standards on auditing and, on the basis of our audit work, we have gained sufficient and appropriate evidence that the financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provision of the accounting law and with accounting principles generally accepted in Hungary. In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of Magyar Telekom Nyrt. as of 31 December 2007, and of the results of its operations for the year then ended. The business report is consistent with the disclosures in the financial statements.

 

Budapest, April 25, 2008

 

Nick Kós

Hegedűsné Szűcs Márta

Partner

Statutory auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers Kft.

Licence number: 006838

1077 Budapest, Wesselényi u. 16.

 

License Number: 001464

 

 

Translation note:

 

The accompanying financial statements are not intended to present the financial position and results of operations and cash flows in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in jurisdictions other than Hungary.

 



 

AMENDED AND RESTATED RULES OF PROCEDURE

 

OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD OF

 

MAGYAR TELEKOM PLC.

 

April 265, 20078

 



 

1.            General Rules

 

1.1.          The Supervisory Board (hereinafter: SB) supervises the management of theMagyar Telekom Nyrt. ( Company”) for the General Meeting. Within the framework of this activity the SB supervises the control, management and business activities of the Company as well as compliance with the laws and the Articles of Association.

 

The SB carries out its activities pursuant to Act IV of 2006 on Business Associations (hereinafter: “Companies Act” or “CA”), and the Articles of Association of Magyar Telekom Nyrt. in force (hereinafter: Articles) and this Rules of Procedure.

 

1.2.          Within its scope of authority provided by the statutes the SB may request information from the Company’s senior officials and employees; and may examine the books and documents of the Company, if necessary, with the involvement of an advisor. (CA Section 35 (2), Articles: Section 8.1). The information must be provided as requested by the SB within the relevant deadline.

 

1.3.          The SB shall examine the important reports of business policy that are on the agenda of the General Meeting as well as all submissions that fall into the exclusive scope of authority of the General Meeting. The General Meeting may pass a resolution on the annual report prepared in accordance with the Act on Accounting and the use of the profit after income tax only upon receipt of the written report of the Supervisory Board, whereas the proposal of the Board of Directors on the payment of dividend and the management report can only be submitted to the GM - simultaneously with the report in accordance with the Act on Accounting — with the prior approval of the SB. (CA Section 35 (3), 220 (3), 312 (3), Articles 8.3).

 

1.4.          The SB expresses its opinion regarding the selection, recall of the auditor and the content of the contract to be concluded with the auditor.

 

2.            Organization of the SB

 

2.1.          The SB consists of 3-15 members. (CA Section 34 (1), Articles 8.2.1.)

 

The members are elected by the annual General Meeting. The assignment of the members of the Supervisory Board lasts for a term of three years from the date of the annual General Meeting until May, 31 of the third year subsequent to their election, however, if the General Meeting in the third year is held prior to May 31, than their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting. (Articles 8.2.1.)

 

The holder of the “B” series voting preference share is entitled to nominate one (1) SB member for election as well as to initiate the member’s recall. (Articles 2.3.2.1.)

 

2.2.          The majority of the members of the acting SB must be independent. The SB member is independent if he has no other legal relationship with the Company than his SB membership. (CA Section 309 (2)10)

 

2.3.          The SB member shall not be regarded as an independent member, if (CA Section 309 (3))

 

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a.     he is an employee or an ex-employee of the Company, in the latter case the conflict of interest exists for five years from the termination of the employment;

 

b.     provides advisory services or other activities as a retained advisor for the Company or its senior managers in return of remuneration;

 

c.     he is a shareholder of the Company who either directly or indirectly owns at least 30% of the votes or is a close relative/common-law spouse to such person [Civil Code, Section 685. § b);

 

d.     he is a close relative to a — non independent — senior manager of the Company;

 

e.     he is entitled to receive remuneration in case of the profitable operation of the Company or receives any other remuneration besides his fee as a SB member from the Company or an affiliated business association to the Company;

 

f.      he is in a legal relationship with a non-independent member of the Company in another business association on the basis of which the non-independent member has controlling or supervisory rights;

 

g.     he is the independent auditor of the Company or an employee/partner of the auditor within three years from the termination of this legal relationship;

 

h.     he is a senior manager in a business association where the independent Board member is the senior manager of the publicly operating cCompany. (CA Section 309 (3) and 310)

 

2.4.          The Works Council - after hearing the opinion of the trade union - nominates for election the employee representatives (CA Section 39 (1); Articles 8.2.4.)

 

At the nomination of the employee representatives of the SB, the Works Council specifies the order of nominees with taking the prevailing number of SB members into account. The members are elected by the annual General Meeting for the same period as the members of the non-employee bodies are elected.

 

2.5.          SB membership terminates with:

 

·       expiration of the assignment period;

·       recall;

·       resignation;

·       death;

·       termination of employment of the employee delegate (the employee delegate can only be recalled by the General Meeting upon the proposal of the Work Council, except if the Work Council does not meet its legal obligations to propose the recall of the delegate or the nomination of a new delegate in spite of the existence of a cause that triggers the recall

 

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of such delegate according to the provisions of the Act. (CA Section 39 (6);

·       the occurrence of any disqualifying event set forth in the CA (the involved SB member shall inform in writing the Chairman of the SB within 15 days of the occurrence of the event);

·       in other case specified by a separate Act.

 

An SB member may resign at any time, but if the operation of the Company so necessitates, the resignation will only take effect on the sixtieth day from its announcement, except if the General Meeting has already /could have arranged for the selection of the new SB member prior to the expiry of this deadline. Until the resignation’s entry into force the SB member shall participate in making and realizing those decisions that can not be postponed (CA Section 36 (3) 31 (1)-(2)).

 

If the number of the members of the SB falls below the minimum number required by the Articles of Association the SB must notify the Board of Directors that it must convoke the General Meeting to restore the proper operation of the Supervisory Board.

 

3.            Operation of the SB

 

3.1.          The SB acts as a body and works according to its annual work plan.. The SB holds its meetings as necessary but at least threefour (34) times per year. At its first meeting the SB elects a chairman (if necessary, a deputy chairman or deputy chairmen from among its members). The SB shall establish its own Rules of Procedure that is subject to the approval of the General Meeting (CA Section 34 (2) (4); Articles 8.4.1.).

 

It may assign certain supervisory tasks to any of its members, or may divide supervisory tasks among its members on a permanent basis (CA Section 35 (1)).

 

3.2.          The Chairman of the CB convenes the SB meetings.

 

Any SB member, specifying the reason and the purpose, may at any time request in writing to call a meeting, if the Chairman fails to take the necessary steps within eight (8) days upon receipt of such written request and fails to convene such meeting to be held within thirty (30) days. (Articles 8.4.2.).

 

3.3.          Notice of the meeting shall be sent to the SB members seven (157) days before the date of the meeting by courier (express mail) or electronic mail (with the use of an e-mail attachment encryption program) or telefax to the address or fax number specified by the SB member concerned.

 

If there is no such address the notice shall be sent to the last known address of fax number of the member concerned.

 

The notice shall contain the agenda, venue and date of the meeting.

 

Discussion materials must be attached to the notice in Hungarian or English.

 

3.4.          The SB meeting has a quorum if 2/3 of the elected members are present. If the Supervisory Board is comprised of three members or if the above mentioned 2/3 of the members is less than three persons the presence of three persons is necessary to constitute a quorum. If the number of the members of the SB falls

 

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below 3 or if there is no one to convene a meeting the Board shall convoke the General Meeting in order to restore the proper operation of the SB. (CA Section 34 (2) (5); Articles 8.4.3).

 

3.5.         If the meeting does not have a quorum it shall be re-convened within 15 days.

 

3.6.         SB meetings shall be chaired by the Chairman of the SB. The Chairman shall nominate the Minute Keeper and the member who authenticates the Minutes, puts issues on the vote and announces the result of the voting (Articles 8.4.4.).

 

3.7.         In case of his absence — or if he is prevented - the Chairman shall be substituted by the Deputy Chairman, in case of lacking a Deputy Chairman, the Chairman requests a member to preside over the meeting.

 

3.8.         The meetings are held in Hungarian and English.

 

Comments made in Hungarian shall be simultaneously translated into English, whereas, comments made in English shall be simultaneously translated into Hungarian.

 

3.9.         The SB passes resolutions by open voting, with simple majority. In the event of a tie vote, the proposal supported by the Chairman, or, in case of his absence, the proposal supported by the Deputy Chairman shall be approved.  If the Chairman (Deputy Chairman) is not present at the meeting a proposal cannot be considered approved in the event of a tie vote, and the item must be discussed again at the next meeting.

 

3.10.       The members of the SB shall act in person; no representation is permitted (CA Section 34 (3).

 

3.11.       If any of the members is prevented and there is an appropriate reason, upon the decision of the Chairman (Deputy Chairman, Presiding Chairman) the meeting may be held by means of a conference call, if the communication equipment makes it possible for all members to hear each other simultaneously.

 

Such participation at the meeting is to be considered as presence.

 

3.12.       The SB may pass resolutions on any issue without holding a meeting if SB Members received the submission requiring a decision beforehand and 2/3the majority of the SB members cast their affirmative votes in writing (by fax). Fax voting can be initiated by the Chairman of the SB or if no Chairman is elected yet by any member of the Supervisory Board. The general rules apply to the validity of the resolution. The resolution and its approval by the respective SB Members shall be handled according to the rules on the minutes. If any SB member requests to convoke an SB meeting, the meeting must be held.

 

3.13.       At the proposal of the Chairman (Deputy Chairman-Presiding Chairman), with a two-thirds simply majority vote of the members present, a closed meeting may be held. Besides the SB Members only those invited for a given issue may be present at closed meetings.

 

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3.14.        To prepare its position on certain issues the SB may set up committees — comprised from its own members — on a permanent or an ad hoc basis. The rules of procedure of the permanent committee (rules of operation) shall be established by such committee and shall become effective upon its approval by the Supervisory Board. To prepare a position requiring special expertise the SB may commission external experts at the expense of the Company.

 

3.15.        3.15.       Permanent invitees to the SB meetings are:

 

·              the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the member of the Board of Directors appointed by him;

·              the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee andor the member of the Management Committee appointed by them;

·              head of the Company’s internal audit unit;

·              general legal counsel of the Company;

 

administrative personnel (minute keeper, interpreter).

 

3.16.        Ad hoc invitees to the SB meetings:

 

·              the auditor of the Company if the SB initiated his hearing at the meeting, or

·              if the auditor requests to participate the SB meeting with consultation rights (CA Section 43 (2);

·              expert, if his invitation is initiated by SB members to the meeting or certain agenda items of the meeting. The SB decides upon the attendance of such expert by vote at the commencement of the meeting.

 

3.17.        The SB’s secretarial tasks shall be performed by its own secretariat (“Secretariat”). The administrative - technical conditions required for the operation of the SB (keeping of minutes, interpretation, meeting room, tape recorder, overhead projector, etc.) will be provided by the Secretariat and their costs will be borne by the Companyown secretariat (“Secretariat”) of the SB work organization of the Company.

 

3.18.       The meetings of the Supervisory Board shall be recorded — unless otherwise decided by the SB - on tape. The Secretariat shall ensure that the recordings are kept in a safe place, at least for 5 (five) years. Such recordings are confidential and must not be accessible to anybody without the consent of the Chairman, except for the members of the SB at all times and those who participated the meeting where the recording was made.

 

4.            Audit Committee

 

4.1.          The General Meeting elects a 3-5 member Audit Committee from the independent members of the SB for the same durance as described in Section 2.1. herein. The Audit Committee shall act within its scope of rights provided by the AC and the Articles as well as by the SB and in compliance with the rules of the Budapest Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange and the SEC (CA Section 311 (1); Articles Section 8.7.1.)

 

4.2.          If the number of the members of the Audit Committee falls below 3 the Board — upon the notification of the SB — shall convoke the General Meeting to restore the proper operation of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee

 

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shall establish its own Rules of Procedure that enters into force upon its approval by the SB. (Articles Section 8.7.3.)

 

54.          Minutes

 

54.1.        Minutes of everythe SB meetings shall be taken in Hungarian that must be translated to English prior to its authentication. Both Minutes shall be authenticated. In case of any conflict between the Hungarian and the English version, the Hungarian English version shall prevail to the extent that is permitted by the Hungarian law (Articles Section 8.4.5.).

 

54.2.        The minutes shall contain:

 

·              the venue and date of the meeting;

·              the names of the participants;

·              the agenda;

·              the names of the Chairman of the meeting, the Keeper of the Minutes and the Authenticator of the Minutes;

·              the main issues questioned during the discussion of the individual  agenda items and the answers to such questions;

·              transcription of individual SB Members’ contributions to the discussion, provided that the respective SB Member requests so;

·              the resolutions, the number of votes cast for and against the resolutions and the  abstentions;

·              objections to the resolutions (provided the objecting SB Member requests the objection be entered into the Minutes).

 

54.3.        At the request of any participant the contributions, opinions and objections shall be recorded in the minutes verbatim.

 

4.4.          The meetings of the Supervisory Board shall be recorded — unless otherwise decided by the SB - on tape. The Secretariat shall ensure that the recordings are kept in a safe place, at least for 5 (five) years. Such voice recordings shall be confidential, and shall not be disclosed to any person without the Chairman’s consent, other than to current members of the SB, to persons who were members of the SB at the time when a particular recording was made and to persons who attended the meeting of which such recording was made.

 

54.54.      The minutes are signed by the Chairman and the  Minute Keeper and are certified by an SB member present.

 

54.56.      Following certification the minutes shall be sent in English and Hungarian to all SB members and participants and to persons who were invited to the discussion of specific agenda items. SB members may query the accuracy of the Minutes, including its translation, within fifteen (15) days upon receipt.

 

54.76.      The authenticated minutes recorded atof closed meetings are available exclusively to participants specified under Section point 3.13. herein can only be distributed with the consent of the Chairman to other persons than the members of the SB and the invitees to the closed meeting.

 

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65.          Tasks relating to the General Meeting

 

65.1.        Members of the SB participate at the General Meeting without the right to vote. (CA Section 34 (3); Articles 6.5, 6.20.)

 

65.2.        The SB convenes an extraordinary General Meeting if, in its opinion, the activities of the management

 

·              infringe a statute, the Articles of Association or the resolutions passed by the General Meeting; or

·              offend the interests of the Company or its shareholders (CA 35 (4); Articles 8.5.)

 

The SB makes a proposal as to the agenda of the extraordinary General Meeting called with the aforementioned purpose.

 

65.3.        The SB shall examine every important report on the business policy and every submission that is made on matters falling into the exclusive competence of the General Meeting. (CA Section 32 (3), Articles 8.5.) The General Meeting may pass a resolution on the annual report prepared in accordance with the Act on Accounting and the use of the profit after income tax only upon receipt of the written report of the Supervisory Board, whereas the proposal of the Board of Directors on the payment of dividend and the company governance and management report can only be submitted to the GM - simultaneously with the report in accordance with the Act on Accounting — with the prior approval of the SB. (CA Section 35 (3), 220 (3), 312 (3), Articles 8.3).

 

65.4.        The Board of Directors shall make available to the SB its submissions to the General Meeting at least 25 days prior to the General Meeting.within eight days upon the announcement is published on the convocation of the General Meetingat least 25 days prior to the General Meeting.

 

65.5.        The SB shall forward its report set forth under Section 65.3. in time to allow the publication of the main data contained in the report within fifteen (15) days prior to the General Meeting. (CA Section 304 (1); Articles 5.1.)

 

65.6.        At the General Meeting, the Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the SB - or in case of his absence or prevention the SB member designated by him - verbally presents the report of the SB in full during the discussion of the given agenda item, or, if this is impossible because of the length of the report, he provides a summary of it. (Articles 8.3.)

 

6. Tasks related to the management of the Company

 

The Supervisory Board shall review, discuss and evaluate:

 

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·      the quarterly report of the Board of Directors prepared for the SB on the management, the financial status and the business policy of the Company (CA Section 244 (3); Articles 7.4.1 (k);

·      the annual self-evaluation of the Board of Directors;

·      matters related to the strategy and business plans of the Company;

·      remuneration processes employed by the Company;

·      matters falling into the competence of the Management Committee concerning the most important current issues regarding the operation of the Company..

 

7.            Liability of the members of the SB

 

7.1.          The SB members — According to the provisions of the Civil Code on jointly causing damage - have an unrestricted and joint and several liability towards the Company for damages caused by a breach of their supervisory obligations, including those related to the statement prepared according to the Accounting Act and the related business report as well as their disclosure (CA Section 36. (4); Articles 8.6.).

 

7.2.          The SB members are obliged to keep in strictest confidence the information obtained by them on the Company’s business. (CA Section 36 (3) and 27 (1)) during their membership and at least for five (5) years upon their recall/resign from the said post.

 

8.            Conflict of Interest

 

The members of the SB, their close relatives as defined in Section 685. (b) of the Civil Code or any business association in which these persons hold an interest of over 10 percent, may not hold a stake of over 5 percent in, may not be employed by, may not be officials of and may not enter into a contractual agreement with any business association that is a competitor of the Company, except if permitted by law and the General Meeting, with a 3/4 majority, gives exemption from the provisions of this paragraph. (Articles Section 13.)

 

Pursuant to the authorization, set forth in CA Section 25 (1), SB members may be elected to posts or to be Members of Supervisory Boards of such other companies that do similar activity to that of the Company, in which the Company holds at least 25% ownership and/or voting right.

 

Members of the Supervisory Board and their close relatives (Civil Code Section 685 (b)) may on their own behalf and to their benefit conclude agreements with the Company relating to the use of public purpose telecommunications services available to anyone (CA Section 36 (3), 25 (2)). The above rules shall not have an effect on the provisions regarding conflict of interest set forth in the Companies Act and other laws.

 

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9.            Indemnification of SB members

 

9.1.          Indemnification

 

To the extent permitted by law the Company shall indemnify any present or former member of the Supervisory Board who was or is a party or is threatened to be a party to any threatened, pending or concluded civil, criminal or administrative procedure by reason of his above position at the Company for costs (including attorney’s costs) ordered by the court, fines or amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the above proceedings or suits if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, in the case of a criminal proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. (Articles, Section 14.)

 

9.2.          Advancement of costs

 

The Company may reimburse the costs borne by a member of its Supervisory Board in any civil, criminal or administrative proceeding or action (including reasonable attorney’s fees) to the given person prior to the conclusion of the procedure, if the SB member undertakes to pay back the amount if it is decided that he is not entitled to indemnification by the Company as defined under paragraph 9.1.

 

9.3.          Insurance

 

The Company has the right to take out and maintain insurance to the benefit of the current and former members of the Supervisory Board in respect of the liability borne by or imputed to them by reason of or in connection with such position, irrespective of whether or not the Company is entitled to indemnify them because of the given liability in accordance with the above 9.1. and 9.2 paragraphs of these Rules of Procedure or the statutes.

 

10.          Miscellaneous

 

10.1         The Supervisory Board maintains an orientation program for new members of the Supervisory Board. The orientation program includes comprehensive information about the Company’s business and operations, general information about the Supervisory Board and its committees, including a summary of members of the Supervisory Board compensation and benefits and a review of members of the Supervisory Board duties and responsibilities.

 

10.2         The Supervisory Board maintains a continuing education program for all members of the Supervisory Board. The Supervisory Board recognizes the importance of continuing education for its members and is committed to provide such education in order to improve the performance of the Supervisory Board. It is the responsibility of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board to advise the members of the Supervisory Board about their continuing education, including relevant leading-edge corporate governance issues. The members of the Supervisory Board are encouraged to participate in continuing Supervisory Board member education programs.

 

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10.3.       The SB approves the Internal Audit Work Plan of the Company. A report on internal audit activities must be submitted to the SB meeting on a regular basis. The SB decides in a resolution whether to accept such a report.

 

10.4.       Members of the SB may not be instructed by the members of the business associationCompany or his employer with respect to their activities carried out as part of such positions. (CA Section 34 (3)).

 

10.5.       The senior officials and employees of the Company are obliged, in the course of the supervisory activities of the SB, to supply all information and make the necessary documents and files available to the SB.  If the above persons do not comply with their such obligation the SB shall inform the Board of Directors about such failure without delay.

 

10.6.       The management of the Company provides the members of the SB the possibility of entering the official premises of the Company to facilitate fulfillment of their tasks.

 

10.7.       The General Meeting may provide remuneration to the members of the SB.

 

10.8.       A person elected to be a Supervisory Board member shall, within fifteen (15) days as of acceptance of his new office, inform in writing the business associations where he is already an SB member. (CA Section 36 (3) and 24 (3)). SB members shall notify the CompanySB within fifteen (15) days in the event they are offered a membership in a supervisory board or or a board of directors or offered an executive management position at another company and also whether they accepted the position.

 

10.9.       The employee representative Supervisory Board member shall inform — with the exception of confidential information - the community of employees on the activities of the SB through the Work’s Council. (CA Section 38 (4))

 

11.          Annual Evaluation of the Supervisory Board

 

The Supervisory Board shall perform an annual comprehensive self-evaluation of its performance.  This self-evaluation should include a review of the Supervisory Board’s contribution as a whole and should specifically review areas in which the Supervisory Board believes a better contribution could be made.  Its purpose is to increase the effectiveness of the Supervisory Board and the evaluation of the work of the individual , not to target individual Supervisory Board members. The Supervisory Board shall meet annually to discuss the results of this critical self-evaluation.

 

Final clause

 

This Rules of Procedure was approved by the Annual General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc. with Resolution No. 18….10/20078 (IV.265.).

 

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Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

Audit Committee

 

Proposal of the Audit Committee of Magyar Telekom Plc.

for the General Meeting of the Company

 

Resolution proposal:

 

The General Meeting confirms and approves that PricewaterhouseCoopers Kft. (1077 Budapest, Wesselényi u. 16.; auditor’s registration no: 001464), personally Márta Hegedűsné Szűcs as registered auditor (chamber membership number: 006838; address: 2071 Páty, Várhegyi u. 6.; mother’s maiden name: Julianna Hliva) acted until April 2, 2009 for year 2008 as the auditor of the Company. The General Meeting confirms and approves that if Márta Hegedűsné Szűcs was incapacitated Margit Gyurikné Sós (chamber membership number: 003662, mother’s maiden name: Margit Varró, address: 1041 Budapest, Bercsényi u. 11.) acted as the responsible auditor of the Company.

 

The General Meeting confirms and approves that HUF 72,000,000 + VAT + max 5% related costs + VAT (excluding the audit of internal controls as required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), to be the Auditor’s annual compensation for the year 2008, covering the audit of the annual financial statements of the Company prepared in accordance with the Hungarian Accounting Act and also the audit of the annual consolidated financial statements of the Magyar Telekom Group prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

 

Budapest, March 12, 2010

 

In representation of the Audit Committee of Magyar Telekom Plc.:

 

 

Dr. János Illéssy

Chairman of the Audit Committee

 



 

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 Annual General Meeting April 7, 2010 Report of the Board of Directors on the management of Magyar Telekom Plc., on the business operation, on the business policy and on the financial situation of the company and Magyar Telekom Group in 2009 Christopher Mattheisen Chairman and CEO

 


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According to Section 7.4.1.e) of the Articles of Association and Section 10.1.e) of the Rules of Procedures of the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors draws up, at the end of each business year, a report for the General Meeting on the management of the Company, the assets of the Company, the financial situation of the Company and the business policy of the Company.

 


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Integrated IT-telecommunication offerings Application Service Provider (ASP) and IT outsourcing Further selective acquisitions in the Hungarian SI/IT market Our strategy TV, PC, and mobile screens Technological leadership – superior 3G mobile network, fiber roll-out, cable upgrade Integrated fixed and mobile offers Leaner organization Subsidiary mergers Simpler brand structure Focus on efficiency enhancement Building a unified CRM/billing platform 3SCREEN COMPANY ICT LEADER Improved service quality and portfolio Focus areas: attractive 3Screen content /service offering and media SERVICE INNOVATION Utilize synergies within DT group Seeking value-creating international acquisitions REGIONAL PRESENCE ONE COMPANY

 


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Headcount reduction in 2010 agreement with trade unions reached in September 2009 400+ employee redundancies at the parent company by end-2010 goal is to reduce underlying TWM-related expenses by HUF 6.5bn in two years despite wage increases severance-related expenses amounted to HUF7bn, accounted for in Q4 2009 Underlying TWM expense in Hungary -5% Annual wage increase 5.5% 5.6% 1.5% Voice revenues > 70% New revenue sources < 20% SI/IT: 1% Dynamic change in revenue mix continued decline of voice revenues pronounced growth in revenues from non-traditional services such as SI/IT and TV services New revenue sources have lower EBITDA margin pressure on profitability eased by efficiency improvement measures Changing trends require continued efficiency improvements Voice revenues < 50% New revenue sources > 30% SI/IT >10% Change in revenue mix 114 121 0 50 100 150 2008 2009 2010 HUF billion Employee-related Other workforce 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 2005 2009 2012 Fixed voice Mobile voice Fixed BB Mobile non-voice TV SI/IT Other

 


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Hungarian market – infrastructure based-competition Mobile market trends Wireline voice market trends Broadband market trends Competing infrastructures Copper network: LTO structure, 80% of households served by Magyar Telekom Cable network: above 70% HH coverage, most upgraded to high-speed broadband service Mobile network: three quality networks with UMTS capability Fiber rollout: not just LTOs but other start-up/cable companies also rolling out fiber network Strong infrastructure based competition with triple play services offered on copper, fiber, cable and mobile networks 118% Penetration 121% 119% 118% 122% Source: NRA 39% 40% 41% 42% 43% 61% 60% 59% 58% 57% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Q4 2008 Q1 2009 Q2 2009 Q3 2009 Q4 2009 Postpaid Prepaid 40% 39% 38% 33% 39% 38% 38% 39% 21% 22% 24% 27% 29% 35% 39% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Q4 2008 Q1 2009 Q2 2009 Q3 2009 Q4 2009 ADSL Cable Mobile 83% 82% 78% 9% 10% 11% 15% 18% 8% 7% 7% 7% 7% 75% 83% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Q4 2008 Q1 2009 Q2 2009 Q3 2009 Q4 2009 PSTN VoCable & VoIP Alternative

 


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Strong positions across all segments of the Hungarian market Wireline broadband market shares TV market market shares Mobile broadband market shares** **based on traffic generating subs. Mobile voice market shares* Source: NRA, 2009 year end figures are preliminary data *based on active SIM cards 44% 45% 45% 44% 34% 33% 34% 33% 22% 22% 22% 23% 44% 33% 22% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Q4 2008 Q1 2009 Q2 2009 Q3 2009 Q4 2009 T-Mobile Pannon Vodafone 53% 51% 50% 49% 49% 25% 24% 24% 24% 25% 22% 25% 26% 27% 26% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Q4 2008 Q1 2009 Q2 2009 Q3 2009 Q4 2009 T-Mobile Pannon Vodafone 36% 37% 37% 37% 36% 23% 22% 21% 21% 19% 41% 41% 42% 45% 42% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Q4 2008 Q1 2009 Q2 2009 Q3 2009 Q4 2009 T-Home DSL+cable Other DSL Other cable 23% 24% 24% 25% 26% 33% 33% 32% 32% 24% 24% 24% 24% 23% 7% 6% 6% 6% 6% 13% 13% 13% 13% 13% 33% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Aug-2009 Sep-2009 Oct-2009 Nov-2009 Dec-2009 T-Home UPC Digi Fibernet Other

 


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Economic environment – still a drag on Magyar Telekom Group revenues and Hungarian GDP Hungarian macroeconomic indicators Continued pressure on telecommunication spending expected in 2010 despite stabilizing GDP, other lagging indicators set to remain weak in 2010 unemployment likely to peak in H2 2010 contained wage development still relatively tight credit conditions Recession is putting significant pressure on business performance customers in all sectors are heavily rationalizing their telecommunication spending churn rates have increased and usage has decreased both in the residential and business segment Economic indicators influence telecommunication spending in different ways in 2009 all components of economic activity suffered a meaningful decline in Hungary telecommunication spending lags GDP trend the demand for telecommunication services is more closely correlated with employment, disposable income and household consumption development Source: European Commission Oct-2009 forecasts -8% -4% 0% 4% 2008 2009F 2010F 2011F 6% 8% 10% 12% GDP (y-o-y) Household consumption (y-o-y) Unemployment rate (righ-hand scale, reversed order) -8% -6% -4% -2% 0% Q4 2008 Q1 2009 Q2 2009 Q3 2009 Q4 2009 Group revenues (y-o-y) GDP (y-o-y)

 


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Underlying EBITDA development Revenue development 2009 results – Business Unit analysis 3.1% revenue decline driven by recession, competition and regulation CBU revenues declined primarily due to the worsening economic environment with the austerity measures launched in July contracting private consumption further BBU revenues down driven by decline in both private and public sector spending international revenues increased due to favorable FX translation impact 4% underlying EBITDA decline driven by changing revenue mix and economic recession business unit results under pressure due to further erosion of traditional voice revenues 5.6% wage increase for parent company employees in April 2009 positive FX impact on result of international subsidiaries cost cutting measures to mitigate margin pressure *excluding special influences and HUF 8.5bn IC traffic related reversal of provisions accounted in 2008 (HUF 3.1bn at CBU and HUF 5.4bn at BBU) HUF million HUF million -9,055 664,531 643,989 -2,381 -2,430 -2,815 -16,181 12,321 500 000 520 000 540 000 560 000 580 000 600 000 620 000 640 000 660 000 680 000 2008* CBU BBU Macedonia Montenegro FX impact Consolidation & other 2009 273,745 -1,995 5 888 -376 -2,659 -4,889 -6,907 262,808 200 000 210 000 220 000 230 000 240 000 250 000 260 000 270 000 280 000 2008* CBU BBU Macedonia Montenegro FX impact Other 2009

 


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CBU – fixed operations Fixed voice access -13% +37% +62% -9% Subscribers TV customer growth -4% +2,825% +137% +38% Subscribers New generation access rollout 5-year plan to cover ~30% or 1.2mn of Hungarian households with bandwidth of up to 100 Mbps household coverage by end-2009: 170k fiber and 370k Docsis 3.0 total investment requirement of HUF 40 billion (of which HUF 8 billion spent in 2009) T-Home Sat TV launch service launched in November 2008 demand exceeding expectations – number of customers over 155,000 retention benefit: two-thirds of satellite TV customers are part of a 2Play or 3Play package 3Play as growth engine & retention tool in the residential segment new, simple and competitive offers launched under the T-Home brand in September 2008 the launch of Sat TV enabled country-wide offerings new packages include more favorable VoIP solutions triple play offers start from HUF 5,040/month ratio of xPlay customers ~35% 1,200,000 1,400,000 1,600,000 1,800,000 2,000,000 end-2008 end-2009 PSTN lines VoIP VoCable 0 250,000 500,000 750,000 end-2008 end-2009 Cable TV IPTV Satellite TV

 


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CBU – mobile operations Mobile internet development leading market position with 49% market share number of subscribers exceeded 320,000 at end-2009 3G/HSDPA network covering ~74% of population Tariff erosion average voice revenue per minute decline of 9% more conscious package selection wide use of closed-user-group services annual cuts in mobile termination rates EU regulated roaming tariffs lower ARPU driven by lower usage, declining average tariff levels and MTR cuts Recessionary impacts felt in the market in 2009 customer numbers declined and penetration decreased customers became more cost sensitive lower disposable income led to increased churn levels 122% 86% Penetration 92% Subscribers 99% 110% Subscribers, market shares and penetration *Subscribers and market shares are based on active SIM cards reported by NRA 118% ARPU -7% MOU -1% 45% 33% 22% 46% 45% 45% 34% 34% 34% 21% 21% 20% 44% 34% 22% 44% 33% 23% 0 2,000,000 4,000,000 6,000,000 8,000,000 10,000,000 12,000,000 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 3,397 3,164 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 2008 2009 HUF 127 126 0 50 100 150 2008 2009 min

 


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 Falling voice revenues rationalization and cost cutting initiatives at our key corporate clients lead to reduction in their telecom spending both private and public sector affected by economic recession number of fixed voice customers decreasing strong pressure on mobile tariffs resulting in lower ARPU level Growth in mobile internet strong demand for mobile internet number of customers over 100,000 at end-2009 SI/IT revenue growth growth in revenues despite the difficult environment leading market position strengthened acquisition of KFKI Direkt and ISH some private and public sector projects delayed/cancelled due to cost restrictions Business Services Business Unit (BBU) Mobile ARPU -16% Mobile MOU +3% Fixed voice access -9% -6% -21% -7% Subscribers 7,655 6,458 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 2008 2009 HUF 325 336 0 100 200 300 400 2008 2009 min 375,383 404,764 0 90,000 180,000 270,000 360,000 450,000 end-2008 end-2009 Business lines Managed leased lines ISDN channels

 


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International operations Intense competition in the fixed line market competition from altnets, cables and mobile operators resulting in decreasing fixed tariff levels and pressure on voice revenues positive contribution from revenues related to broadband services number of ADSL lines at 128,000 (up 30%) successful launch of IPTV and 2Play/3Play offers Mobile revenue growth thanks to improved usage trends improving customer mix MOU up by 8% to 104 minutes ARPU rose by 4% to HUF 2,678 3G services launched in June 2009 Fixed voice revenues under pressure deterioration in retail voice revenues driven by high mobile substitution growing internet and TV revenues thanks to strong increases in the customer base number of DSL access at 55,000 (up 41%) close to 70% increase in IPTV customer numbers (30,000 customers by end-2009) Mobile revenue erosion driven by strong competition very intense competition resulting in lower tariff levels fallout in visitor revenues as economic recession negatively affected tourism MOU at 96 (down by 9%) ARPU of HUF 2,459 (down 15%) Penetration Subscribers 111% 81% 59% 62% 30% 30% 8% 100% 60% 30% 10% 11% 59% 29% 12% Subscribers Penetration 186% 169% 34% 41% 25% Data based on the active SIM cards published by the Montenegrin Telecom Agency 27% 25% 43% 198% 32% 26% 37% 186% 37% 26% 38% 36% 56% 28% 16% 112% 116% 209% 34% 39% Macedonia Montenegro 0 650,000 1,300,000 1,950,000 2,600,000 Q4 2007 Q2 2008 Q4 2008 Q2 2009 Q4 2009 0 450,000 900,000 1,350,000 Q4 2007 Q2 2008 Q4 2008 Q2 2009 Q4 2009

 


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Proposal for dividend payment The Board of Directors proposes HUF 74 dividend per share after 2009 earnings for approval to the Annual General Meeting. Target Net debt ratio* DPS (HUF) Historical dividend payments * net debt / total capital ** 2006 dividend payment (for 2005 financials) was delayed to January 2007 31.0% 30.8% 31.6% 29.8% 31.7% 33.2% 32.9% 74 74 70 73 70 70 70 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 2003 2004 2005 Q1 2007** 2007 2008 2009 0 20 40 60 80 Net debt ratio Dividend payment

 


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Dividend payment details The proposed gross dividend is HUF 74 per share with a nominal value of HUF 100 April 21, 2010 detailed announcement will be published on the order of dividend disbursement on the homepage of the Company and the Budapest Stock Exchange April 27, 2010 last day of trading with Magyar Telekom shares entitled to dividend April 28, 2010 ex-dividend date April 30, 2010 record date May 7, 2010 payment date (ordinary shares) May 14, 2010 payment date (ADR)

 


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Dividend – tax implication Dividends are subject to withholding tax Tax will be deducted before payment Rates and taxes: domestic private individuals: 10% personal income tax foreign private individuals: 10% personal income tax legal entities with Hungarian domicile: 0% legal entities with foreign domicile: 0% Magyar Telekom issues a certificate on the amount of dividend paid, rates and taxes deducted and sends it to its shareholders not later than January 31, 2011.

 

 


 

Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

 

 

Submission and resolution proposal

 

to the General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

 

Subject:

Decision on the approval of the 2009 consolidated annual financial statements of the Company prescribed by the Accounting Act according to the requirements of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS); presentation of the relevant report of the Supervisory Board, the Audit Committee and the Auditor

 

 

Budapest, April 7, 2010

 



 

According to Section 302 e) of the Companies Act and Section 6.2. (i) of the Articles of Association, approving the report prepared according to the Accounting Act belongs to the exclusive authority of the General Meeting.

 

 

Resolution proposal:

 

The General Meeting approves the 2009 Consolidated Financial Statements of Magyar Telekom Group prepared according to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), as endorsed by the EU including

 

Balance Sheet Total Assets of HUF 1,166,377 million and

Profit for the year of HUF 93,253 million.

 



 

Magyar Telekom Telecommunications

Public Limited Company

 

 

Consolidated Annual Report

 

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009

 



 

Magyar Telekom Telecommunications

Public Limited Company

 

 

Consolidated Financial Statements

 

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009

 

 

Prepared in accordance with

International Financial Reporting Standards
(IFRS)

 



 

MAGYAR TELEKOM

 

INDEX TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

Consolidated financial statements:

 

 

 

 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

F-2

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of financial position as at December 31, 2006, 2007, 2008 (as restated) and 2009

 

F-4

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of comprehensive income for the years ended December 31,  2007, 2008 and 2009

 

F-5

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009

 

F-6

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of changes in equity for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 (as restated) and 2009

 

F-8

 

 

 

Notes to the Consolidated financial statements

 

F-9

 

F-1



 

 

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers Kft.

 

H-1077 Budapest

 

Wesselényi u. 16.

 

 

 

H-1438 Budapest, P.O, Box 517

 

HUNGARY

 

 

 

Telephone:

(36-1) 461-9100

 

Facsimile:

(36-1) 461-9101

 

Internet:

www.pwc.com/hu

 

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Nyrt.

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of Magyar Telekom Nyrt. (“the Company’’), which comprise the consolidated statement of financial position as of 31 December 2009 (in which total of statement of financial position is HUF 1,166,377 million and the profit attributable to owners of the parent is HUF 77,618 million) the consolidated statements of comprehensive income, consolidated statements of changes in equity, and the consolidated statements of cash flows, for the year then ended and the notes to the financial statements including a summary of the main accounting policies as well as other disclosures.

 

Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements

 

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the EU. This responsibility includes: designing, implementing, and maintaining internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error; selecting and applying appropriate accounting policies; and making accounting estimates that are reasonable in the circumstances.

 

Auditor’s Responsibility

 

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audit and to assess whether or not the accounting information disclosed in the business report is consistent with that contained in the consolidated financial statements. We conducted our audit in accordance with Hungarian and International Standards on Auditing and with applicable laws and regulations in force in Hungary. Those Standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the consolidated financial statements are free from material misstatement.

 

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the

 

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entity’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our work in respect of the business report was limited to checking it within the aforementioned scope and did not include a review of any information other than that drawn from the audited accounting records of the Company.

 

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

 

Opinion

 

During our work we have audited the components and disclosures along with the underlying accounting records and supporting documentation in the consolidated financial statements of Magyar Telekom Nyrt. in accordance with Hungarian and International Standards on Auditing and, on the basis of our audit work, we have gained sufficient and appropriate evidence that the consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the EU. In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of Magyar Telekom Nyrt. as of 31 December 2009, and of the results of its operation for the year then ended in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the EU. The business report is consistent with the disclosures in the financial statements.

 

Budapest, March 11, 2010

 

/s/ Manfred Krawietz

 

/s/ Hegedũsné Szũcs Márta

Manfred Krawietz

 

Hegedũsné Szũcs Márta

Partner

 

Statutory auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers Kft.

 

Licence number: 006838

1077 Budapest, Wesselényi u. 16.

 

 

License Number: 001464

 

 

 

Note:

 

Our report has been prepared in Hungarian and in English. In all matters of interpretation of information, views or opinions, the Hungarian version of our report takes precedence over the English version.

 

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MAGYAR TELEKOM

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION

As restated (Notes 1.2.2 and 2.1.5)

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2009

 

 

 

Note

 

2006

 

2007

 

2008

 

2009

 

(unaudited –
Note 2.1)

 

 

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

(million USD)

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

6

 

60,207

 

47,666

 

66,680

 

34,270

 

182

 

Trade and other receivables

 

7

 

102,390

 

103,576

 

101,895

 

110,353

 

587

 

Other current financial assets

 

8.1

 

21,064

 

63,431

 

68,498

 

87,611

 

466

 

Current income tax receivable

 

9.1

 

6,735

 

1,857

 

2,676

 

4,075

 

22

 

Inventories

 

10

 

10,460

 

10,652

 

13,291

 

9,788

 

52

 

Non current assets held for sale

 

11

 

6,825

 

4,393

 

1,775

 

3,269

 

17

 

Total current assets

 

 

 

207,681

 

231,575

 

254,815

 

249,366

 

1,326

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non current assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

12

 

550,900

 

534,731

 

543,689

 

550,745

 

2,928

 

Intangible assets

 

13

 

329,427

 

334,914

 

335,379

 

335,615

 

1,785

 

Investments in associates and joint ventures

 

14

 

5,771

 

4,936

 

4,136

 

186

 

1

 

Deferred tax assets

 

9.4

 

9,575

 

1,286

 

1,590

 

1,890

 

10

 

Other non current financial assets

 

8.2

 

23,786

 

24,977

 

26,094

 

27,682

 

147

 

Other non current assets

 

15

 

2,142

 

846

 

840

 

893

 

5

 

Total non current assets

 

 

 

921,601

 

901,690

 

911,728

 

917,011

 

4,876

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

 

 

1,129,282

 

1,133,265

 

1,166,543

 

1,166,377

 

6,202

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial liabilities to related parties

 

16

 

77,756

 

25,210

 

96,331

 

70,573

 

375

 

Other financial liabilities

 

17

 

29,903

 

44,666

 

37,134

 

36,332

 

193

 

Trade payables

 

18

 

81,392

 

86,046

 

92,340

 

85,874

 

457

 

Current income tax payable

 

9.1

 

1,736

 

2,365

 

1,697

 

624

 

3

 

Provisions

 

19

 

12,370

 

20,060

 

15,842

 

12,692

 

68

 

Other current liabilities

 

20

 

111,232

 

44,671

 

38,092

 

32,228

 

171

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

 

314,389

 

223,018

 

281,436

 

238,323

 

1,267

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial liabilities to related parties

 

16

 

185,432

 

254,432

 

243,097

 

266,998

 

1,420

 

Other financial liabilities

 

17

 

20,697

 

55,038

 

23,039

 

26,221

 

139

 

Deferred tax liabilities

 

9.4

 

5,647

 

2,714

 

11,071

 

18,594

 

99

 

Provisions

 

19

 

3,614

 

12,665

 

10,049

 

9,721

 

51

 

Other non current liabilities

 

21

 

10,131

 

7,500

 

1,304

 

1,100

 

6

 

Total non current liabilities

 

 

 

225,521

 

332,349

 

288,560

 

322,634

 

1,715

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

 

 

539,910

 

555,367

 

569,996

 

560,957

 

2,982

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity of the owners of the parent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock

 

 

 

104,277

 

104,275

 

104,275

 

104,275

 

554

 

Additional paid in capital

 

 

 

27,380

 

27,379

 

27,379

 

27,379

 

146

 

Treasury stock

 

 

 

(1,504

)

(1,179

)

(1,179

)

(1,179

)

(6

)

Retained earnings

 

 

 

393,994

 

381,727

 

397,684

 

398,250

 

2,118

 

Other components of equity

 

 

 

(1,425

)

(521

)

5,787

 

9,755

 

52

 

Total Equity of the owners of the parent

 

 

 

522,722

 

511,681

 

533,946

 

538,480

 

2,864

 

Non-controlling interests

 

 

 

66,650

 

66,217

 

62,601

 

66,940

 

356

 

Total equity

 

 

 

589,372

 

577,898

 

596,547

 

605,420

 

3,220

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

 

 

 

1,129,282

 

1,133,265

 

1,166,543

 

1,166,377

 

6,202

 

 

These consolidated financial statements were authorized for issue by the Board of Directors on March 10, 2010 and signed on their behalf by:

 

 

Christopher Mattheisen

 

Thilo Kusch

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

F-4



 

MAGYAR TELEKOM

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

 

 

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2009

 

 

 

Note

 

2007

 

2008

 

2009

 

(unaudited
– Note 2.1)

 

 

 

 

 

(in HUF millions, except per share
amounts)

 

(million
USD)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

22

 

676,661

 

673,056

 

643,989

 

3,424

 

Expenses directly related to revenues

 

23

 

(177,265

)

(167,558

)

(160,576

)

(854

)

Employee related expenses

 

24

 

(120,176

)

(100,320

)

(101,918

)

(542

)

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

 

(115,595

)

(106,120

)

(101,920

)

(542

)

Other operating expenses

 

25

 

(139,314

)

(141,049

)

(135,305

)

(719

)

Operating expenses

 

 

 

(552,350

)

(515,047

)

(499,719

)

(2,657

)

Other operating income

 

26

 

4,001

 

4,249

 

2,863

 

15

 

Operating profit

 

 

 

128,312

 

162,258

 

147,133

 

782

 

Finance expenses

 

27

 

(35,186

)

(37,199

)

(37,533

)

(199

)

Finance income

 

28

 

5,217

 

6,891

 

4,720

 

25

 

Share of associates’ and joint ventures’ profits / (losses)

 

14

 

934

 

1,341

 

(109

)

(1

)

Profit before income tax

 

 

 

99,277

 

133,291

 

114,211

 

607

 

Income tax expense

 

9.2

 

(26,221

)

(27,698)

 

(20,958

)

(111

)

Profit for the year

 

 

 

73,056

 

105,593

 

93,253

 

496

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exchange differences on translating foreign operations

 

 

 

861

 

8,851

 

6,159

 

33

 

Revaluation of available-for-sale financial assets – before tax

 

 

 

233

 

(348

)

(6

)

 

Revaluation of available-for-sale financial assets – tax effect

 

 

 

(23

)

35

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income for the year, net of tax

 

 

 

1,071

 

8,538

 

6,153

 

33

 

Total comprehensive income for the year

 

 

 

74,127

 

114,131

 

99,406

 

529

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit attributable to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Owners of the parent

 

 

 

60,155

 

93,008

 

77,618

 

413

 

Non-controlling interests

 

 

 

12,901

 

12,585

 

15,635

 

83

 

 

 

 

 

73,056

 

105,593

 

93,253

 

496

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income attributable to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Owners of the parent

 

 

 

61,059

 

99,316

 

81,586

 

434

 

Non-controlling interests

 

 

 

13,068

 

14,815

 

17,820

 

95

 

 

 

 

 

74,127

 

114,131

 

99,406

 

529

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per share (EPS) information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit attributable to the owners of the Company

 

 

 

60,155

 

93,008

 

77,618

 

413

 

Weighted average number of common stock outstanding (thousands) used for basic and diluted EPS

 

 

 

1,041,070

 

1,041,242

 

1,041,241

 

1,041,241

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted earnings per share (HUF and USD)

 

 

 

57.78

 

89.32

 

74.54

 

0.40

 

 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

F-5



 

MAGYAR TELEKOM

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

 

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2009

 

 

 

Note

 

2007

 

2008

 

2009

 

(unaudited –
Note 2.1)

 

 

 

 

 

(in HUF millions)

 

(million USD)

 

Cashflows from operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit for the year

 

 

 

73,056

 

105,593

 

93,253

 

493

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

 

115,595

 

106,120

 

101,920

 

542

 

Income tax expense

 

 

 

26,221

 

27,698

 

20,958

 

114

 

Finance expenses

 

 

 

35,186

 

37,199

 

37,533

 

199

 

Finance income

 

 

 

(5,217

)

(6,891

)

(4,720

)

(25

)

Share of associates’ and joint ventures’ profits / (losses)

 

 

 

(934

)

(1,341

)

109

 

1

 

Change in assets carried as working capital

 

 

 

6,897

 

1,481

 

(1,427

)

(7

)

Change in provisions

 

 

 

16,997

 

(10,265

)

(3,918

)

(21

)

Change in liabilities carried as working capital

 

 

 

8,595

 

1,886

 

(4,231

)

(23

)

Income tax paid

 

 

 

(12,343

)

(20,768

)

(16,053

)

(85

)

Dividend received

 

 

 

72

 

127

 

2,149

 

11

 

Interest and other financial charges paid

 

 

 

(32,528

)

(34,119

)

(38,627

)

(205

)

Interest received

 

 

 

5,742

 

7,923

 

8,453

 

45

 

Other cashflows from operations

 

 

 

(5,999

)

(4,354

)

(1,604

)

(9

)

Net cash generated from operating activities

 

 

 

231,340

 

210,289

 

193,795

 

1,030

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cashflows from investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase of property plant and equipment (PPE) and intangible assets

 

29

 

 (103,097

)

 (116,039

)

 (110,228

)

 (586

)

Purchase of subsidiaries and business units

 

30

 

(710

)

(762

)

(5,193

)

(28

)

Cash acquired through business combinations

 

 

 

485

 

 

460

 

2

 

Cash spun-off through demerger

 

 

 

(1,173

)

 

 

 

Payments for other financial assets — net

 

 

 

(39,491

)

(4,075

)

(18,547

)

(99

)

Proceeds from disposal of subsidiaries and associates

 

5.5

 

 

1,233

 

2,074

 

11

 

Proceeds from disposal of PPE and intangible assets

 

 

 

9,105

 

6,194

 

1,135

 

6

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

 

(134,881

)

(113,449

)

(130,299

)

(692

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cashflows from financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends paid to shareholders and Non-controlling interest

 

 

 

(162,558

)

(95,343

)

(93,640

)

(498

)

Proceeds from loans and other borrowings

 

 

 

283,184

 

143,014

 

190,617

 

1,014

 

Repayment of loans and other borrowings

 

 

 

(230,238

)

(126,901

)

(193,537

)

(1,029

)

Proceeds from sale of treasury stock

 

 

 

391

 

 

 

 

Net cash used in financing activities

 

 

 

(109,221

)

(79,230

)

(96,560

)

(513

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exchange gains on cash and cash equivalents

 

 

 

221

 

1,404

 

654

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

 

(12,541

)

19,014

 

(32,410

)

(172

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year

 

 

 

60,207

 

47,666

 

66,680

 

354

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of year

 

6

 

47,666

 

66,680

 

34,270

 

182

 

 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

F-6



 

MAGYAR TELEKOM

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

As restated (Note 1.2.2)

 

 

 

pieces

 

In HUF millions

 

 

 

Shares of
common stock
(a)

 

Common
stock
(a)

 

Additional
paid in
capital
(b)

 

Treasury
stock
(c)

 

Retained
earnings
(d)

 

Cumulative
translation
adjustment
(e)

 

Revaluation
reserve for AFS
financial assets
— net of tax
(f)

 

Reserve for
equity settled
share based
transactions
(g)

 

Equity of the
owners of
the parent

 

Non-
controlling
interests
(h)

 

Total
Equity

 

Balance at December 31, 2006 — as restated

 

1,042,768,215

 

104,277

 

27,380

 

(1,504

)

393,994

 

(1,474

)

 

49

 

522,722

 

66,650

 

589,372

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend (i)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(72,729

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(72,729

)

 

(72,729

)

Dividend declared to Non-controlling interests (j)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(13,729

)

(13,729

)

Elimination of the “B” share (a)

 

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share options exercised by managers (k)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

325

 

66

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

391

 

 

391

 

Excess related to the acquisition of TSH (l)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

1,540

 

1,543

 

TSH demerger (l)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

243

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

243

 

(1,312

)

(1,069

)

Reduction in capital as a result of merger with T-Online and Emitel (m)

 

(22,700

)

(2

)

(1

)

 

 

(5

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(8

)

 

(8

)

Total comprehensive income for the year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60,155

 

786

 

118

 

 

 

61,059

 

13,068

 

74,127

 

Balance at December 31, 2007 — as restated

 

1,042,745,615

 

104,275

 

27,379

 

(1,179

)

381,727

 

(688

)

118

 

49

 

511,681

 

66,217

 

577,898

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend (i)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(77,051

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(77,051

)

 

(77,051

)

Dividend declared to Non-controlling interests (j)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(18,431

)

(18,431

)

Total comprehensive income for the year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

93,008

 

6,485

 

(177

)

 

 

99,316

 

14,815

 

114,131

 

Balance at December 31, 2008 — as restated

 

1,042,745,615

 

104,275

 

27,379

 

(1,179

)

397,684

 

5,797

 

(59

)

49

 

533,946

 

62,601

 

596,547

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend (i)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(77,052

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(77,052

)

 

(77,052

)

Dividend declared to Non-controlling interests (j)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(13,481

)

(13,481

)

Reduction in capital as a result of merger with T-Kábel and Dél-Vonal (n)

 

(3,072

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income for the year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

77,618

 

3,971

 

(3

)

 

 

81,586

 

17,820

 

99,406

 

Balance at December 31, 2009

 

1,042,742,543

 

104,275

 

27,379

 

(1,179

)

398,250

 

9,768

 

(62

)

49

 

538,480

 

66,940

 

605,420

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of which treasury stock

 

(1,503,541

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares of common stock outstanding at December 31, 2009

 

1,041,239,002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

F-7



 

MAGYAR TELEKOM

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

 

(a)   The total amount of issued shares of common stock of 1,042,742,543 (each with a nominal value of HUF 100) is fully paid as at December 31, 2009. Total shareholders’ equity included one Series “B” preference share at the nominal value of HUF 10,000 until September 30, 2007. This Series “B” share was held by the Ministry of Economics and Transport, and bestowed certain rights on its owner, including access to information, and the appointment of a Director. This share could only be held by the Government or its nominee. In order to comply with EU regulations, a new Hungarian regulation in 2007 required the Company to eliminate the “B” share and the special rights attached to it, consequently, the “B” share was transformed into 100 ordinary shares. The number of authorized ordinary shares on December 31, 2009 is 1,042,742,543.

 

(b)   Additional paid in capital represents the amount above the nominal value of the shares that was received by the Company during capital increases.

 

(c)   Treasury stock represents the cost of the Company’s own shares repurchased. Of the Treasury shares as at December 31, 2009, 103,530 can be used by the ex-CEO for his share options still outstanding (Note 24.1.3).

 

(d)   Retained earnings include the accumulated and undistributed profit of the Group. The distributable reserves of the Company under Hungarian law at December 31, 2009 amounted to approximately HUF 266,149 million (HUF 270,869 million at December 31, 2008).

 

(e)   Cumulative translation adjustment represents the foreign exchange differences arising on the consolidation of foreign subsidiaries.

 

(f)    Revaluation reserve for available-for-sale (AFS) financial assets includes the unrealized gains and losses net of tax on available-for-sale financial assets.

 

(g)   Reserve for equity settled share based transactions includes the compensation expenses accrued in this reserve related to share settled compensation programs. The balance of this reserve of HUF 49 million in the reported periods represents the amount reserved for the 103,530 options (granted in 2000) Magyar Telekom’s ex-CEO still has open (Note 24.1.3).

 

(h)   Non-controlling interests represent the Non-controlling shareholders’ share of the net assets of subsidiaries, in which the Group has less than 100% ownership.

 

(i)    In 2009 Magyar Telekom Plc. declared HUF 74 dividend per share (HUF 74 in 2008, HUF 70 in 2007).

 

(j)    The amount of dividends declared to Non-controlling owners includes predominantly the dividends declared to the Non-controlling owners of Makedonski Telekom (MKT) and Crnogorski Telekom (CT), the Group’s subsidiaries.

 

(k)   In 2007 managers exercised share options, for which the Company used its treasury shares. As a result of these transactions, the Company sold 414,283 of its treasury shares to the managers at the fixed option prices. On the sale of the treasury shares the Company recognized a gain of HUF 66 million, which was recognized in Retained earnings. For more details on the programs see Note 24.1.2.

 

(l)    As of January 1, 2007 Magyar Telekom acquired an additional 2% ownership in T-Systems Hungary (TSH) for a cost of HUF 60 million. The acquisition was accounted for at cost as the transaction took place between entities under common control, and resulted in an excess of HUF 3 million recognized in Retained earnings (Note 5.3.2). As of August 31, 2007 TSH had a legal split (spin-off), as a result of which the net assets and the equity of TSH were divided between the owners, after which Magyar Telekom became a 100% owner of the net assets and equity retained in TSH. As the transaction took place between entities under common control, the spin-off was accounted for at cost, and resulted in an excess of HUF 243 million recognized in Retained earnings.

 

(m)  In 2007 Magyar Telekom Plc. merged with T-Online Hungary’s access business line and Emitel, its 100% subsidiaries. During the merger, the owners of 22,700 shares expressed their intention not to participate as owners in the merged Company. Consequently, the Company withdrew these shares and paid off these owners with a corresponding decrease in Common stock, Additional paid in capital and Retained earnings, and the merged Company was registered with 22,700 less shares as of September 30, 2007.

 

(n)   In 2009 Magyar Telekom Plc. merged with T-Kábel and Dél-Vonal, its 100% subsidiaries. During the merger, the owners of 3,072 shares expressed their intention not to participate as owners in the merged Company. Consequently, the Company withdrew these shares and paid off these owners with a corresponding decrease in Common stock, Additional paid in capital and Retained earnings. These amounts did not exceed HUF 1 million. The merged Company was registered with 3,072 less shares as of September 30, 2009.

 

Together with the approval of these financial statements for issue, the Board of the Company proposes a HUF 74 per share dividend distribution (in total HUF 77,052 million) to be approved by the Annual General Meeting of the Company in April 2010.

 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

F-8



 

MAGYAR TELEKOM

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

1 GENERAL INFORMATION

 

1.1 About the Company

 

Magyar Telekom Plc., (the “Company” or “Magyar Telekom Plc.”) with its subsidiaries form Magyar Telekom Group (“Magyar Telekom” or “the Group”). Magyar Telekom is the principal supplier of telecommunications services in Hungary, Macedonia and Montenegro and alternative service provider in Bulgaria, Romania and in the Ukraine. These services are subject to various telecommunications regulations depending on the countries of operations (Note 1.3).

 

The Company was incorporated in Hungary on December 31, 1991 and commenced business on January 1, 1992. The Company’s registered address is Krisztina körút 55, 1013 Budapest, Hungary.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. is listed on the Budapest and New York stock exchanges, its shares are traded on the Budapest Stock Exchange, while Magyar Telekom’s American Depository Shares (ADSs) each representing five ordinary shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

 

The immediate controlling shareholder of the Company is MagyarCom GmbH owning 59.21% of the issued shares, while the ultimate controlling parent of Magyar Telekom is Deutsche Telekom AG (DT or DTAG).

 

The consolidated financial statements are prepared and presented in millions of Hungarian Forints (HUF), unless stated otherwise.

 

These financial statements of the Company were approved for issue by the Company’s Board of Directors (the Board), however, the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the owners, authorized to accept these financials, has the right to require amendments before acceptance. As the controlling shareholders are represented in the Board of the Company that approved these financial statements for issuance, the probability of any potential change required by the AGM is extremely remote, and has never happened in the past.

 

On June 29, 2007, Magyar Telekom’s Extraordinary General Meeting approved the merger of Magyar Telekom Plc., Emitel Zrt. and the internet access business line of T-Online Magyarország Zrt. (T-Online), both of which were 100% subsidiaries of Magyar Telekom Plc. The remaining business lines of T-Online continued as a separate legal entity under the company name “Origo Zrt.”. As the merger occurred between the parent company and its 100% owned subsidiaries, the transaction did not have any impact on the Consolidated financial position of the Group or its operating segments other than as disclosed in the notes to the Consolidated statements of changes in equity. The merger was registered by the Hungarian Court of Registration as of September 30, 2007.

 

On June 29, 2009, Magyar Telekom’s Extraordinary General Meeting approved the merger of Magyar Telekom Plc., T-Kábel Kft. and Dél-Vonal Kft., two 100% subsidiaries of Magyar Telekom Plc. As the merger occurred between the parent company and its 100% owned subsidiaries, the transaction did not have any impact on the Consolidated financial position of the Group or its operating segments other than as disclosed in the notes to the Consolidated statements of changes in equity. The merger was registered by the Hungarian Court of Registration as of September 30, 2009.

 

F-9



 

MAGYAR TELEKOM

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

1.2 Investigation into certain consultancy contracts

 

1.2.1 Summary of the Investigations

 

In the course of conducting their audit of the Company’s 2005 financial statements, PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Company’s auditors, identified two contracts the nature and business purposes of which were not readily apparent to them. In February 2006, the Company’s Audit Committee retained White & Case, as its independent legal counsel, to conduct an internal investigation into whether the Company had made payments under those, or other contracts, potentially prohibited by U.S. laws or regulations, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) or internal Company policy. The Company’s Audit Committee also informed the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”), the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority of the internal investigation.

 

Based on the documentation and other evidence obtained by it, White & Case preliminarily concluded that there was reason to believe that four consulting contracts entered into in 2005 were entered into to serve improper objectives, and further found that during 2006 certain employees had destroyed evidence that was relevant to the investigation. White & Case also identified several contracts at our Macedonian subsidiary that warranted further review. In February 2007, our Board of Directors determined that those contracts should be reviewed and expanded the scope of the internal investigation to cover these additional contracts and any related or similarly questionable contracts or payments.

 

For further information about the internal and governmental investigations, please refer to the Company’s quarterly reports for the first, second and third quarters of 2009 and the Company’s annual reports on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2008 filed with the SEC.

 

On December 2, 2009, the Audit Committee provided the Company’s Board of Directors with a “Report of Investigation to the Audit Committee of Magyar Telekom Plc.” dated November 30, 2009 (the “Final Report”).  The Audit Committee indicated that it considers that, with the preparation of the Final Report based on currently available facts, White & Case has completed its independent internal investigation.

 

The Final Report includes the following findings and conclusions, based upon the evidence available to the Audit Committee and its counsel:

 

· The information obtained by the Audit Committee and its counsel in the course of the investigation “demonstrates intentional misconduct and a lack of commitment to compliance at the most senior levels of Magyar Telekom, TCG, and MakTel during the period under investigation.”

 

· As previously disclosed, with respect to Montenegrin contracts, there is “insufficient evidence to establish that the approximately EUR 7 million in expenditures made pursuant to four consultancy contracts ... were made for legitimate business purposes”, and there is “affirmative evidence that these expenditures served improper purposes.”  These contracts were not appropriately recorded in the books and records of the Company and its relevant subsidiaries. As previously disclosed, the Company has already reclassified, in the Company’s financial statements, the accounting treatment relating to certain of these contracts to more accurately account for these expenditures.

 

· As previously disclosed, there is evidence that certain former employees intentionally destroyed documents relating to activities undertaken in Macedonia by the Company and its affiliates.

 

· Between 2000 and 2006 a small group of former senior executives at the Company and the Company’s Macedonian affiliates, authorized the expenditure of approximately EUR 24 million through over twenty suspect consultancy, lobbying, and other contracts (including certain contracts between the Company and its subsidiaries on one hand, and affiliates of a Cyprus-based consulting company on the other hand).  The Final Report concludes that “the available evidence does not establish that the contracts under which these expenditures were made were legitimate.”

 

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· “The evidence shows that, contrary to their terms, a number of these contracts were undertaken to obtain specific regulatory and other benefits from the government of Macedonia.  The Companies generally received the benefits sought and then made expenditures under one or more of the suspect contracts.  There is evidence that the remaining contracts were also illegitimate and created a pool of funds available for purposes other than those stated on the face of the agreements.”

 

· In entering into these contracts and approving expenditures under them, the former senior executives knowingly caused, structured, or approved transactions that shared most or all of the following characteristics:

 

·   intentional circumvention of internal controls;

 

·   false and misleading Company documents and records;

 

·   lack of due diligence concerning, and failure to monitor performance of, contractors and agents in circumstances carrying a high risk of corruption;

 

·   lack of evidence of performance; and

 

·   expenditures that were not for the purposes stated in the contracts under which they were made, but rather were intended to obtain benefits for the Companies that could only be conferred by government action.

 

The Final Report states that “the Investigation did not uncover evidence showing receipt of payments by any Macedonian government officials or political party officials.”  However, the Audit Committee’s counsel did not have access to evidence that would allow it to identify the ultimate beneficiaries of these expenditures.

 

Nothing in the Final Report implicates any current senior executive or Board member of the Company in connection with any wrongdoing.

 

As previously disclosed, the Company has taken remedial measures to address issues previously identified by the independent investigation. These measures included steps designed to revise and enhance the Company’s internal controls as well as the establishment of the Corporate Compliance Program.

 

Due to these measures, no modifications to the Corporate Compliance Program were viewed as necessary in response to the Final Report. This conclusion has been discussed with the Audit Committee and the Audit Committee has not made recommendations either relating to the Company’s compliance program or internal controls.

 

The Company is continuing to assess the nature and scope of potential legal remedies available to the Company against individuals or entities that may have caused harm to the Company.

 

As previously announced, the DOJ, the SEC and the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Macedonia have commenced investigations into certain of the Company’s activities that were the subject of the internal investigation.  Also, as previously announced, the Hungarian National Bureau of Investigation (“NBI”) has begun a criminal investigation into alleged misappropriation of funds relating to payments made in connection with the Company’s ongoing internal investigation and the possible misuse of personal data of employees in the context of the internal investigation.  These governmental investigations are continuing, and the Company continues to cooperate with those investigations.  The Company cannot predict what the final outcome of those investigations may be or the impact, if any, they may have on its financial statements or results of operations. Furthermore, government authorities could seek criminal or civil sanctions, including monetary penalties, against the Company or its affiliates as well as additional changes to its business practices and compliance programs.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

1.2.2 Accounting implications of the findings of the Investigation

 

As a result of the findings of the Investigation (Note 1.2.1), we identified three consultancy contracts, the payments of which were erroneously capitalized as part of the goodwill arising on the original acquisition of Makedonski Telekom in 2001 and the goodwill arising on Makedonski Telekom’s repurchase of 10% of its shares in 2006. These amounts are now corrected and accounted for as though these payments had been expensed in 2001 and 2006 rather than capitalized as part of goodwill as originally reported.

 

In addition to the above, the other contracts that were identified by the Final Report, for which the available evidence does not establish that the contracts under which these expenditures were made were legitimate, were expensed in 2001-2006, which require no restatements on their own. However, depending on further analysis these contracts will probably qualify as non deductible expenses for various taxes. As the timing and the amount of the potential tax impacts and any penalties related to these taxes are uncertain, these were provided for retrospectively as at December 31, 2006, which also had an impact on the balance of the Non-controlling interests.

 

The table below shows the impacts of these restatements on the Statements of financial position.

 

In HUF millions

 

2006

 

2007

 

2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intangible assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As reported

 

331,740

 

337,227

 

337,692

 

Change due to restatement

 

(2,313

)

(2,313

)

(2,313

)

As restated

 

329,427

 

334,914

 

335,379

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provisions — non current

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As reported

 

3,533

 

12,886

 

9,417

 

Change in presentation (Note 2.1.5)

 

(1,401

)

(1,703

)

(850

)

After change in presentation

 

2,132

 

11,183

 

8,567

 

Change due to restatement

 

1,482

 

1,482

 

1,482

 

As restated

 

3,614

 

12,665

 

10,049

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retained earnings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As reported

 

397,311

 

385,044

 

401,001

 

Change

 

(3,317

)

(3,317

)

(3,317

)

As restated

 

393,994

 

381,727

 

397,684

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-controlling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As reported

 

67,128

 

66,695

 

63,079

 

Change

 

(478

)

(478

)

(478

)

As restated

 

66,650

 

66,217

 

62,601

 

 

The restatements had no impact on the Statements of comprehensive income or the Statements of cash flows.

 

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1.3 Public service concession and license arrangements

 

Magyar Telekom’s primary activities are the fixed line and mobile operations in Hungary, Macedonia and Montenegro. These services are in most cases regulated by these countries’ laws or other legislations. These services in most cases require the acquisition of a license or concession, which usually requires a one-off fee, which is capitalized and amortized over the original duration of license or concession, and also requires annual payments, which are recognized as Other operating expenses (included in Fees and levies) in the year the payment obligation refers to.

 

The most important features of the regulations of these services are described below.

 

1.3.1 Hungarian Fixed line

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. is the market leading fixed line telecom service provider in Hungary. Act C of 2003 on Electronic Communications, the latest act on the telecommunications sector, came into effect on January 1, 2004. The National Communications Authority of Hungary (NCAH) is the supreme supervisory body.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. has been a Universal Service Operator (USO) since 2002. According to the Act on Electronic Communications, universal services are basic communications services that should be available to all customers at an affordable price. The last effective USO contract was signed in 2004 and expired at the end of 2008; no new contract has been concluded since. The Ministry’s intention is to preserve the universal service and for that reason through the amendment of a decree in December 2008 orders the operators formerly in universal service provider status — amongst them Magyar Telekom Plc. — to continue the provisioning of universal service under unchanged terms and conditions. Currently the Company does not consider itself a universal service provider due to lack of an effective universal service contract. However, discussions are ongoing between the responsible Minister and the earlier universal service providers on a future possible universal service contract and on the modifications of the underlying regulation in line with the changed market situation. The necessary modifications of the telecommunications law already entered into force as of January 1, 2010 and the modification of the concerning government and ministerial decrees is ongoing as well. However a new universal service contract — based on these conditions - has not yet come into effect.

 

In the field of electronic communications Magyar Telekom was designated as an SMP (an operator with significant market power) in 12 fixed line markets out of the 18 relevant markets stipulated by the EU in 2004 and 2005. These 12 markets include all retail and wholesale telephony services, the market of wholesale leased line termination, the market of minimum set of leased lines and the wholesale broadband market. As a result of the market analysis conducted at the end of 2006 the Company was designated as SMP on the same markets as in the first round analysis in 2004 with basically no changes in the corresponding obligations. In 2008 the NCAH commenced the third round of market analysis. To date only the mobile termination wholesale market analysis resolution was published in this round of analysis. SMP resolutions concerning all other markets subject to analysis are expected to be published in Q2, 2010.

 

Currently in Hungary, retail tariffs are regulated in two ways. Price cap methodology is applicable for universal services, and - based on SMP resolutions on residential and business access markets — there is another formula used for subscription fees. In addition there is a prohibition of price squeeze in effect for SMP operators and, in accordance with the Act on Unfair and Restrictive Market Practices, retail prices should be set in accordance with wholesale tariffs providing an acceptable level of retail margins (i.e. no price squeeze).

 

Magyar Telekom is Hungary’s leading fixed line broadband service provider in the wholesale and one of the leading ones in the retail market. In 2005 the NCAH designated the Company as an SMP operator on the wholesale broadband access market. In accordance with the effective resolution, all retail products shall be ‘reproducible’ by competitors based on the wholesale service. Consequently, the full retail portfolio shall have a wholesale equivalent compliant to the pricing regulations (retail minus methodology) set forth by the NCAH. The Company has a non-discrimination obligation, which means that the same terms and conditions shall be granted in terms of wholesale services to competitors under identical circumstances.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

According to the Act on Electronic Communications, designated SMP operators are obliged to prepare reference offers for unbundled local loops (RUO) and to provide these services when there is a request for them by other telecommunications service providers. The reference offer of each SMP operator must be approved by the NCAH. The pricing of these services has to be cost based and calculated — according to the NCAH resolution on the market of wholesale unbundled access to metallic loops published at the end of 2007 - by Long Run Incremental Costs (“LRIC”) method as opposed to using Fully Distributed Costs based on a 2003 Ministerial Decree. The SMP operators may refuse the offer for unbundling if there are technical or economic barriers or if the provision of access to the local loop or its broadband network access would endanger the integrity of the SMPs’ network.

 

SMPs are also obliged to prepare reference offers for interconnection (RIO), containing applicable fees,  and to provide these services in accordance with the reference offer when there is a request for them by other telecommunications service providers. The reference offers of the SMPs must be approved by the NCAH, and prices have to be based on LRIC. Fees in the currently effective reference offers are applicable from April 1, 2009.

 

According to the Act on Electronic Communications, designated SMP operators are obliged to enable carrier selection to their subscribers. Consequently, voice telephony customers have the right to select different service providers for each call directions including Internet calls by dialing a pre-selected number or by using a call-by-call pre-fixed number. The requirements for carrier selection are set out in the RIO based interconnection agreements between the affected service providers.

 

Fixed line telecommunications service providers are obliged under the law to provide number portability on their networks starting January 1, 2004. This means that service providers must enable subscribers to change service provider without changing their fixed telephone numbers within the same geographical area.

 

1.3.2 Macedonian Fixed line

 

The Group is also present in the Macedonian fixed line telecommunications market through its subsidiary, Makedonski Telekom (MKT). MKT is the largest fixed line service provider in Macedonia. The Macedonian telecommunications sector is regulated by the Electronic Communications Law (ECL), enacted in March 2005. With the latest changes of the ECL published on August 4, 2008, the existing Concession Contract of MKT is no longer valid as of September 4, 2008. On September 5, 2008 the Agency for Electronic Communications (the Agency), ex officio, has issued a notification to MKT for those public electronic communication networks and/or services which have been allocated thereto under the Concession Contract. Radiofrequency licenses were issued to the operators for the bands granted with the Concession Contracts in a form prescribed by the ECL.

 

On December 27, 2007 the Agency brought a decision to publish a public tender for the universal provider of electronic communications services in the Republic of Macedonia. The opening of the qualified bids was on February 18, 2008, and on February 22, 2008 based on the decision of the Agency, MKT was selected as one of the candidates for universal service provider in the prequalification. Written invitation which should have been submitted by the Agency to selected candidates from the first phase, in order to submit offer for selection of universal service provider, has not been received yet.

 

The regulatory framework for the retail tariff regulation for MKT until August 2008 was provided in the Concession Contract. With the latest changes of the ECL in August 2008 and the published bylaw for retail price regulation in September 2008, the Agency may prescribe one of the following ways of retail regulation of fixed telephony services: price cap, individual price approval, cost based prices or benchmarks. On December 17, 2009, the Agency published the draft analysis for the relevant markets 1-6 related to fixed voice retail services for public debate. Based on the draft analysis, the Agency is planning to impose retail price regulation on MKT as well as to equal the fixed voice access prices for residential and business segment.

 

On October 28, 2009 the Agency published guideline for price squeeze, for which MKT sent comments, and currently public debate is ongoing after which the final guidelines will be enacted.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Under the ECL, MKT has been designated as an SMP in the market for fixed line voice telephone networks and services, including the market for access to the networks for data transmission and leased lines. MKT had a cost based price obligation for the Regulated wholesale services, using fully distributed costs (FDC) methodology until July 2007 and using Long Run Incremental Costs methodology (LRIC) subsequently. A proposal for interconnection fees with LRIC was submitted by MKT in July 2007 and for unbundling fees in December 2007.  On May 23, 2008, the Agency issued approval for the new decreased interconnection and unbundling fees, based on the audit report on MKT’s costing accounting system issued by an independent auditor. On December 31, 2008 the Agency approved the new unbundling fees which entered in force from January 2009. The Agency engaged expert consultancy services for LRIC bottom-up model development for which the result is expected in 2010. Based on several enacted bylaws published in second half of 2008 MKT has prepared several additional regulated wholesale products, Wholesale Line Rental, Wholesale Leased Line and Local Bit stream access. MKT as an SMP operator has the obligation to enable its subscribers to access publicly available telephone services of any interconnected operator with officially signed interconnection contract. On November 15, 2006, MKT signed the first RIO (Reference Interconnection Offer) based Interconnection Agreement with an alternative fixed network operator. On  April 16, 2007, MKT signed the first RUO (Reference Unbundling Offer) based Unbundling Agreement with an alternative fixed network operator. MKT implemented number portability starting from September 1, 2008.

 

1.3.3 Montenegrin Fixed line

 

The Group’s Montenegrin subsidiary, Crnogorski Telekom (CT) is registered to provide fixed line telecommunications services in Montenegro as well as to provide domestic voice and data services as well as VOIP, leased line, public payphone, and cable television, value added, etc. services. The telecommunications sector in Montenegro is regulated by the Law on Electronic Communications that came into force in August 2008. The Law is based on the 2002 regulatory framework of the EU. All regulations that are contrary to the law became automatically invalid and new ones have been issued or will have to be issued.

 

In Montenegro, for the time being there is no obligation to introduce local loop unbundling, bit stream access or accounting separation. CT implemented Carrier selection in 2008. It can be expected that CT will have to implement some or all of the obligations above in the coming years. Accordingly, number portability will be introduced by August 2011.The new Law defined Crnogorski Telekom as an operator with significant market power in the markets of fixed voice telephony network and services, including the market of access to network for data transfer and leased lines as well as the termination of calls within its network, however, the Law did not prescribe the remedies CT should introduce as a consequence. RIO rates are based on benchmarks as there is no approved cost accounting methodology prescribed by the regulator in Montenegro. The Agency for Electronic Communications and Postal Services has started the market analysis process and identified the relevant telecommunication markets in Montenegro identical to those in the EC recommendation 2007/879/EC. It can be expected that within a few years cost oriented RIO prices will have to be implemented in the country.

 

Montenegro signed a Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU and a transitory Agreement is in force since January 1, 2008. The agreement is requiring the harmonization of the telecommunications regulations with the regulatory framework of the EU within three years of the ratification of the Agreement.

 

1.3.4 Hungarian Mobile

 

The Company is also the market leader in the Hungarian mobile market through the brand T-Mobile (T-Mobile HU).

 

The initial duration of the concession regarding the GSM 900 public mobile radio telephone service was a period of 15 years starting from the execution of the concession agreement (November 4, 1993 to November 4, 2008). On October 7, 1999 an amended concession contract was signed between the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Water Management and T-Mobile HU extending T-Mobile HU’s rights

 

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and obligations to also provide service in the 1800 MHz band in Hungary till October 7, 2014. The duration of the concession regarding the DCS 1800 public mobile radio telephone service is 15 years starting from the execution of the new concession agreement (October 7, 1999 to October 7, 2014). As stipulated in the concession contracts, the Minister is entitled to extend the concession period for both services upon their expiration for another 7.5 years without the invitation of a tender. On November 8, 2007, the Company signed the renewed Concession Contract along with the Cooperation Agreement with the Minister that is effective from November 2008. The new Concession Contract prolonged the duration of the 900 MHz frequency usage right till May 4, 2016.

 

On December 7, 2004, T-Mobile HU obtained the exclusive right of use of certain frequency blocks for the deployment and operation of an IMT2000/UMTS mobile telecommunications system (3G system). The duration of the frequency usage right is 15 years (until December 7, 2019) with an option to extend it for another 7.5 years. T-Mobile HU was obliged by the term of the license decree to start commercial 3G service within 12 months after the acquisition of the license within the inner city of Budapest, which was completed. We were also obliged to reach a population-wide coverage of 30% within 36 months of license acquisition which was also completed in December 2006. On August 26, 2005 T-Mobile HU started to provide 3G service and has been operating it in compliance with the license conditions.

 

T-Mobile HU is subject to number portability regulation since May 2004, applicable only in case of other mobile operators.

 

In January 2005 and October 2006 the NCAH designated T-Mobile HU as having significant market power in the mobile wholesale call termination market, and it is currently subject to regulatory obligations regarding the termination charge of calls into its network. In December 2008 the NCAH designated T-Mobile HU as an SMP for the third time in a row and in its resolution reinforced the symmetric mobile termination fees applicable from January 1, 2009, and set out further reduction of tariffs until December 2010 based on a new ‘glide path’. The Company had appealed in court against the resolution.

 

Since June 30, 2007, an EU regulation has been regulating international roaming tariffs for wholesale and retail customers on the basis of a price cap system. The Regulation prescribed a glide-path that mandates further annual reductions of wholesale and retail prices in the forthcoming years. As of July 2009 the EU introduced regulated tariffs for SMS and data roaming similarly to the regulation of voice roaming.

 

The National Table of Frequency Allocations and the Radio Application Table was modified in October 2008 enabling the invitation of bidders for the usage rights of 450 MHz (block “B”) and 26 GHz (blocks “C-G”) spectrum.

 

In the tender for the fourth mobile license a combined IMT-2000/UMTS/ DCS 1800/E-GSM900 spectrum package (so called ‘A’ block) was offered for new entrant candidates. Incumbent mobile operators were excluded from the bid. It was stipulated that the frequency usage rights could be transferred wholly (though not to existing mobile operators), and in the case of E-GSM900 band there was a possibility of transferring maximum 16 channels to incumbent mobile operator(s). Four companies submitted bids. On March 16, 2009, the tender for the 4th mobile license was cancelled, and on April 24, the NCAH dismissed the appeals of 3 bidders. One of the bidders, DreamCom appealed at the Municipal Court asking for the review of the second instance decision of the NCAH, but the court upheld the NCAH’s decision. Now, the 4th GSM/UMTS spectrum package is available for a new tender. It is expected that the new tender will be executed in the course of the implementation of the modified GSM Directive (2009/114/EC Directive, on the frequency bands to be reserved for the coordinated introduction of public pan-European cellular digital land-based mobile communications) in 2010. Member States have 6 months to transpose the modified GSM Directive into their national legislation until May 9, 2010.

 

Only one license was offered on the 450 MHz tender, for digital cellular system having wider bandwidth. Incumbent mobile operators and 3.5 GHz FWA license holders were excluded from the bid. Two companies submitted bids. The NCAH declared the tender for the 450 MHz spectrum block’s usage right (“B” block) unsuccessful on April 30, 2009.

 

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Five licenses were offered in the 26 GHz bid; 2 licenses for 112 MHz wide blocks, 1 license for a 84 MHz wide block and 2 licenses for 56 MHz wide frequency block. Incumbent mobile operators could bid for the 84 MHz wide block only. It was stipulated that the frequencies could be used for publicly available electronic communication services and for the operation of electronic communications networks (mobile backhaul). T-Mobile HU submitted its bid document solely for the 26 GHz ‘D’ block and won the spectrum usage right license on April 30, 2009. Two companies submitted bids for the ‘E’ block, which were granted to Antenna Hungária, the leading Hungarian land and satellite broadcasting and distribution company. The tender for 2 pieces of 112 MHz and one 56 MHz block was unsuccessful.

 

The National Table of Frequency Allocations and the Radio Application Table was modified on November 27, 2009  changing the status of 2.6 GHz spectrum blocks from „planned” to assignable.

 

1.3.5 Macedonian Mobile

 

T-Mobile Macedonia (T-Mobile MK), Magyar Telekom’s subsidiary, is the leading mobile service provider in Macedonia. With the changes of the Electronic Communications Law published on August 4, 2008, the existing Concession Contract of T-Mobile MK ceased to be valid as of August 5, 2008. On September 5, 2008 the Agency for Electronic Communications, ex officio, issued a notification to T-Mobile MK for those public electronic communication networks and/or services which have been allocated thereto under the Concession Contracts. The license for radiofrequencies used by T-Mobile MK with a bandwidth of 25 MHz in the GSM 900 band, was also issued in a form regulated in the ECL with a validity period until September 5, 2018, which can be renewed up to additional 20 years in accordance with the ECL. T-Mobile MK is also registered to provide a public network for data transmission and radio transmission, with the corresponding data transmission and radio communications services, according to the ECL.

 

After the analysis of the market “Call termination services in public mobile communication networks” the Agency on November 26, 2007 brought a decision by which T-Mobile MK and Cosmofon (competitor of T-Mobile MK, rebranded to One in November 2009) were designated with SMP status on Market 16 (Call termination services in public mobile communication networks) and several obligations were imposed (interconnection and access, transparency in interconnection and access, non-discrimination in interconnection and access, accounting separation and price control and cost accounting). T-Mobile MK published a RIO with regulated termination rate effective from August 1, 2008. T-Mobile MK was obliged to submit financial reports for 2008 based on accounting separation by May 31, 2009 and submitted them on June 1, 2009. Second round analysis of Market 16 is ongoing and includes the third mobile operator VIP Operator (subsidiary of Mobilkom Austria). The Agency is also conducting market analysis on relevant markets defined in the Decision on relevant market determination of August 17, 2005. The Agency has engaged expert consultancy services for calculation of WACC for SMP designated operators (fixed and mobile). In September 2009, the Agency requested data for calculation of WACC to SMP operators (T-Mobile MK, Cosmofon and Makedonski Telekom). It has also engaged expert consultancy services for LRIC bottom-up model development as means for price control of SMP operators.

 

On June 30, 2009 the Agency brought a Decision for setting the maximum amount of the one-time fee for number portability service. Prior to the decision the price was established individually by the operators. T-Mobile MK initiated a procedure before the Administrative Court to dispute the decision of the Agency. The administrative procedure has not started yet.

 

One won the public tender for a license for 3G radiofrequencies utilization in November 2007 and started the 3G commercial operations from August 12, 2008. On September 2, 2008 a decision for granting three 3G licenses was published. T-Mobile MK started commercial operations of the 3G services on June 11, 2009. The validity of the license is 10 years i.e. December 17, 2018 , with a possibility for extension for 20 years in accordance with the ECL.

 

Since the beginning of 2009 three attempts have been made to award additional two licences for 3G radiofrequencies. On January 27, 2009 a public tender for granting two licences for 3G radiofrequencies was published. No bids were received and no license was awarded. On July 16, 2009 the tender was repeated

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

under the same conditions and experienced the same outcome in August 2009. On December 21, 2009 the tender was published again under the same conditions. Its outcome is expected in 2010.

 

On January 10, 2009 a public tender for awarding two licences for 2G radiofrequencies in the 1800 MHz band was published. T-Mobile MK was awarded one license on June 9, 2009. The validity period is 10 years, with a possibility for extension for 20 years in accordance with the ECL. Also, on January 10, 2009 a tender for one license in the 1800-1805 MHz for broadband wireless access on the whole territory of republic of Macedonia was published. On May 5, 2009 the Agency brought a Decision pronouncing Mobik Telekomunikacii the best bidder on the tender. Commercial start defined by the tender conditions is 6 months from awarding of the license.

 

In July 2009, the Agency put several secondary electronic communication legislation acts on public debate. So far, only modified Rulebook of number portability was enacted presenting further stimulation of number portability service. The enactment of these regulations will improve the regulatory framework.

 

1.3.6 Montenegrin Mobile

 

Crnogorski Telekom, the Group’s Montenegrin subsidiary is also providing mobile services under the T-Mobile brand (T-Mobile CG). CT is registered as one of three GSM/UMTS providers in Montenegro. T-Mobile CG, as the second mobile operator, was launched on July 1, 2000. The third mobile operator entered the market in 2007. T-Mobile CG started 3G operations in 2007.

 

According to the Law on Electronic Communications (Note 1.3.3), T-Mobile CG is an SMP in the market of termination of voice calls in its own network however no specific remedy was introduced by the Law. Accordingly, number portability will be introduced by August 2011 also in the mobile the sector. Interconnect rates have been approved by the Regulator based on benchmarks. It can be expected that cost oriented termination prices will be implemented in the coming years.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

2 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

2.1 Basis of preparation

 

The consolidated financial statements of Magyar Telekom have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as endorsed by the European Union (EU). All standards and interpretations issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) effective at the time of preparing the consolidated financial statements and applicable to Magyar Telekom have been endorsed by the EU. Therefore the consolidated financial statements currently also comply with IFRS as issued by the IASB and also comply with the Hungarian Accounting Law on consolidated financial statements, which refers to the IFRS as endorsed by the EU.

 

The consolidated financial statements are presented in millions of HUF. For the convenience of the reader, the consolidated Statement of financial position, Statement of comprehensive income and Statement of cash flows for the year 2009 are also presented in millions of U.S. dollars (USD) translated at a rate of HUF 188.07 to USD 1 (the official rate of the National Bank of Hungary at December 31, 2009). These translations are un-audited supplementary information, and are not in compliance with IFRS.

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise its judgment in the process of applying the Group’s accounting policies. The areas involving a higher degree of judgment or complexity, or areas where assumptions and estimates are significant to the consolidated financial statements, are disclosed in Note 4.

 

2.1.1    Standards, amendments and interpretations effective and adopted by the Group in 2009

 

· IAS 1         (revised) - Presentation of Financial statements. Revised IAS 1 introduced overall requirements for the presentation of financial statements, guideline for their structure and minimum requirements for their contents. The Group applied the requirements of the revised Standard from January 1, 2009. The most significant change in the presentation of the financial statements is the extension of the Income statement with Other comprehensive income, and that the Income statement’s name changed to Statement of comprehensive income. This also had an effect on the Statement of changes in equity, whereby a number of changes during the year previously disclosed in separate lines are now included in Total comprehensive income for the year. Also, the term of Balance sheet changed to Statement of financial position, and the term Minority interest changed to Non-controlling interest. Further, as previous years’ statements of financial position were restated according to note 1.2.2 and 2.5, we disclosed four Statements of financial position.

 

· IAS 23       (revised) Borrowing Costs. Under the revised IAS 23 an entity must capitalize borrowing costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of a qualifying asset as part of the cost of that asset. The Group applied IAS 23 as of January 1, 2009, which did not have any impact on the financial statements as it had already been the Group’s accounting policy to capitalize eligible borrowing costs on qualifying assets.

 

· IFRS 2       (amended) Share-based Payment. Main changes and clarifications include references to vesting conditions and cancellations. The changes to IFRS 2 must be applied in periods beginning on or after January 1, 2009. The Group applied IFRS 2 as of January 1, 2009, which had no impact on the accounts as the Group has no significant share based compensations.

 

· IFRS 7       (amended) Financial Instruments: Disclosures (Improving Disclosures about Financial Instruments). The amendments are in response to calls from constituents for enhanced disclosures about fair value measurements and liquidity risk in the wake of the recent financial crisis. The revised disclosure requirements are applicable for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2009. The Group applied the amended standard from January 1, 2009, which did not cause significant changes in the presentation of the Group’s

 

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financial statements.

 

· IFRS 8       Operating Segments. Under IFRS 8, segments are components of an entity regularly reviewed by an entity’s chief operating decision-maker. Items are reported based on the internal reporting. IFRS 8 also sets out requirements for related disclosures about products and services, geographical areas and major customers. The Group adopted IFRS 8 as of January 1, 2009. The adoption resulted in a significant restructuring of the Group’s segment disclosure. The Group restructured the way chief operating decision makers decide on allocation of resources in 2008, which was different from the reportable segments of the Group as per IAS 14. In the new structure concluded during 2008, the primary focus is on the customer segmentation (consumer / business) rather than on the technology serving the customers (fixed line / mobile). Comparative information has been restated accordingly. See also Note 2.20 and Note 31. The Group early adopted the IFRS 8 amendment removing the requirement of segment asset disclosures if the CODM does not monitor those.

 

· IFRIC 13  Customer Loyalty programs. This Interpretation addresses accounting by entities that grant loyalty award credits to customers who buy other goods or services. Specifically, it explains how such entities should account for their obligations to provide free or discounted goods or services to customers who redeem award credits. The Group applied this Interpretation as of January 1, 2009. As for measurement, IFRIC 13 did not cause any change in the Group’s accounts as the loyalty programs had been accounted for in substantially the same way as included in the recently issued IFRIC 13. As for presentation, however, there was a change as the previously recognized liability for the undelivered elements was included in Provisions, which was changed to Deferred revenue as a result of the application of IFRIC 13. The comparative Statements of financial position of the Group were restated accordingly. See also Note 2.1.5.

 

· IFRIC 15  Agreements for the Construction of Real Estate. IFRIC 15 refers to the issue of how to account for revenue and associated expenses by entities that undertake the construction of real estate and sell these items before construction is completed. The interpretation defines criteria for the accounting in accordance with either IAS 11 or with IAS 18. IFRIC 15 shall be applied for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2009. The adoption of IFRIC 15 had no impact on the accounts as these are not typical transactions of the Group.

 

2.1.2    Standards, amendments and interpretations effective in 2009 but not relevant for the Group

 

· IAS 32       (amended) Financial Instruments: Presentation. The IASB amended IAS 32 with respect to the Statement of financial position classification of puttable financial instruments and obligations arising only on liquidation. As a result of the amendments, some financial instruments that currently meet the definition of a financial liability will be classified as equity. The amendments have detailed criteria for identifying such instruments. The amendments of IAS 32 are applicable for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2009. As the Group does not have such instruments that would be affected by the amendments, the amendments to the standard did not have any impact on the Group’s financial statements.

 

· IFRS 1       First-time Adoption of IFRS (revised). As the Group has been reporting according to IFRS for many years, neither the original standard, nor any revisions to that are relevant for the Group.

 

· IFRIC 16  Hedges of a Net Investment in a Foreign Operation. IFRIC 16 refers to the application of Net Investment Hedges. Mainly, the interpretation states which risk can be defined as the hedged risk and where within the group the hedging instrument can be held. Hedge Accounting may be applied only to the foreign exchange differences arising between the functional currency of the foreign operation and the parent entity’s functional currency. A derivative or a non-derivative instrument may be designated as a hedging instrument. The hedging instrument(s)

 

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may be held by any entity or entities within the group (except the foreign operation that itself is being hedged), as long as the designation, documentation and effectiveness requirements of IAS 39.88 that relate to an net investment hedge are satisfied. IFRIC 16 shall be applied for annual periods beginning on or after October 1, 2008. As Magyar Telekom does not apply such hedges and does not apply hedge accounting, IFRIC 16 has no impact on the Group’s accounts.

 

· IFRIC 9 and IAS 39     In March 2009 the IASB published amendments to IFRIC 9 (Reassessment Embedded Derivatives) and IAS 39 (Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement). As a result, entities are required to:

 

·      assess whether an embedded derivative is required to be separated from a host contract when the entity reclassifies a hybrid (combined) financial asset out of the fair value through profit or loss category

 

·      make such an assessment on the basis of the circumstances that existed when the entity first became a party to the contract, or, if later, when there was a change in the contract that significantly modified the cash flows determine whether the fair value of the separated embedded derivative can be measured reliably; if not, the entire hybrid (combined) financial asset must remain in the fair value through profit or loss category.

 

When an entity performs the assessment as required by the amendments it does not apply paragraph (c) of IAS 39, which states that separation of an embedded derivative from the host contract is required only if the hybrid (combined) instrument is not measured at fair value through profit or loss. The amendments are applicable for annual periods ending on or after June 30, 2009. The Group has no hybrid financial assets, therefore, the amended standard and interpretation did not have any effect on the Group’s financial statements.

 

2.1.3    Standards, amendments and interpretations that are not yet effective and have not been early adopted by the Group

 

IAS 24          (revised). In November 2009, the IASB issued a revised version of IAS 24 Related Party Disclosures. Until now, if a government controlled, or significantly influenced, an entity, the entity was required to disclose information about all transactions with other entities controlled, or significantly influenced by the same government. The revised standard still requires disclosures that are important to users of financial statements but eliminates requirements to disclose information that is costly to gather and of less value to users. It achieves this balance by requiring disclosure about these transactions only if they are individually or collectively significant. Furthermore the IASB has simplified the definition of related party and removed inconsistencies. The revised standard shall be applied retrospectively for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2011. Earlier application is permitted. Governments have no ownership in Magyar Telekom Plc., therefore, the revised standard will not have a significant impact on the disclosures in the Group’s financial statements. The European Union has not yet endorsed the revised standard.

 

· IAS 27, IFRS 3 (amended). In January 2008 the IASB published the amended Standards IFRS 3 - Business Combinations and IAS 27 - Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements. The major changes compared to the current version of the standards are summarized below:

 

·      With respect to accounting for non-controlling interest an option is added to IFRS 3 to permit an entity to recognize 100% of the goodwill of the acquired entity, not just the acquiring entity’s portion of the goodwill (‘full goodwill’ option) or to measure non-controlling interest at its fair value. This option may be elected on a transaction-by-transaction basis.

 

·      In a step acquisition, the fair values of the acquired entity’s assets and liabilities, including goodwill, are measured on the date when control is obtained. Accordingly, goodwill will be measured as the difference at the acquisition date between the fair value of any investment the business held before the acquisition, the consideration transferred

 

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and the net asset acquired.

 

·      A partial disposal of an investment in a subsidiary while control is retained is accounted for as an equity transaction with owners, and gain or loss is not recognized.

 

·      A partial disposal of an investment in a subsidiary that results in loss of control triggers re-measurement of the residual interest to fair value. Any difference between fair value and carrying amount is a gain or loss on the disposal, recognized in profit or loss.

 

·      Acquisition related costs will be accounted for separately from the business combination, and therefore, recognized as expenses rather than included in goodwill. An acquirer will have to recognize at the acquisition date a liability for any contingent purchase consideration. If the amount of contingent consideration accounted for as a liability changes as a result of a post-acquisition event (such as meeting an earnings target), it will be recognized in accordance with other applicable IFRSs, as appropriate rather than as an adjustment of goodwill.

 

·      The revised standards require an entity to attribute their share of losses to the non-controlling interests even if this results in the non-controlling interests having a deficit balance.

 

·      Effects resulting from an effective settlement of pre-existing relationships (relationships between acquirer and acquiree before the business combination) must not be included in the determination of the consideration.

 

·      In contrast to current IFRS 3, the amended version of this standard provides rules for rights that have been granted to the acquiree (e.g. to use its intellectual property) before the business combination and are re-acquired with the business combination.

 

·      The revised IFRS 3 brings into scope business combinations involving only mutual entities and business combinations achieved by contracts alone.

 

The amended version of IFRS 3 has to be applied for Business Combinations with effective dates in annual periods beginning on or after July 1, 2009. Early application is allowed but restricted on annual periods beginning on or after June 30, 2007. The changes to IAS 27 must be applied in periods beginning on or after July 1, 2009. Early application is allowed. Early application of any of the two standards requires early application of the other standard, respectively. We believe that that the amended standards will not have a significant impact on the Group’s Statement of comprehensive income or Statement of financial position when applied from January 1, 2010. The European Union has endorsed both amended standards.

 

· IFRS 2       (amended) Share-based Payment. The amendments related to Group Cash-settled Share-based Payment Transactions were published in June 2009. Currently effective IFRSs require attribution of group share-based payment transactions only if they are equity-settled. The amendments resolve diversity in practice regarding attribution of cash-settled share-based payment transactions and require an entity receiving goods or services in either an equity-settled or a cash-settled payment transaction to account for the transaction in its separate or individual financial statements. The Group has no significant share based compensations; therefore, we do not expect the amended standard to have a significant effect on the Group when applied from January 1, 2010. Amendments to IFRS 2 shall be applied retrospectively for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2010. The amendments also incorporate the guidance contained in IFRIC 8 (Scope of IFRS 2) and in IFRIC 11 (IFRS 2 - Group and Treasury Share Transactions). As a result, the Board withdrew IFRIC 8 and IFRIC 11. The European Union has not yet endorsed the amended standard.

 

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· IFRS 9       Financial Instruments. The standard forms the first part of a three-phase project to replace IAS 39 (Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement) with a new standard, to be known as IFRS 9 Financial Instruments. IFRS 9 prescribes the classification and measurement of financial assets. The remaining phases of this project, dealing with the classification and measurement of financial liabilities, impairment of financial instruments and hedge accounting, as well as a further project regarding derecognition, are in progress. The IASB expects to have completed the replacement of IAS 39 by end of 2010.

 

At initial recognition, IFRS 9 requires financial assets to be measured at fair value.  After initial recognition, financial assets continue to be measured in accordance with their classification under IFRS 9.  Where a financial asset is classified and measured at amortized cost, it is required to be tested for impairment in accordance with the impairment requirements in IAS 39. IFRS 9 defines the below rules for classification.

 

·      IFRS 9 requires that financial assets are classified as subsequently measured at either amortized cost or fair value. There are two conditions needed to be satisfied to classify financial assets at amortized cost: (1) The objective of an entity´s business model for managing financial assets has to be to hold assets in order to collect contractual cash flows; and (2) The contractual terms of the financial asset give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding. Where either of these conditions is not satisfied, financial assets are classified at fair value.

 

·      Faire Value Option: IFRS 9 permits an entity to designate an instrument, that would otherwise have been classified in the amortized cost category, to be at fair value through profit or loss if that designation eliminates or significantly reduces a measurement or recognition inconsistency (‘accounting mismatch’).

 

·      Equity instruments: The default category for equity instruments is at fair value through profit or loss.  However, the standard states that an entity can make an irrevocable election at initial recognition to present all fair value changes for equity investments not held for trading in other comprehensive income.  These fair value gains or losses are not reported as part of a reporting entity’s profit or loss, even when a gain or loss is realized. Only dividends received from these investments are reported in profit or loss.

 

·      Embedded derivatives: The requirements in IAS 39 for embedded derivatives have been changed by no longer requiring that embedded derivatives be separated from financial asset host contracts.

 

·      Reclassification: IFRS 9 requires reclassification between fair value and amortized cost when, and only when there is a change in the entity’s business model. The ‘tainting rules’ in IAS 39 have been eliminated.

 

An entity shall apply IFRS 9 for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013. Earlier adoption is permitted. A reporting entity must apply IFRS 9 retrospectively. For entities that adopt IFRS 9 for periods before January 1, 2012 the IFRS provides transition relief from restating comparative information. The adoption of the new standard will probably result in changes in the financial statements of the Group, the exact extent of which we are currently analyzing. The European Union has not yet endorsed the standard.

 

· IFRIC 18  Transfers of Assets from Customers. The Interpretation clarifies the requirements of IFRSs for agreements in which an entity receives from a customer an item of property, plant and equipment (or cash to be used explicitly for the acquisition of property, plant and equipment) that the entity must then use either to connect the customer to a network or to provide the customer with ongoing access to a supply of goods or services. The Interpretation is effective for annual periods beginning on or after July 1, 2009 and applies prospectively. However, limited retrospective application is permitted. The Group’s applicable transactions are not

 

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material, therefore, we do not expect the amended standard to have a significant effect on the Group when applied from January 1, 2010. The European Union has also endorsed this interpretation.

 

2.1.4    Standards, amendments and interpretations that are not yet effective and not relevant for the Group’s operations

 

· IAS 32       (amended) - The IASB published an amendment to IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation   in October 2009. The amendment clarifies the classification of rights issues as equity or liabilities for rights issues that are denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of the issuer. These rights issues are recorded as derivative liabilities before the amendment. The amendment requires that such right issues offered pro rate to all of an entity’s existing shareholders are classified as equity. The classification is independent of the currency in which the exercise price is denominated. The application of the amendment is required for annual periods beginning on or after February 1, 2010. An earlier application is permitted. The amendment will have no impact on the Group’s financial statements as Magyar Telekom has no such instruments. The European Union has also endorsed the amended standard.

 

· IAS 39       (amended) - The IASB published an amendment in August 2008 to IAS 39 with respect to hedge accounting. The amendment “Eligible Hedged Items” allows to designate only changes in the cash flows or fair value of a hedged item above or below  a specified price or other variable. The amendment of IAS 39 shall be applied retrospectively for annual periods beginning on or after July 1, 2009. The amendment will not have any impact on Magyar Telekom’s accounts as the Group does not apply hedge accounting. The European Union has also endorsed the amended standard.

 

· IFRS 1       Additional Exemptions for First-time Adopters. The IASB amended IFRS 1 in July 2009 and in January 2010. As the Group has been reporting according to IFRS for many years, neither the original standard, nor any revision to that is relevant for the Group. The European Union has not yet endorsed the revised standard.

 

· IFRIC 14  (amended) IAS 19 — The Limit on a Defined Benefit Asset, Minimum Funding Requirements and their Interaction. In November 2009, the IASB issued an amendment to IFRIC 14, which corrects an unintended consequence of IFRIC 14. Without the amendments, in some circumstances entities are not permitted to recognize some voluntary prepayments for minimum funding contributions as an asset. The amendment permits such an entity to treat the benefit of such an early payment as an asset. The amendments are effective for annual periods beginning January 1, 2011. The amendments must be applied retrospectively to the earliest comparative period presented. The amended interpretation is not applicable to Magyar Telekom as the Group has no funded defined post-retirement benefit schemes. The European Union has not yet endorsed the amended interpretation.

 

· IFRIC 17  Distributions of Non-cash Assets to Owners. This interpretation issued in November 2008 refers to the issue when to recognize liabilities accounted for non-cash dividends payable (e.g. property, plant, and equipment) and how to measure them. In addition, the interpretation refers to the issue how to account for any difference between the carrying amount of the assets distributed and the carrying amount of the dividend payable. The interpretation shall be applied for annual periods beginning on or after July 1, 2009. As the Group does not distribute non-cash dividends, IFRIC 17 will have no impact on the Group’s financial statements. The European Union has also endorsed the interpretation.

 

· IFRIC 19  Extinguishing Financial Liabilities with Equity Instruments. This interpretation issued in November 2009 clarifies the requirements of IFRSs when an entity renegotiates the terms of a financial liability with its creditor and the creditor agrees to accept the entity’s shares or other equity instruments to settle the financial liability fully or partially. The interpretation is

 

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effective for annual periods beginning on or after July 1, 2010 with earlier application permitted. The interpretation shall be applied retrospectively. The interpretation is not applicable to Magyar Telekom as the Group does not extinguish any of its financial liabilities with equity instruments. The European Union has not yet endorsed this interpretation.

 

· IFRS for  Small and Medium-sized Entities. In July 2009 the IASB issued its IFRS for Small and Medium-sized Entities, which is not relevant for Magyar Telekom.

 

2.1.5    Changes in presentation

 

Reclassifications between liabilities and provisions

 

IFRIC 13 Customer Loyalty programs addresses accounting by entities that grant loyalty award credits to customers who buy other goods or services. Specifically, it explains how such entities should account for their obligations to provide free or discounted goods or services to customers who redeem award credits. The Group applied IFRIC 13 from January 1, 2009, which resulted in no change in the measurement of such customer credits, but before the application of IFRIC 13, the Group had recognized these liabilities as provisions. As a result of the application, we have reclassified these items from provisions to liabilities (deferred revenue), and restated the Group’s comparative Statements of financial position accordingly. The table below shows the impact of the above change in our presentation.

 

In HUF millions

 

2006

 

2007

 

2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provisions — current

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As reported

 

13,004

 

20,811

 

17,235

 

Change

 

(634

)

(751

)

(1,393

)

As restated

 

12,370

 

20,060

 

15,842

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As reported

 

110,598

 

43,920

 

37,210

 

Change

 

634

 

751

 

1,393

 

As restated

 

111,232

 

44,671

 

38,603

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provisions — non current

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As reported

 

3,533

 

12,886

 

9,417

 

Change

 

(1,401

)

(1,703

)

(850

)

After change in presentation (before impact of investigation  - Note 1.2)

 

2,132

 

11,183

 

8,567

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other non current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As reported

 

8,730

 

5,797

 

583

 

Change

 

1,401

 

1,703

 

850

 

As restated

 

10,131

 

7,500

 

1,433

 

 

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2.2 Consolidation

 

2.2.1 Subsidiaries

 

Subsidiaries in which the Group has an interest of more than one half of the voting rights or otherwise has power to govern the financial and operating policies as to obtain benefit from its activities, are consolidated.

 

The existence and effect of potential voting rights that are presently exercisable or presently convertible are also considered when assessing whether the Group controls another entity.

 

Subsidiaries are consolidated from the date on which control is transferred to the Group, and are no longer consolidated from the date control ceases. The purchase method of accounting is used to account for business combinations. The cost of an acquisition is measured as the fair value of the assets given up, shares issued or liabilities undertaken at the date of acquisition plus costs directly attributable to the acquisition. The excess of the cost of acquisition over the fair value of the net assets and contingent liabilities of the subsidiary acquired is recorded as goodwill. If the cost of acquisition is less than the fair value of the net assets of the subsidiary acquired, the difference is recognized directly in the Profit for the year (Other income).

 

In case of acquisitions where the transaction takes place between companies under common control (i.e. with other Deutsche Telekom group companies), the transaction is recorded at the carrying amounts as recorded in the predecessor’s accounts, and any gains, losses or differences between the carrying amount and the sale-purchase price are recognized in Retained earnings.

 

Inter-company transactions, balances and unrealized gains on transactions between the Magyar Telekom Group companies are eliminated. Accounting policies of subsidiaries have been adjusted to ensure consistency with the policies adopted by the Group.

 

Transactions with Non-controlling interests are treated as third party transactions. Gains or losses arising on disposals to Non-controlling interests are recorded in the Profit for the year. Purchases from Non-controlling interests result in goodwill (or other income), being the difference between any consideration transferred and the relevant share acquired of the carrying value of the net assets of the subsidiary.

 

2.2.2 Associates and joint ventures

 

Associates are all entities over which the Group has significant influence but not control, generally reflecting a shareholding of between 20% and 50% of the voting rights. Joint ventures are entities in which the Group has an ownership of 50% with and equivalent external partner holding the other 50% of the voting rights. Investments in associates and joint ventures are accounted for using the equity method of accounting and are initially recognized at cost. The Group’s investment in associates and joint ventures includes goodwill arising on acquisitions, and net of any accumulated impairment loss.

 

The Group’s share of its associates’ and joint ventures’ post-acquisition profits or losses is recognized in the Profit for the year (Share of associates’ and joint ventures’ profits). The cumulative post-acquisition movements are adjusted against the carrying amount of the investment. When the Group’s share of losses in an associate or joint venture equals or exceeds its interest in the company, the Group does not recognize further losses, unless it has incurred legal or constructive obligations or made payments on behalf of the associate or joint venture.

 

Unrealized gains on transactions between the Group and its associates and joint ventures are eliminated to the extent of the Group’s interest in the company. Accounting policies of associates and joint ventures have been adjusted where necessary to ensure consistency with the policies adopted by the Group.

 

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At December 31, 2009 and 2008 the principal operating subsidiaries and associates and joint ventures of the Group were as follows:

 

Subsidiaries

 

Group interest in
capital as at
December 31,

 

Activity

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

Incorporated in Hungary:

 

 

 

 

 

 

T-Kábel

 

100.00

%

(a)

Cable TV operator

Dataplex

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

IT hardware co-location service provider

Origo

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

Internet and TV content provider

KFKI

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

System integration and IT services

IQSYS

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

System integration and IT services

Pro-M

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

Professional Mobile Radio (PMR) network operator

ISH

 

 

100.00

%

Integrated healthcare IT services

Telekom New Media

 

 

100.00

%

Interactive service provider of telecommunications applications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Incorporated in Macedonia:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Makedonski Telekom (MKT)

 

56.67

%

56.67

%

Fixed line telecom service provider

T-Mobile Macedonia (T-Mobile MK)

 

56.67

%

56.67

%

Cellular telecom service provider

Stonebridge

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

Holding company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Incorporated in Montenegro:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crnogorski Telekom (CT)

 

76.53

%

76.53

%(b)

Telecom service provider

T-Mobile Crna Gora (T-Mobile CG)

 

76.53

%

(b)

Cellular telecom service provider

Internet Crna Gora (ICG)

 

76.53

%

(b)

Internet service and content provider

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Incorporated in Romania:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Combridge

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

Wholesale telecommunications service provider

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Incorporated in Bulgaria:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Orbitel

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

Alternative telecommunications and internet service provider

Novatel BG

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

Wholesale telecommunications service provider

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Incorporated in the Ukraine:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Novatel UA

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

Alternative telecommunications and internet service provider

 


(a)              T-Kábel merged into Magyar Telekom Plc. as of September 30, 2009.

(b)             T-Mobile Crna Gora and Internet Crna Gora merged into Crnogorski Telekom as of May 1, 2009.

 

Associates / Joint ventures

 

Group interest in
capital as at
December 31,

 

Activity

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

Incorporated in Hungary:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hunsat

 

50

%

50

%

Satellite telecommunications

Magyar RTL (M-RTL)

 

25

%

(a)

Television broadcast company

IKO-Telekom Media Holding

 

50

%

(a)

Media holding company

 

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The Group’s interest in the capital of the above subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures equals the voting rights therein.

 


(a)           Magyar Telekom signed a strategic co-operation agreement with IKO Production Kft, the other 50% owner of IKO-Telekom Média Holding (ITMH) in 2008 to split the investments of ITMH and gain full control of ITMH’s two 100% owned subsidiaries, IKO New Media (IKO NM) and IKO Content & Rights (IKO CR). According to the co-operation agreement, the properties of ITMH were split between the owners by way of a demerger; as a result of which Magyar Telekom gained 100% ownership over IKO NM and IKO CR as of May 31, 2009, while ITMH including the 31% stake in M-RTL remained with IKO Production.

 

2.3 Foreign currency translation

 

2.3.1    Functional and presentation currency

 

Items included in the financial statements of each of the Group’s entities are measured using the currency of the primary economic environment in which the entity operates (‘the functional currency’).

 

The consolidated financial statements are presented in millions of HUF, as the Group’s presentation currency is the Hungarian Forint.

 

2.3.2    Transactions and balances

 

Foreign currency transactions are translated into the functional currency using the exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the transactions. Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement of such transactions and from the translation at year-end exchange rates of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are recognized in the Profit for the year (Finance income).

 

2.3.3    Group companies

 

The results and financial position of all of the Group’s entities (none of which has the currency of a hyperinflationary economy) that have a functional currency different from the presentation currency are translated into the presentation currency as follows:

 

· For the initial consolidation of foreign subsidiaries acquired, their assets and liabilities at the acquisition date are incorporated into the consolidated financial statements after translating the balances into HUF using the exchange rate prevailing at the date of acquisition. The fair value adjustments resulting from the purchase price allocation and goodwill are accounted for in HUF for acquisitions before March 31, 2004, after which date these adjustments arising on consolidation are accounted for in the functional currency of the subsidiary.

 

· Assets and liabilities for each Statement of financial position presented are translated at the closing rate at the date of that Statement of financial position.

 

· Statements of comprehensive income are translated at cumulated average exchange rates.

 

· All resulting exchange differences are recognized directly in the consolidated equity (Cumulative translation adjustment). When a foreign operation is fully or partially disposed of, exchange differences that were recorded in equity are recognized in the Profit for the year as part of the gain or loss on sale.

 

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2.4 Financial instruments

 

A financial instrument is any contract that gives rise to a financial asset of one entity and a financial liability or equity instrument of another entity.

 

Financial assets of the Group include cash and cash equivalents, equity instruments of another entity (available-for-sale) and contractual rights to receive cash (trade and other receivables) or another financial asset from another entity or to exchange financial assets or financial liabilities with another entity under conditions that are potentially favorable to the entity (derivatives).

 

Financial liabilities of the Group include liabilities that originate from contractual obligations to deliver cash or another financial asset to another entity (non-derivatives); or to exchange financial assets or financial liabilities with another entity under conditions that are potentially unfavorable to the entity (derivatives).

 

Financial liabilities, in particular, include liabilities to banks and related parties, finance lease payables, trade payables and derivative financial liabilities.

 

Finance lease receivables and liabilities meet the criteria of a financial instrument, but these are recognized and measured according to IAS 17 — Leases. See Note 2.17.

 

The fair value of traded financial instruments is determined by reference to their market prices at the end of the reporting period. This typically applies to AFS financial instruments.

 

The fair value of financial instruments that are not traded in an active market (e.g. derivative financial instruments) is determined by using discounted cash flow valuation technique. The fair value of forward foreign exchange contracts is determined using quoted spot exchange rates and appropriate interest rates at the end of the reporting period.

 

The fair value of other financial instruments is also determined by using discounted cash flow valuation technique. The expected quarterly cash inflows or outflows are discounted by market based interest rates interpolated from the official Budapest and EUR Interest Rate Swap.

 

The fair value of long term fixed-rate financial liabilities (Financial liabilities to related parties, Bank loans and Nonconvertible bonds and debentures) is also determined by using discounted cash flow valuation technique. The cash flows of the liabilities are discounted by interest rates, which are reasonable to the Group for similar financial instruments. The carrying amount of floating-rate financial liabilities or expiring within one year approximate the fair values at the end of the reporting period.

 

Assumptions applied in the fair value calculations are subject to uncertainties. Changes in the assumptions applied in the calculations would have an impact on the carrying amounts, the fair values and/or the cash flows originating from the financial instruments. Sensitivity analyses related to the Group’s financial instruments are provided in Note 3.

 

2.4.1       Financial assets

 

The Group classifies its financial assets in the following categories:

 

·                  at fair value through profit or loss

·                  loans and receivables

·                  available-for-sale (AFS)

·                  held-to-maturity

 

The classification depends on the purpose for which the financial asset was acquired. Management determines the classification of financial assets at their initial recognition.

 

Regular way purchases and sales of financial assets are recognized on the trade-date, the date on which

 

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the Group commits to purchase or sell the asset. Investments are initially recognized at fair value plus transaction costs for all financial assets not carried at fair value through profit or loss. Financial assets carried at fair value through profit or loss are initially recognized at fair value, and transaction costs are expensed in the Profit for the year.

 

The Group assesses at each financial statement date whether there is objective evidence that a financial asset is impaired. There is objective evidence of impairment if as a result of loss events that occurred after the initial recognition of the asset have an impact on the estimated future cash flows of the financial asset or group of financial assets that can be reliably estimated.

 

Impairment losses of financial assets are recognized in the Profit for the year against allowance accounts to reduce the carrying amount until the derecognition of the financial asset, when the net carrying amount (including any allowance for impairment) is derecognized from the Statement of financial position. Any gains or losses on derecognition are calculated and recognized as the difference between the proceeds form disposal and the (net) carrying amount derecognized.

 

Financial assets are derecognized when the rights to receive cash flows from the investments have expired or have been transferred and the Group has transferred substantially all risks and rewards of ownership.

 

2.4.1.1  Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

 

The “financial assets at fair value through profit or loss” measurement category includes the following financial assets:

 

·                  Financial assets that are designated as “at fair value through profit or loss” using the fair value option as per IAS 39

·                  Financial assets incurred for the purpose of selling immediately or in the near term and thus classified as “held for trading”

·                  Derivative financial assets are classified as “held for trading”

 

Assets in this category are classified as current assets (Other financial assets). No reclassification between categories have been made in the past and no reclassifications are expected in the future.

 

Assets in this category are initially recognized and subsequently carried at fair value. Gains or losses arising from changes in the fair value are recognized in the Profit for the year (Other financial income) in the period in which they arise. The Group only classifies derivative financial instruments in this category.

 

Derivatives are initially recognized at fair value on the date a derivative contract is entered into and their fair values are re-measured at subsequent financial statement dates. Magyar Telekom does not apply hedge accounting for its financial instruments, therefore all gains and losses are recognized in the Profit for the year (Finance income).

 

2.4.1.2  Loans and receivables

 

Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market. Receivables are included in current assets, except those with maturities over 12 months after the financial statement date. These are classified as non-current assets.

 

The following items are assigned to the “loans and receivables” measurement category.

 

·                  cash and cash equivalents

·                  receivables and loans to third parties

·                  trade receivables

·                  employee loans

·                  other receivables

 

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Loans and receivables are initially recognized at fair value and subsequently carried at amortized cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.

 

The carrying amount of loans and receivables, which would otherwise be past due, whose terms have been renegotiated is not impaired if the collectability of the renegotiated cash flows are considered ensured.

 

(a) Cash and cash equivalents

 

Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand and in banks, and all highly liquid deposits and securities with original maturities of three months or less, and exclude all overdrafts.

 

(b) Trade and other receivables

 

Trade and other receivables are recognized initially at fair value and subsequently measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment.

 

A provision for impairment of trade and other receivables is established when there is objective evidence that the Group will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the underlying arrangement. Significant financial difficulties of the debtor, probability that the debtor will enter bankruptcy or financial reorganization, and default or delinquency in payments as well as historical collections are considered indicators that the trade receivable is impaired.

 

If there is objective evidence that an impairment loss on loans and receivables carried at amortized cost has been incurred, the amount of the loss is measured as the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows (excluding future credit losses that have not been incurred) discounted at the financial asset’s original effective interest rate (i.e. the effective interest rate computed at initial recognition). The carrying amount of the asset is reduced through the use of an allowance account, and the amount of the loss is recognized in the Profit for the year (Other operating expenses — Bad debt expense).

 

The Group first assesses whether objective evidence of impairment exists individually for financial assets that are individually significant, and collectively for financial assets that are not individually significant. If no objective evidence of impairment exists for an individually assessed financial asset, whether significant or not, Magyar Telekom includes the asset in a group of financial assets with similar credit risk characteristics and collectively assesses them for impairment. Assets that are individually assessed for impairment and for which an impairment loss is recognized are not included in a collective assessment of impairment.

 

The Group’s benchmark policy for collective assessment of impairment is based on the aging of the receivables due to the large number of relatively similar type of customers.

 

Individual valuation is carried out for customers under litigation; bankruptcy proceedings and for the total receivables of customers with overdue receivables. Itemized valuation is also performed in special circumstances, if there is an overdue receivable from any designated customer with different credit risk attributes.

 

When a trade receivable is established to be uncollectible, it is written off against Other operating expenses in the Profit for the year (Bad debt expense) with a parallel release of cumulated impairment. Subsequent recoveries of amounts previously written off are credited against the same line of the Statement of comprehensive income.

 

If, in a subsequent period, the amount of the impairment loss decreases and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment was recognized (such as an improvement in the debtor’s credit rating), the previously recognized impairment loss shall be reversed by adjusting the allowance account. The reversal shall not result in a carrying amount of the financial asset that exceeds what the amortized cost would have been had the impairment not been recognized at the date the impairment is

 

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reversed. The amount of the reversal shall be recognized in the Profit for the year as a reduction to Other operating expenses (Bad debt expense).

 

Amounts due to, and receivable from, other network operators are shown net where a right of set-off exists and the amounts are settled on a net basis (such as interconnection receivables and payables).

 

(c) Employee loans

 

Employee loans are recognized initially at fair value and subsequently measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment loss.

 

Difference between the nominal value of the loan granted and the initial fair value of the employee loan is recognized as prepaid employee benefits. Interest income on the loan granted calculated by using the effective interest method is recognized as finance income, while the prepaid employee benefits are amortized to Employee related expenses evenly over the term of the loan.

 

2.4.1.3  Available-for-sale financial assets (AFS)

 

AFS financial assets are non-derivative financial assets that are either designated in this category or not classified in any of the other categories. They are included in other non current financial assets unless management intends to dispose of the investment within 12 months of the financial statement date. In this latter case they are included in current assets (Other financial assets).

 

The “available-for-sale financial assets” measurement category includes:

 

·                  listed equity instruments that are neither consolidated nor included using the equity method in the consolidated financial statements

·                  unlisted equity instruments that are neither consolidated nor included using the equity method in the consolidated financial statements

·                  debt instruments

 

AFS financial assets are initially recognized and also subsequently carried at fair value. The unrealized changes in the fair value of available-for-sale financial assets are recognized in equity (Revaluation reserve for AFS financial assets).

 

Interest on available-for-sale debt securities calculated using the effective interest method is recognized in the Profit for the year (Finance income). Dividends on available-for-sale equity instruments are recognized in the Profit for the year (Finance income) when the Group’s right to receive payments is established.

 

The Group assesses at each financial statement date whether there is objective evidence that a financial asset is impaired. There is objective evidence of impairment if as a result of loss events that occurred after the initial recognition of the asset have an impact on the estimated future cash flows of the financial asset that can be reliably estimated. If any such evidence exists for AFS financial assets, the cumulative unrealized gain (if any) is reclassified from Other comprehensive income to Profit for the year, and any remaining difference is also recognized in the Profit for the year (Finance income). Impairment losses recognized on equity instruments are not reversed through the Profit for the year, while impairment losses recognized on debt instruments are reversed through the Profit for the year.

 

When AFS financial assets are sold or redeemed, therefore derecognized, the fair value adjustments accumulated in equity are reclassified from Other comprehensive income to Profit for the year (Finance income).

 

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2.4.1.4    Held-to-maturity investments

 

This category includes non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments and fixed maturity that the Group has the positive intention and ability to hold to maturity. The Group does not classify any of its financial instruments in this category.

 

2.4.2       Financial liabilities

 

There are two measurement categories for financial liabilities used by the Group:

 

·                  Financial liabilities carried at amortized cost

·                  Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

 

No reclassification between categories has been made in the past and no reclassifications are expected in the future. Both types of financial liabilities are initially recognized at fair value, while subsequent measurements are different (see below). We remove a financial liability (or a part of a financial liability) from the Statement of financial position when, and only when, it is extinguished — i.e. when the obligation specified in the contract is discharged,  cancelled or expired.

 

2.4.2.1    Financial liabilities carried at amortized cost

 

The measurement category for “financial liabilities measured at amortized cost” includes all financial liabilities not classified as “at fair value through profit or loss”.

 

(a) Loans and other borrowings

 

Borrowings are recognized initially at fair value less transaction costs, and subsequently measured at amortized costs using the effective interest rate method. The effective interest is recognized in the Profit for the year (Finance expenses) over the period of the borrowings.

 

(b) Trade and other payables

 

Trade and other payables (including accruals) are recognized initially at fair value and subsequently measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method. The carrying values of trade and other payables approximate their fair values due to their short maturity.

 

2.4.2.2    Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

 

Since the Group currently has no intention of measuring non-derivative financial liabilities at fair value, generally only derivative financial instruments are assigned to this category.

 

The Group does not designate any derivatives as hedging instruments, therefore, all derivatives are classified as “held for trading”.

 

Derivatives are initially recognized at fair value on the date a derivative contract is entered into and their fair values are re-measured at subsequent financial statement dates. Magyar Telekom does not apply hedge accounting for its financial instruments, therefore all gains and losses are recognized in the Profit for the year (Finance income).

 

The Group considers only those contracts as a separable host contract and an embedded derivative which are denominated neither in the functional currency of either of the contracting parties nor in a currency that is commonly used in contracts to purchase or sell non-financial items in the economic environment in which the

 

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transaction takes place (e.g. a relatively stable and liquid currency that is commonly used in local business transactions or external trade). The Group has identified EUR and USD (except Montenegro) as currencies commonly used in the Group’s operating area.

 

2.5 Inventories

 

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value using the historical cost method of accounting, and are valued on a weighted average basis. The cost of inventories comprises all costs of purchase, cost of construction and other costs incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition. Net realizable value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business less the estimated costs of completion and the estimated costs necessary to make the sale.

 

Phone sets are often sold for less than cost in connection with promotions to obtain new subscribers with minimum commitment periods (Note 4.6). Such loss on the sale of equipment is only recorded when the sale occurs if the normal resale value is higher than the cost of the phone set. If the normal resale value is lower than costs, the difference is recognized as impairment immediately.

 

2.6 Non current assets held for sale

 

An asset is classified as held for sale if it is no longer needed for the future operations of the Group, and has been identified for sale, which is highly probable and expected to take place within 12 months. These assets are accounted for at the lower of carrying value or fair value less cost to sell. Depreciation is discontinued from the date of designation to the held for sale status. When an asset is designated for sale, and the fair value is determined to be lower than the carrying amount, the difference is recognized in the Profit for the year (Depreciation and amortization) as an impairment loss.

 

2.7 Property, plant and equipment (PPE)

 

Property, plant and equipment are stated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment losses.

 

The cost of an item of PPE comprises its purchase price, including import duties and non-refundable purchase taxes, after deducting trade discounts and rebates, any costs directly attributable to bringing the asset to the location and condition necessary for it to be capable of operating in the manner intended by management. The initial estimate of the costs of dismantling and removing the item and restoring the site on which it is located is also included in the costs if the obligation incurred can be recognized as a provision according to IAS 37 — Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets.

 

Government grants relating to the purchase of PPE are deducted from the original cost of the items and are recognized in the Profit for the year through the reduced amount of depreciation of the related assets over their useful lives. Investment tax credits relating to qualifying investment projects (Note 9.5) are also recognized in this manner.

 

Cost in the case of telecommunications equipment comprises of all expenditures including the cabling within customers’ premises and interest on related loans.

 

Subsequent expenditure on an asset that that meets the recognition criteria to be recognized as an asset or an addition to an asset is capitalized, while maintenance and repairs are charged to expense when incurred.

 

When assets are scrapped, the cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and the loss is recognized in the Profit for the year as depreciation expense.

 

When assets are sold, the cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any related gain or loss is recognized in the Profit for the year (Other operating income).

 

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Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis from the time the assets are deployed and charged over their economic useful lives. On an annual basis, Magyar Telekom reviews the useful lives and residual values for consistency with current development plans and advances in technology. For further details on the groups of assets impacted by the most recent useful life revisions refer to Note 12. The annual revisions are conducted in the second quarter of the year and the resulting changes are applied from the third quarter of the year. In addition to the regular revisions, any investment decisions made throughout the year may also result in a change of useful life of a group of assets in any period of the year.

 

2.8 Intangible assets

 

Intangible assets are stated at historical cost less accumulated amortization and impairment losses.

 

Acquired computer software licenses are capitalized on the basis of the costs incurred to acquire and bring to use. These costs are amortized over the estimated useful life of the software. Costs associated with developing or maintaining computer software programs are generally recognized as an expense as incurred. Costs directly associated with the production of identifiable and unique software products controlled by the Group, and that will probably generate economic benefits exceeding costs beyond one year, are recognized as intangible assets. Direct costs include the software development employee related costs and an appropriate portion of relevant overheads. Computer software development costs recognized as assets are amortized over their estimated useful lives. As these assets represent an immaterial portion of all software, these are not disclosed separately.

 

Costs associated with the acquisition of long term frequency licenses are capitalized including any related borrowing costs. The useful lives of concessions and licenses are determined based on the underlying agreements and are amortized on a straight line basis over the period from availability of the frequency for commercial use until the end of the initial concession or license term. No renewal periods are considered in the determination of useful life.

 

Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of an acquisition over the fair value of the Group’s share of the net assets and contingent liabilities of the acquired subsidiary or business at the date of acquisition. Goodwill is carried at cost less accumulated impairment losses. Impairment testing is carried out on an annual basis for all goodwill in the last quarter of the year based on the carrying values as at September 30 of the year. Impairment losses on goodwill are not reversed. Gains and losses on the disposal of an entity or business include the carrying amount of goodwill relating to the entity or business sold.

 

Amortization is calculated on a straight-line basis from the time the assets are deployed and charged over their economic useful lives. On an annual basis, Magyar Telekom reviews the useful lives for consistency with current development and replacement plans and advances in technology. For further details on the groups of assets impacted by the most recent useful life revisions refer to Note 13. The annual revisions are conducted in the second quarter of the year and the resulting changes are applied from the third quarter of the year. In addition to the regular revisions, any investment decisions made throughout the year may also result in a change of useful life of a group of assets in any period of the year.

 

In determining whether an asset that incorporates both intangible and tangible elements should be treated under IAS 16 - Property, Plant and Equipment or as an intangible asset under IAS 38 — Intangible Assets, management uses judgment to assess which element is more significant and recognizes the assets accordingly.

 

2.9 Impairment of PPE and intangible assets

 

Assets that are subject to amortization or depreciation are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognized for the amount by which the asset’s carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount. The recoverable amount is the higher of the assets’ fair value less costs to sell and its value in use. For the purposes of assessing impairment, assets are grouped at the lowest levels for which there are separately

 

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identifiable cash flows (cash-generating units - CGUs).

 

The fair values of the individual tangible and intangible assets of the Group in most cases can not be determined as individual assets do not generate cash flows. Instead, the Group determines CGUs to which the individual assets are allocated and the fair values can only be determined at CGU level, primarily by using discounted cash flow analyses. See also Note 4.3. Corporate assets which have the distinctive characteristics of not generating cash inflows independently of other assets or groups of assets are allocated to CGUs when conducting impairment tests.

 

Goodwill is tested for impairment annually or more frequently if circumstances indicate that impairment may have occurred. When conducting the impairment tests, Magyar Telekom allocates goodwill to its operating segments. Operating segments may include one clearly identifiable company or a group of companies, or components of one company and other companies as well.

 

For the subsidiaries included in the operating segments the Group establishes the subsidiaries’ recoverable amounts by determining their fair value less cost to sell by using valuation techniques. These include the use of recent arm’s length transactions, reference to other instruments that are substantially the same, discounted cash flow analyses and option pricing models, making maximum use of market inputs and relying as little as possible on entity-specific inputs. The fair values determined as described above are used as a basis when establishing the need for an impairment of any goodwill allocated to the operating segments. See also Note 4.2. If the calculated fair value less cost to sell is lower than the carrying amount of the operating segment, goodwill is impaired.

 

2.10 Provisions and contingent liabilities

 

Provisions are recognized when Magyar Telekom has a present legal or constructive obligation as a result of past events and it is probable that an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation, and a reliable estimate of the amount of the obligation can be made.

 

Provisions are measured and recorded as the best estimate of the expenditure required to settle the present obligation at the financial statement date.

 

Provisions for obligations expected to fall due after 12 months are generally recognized at their present value and are accreted (against Finance expense) until utilization or reversal.

 

No provision is recognized for contingent liabilities. A contingent liability is a possible obligation that arises from past events and whose existence will be confirmed only by the occurrence or non-occurrence of one or more uncertain future events not wholly within the control of the entity; or a present obligation that arises from past events but is not recognized because it is not probable that an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation or the amount of the obligation cannot be measured with sufficient reliability.

 

2.11 Treasury stock

 

When the Company or its subsidiaries purchase the Company’s equity shares, the consideration transferred including any attributable incremental external costs are deducted from the Equity of the owners of the parent as Treasury stock until they are re-sold or cancelled. When such shares are subsequently sold, the treasury share balance decreases by the original cost of the shares, thereby increasing the equity, while any gains or losses are also recognized in equity (Retained earnings). Treasury stock transactions are recorded on the transaction date.

 

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2.12 Revenues

 

Revenues for all services and equipment sales (Note 22) are shown net of VAT, discounts and excluding sales within the Group. Revenue is recognized when the amount of the revenue can be reliably measured, and when it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the Group and all other specific recognition criteria of IAS18 on the sale of goods and rendering of services are met for the provision of each of the Group’s services and sale of goods.

 

Customers of the Group are granted loyalty awards (credit points) based on their usage of the Group’s services including timely payment of their invoices. Loyalty awards can be accumulated and redeemed to obtain future benefits (e.g. call credits, handset discounts, etc.) from the operators of the Group. When customers earn their credit points, the fair value of the credit points earned are deducted from the revenue invoiced to the customer, and recognized as Other liabilities (deferred revenue). See also Note 2.1.5. On redemption (or expiry) of the points, the deferred revenue is released to revenue as the customer collected (or waived) the undelivered element of the deemed bundle.

 

Revenues from operating leases are recognized on a straight line basis over the period the services are provided. Operating lease revenues are primarily included in the System integration and IT revenues.

 

2.12.1 Fixed line and mobile telecommunications revenues

 

Revenue is primarily derived from services provided to Magyar Telekom’s customer subscribers and other third parties using Magyar Telekom’s telecommunications network, and equipment sales.

 

Customer subscriber arrangements typically include an equipment sale, subscription fee and charge for the actual voice, internet, data or multimedia services used. The Group considers the various elements of these arrangements to be separate earnings processes and classifies the revenue for each of the deliverables into the categories as disclosed in Note 22 using the residual method for each of the elements. These units are identified and separated, since they have value on a standalone basis and are sold not only in a bundle, but separately as well. Therefore the Group recognizes revenues for all of these elements using the residual method that is the amount of consideration allocated to the delivered elements of the arrangements equals the total consideration less the fair value of the undelivered elements.

 

The Group provides customers with narrow and broadband access to its fixed, mobile and TV distribution networks. Service revenues are recognized when the services are provided in accordance with contractual terms and conditions. Airtime revenue is recognized based upon minutes of use and contracted fees less credits and adjustments for discounts, while subscription and flat rate revenues are recognized in the period they relate to.

 

Revenue and expenses associated with the sale of telecommunications equipment and accessories are recognized when the products are delivered, provided that there are no unfulfilled obligations that affect the customer’s final acceptance of the arrangement.

 

Advertising revenues are recognized in the period that the advertisements are exhibited.

 

Revenues from premium rate services (Voice and non-voice) are recognized on a gross basis when the delivery of the service over Magyar Telekom’s network is the responsibility of the Group, the Group establishes the prices of these services and bears substantial risks of these services, otherwise presented on a net basis.

 

Customers may also purchase prepaid mobile, public phone and internet credits (“cards”) which allow those customers to use Magyar Telekom’s telecommunications network for a selected amount of time. Customers must pay for such services at the date when the card is purchased. Revenues from the sale of cards are recognized when used by the customers or when the credits expire with unused traffic.

 

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service providers and other telecommunications providers which terminate or transit calls on Magyar Telekom’s network. These wholesale (incoming) traffic revenues included in Voice and Non-voice (Data and Internet) revenues are recognized in the period of related usage. A proportion of the revenue received is often paid to other operators (interconnect) for the use of their networks, where applicable. The revenues and costs of these transit calls are stated gross in the Financial statements as the Group is the principal supplier of these services using its own network freely defining the pricing of the services, and recognized in the period of related usage.

 

2.12.2 System integration and IT revenues

 

Contracts for network services, which consist of the installation and operation of communication networks for customers, have an average duration of 2-3 years. Revenues for voice and data services are recognized under such contracts when used by the customer.

 

Revenue from outsourcing contracts reflects the extent of actual services delivered in the period in accordance with the terms of the contract. The contracts are analyzed based on the requirements of IFRIC 4 - Determining whether an Arrangement contains a Lease, and if they include embedded lease elements, the revenues attributable to these are recognized according to IAS 17 - Leases as described in Note 2.17.

 

Revenue from system integration contracts requiring the delivery of customized products and/or services is generally covered by one of the following types of contracts: fixed-price or time and material-based. For fixed-price contracts, revenue is generally recognized based on percentage of completion taking into account the proportion that contract costs incurred for work performed to date bear to the estimated total contract costs. In the case of contracts billed on the basis of time and material, revenue is recognized as the services are rendered.

 

Revenue from maintenance services (generally fixed fee per month) is recognized over the contractual period or as the services are provided. Revenue from repairs, which are not part of the maintenance contract, billed on the basis of time and material used is recognized as the services are provided.

 

Revenue from hardware and software sales or sales-type leases is recognized when the risk of ownership is substantially transferred to the customer, provided there are no unfulfilled obligations that affect the customer’s final acceptance of the arrangement. Any costs of these obligations are recognized when the corresponding revenue is recognized.

 

Revenues from construction contracts are accounted for using the percentage-of-completion method. The stage of completion is determined on the basis of the costs incurred to date as a proportion of the estimated total costs. Receivables from construction contracts are classified in the Statement of financial position as Trade receivables. If the total actual and estimated expenses exceed revenues for a particular contract, the loss is recognized immediately.

 

2.13 Employee benefits

 

2.13.1 Short term employee benefits

 

Short term employee benefits are recognized as a current expense in the period when employees render their services. These include wages, social security contributions, bonuses, paid holidays, discounted telephone bills, meal and holiday contributions and other fringe benefits and the tax charges thereon.

 

Pensions

 

Payments to defined contribution pension and other welfare plans are recognized as an expense in the period in which they are earned by the employees.

 

Magyar Telekom does not have significant post-employment defined benefit schemes.

 

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2.13.2 Share based compensation

 

Magyar Telekom recognizes the costs of services received from its employees in a share based payment transaction when services are received. Magyar Telekom recognizes a corresponding increase in its equity reserves (Reserve for equity settled share based transactions) if the services are received in an equity-settled share based payment transaction. If the services are received in a cash-settled share based payment transaction, the Group recognizes the expense against a liability, re-measured at each financial statement date.

 

Fair values are determined using option pricing models (such as Black-Scholes and Monte Carlo simulation) and other relevant techniques. As Magyar Telekom Plc. is listed and actively traded on the Budapest and New York Stock Exchanges, the share price and its history is readily available as a basis for fair value calculations.

 

Bonuses tied to the long term performance of the Magyar Telekom share are recognized in the Profit for the year at their time-proportioned fair value (Note 24.1) against an accumulating balance in Provisions.

 

2.13.3 Termination benefits

 

Termination benefits are payable whenever an employee’s employment is terminated before the nominal retirement date or whenever an employee accepts voluntary redundancy in exchange for these benefits. The Group recognizes termination benefits when it is demonstrably committed to either terminate the employment of current employees according to a detailed formal plan without the possibility of withdrawal or to provide termination benefits as a result of an offer made to encourage voluntary redundancy.

 

2.14 Research and Marketing expenses

 

Research as well as marketing costs are expensed as incurred. Research costs are not material, while marketing expenses are disclosed in Note 25.

 

2.15 Capitalization of borrowing costs

 

Borrowing costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of a qualifying asset form part of the cost of that asset. Other borrowing costs are recognized as an expense. Borrowing costs include interest and other costs that the Group incurs in connection with the borrowing of funds. The borrowing costs eligible for capitalization are capitalized applying the weighted average of the borrowing costs applicable to the general borrowings of the Group that are outstanding during the period. A qualifying asset is an asset that necessarily takes a substantial period of time, in general over 12 months, to get ready for its intended use.

 

2.16 Income taxes

 

2.16.1 Corporate income taxes

 

Corporate income taxes are payable to the central tax authorities of the countries in which the Group’s consolidated entities operate. The basis of the tax is the taxable entities’ accounting profit adjusted for non-deductible and non-taxable items. The nominal tax rates and the determination of the tax base vary among the countries in which the Group operates.

 

2.16.2 Other income taxes

 

Other income taxes include certain local and central taxes levied in Hungary on the companies’ net

 

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margins, determined at a substantially higher level than the corporate tax base, but applying a significantly lower tax rate. These other income taxes are deductible from the corporate tax base.

 

2.16.3 Deferred taxes

 

Deferred tax is recognized applying the liability method, on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the Consolidated financial statements. However, deferred tax is not accounted for if it arises from initial recognition of an asset or liability in a transaction other than a business combination that at the time of the transaction affects neither accounting nor taxable profit. Deferred tax is determined using income tax rates that have been enacted or substantially enacted by the financial statement date and are expected to apply when the related deferred tax asset is realized or the deferred tax liability is settled.

 

Deferred tax assets are recognized to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profit (or reversing deferred tax liabilities) will be available against which the temporary differences can be utilized.

 

Deferred tax is also provided on taxable temporary differences arising on investments in subsidiaries and associates and joint ventures, except where the timing of the reversal of the temporary difference is controlled by the Group and it is probable that the temporary difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future.

 

2.17 Leases

 

2.17.1 Operating lease —Group as lessor

 

Assets leased to customers under operating leases are included in Property, plant and equipment in the Statement of financial position. They are depreciated over their expected useful lives on a basis consistent with similar assets. Rental income is recognized as revenue on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

 

2.17.2 Finance lease — Group as lessor

 

Leases of assets where Magyar Telekom transfers substantially all the benefits and risks of ownership are recognized and disclosed as revenue against a finance lease receivable. The revenue equals the estimated present value of the future minimum lease payments receivable and any unguaranteed residual value (net investment in the lease). The cost of the asset sold in a finance lease transaction is recognized at the inception of the lease. Each lease receipt is then allocated between the receivable and finance income so as to achieve a constant rate of return on the finance receivable balance outstanding. The interest element of the lease receipt is recognized as Finance income.

 

2.17.3 Operating lease —Group as lessee

 

Costs in respect of operating leases are charged to the Profit for the year on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

 

2.17.4 Finance lease — Group as lessee

 

Leases of property, plant and equipment where Magyar Telekom assumes substantially all the benefits and risks of ownership are classified as finance leases. Finance leases are capitalized at the fair value of the asset or if lower, at the estimated present value of the future minimum lease payments against a finance lease payable. Each lease payment is allocated between the finance liability and finance charges so as to achieve a constant rate of interest on the outstanding finance balance payable. The finance lease obligations, net of finance charges, are included in the Statement of financial position (Other financial liabilities). The interest

 

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element of the lease payments is charged to the Profit for the year (Finance expense) over the lease period. Property, plant and equipment acquired under finance lease contracts are depreciated over the shorter of the lease term or the useful life of the asset.

 

2.17.5 Sale and leaseback transactions

 

Sale and leaseback transactions involve the sale of an asset by Magyar Telekom and the leasing of the same asset or part of it back to Magyar Telekom. When sale and leaseback transactions qualify as finance leases any gain on the sale is deferred and recognized in the Profit for the year over the lease term through lower depreciation expense. If the leaseback qualifies as an operating lease, any gains or losses on the sale are recognized in the Profit for the year (Other operating income) at the time of the sale as the sales price reflects the fair value of the asset, while the lease payments are recognized in the Profit for the year (Other operating expenses) on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

 

2.18 Earnings per share

 

Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing profit attributable to the owners of the Company for the period by the weighted average number of common stocks outstanding. Diluted earnings per share is calculated considering the weighted average number of diluting share options (if any) in addition to the number of common stocks outstanding.

 

2.19 Dividends

 

Dividends payable to the Company’s shareholders and to Non-controlling shareholders of the Group’s subsidiaries are recorded as a liability and debited against equity (Retained earnings or Non-controlling interests) in the Group’s financial statements in the period in which the dividends are approved by the shareholders.

 

2.20 Segments

 

The Group adopted IFRS 8 in 2009, which resulted in a significant restructuring of the Group’s segment disclosure. In 2008, the Group restructured the way the chief operating decision makers decide on the allocation of resources, which is different from the primary segments of the Group reported as per IAS 14 in previous years.

 

In the Financial statements, the Group’s segments are reported in a manner consistent with the internal reporting provided to the chief operating decision makers, the members of the Management Committee (MC) of Magyar Telekom Plc. The MC is responsible for allocating resources to, and assessing the performance of, the operating segments on a monthly basis. The accounting policies and measurement principles of the operating segments are very similar to those applied for the Group described in the previous sub-notes of the Summary of significant accounting policies. The differences primarily originate from the fact that the operating segments’ annual results are determined and closed at an earlier stage, around January 10-12 each year, than these Financial statements. Any items discovered and requiring adjustment between the closing date of the segment results and the approval date of the Financial statements are reflected in the next year’s segment results.

 

The operating segments’ revenues include revenues from external customers as well as the internal revenues generated from other segments for telecommunications and, to a lesser extent, from inter-segment support services. In order to concentrate on real performance achieved on third party transactions, the number of inter-segment cross-charges applied within the organizations of Magyar Telekom Plc. operating in different segments is fairly limited. These cross-charges are not meant to allocate all the actual costs to the operating segment which are in fact incurred for the operation of the particular segment. Consequently, regardless of the costs incurred for the operation of another segment, the supporting organizations of the

 

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operating segments do not charge revenues for the services delivered within Magyar Telekom Plc., the largest legal entity of the Group.

 

The operating segments’ results are monitored by the MC to EBITDA (Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization), which is defined by the Group as Operating profit without Depreciation and amortization expense.

 

The MC does not monitor the assets and liabilities at segment level.

 

Another important KPI monitored at segment level is capital expenditure (Capex), which is determined as the gross additions to PPE and Intangible assets, excluding those due to business combinations.

 

2.21 Comparative information

 

In order to maintain consistency with the current year presentation, certain items may have been reclassified for comparative purposes. Material changes in disclosures, if any, are described in detail in the relevant notes.

 

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3 FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

 

3.1 Financial risk factors

 

Magyar Telekom is primarily exposed to credit risks related to its financial assets. In addition, the Group is also exposed to risks from movements in exchange rates, interest rates that affect the fair value and/or the cash flows arising from financial assets and liabilities.

 

Financial risk management aims to limit these risks through ongoing operational and finance activities. Selected derivative and non-derivative hedging instruments are used for this purpose, depending on the risk assessment. Magyar Telekom only hedges the risks that affect the Group’s cash flows, no hedges are concluded to hedge fair values. Derivatives are exclusively used as hedging instruments, i.e., not for trading or other speculative purposes. To reduce the counterparty risk, hedging transactions are generally only concluded with Deutsche Telekom or leading Hungarian financial institutions. Nevertheless, hedge accounting is not applied to such transactions, considering that not all the criteria in IAS 39 are met.

 

The detailed descriptions of risks, the management thereof as well as sensitivity analyses are provided below. These sensitivity analyses calculate with reasonably possible changes in the relevant risk variables and their impact on profit before tax. The impacts disclosed below are subject to an average effective income tax rate of approximately 20% in the Group, i.e. the impact on Profit for the year would be approximately 80% of the before tax amount. The potential impacts disclosed (less tax) would be the same on the Group’s Equity.

 

There were no major changes in these risks compared to the previous reporting period.

 

3.1.1 Market risk

 

Market risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market prices. Market risk comprises three types of risk: currency risk, interest rate risk and other price risk.

 

The fundamentals of Magyar Telekom’s financing strategy are established each year by the Board of Directors. The Group’s policy is to borrow centrally using a balanced combination of medium term and short term loans, and fixed and floating interest rates on those loans. The Board of Directors has approved two debt protection ratio limits, and monitors their fulfillment annually. At the end of 2008 and 2009 Magyar Telekom fulfilled both criteria, Total Debt to EBITDA ratio of 1.61 in 2009 (2008: 1.49), the allowed maximum of which would be 2.5 and EBITDA to Interest Expense ratio of 7.59 in 2009, (2008: 8.86), the allowed minimum of which would be 3.0. The Group’s Treasury department is responsible for implementing the finance policy and for ongoing risk management. The details of foreign exchange, liquidity and counterparty risk management guidelines are determined and monitored by the Group Treasurer continuously.

 

Magyar Telekom is exposed to interest and foreign exchange (FX) rate risk associated with its interest bearing assets and liabilities and anticipated transactions. As the vast majority of the revenues and expenses of the Hungarian entities arise in HUF, the functional currency of Magyar Telekom is HUF. Consequently, Magyar Telekom’s objective is to minimize the level of its financial risk in HUF terms.

 

For the presentation of market risks, we also provided sensitivity analyses that show the effects of hypothetical changes of relevant risk variables on Profit before tax. These hypothetical changes were modeled to present a reasonably possible change in the relevant risk variables. The periodic effects are determined by relating the hypothetical changes in the risk variables to the balance of financial instruments at the end of the latest reporting period (2009) and the preceding reporting period (2008). The balances at the end of the reporting period are usually representative for the year as a whole, therefore the impacts are calculated using the year end balances as though the balances had been constant throughout the reporting period. As the global economic situation has not changed significantly compared to the end of the previous reporting period, the methods and assumptions used in the sensitivity calculations did not change. As a result

 

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of the still rather volatile international capital and securities markets, a higher fluctuations of the FX and interest rates are also possible.

 

3.1.1.1    Foreign currency risk

 

Foreign currency risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in FX rates. Currency risks primarily arise on financial instruments being denominated in a currency that is not the functional currency of the given operating segment of the Group. Differences resulting from the translation of the foreign subsidiaries financial statements into the Group’s presentation currency are not taken into consideration. Relevant risk variables are generally all non-functional currencies in which Magyar Telekom has financial instruments.

 

Due to the free-float of the HUF introduced in 2008, the Group is exposed to FX risk in case of FX denominated financial instruments of the Hungarian entities to a higher degree than before. In order to mitigate this risk, Magyar Telekom minimized its foreign currency borrowings in the past years, or covered it with derivative instruments to substantially reduce FX risk.

 

(a) FX risks arising on loans from DTIF and related swaps with DT AG

 

In the past few years, all related party loans payable of Magyar Telekom were denominated in HUF. In agreement with Deutsche Telekom, the related party loans taken from the financing vehicle of Deutsche Telekom, Deutsche Telekom International Finance B.V. (DTIF) from June 2009 are denominated in EUR, while, at the same time, cross-currency interest rate swaps are concluded with Deutsche Telekom AG to fix the actual cash flows of Magyar Telekom in HUF for the whole nominal amount and interest payments of these loans. Even though the Group does not apply hedge accounting, the change in the HUF/EUR exchange rate has no significant (net) impact on Profit before tax related to the hedged loans and the swaps together.

 

(b) FX risks arising on third party loans and related swaps

 

Magyar Telekom also has third party loans denominated in EUR, for the majority of which we also concluded cross-currency interest rate swap agreements with one of the substantial Hungarian banks to eliminate FX risk in connection with these loans and hedge the whole foreign currency denominated cash flows of these loans. Even though the Group does not apply hedge accounting, the change in the HUF/EUR exchange rate has no significant (net) impact on Profit before tax related to the hedged loans and the swaps together.

 

(c) Other FX exposure

 

The remaining FX exposure of Magyar Telekom is mostly related to (i) holding foreign currency cash balances in its subsidiaries in the Southern and Eastern Europe region, and (ii) operating activities through revenues from, and payments to, international telecommunications carriers as well as capital expenditure contracted with vendors in foreign currency. In line with currency hedging policy, the Company holds sufficient amounts of foreign currencies on its bank accounts, the amounts of which are determined considering the balance of FX denominated trade and leases payables and trade receivables in order to hedge the currency risk arising in connection with those assets and liabilities. The Group’s foreign currency denominated assets (primarily held by the Group’s foreign subsidiaries), however, exceed the Group’s foreign currency denominated liabilities (other than the above described loans), therefore changes of the functional currencies’ exchange rates would have significant impact on the profit of the Group. Compared to the spot FX rates as of December 31, 2009, a 20% weaker functional currency (HUF and MKD) against the EUR and USD would have caused HUF 4.1 billion unrealized gain on this net balance (2008: HUF 6.6 billion gain). The same amount of loss would have been caused by a 20% stronger functional currency against the EUR and USD.

 

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In order to reduce the above exposure, Magyar Telekom occasionally enters into derivative contracts. The fair value of the open short term forward positions was HUF -502 million (liability) as of December 31, 2009, while the Group had no open forward deals at the end of 2008. These positions were opened to hedge the FX risks of future FX payments exceeding FX incomes and to cover the FX risk of a short term EUR denominated loan taken from DTAG. Compared to the spot FX rates as of December 31, 2009, a 20% weaker functional currency HUF against the EUR would have caused HUF 6.2 billion unrealized gain on this net balance. Approximately the same amount of loss would have been caused by a 20% stronger HUF against the EUR.

 

Due to the global financial crisis, even a more than 20% fluctuation of the functional currencies against the EUR is possible as extraordinary market conditions may cause extreme volatility on FX markets.

 

3.1.1.2    Interest rate risk

 

Magyar Telekom is also exposed to interest rate fluctuations. This is due to the fact that changing interest rates affect the fair value of the fixed rate instruments and also affect the cash flows through the floating rate instruments.

 

Changes in the market interest rates of non-derivative financial instruments with fixed interest rates only affect income if these are measured at their fair value. On the other hand, all financial instruments with fixed interest rates (which are carried at amortized cost) are not subject to cash flow interest rate risk.

 

Changes in the market interest rate of interest rate derivatives (interest rate swaps, cross-currency swaps) that are not part of a hedging relationship as set out in IAS 39 affect financial income or expense (net gain/ loss from re-measurement of the financial assets to fair value).

 

Changes in market interest rates affect the interest income or expense of non-derivative floating-interest financial instruments for which no cash flow hedges are in place.

 

(a) Financial assets

 

Excess cash of the Group’s Hungarian operations is primarily used to repay loans, however, significant amount of cash of the Group’s Macedonian and Montenegrin subsidiaries are held in local banks. These amounts are deposited primarily on fixed interest rate terms in order to minimize exposure to market changes that would potentially adversely change the cash flows from these instruments.

 

The Group’s HUF denominated bank deposits amounted to HUF 6.5 billion at the end of 2009 (2008: HUF 29.5 billion). A 4 percentage point higher interest rate throughout 2009 (assuming the year-end 2009 balance throughout 2009) would have resulted in HUF 0.3 billion higher interest income in 2009 (2008: HUF 1.2 billion). The interest income would be lower by the same amount in case of 4 percentage point lower interest rate.

 

The Group’s MKD denominated bank deposits amounted to HUF 32.7 billion at the end of 2009 (2008: HUF 29.8 billion). A 2 percentage point higher interest rate throughout 2009 (assuming the year-end 2009 balance throughout 2009) would have resulted in HUF 0.7 billion higher interest income in 2009 (2008: HUF 0.6 billion). The interest income would be lower by the same amount in case of 2 percentage point lower interest rate.

 

The Group’s EUR denominated bank deposits amounted to HUF 37.0 billion at the end of 2009 (2008: HUF 52.1 billion). A 2 percentage point higher interest rate throughout 2009 (assuming the year-end 2009 balance throughout 2009) would have resulted in HUF 0.7 billion higher interest income in 2009 (2008: HUF 1.0 billion). The interest income would be lower by a smaller amount as interest rates are usually smaller than 2%.

 

The Group’s USD denominated bank deposits amounted to HUF 2.0 billion at the end of 2008, while the

 

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Group had no significant amount of such deposits at the end of 2009. A 1 percentage point higher interest rate throughout 2008 (assuming the year-end 2008 balance throughout 2008) would have resulted in less than HUF 0.1 billion higher interest income in 2008. The interest income would be lower by a smaller amount as interest rates are usually smaller than 1%.

 

As a result of the volatile international capital and securities markets, a higher fluctuation of the interest rates is also possible, the exposure to which is mitigated by the balanced portfolio of fixed and floating interest rate borrowings (see above). Sensitivities have been disclosed for a movement of 4 percentage points for HUF, 2 percentage points for MKD and EUR, and 1 percentage point for USD, but extraordinary market conditions may cause extreme volatility on money markets, which can result in even higher percentage point change in interest rates.

 

(b) Financial liabilities

 

Financial liabilities exposed to interest rate risk are primarily the related party (DTIF) and third party loans and the related swap agreements in place. These loans are almost exclusively taken by the Company as the financing of the Group is managed centrally. The analysis below describes the Group’s net exposure to the net interest rate risks related to the loans and the related swap agreements.

 

As the vast majority of debt portfolio is denominated in HUF, or swap agreements are in place so that the loans payable are exposed to changes in HUF interest rates, the Group is mostly exposed to the HUF interest rate fluctuations for its financial liabilities. To control this interest rate risk, a combination of fixed and floating rate debt is used. Fixed interest-bearing debts (including loans swapped to fixed interest and excluding loans swapped to floating interest) made up 56% of the Group’s total debt as of December 31, 2009 (2008: 53%).

 

In addition, some of the Group’s loan agreements with Deutsche Telekom include a fixed interest rate that in fact may change in case of downgrading the credit rating of Deutsche Telekom by specific international rating agencies below the level of credit rating BBB+. Such rating downgrades from the current grade would have caused additional annual interest payments of approximately HUF 0.2 billion (assuming the year-end 2009 balance and rating throughout 2009) on top of the pre-fixed amount of interest (2008: HUF 0.6 billion). On the other hand, such rating upgrades above the level of the credit rating A would have caused HUF 0.3 billion lower interest expense for 2009 (2008: HUF 0.3 billion).

 

Floating interest-bearing debts (including loans swapped to floating interest and excluding loans swapped to fixed interest) made up 44% of the Group’s total debt as of December 31, 2009 (2008: 47%). A 4 percentage point higher interest rate throughout 2009 (assuming the year-end 2009 balance throughout 2009) would have resulted in HUF 6.7 billion higher interest expense in 2009, while the same decrease of interest rates would cause the same decrease in interest payments (2008: HUF 7.3 billion).

 

3.1.1.3    Other price risk

 

As of the end of the reporting periods, Magyar Telekom did not hold any material investments, which could be affected by risk variables such as stock exchange prices or other indices, therefore, the Group’s exposure to such price changes are very limited. See also Note 8.2.

 

3.1.2 Credit risk

 

Credit risk is the risk that one party to a financial instrument will cause a financial loss for the other party by failing to discharge an obligation.

 

The maximum exposure to credit risk as at the financial statement dates are represented by the carrying amounts of the financial assets in the Statement of financial position. Guarantee agreements reducing the maximum exposure to credit risk as at the end of the reporting period are described later in this section.

 

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The following table represents Magyar Telekom’s maximum exposure to credit risk as at December 31, 2008 and 2009.

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

66,680

 

34,270

 

Bank deposits with original maturities over 3 months

 

59,300

 

50,660

 

Trade receivables

 

93,201

 

100,524

 

Loans to Deutsche Telekom Group companies

 

 

29,587

 

Finance lease receivables

 

23,082

 

23,531

 

Employee loans

 

4,383

 

4,870

 

Dividend receivable from associates

 

2,033

 

 

Derivative financial instruments

 

1,011

 

1,285

 

Trade receivables over one year

 

414

 

1,487

 

Loans to third parties

 

779

 

580

 

Financial assets available for sale

 

282

 

276

 

RDC receivables

 

952

 

839

 

Other current

 

2,186

 

1,626

 

Other non-current

 

170

 

552

 

 

 

254,473

 

250,087

 

 

The vast majority of credit risks may arise in respect of Cash and cash equivalents, Bank deposits with original maturities over 3 months and Trade receivables, and to a lesser extent, of Finance lease receivables. Cash and cash equivalents, Bank deposits with original maturities over 3 months and Trade receivables have short term maturities, which represent the vast majority of the Group’s financial assets.

 

According to the Group’s risk management policy Magyar Telekom Group companies deposit the excess cash only in banks rated at least BBB+ (or equivalent), or make efforts to get guarantees for the deposits from banks rated at least BBB+. Moreover, Magyar Telekom prefers to deposit in banks which grants loans for Magyar Telekom to make possible the compensation of debts and loans in case of the default of the bank.

 

Cash and cash equivalents and Bank deposits with maturities over 3 months held in Hungary are primarily denominated in HUF and concentrations of credit risk are limited as Magyar Telekom places its cash in Hungary with substantial credit institutions. Further, excess HUF cash is also used for repayment of the HUF denominated loans and borrowings, or is deposited at partner banks which grant loans for Magyar Telekom, therefore, the credit risk related to cash held in HUF is very limited.

 

Cash and cash equivalents and Bank deposits with maturities over 3 months held in Macedonia are primarily denominated in MKD and EUR, while the Cash and cash equivalents and Bank deposits with maturities over 3 months held in Montenegro are primarily denominated in EUR. Cash and cash equivalents and Bank deposits with maturities over 3 months deposited in these countries run higher counterparty risk, due to the small amount of internationally substantial financial institutions in those countries. The bank deposits in Montenegro of HUF 12.2 billion as at December 31, 2009 (2008: HUF 19.8 billion) and those in Macedonia of HUF 57.5 billion as at December 31, 2009 (2008: HUF 13.2) are fully covered with bank guarantees issued by international financial institutions rated at BBB+ or above, or Magyar Telekom has the right to net the deposits with loans taken from the guarantor, in case of default of the bank. Credit risk related to bank deposits is further limited by the diversification of the deposits among several independent credit institutions determinant on the local market.

 

Finance lease receivables, in most cases, are legally embedded in service contracts also requiring to provide assets related to the services, which are legally in the Group’s ownership. Should the partners fail to pay their bills, we are entitled to discontinue the services and take the assets back to the Group’s locations. As these assets are rarely customer specific, we can utilize these assets in other ways as well, therefore, the credit risk related to finance leases is in fact rather limited.

 

Concentrations of credit risk relating to trade receivables are limited due to the large number of

 

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customers comprising the Group’s customer base and their dispersion across many different geographic areas and industries.

 

No financial assets other than trade and other receivables had to be impaired in the reported years, as they are neither past due nor are there any signs of impairment.

 

The following table contains the carrying amount of trade receivables broken down by reportable segment (note 31).

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBU

 

31,923

 

38,133

 

BBU

 

25,740

 

27,221

 

Headquarters

 

15,422

 

15,554

 

Macedonia

 

12,017

 

12,061

 

Montenegro

 

5,853

 

4,763

 

Technology

 

843

 

859

 

All other

 

1,403

 

1,933

 

 

 

93,201

 

100,524

 

 

The amounts in the table above are shown net of provisions for impairment losses of HUF 29.7 billion as at December 31, 2009 (2008: HUF 26.3 billion). The annual bad debt expense of the Group had historically been under 1% of the consolidated revenues, except in 2009 (1.4%). Changes in customer payment behavior in the future, however, may result in higher impairment losses. Each additional 1 percentage point of uncollectible revenue would result in additional impairment charges of HUF 6.4 billion in 2009 (2008: HUF 6.7 billion).

 

CBU, BBU and Headquarters (Hungary)

 

Consumer Services Business Unit (CBU) provides fixed and mobile telecommunications and TV distribution services to residential customers, while the Business Services Business Unit (BBU) has primarily large corporate customers. There’s no significant difference between the recoverability of the segments’ receivables.

 

There are varying credit checking practices applied across the members of the Group. The majority of customers are located in Hungary. For these customers the Company follows the practice described below.

 

Credit checking for CBU customers at the time of the service request is carried out automatically by the credit checking application of the Sales Department. A variety of checks including checking the SOS list of faulty IDs, the bankruptcy list, the internal database of risky installation locations, the collection history of the past 6 months, the outstanding debt and the joint database of debtors of the Hungarian mobile operators are performed depending on the service to be used. As of January 1, 2009, the Fraud Detecting System was implemented, which is used to monitor extreme usage and fraudulent behavior of customers not only for mobile but also for fixed-line and Internet services.

 

In case of BBU, customer managers call a hotline of the Business Customer Care group to check if the customer has outstanding debts.

 

Dunning procedures for both CBU, BBU and Headquarters are run automatically by the billing systems including SMS, telephone calls, reminder letters, pseudo disconnections, termination letters and disconnections. Over a minimum overdue amount we apply varying and customized reminder procedures to the different customer groups in which varying deadlines are applied. After the termination of the contract and depending on the expected success of the process, we combine the different collection steps of involving external partners, selling the outstanding debt or initiating legal proceedings. All parts of the process are regulated by internal directives.

 

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Macedonia

 

The process of managing the credit risk from operating activities includes preventive measures such as credibility checking and prevention barring, corrective measures during legal relationship for example reminding and disconnection activities, collaboration with collection agencies and collection after legal relationship as litigation process, court proceedings, involvement of the executive unit and factoring. The overdue payments are monitored through a debt escalation procedure based on customer type, credit class and amount of debt. The credit risk is controlled through credibility checking — which determines that the customer is not indebted and the customers credit worthiness and through preventive barring — which determines the credit limit based on the usual level of the customer’s consumption. There’s no concentration of risk in Macedonia either with any single customer or group of customers with similar characteristics. The procedures in Macedonia ensure on a permanent basis that sales are made to customers with an appropriate credit history and that an acceptable level of credit exposure is not exceeded.

 

Montenegro

 

If customers are independently rated, these ratings are used. Otherwise, if there is no independent rating, risk control assesses the credit quality of the customer, taking into account past experience in collection and other factors. In Montenegro the Group uses a system of reminders leading to discontinuance of the service as the main tool to collect overdue receivables. Also, according to the balance and number of outstanding bills, the Group uses instruments of litigation of customers. However, customers may be affected by the lower liquidity situation due to the recent volatility in the global and Montenegrin financial markets, which could in turn impact their ability to repay the amounts owed. To the extent that information is available, management revised estimates of expected future cash flows in their impairment assessments.

 

3.1.3 Liquidity risk

 

Liquidity risk is the risk that an entity may encounter difficulty in meeting obligations associated with financial liabilities.

 

Prudent liquidity risk management implies maintaining sufficient Cash and cash equivalents and Bank deposits as well as available funding through adequate amount of committed credit lines. The Group Treasury’s management aims at maintaining flexibility in funding by keeping committed credit lines available. The undrawn credit lines amounted to 50.5 billion as at December 31, 2009 (2008: HUF 44.8 billion), and the Company also had uncommitted credit lines from several Hungarian Banks as at December 31, 2009. In addition to the above, Deutsche Telekom confirmed its readiness to finance Magyar Telekom Group’s budgeted financing needs until the end of June 2011. Despite the fact that this has not been formulized in a contract, it can be considered as a “quasi shelf facility”.

 

The following two tables summarize the maturity structure of Magyar Telekom’s financial liabilities including the interest payable on those liabilities as of December 31, 2009 and 2008. As the majority of the financial liabilities are paid from the cash generated from the ongoing operations, the maturity analysis of the financial assets as at the end of the reporting periods (in comparison with the financial liabilities) would be meaningless, therefore, is not included in the tables below.

 

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Total

 

within
1 year

 

1 to 5
years

 

after 5
years

 

December 31, 2009 (in HUF millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade payables

 

85,874

 

85,874

 

 

 

Dividend payable

 

303

 

303

 

 

 

Financial liabilities to related parties

 

403,771

 

87,380

 

216,987

 

99,404

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank loans

 

63,430

 

37,466

 

25,964

 

 

Finance lease liabilities

 

5,686

 

1,360

 

2,847

 

1,479

 

Nonconvertible bonds and debentures

 

191

 

70

 

121

 

 

Other financial liabilities

 

1,495

 

1,371

 

123

 

1

 

Total other financial liabilities

 

70,802

 

40,267

 

29,055

 

1,480

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cash flows

 

560,750

 

213,824

 

246,042

 

100,884

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Open swap positions’ cash flows

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross cash inflow in EUR million

 

308

 

21

 

119

 

168

 

Gross cash inflow in HUF million (at spot rate)

 

83,499

 

5,808

 

32,190

 

45,501

 

Gross cash outflow in HUF million

 

100,298

 

7,276

 

44,355

 

48,667

 

Net cash outflow in HUF million

 

16,799

 

1,468

 

12,165

 

3,166

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Open forward positions’ cash flows

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross cash inflow in EUR million

 

123

 

123

 

 

 

Gross cash inflow in HUF million (at spot rate)

 

33,313

 

33,313

 

 

 

Gross cash outflow in HUF million

 

33,993

 

33,993

 

 

 

Net cash outflow in HUF million

 

680

 

680

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2008 (in HUF millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade payables

 

92,340

 

92,340

 

 

 

Dividend payable

 

290

 

290

 

 

 

Financial liabilities to related parties

 

434,404

 

126,703

 

248,606

 

59,095

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank loans

 

59,379

 

37,227

 

22,152

 

 

Finance lease liabilities

 

7,148

 

1,721

 

3,534

 

1,893

 

Nonconvertible bonds and debentures

 

193

 

71

 

 

122

 

Other financial liabilities

 

5,812

 

5,270

 

541

 

1

 

Total other financial liabilities

 

72,532

 

44,289

 

26,227

 

2,016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cash flows

 

599,566

 

263,622

 

274,833

 

61,111

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Open swap positions’ cash flows

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross cash inflow in EUR million

 

(43

)

(23

)

(20

)

 

Gross cash inflow in HUF million (at spot rate)

 

(11,386

)

(6,090

)

(5,296

)

 

Gross cash outflow in HUF million

 

11,275

 

6,191

 

5,084

 

 

Net cash outflow (inflow) in HUF million

 

(111

)

101

 

(212

)

 

 

The average maturity of Magyar Telekom’s debt portfolio was 2.59 years as at December 31, 2009 (2008: 2.58 years), both of which are in line with the predefined liquidity management limit range of keeping the average maturity of the debt portfolio between 2 and 3 years.

 

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The floating interest payments arising from the financial instruments were calculated using the last interest rates fixed before December 31, 2009 and 2008.

 

3.2 Capital risk management

 

The Group’s objectives when managing capital are to safeguard the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern in order to provide returns for shareholders and benefits for other stakeholders and to maintain an optimal capital structure to reduce the cost of capital.

 

The Company’s management proposes to the owners (through the Board) of the Company to approve dividend payments or adopt other changes in the Company’s equity capital in order to optimize the capital structure of the Group. This can be effectuated primarily by adjusting the amount of dividends paid to shareholders, or alternatively, by returning capital to shareholders by capital reductions, selling or buying own shares. Consistent with others in the industry, the Group monitors capital on the basis of the gearing ratio. This ratio is calculated as Net debt divided by Equity (including Non-controlling interest) and Net debt. Net debt is calculated as follows:

 

· Current and non current financial liabilities to related parties (without accrued interest) – Note 16

· plus Other current and non current financial liabilities (without accrued interest) – Note 17

· less Cash and cash equivalents – Note 6

· less Other current financial assets – Note 8.1.

 

During 2008 and 2009, the Group’s strategy as approved by the Board was to maintain a gearing ratio within 30% to 40%. The gearing ratio at December 31, 2009 was 30.8% (2008: 29.9%).

 

In addition to the above, according to the Hungarian Companies Act, Magyar Telekom Plc. has to ensure that the Company’s Equity does not fall below its Common stock, i.e. the total of the reserves should not be negative. The Company is in compliance with this regulation, and no such statutory regulation exists for consolidated equity.

 

The equity capital, which the Group manages, amounted to HUF 606 billion on December 31, 2009 (2008: HUF 598 billion).

 

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4 CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AND JUDGMENTS

 

Estimates and judgments are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

 

The Group makes estimates and assumptions concerning the future. The resulting accounting estimates will, by definition, rarely equal the related actual results. The estimates and assumptions that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities are outlined below.

 

4.1 Useful lives of assets

 

The determination of the useful lives of assets is based on historical experience with similar assets as well as any anticipated technological development and changes in broad economic or industry factors. The appropriateness of the estimated useful lives is reviewed annually, or whenever there is an indication of significant changes in the underlying assumptions. We believe that this is a critical accounting estimate since it involves assumptions about technological development in an innovative industry and heavily dependent on the investment plans of the Group. Further, due to the significant weight of depreciable assets in our total assets, the impact of any changes in these assumptions can be material to our financial position, and results of operations. As an example, if Magyar Telekom was to shorten the average useful life of its assets by 10%, this would result in additional annual depreciation and amortization expense of approximately HUF 10 billion (2008: HUF 11 billion). See Notes 12 and 13 for the changes made to useful lives in 2009.

 

The Group constantly introduces a number of new services or platforms including, but not limited to, the UMTS based broadband services in the mobile communications and the fiber-to-the-home rollout in the fixed line operations. In case of the introduction of such new services, the Group conducts a revision of useful lives of the already existing platforms, but in the vast majority of the cases these new services are designed to co-exist with the old platforms, resulting in no change-over to the new technology. Consequently, the useful lives of the older platforms usually do not require shortening.

 

4.2 Estimated impairment of goodwill

 

Goodwill is no longer amortized, but tested for impairment annually or more frequently. The recoverable amounts of the operating segments are calculated based on fair value less cost to sell determined by the discounted projected cash flows of the operating segments over the next ten years with a terminal value. This is highly judgmental, which carries the inherent risk of arriving at materially different recoverable amounts if estimates used in the calculations would prove to be inappropriate. The Group has an implemented policy to make the impairment test based on a 10-year cash flow projection on reasonable and supportable assumptions that present the management’s best estimate on market participants’ assumptions and expectations.

 

When conducting the goodwill impairment tests, goodwill is allocated to the cash generating operating segments of the Group, CBU, BBU, MBU, Macedonia fixed line, Macedonia mobile, Montenegro mobile. No goodwill was allocated to Montenegro fixed line.

 

In order to determine the recoverable amounts of the operating segments, the Group calculates the operating segments’ fair values less cost to sell. In the calculations, Magyar Telekom uses a range of weighted average cost of capital (WACC) before tax and estimated perpetual growth rate (PGR) depending on the country of operations and the characteristics of the markets the Group’s segments operate in. The WACCs are determined based on CAPM (capital asset pricing model) using the average betas of the peer group, 10 year zero coupon yields and a debt ratio in line with the usual indebtedness of listed peer telecommunications companies, while the PGRs used are in line with the long-term average growth rate for the particular telecommunications sector.

 

The Headquarters and Technology operating segments of the Group primarily include support functions, therefore the carrying values and the future cash flows of these operating segments are allocated to the other,

 

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cash generating operating segments based on the cash generating operating segments’ unlevered free cash flows (determined as EBITDA reduced by capital expenditures and change in net working capital), also considering the relative use of the central services by the cash generating operating segments.

 

The table below shows the WACCs and PGRs used in the fair value calculations of the Group’s operating segments for the goodwill impairment test conducted in 2009. The table below also includes sensitivity analyses that show how much impairment should have been recognized as at December 31, 2009 for the goodwill allocated to the operating segments if we had changed the WACCs used in the calculations to reasonably possible levels. The possible changes in the WACCs would be the result of the reasonably possible changes in the risk free interest rates we disclosed in Note 3.1.1.2. In case of the cash flow projections and the PGRs used in the sensitivity calculations, we disclose the first round decimal rate in case of the PGR and the first round decimal change to the cash flow projections that would result in impairment.

 

2009

 

 

 

CBU

 

BBU

 

MBU

 

Macedonia
fixed line

 

Macedonia
mobile

 

Montenegro
mobile

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WACC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Used in the calculation

 

13.76

%

13.68

%

14.17

%

8.55

%

10.71

%

10.65

%

if changed to

 

18.49

%

18.39

%

18.88

%

10.68

%

12.86

%

12.77

%

Potential impairment (HUF million)

 

 

 

180

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PGR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Used in the calculation

 

2.0

%

0.5

%

2.0

%

1.0

%

1.0

%

1.0

%

if changed to

 

-5.0

%

-5.0

%

-5.0

%

-5.0

%

-5.0

%

-5.0

%

Potential impairment (HUF million)

 

 

 

 

630

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

if changed by

 

-27

%

-27

%

-27

%

-27

%

-27

%

-27

%

Potential impairment (HUF million)

 

 

 

 

699

 

 

 

 

The table below shows the rates we used when we performed the goodwill impairment testing on the new segments for comparative purposes. No sensitivity analysis is provided to the comparative amounts as the original goodwill impairment testing for year-end 2008 was performed on the old segments that were compliant with IAS 14, but are not compliant with IFRS 8.

 

2008

 

 

 

CBU

 

BBU

 

MBU

 

Macedonia fixed line

 

Macedonia mobile

 

Montenegro mobile

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WACC

 

13.22

%

13.11

%

14.40

%

10.80

%

11.14

%

11.07

%

PGR

 

2.0

%

0.5

%

2.0

%

0.0

%

2.0

%

0.5

%

 

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4.3 Estimated impairment of property, plant and equipment, and intangibles

 

We assess the impairment of identifiable property, plant, equipment and intangibles whenever there is a reason to believe that the carrying value may materially exceed the recoverable amount and where impairment of value is anticipated. The calculations of recoverable amounts are primarily determined by value in use calculations, which use a broad range of estimates and factors affecting those. Among others, we typically consider future revenues and expenses, technological obsolescence, discontinuance of services and other changes in circumstances that may indicate impairment. If impairment is identified using the value in use calculations, we also determine the fair value less cost to sell (if determinable), to calculate the exact amount of impairment to be charged. As this exercise is highly judgmental, the amount of a potential impairment may be significantly different from that of the result of these calculations.

 

4.4 Estimated impairment of trade and other receivables

 

We calculate impairment for doubtful accounts receivable based on estimated losses resulting from the inability of our customers to make required payments. For the largest customers and other telecommunications service providers, impairment is calculated on an individual basis, while for other customers it is estimated on a portfolio basis, for which we base our estimate on the aging of our accounts receivable balance and our historical write-off experience, customer credit-worthiness and recent and expected changes in our customer payment terms. These factors are reviewed periodically, and changes are made to the calculations when necessary. In addition, we consider also the nature of the business (residential, business, fixed line, mobile, internet, cable TV, etc.) and the environment in which the Group’s entities operate in the various markets. The estimates also involve assumptions about future customer behavior and the resulting future cash collections. If the financial condition of our customers were to deteriorate, actual write-offs of currently existing receivables may be higher than expected and may exceed the level of the impairment losses recognized so far. See also Note 3.1.2.

 

4.5 Provisions

 

Provisions in general are highly judgmental, especially in case of legal disputes. The Group assesses the probability of an adverse event as a result of a past event and if the probability of an outflow of economic benefits is evaluated to be more than fifty percent, the Group fully provides for the total amount of the estimated liability (see also Note 2.10). The assessment of the probability is highly judgmental, as — for example — in Hungary there are very few cases where the appealed NCAH decisions have been finally concluded by the Supreme Court. Further, in Macedonia, there is also a lack of sufficient history for CPC or Agency decisions appealed against at the Administrative Court. In order to determine the probabilities of an adverse outcome, the Group uses internal and external legal counsels.

 

4.6 Subscriber acquisition costs

 

Subscriber acquisition costs primarily include the loss on the equipment sales (revenues and costs disclosed separately) and fees paid to subcontractors that act as agents to acquire new customers. The Group’s agents also spend a portion of their agent fees for marketing the Group’s products, while a certain part of the Group’s marketing costs could also be considered as part of the subscriber acquisition costs. The up-front fees collected from customers for activation or connection are marginal compared to the incremental acquisition costs. These revenues and costs are recognized when the customer is connected to the Group’s fixed or mobile networks. No such costs or revenues are capitalized or deferred. These acquisition costs (losses) are recognized immediately as they are not accurately separable from other marketing costs. Among these, net losses on equipment sales of the Group amounted to HUF 17.4 billion in 2009 (2008: HUF 19.2 billion), while agent fees amounted to HUF 9.2 billion in 2009 (2008: HUF 8.8 billion). The Group’s marketing costs amounted to HUF 16.2 billion in 2009 (2008: HUF 22.1 billion).

 

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5 BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

 

5.1 Acquisitions in 2009

 

5.1.1 IKO New Media, IKO Content & Rights and IKO-Telekom Media Holding

 

Magyar Telekom signed a strategic co-operation agreement with IKO Production Kft, the other 50% owner of IKO-Telekom Média Holding (ITMH) in 2008 to split the investments of ITMH and gain full control of ITMH’s two 100% owned subsidiaries, IKO New Media (IKO NM) and IKO Content & Rights (IKO CR). According to the co-operation agreement, the properties of ITMH were split between the owners by way of a demerger; as a result of which Magyar Telekom gained 100% ownership over the part demerging from the original holding company under the name Telekom Media Holding (TMH), IKO NM and IKO CR as of May 31, 2009, while the remaining part of the Holding (IKO Media Holding) including the 31% stake in M-RTL remained with IKO Production. M-RTL had been included in the consolidated financial statements as a 25% associate. As part of the above transaction, we have accounted for the sale of this investment in M-RTL and ITMH, and a business combination with TMH, IKO NM and IKO CR. The gain on the disposal of M-RTL was accounted for as “Other income” in the Profit for the year.

 

IKO NM is one of the leading companies in the Hungarian interactive service market, and is the service provider of telecommunications applications for M-RTL. In addition, IKO NM produces TV shows and is one of the largest aggregators of premium rate telecommunications services in Hungary. IKO CR is an aggregator in the content outsourcing market.

 

Following the business combinations, the newly acquired subsidiaries were renamed to Telekom New Media (TNM) and Telekom Content & Rights (TCR) respectively.

 

The carrying values as well as the fair values of assets and liabilities acquired through these business combinations as well as the considerations transferred are disclosed in the table below in aggregate amounts.

 

In HUF millions

 

Fair
values

 

Carrying
values

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value of 25% share in M-RTL

 

4,728

 

 

 

Consideration transferred

 

4,728

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets acquired

 

3,040

 

 

 

Goodwill

 

1,688

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets acquired:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

2,074

 

2,074

 

Trade and other receivables

 

598

 

598

 

Income tax receivable

 

57

 

57

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

22

 

22

 

Intangible assets

 

1,436

 

111

 

Less: Investment in ITMH as a joint venture

 

(382

)

(382

)

Trade and other payables

 

(513

)

(513

)

Net deferred tax liability

 

(252

)

 

 

 

3,040

 

1,967

 

 

As the transaction did not require any cash outflow from the Group, the cash balances of the acquired companies are disclosed as Proceeds from disposal of subsidiaries and associates in the 2009 Statement of cash flows.

 

TMH, TNM and TCR have been consolidated in the MBU operating segment of the Group since May 31, 2009.

 

The goodwill arising on this acquisition partly represents the assembled workforce that can not be

 

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recognized as a separable asset. Further, the customer contract value recognized only represents the customers and services rendered to them existing on the acquisition date, while the majority of the goodwill represents the value of, and the future expected revenues from, customers to be acquired from the acquisition date and the planned extension of services.

 

5.1.2 ISH

 

In May 2009, Magyar Telekom signed a share purchase agreement to acquire a 100% equity stake in International System House Kft (ISH). The agreed enterprise value was HUF 2.9 billion, to which the value of the net cash was added at the closing of the transaction. Depending on 2009 and 2010 financial performance, further earn-out payments could also be made. ISH specializes in developing, installing and operating integrated healthcare IT services. With market leadership in its segment, ISH achieved nearly HUF 2.9 billion of revenues in 2008 and EBITDA of HUF 1 billion. The transaction was closed on November 30, 2009, since when ISH has been a consolidated subsidiary of the Group, included in the BBU operating segment.

 

As the purchase price allocation has not been completed yet, the fair values of assets and liabilities acquired at the time acquisition, are preliminary amounts, disclosed in the table below. Further, as there were no reliable IFRS compliant carrying values available at the time of acquisition, these values are not disclosed in the table below.

 

In HUF millions

 

Provisional
fair values

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase price of ownership acquired

 

3,101

 

Additional estimated purchase price

 

12

 

Additional costs directly attributable to the business combination

 

45

 

Consideration transferred

 

3,158

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets acquired

 

2,831

 

Goodwill

 

327

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets acquired:

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

345

 

Trade and other receivables

 

1,285

 

Income tax receivable

 

124

 

Inventories

 

67

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

31

 

Intangible assets

 

935

 

Other non current financial assets

 

929

 

Other financial liabilities

 

(198

)

Trade and other payables

 

(468

)

Net deferred tax liability

 

(219

)

 

 

2,831

 

 

The initial purchase price and a part of the additional costs were paid in cash in 2009, while the remaining estimated HUF 27 million is payable in 2010.

 

The goodwill arising on this acquisition partly represents the assembled workforce that can not be recognized as a separable asset. Further, the customer contract value recognized as an intangible asset only represents the customers and services rendered to them existing on the acquisition date, while the majority of the goodwill represents the value of, and the future expected revenues from, customers to be acquired from the acquisition date and the planned extension of services.

 

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5.1.3 Cable TV networks

 

In 2009 Magyar Telekom acquired a number of cable TV networks for HUF 1,745 million in individually insignificant transactions. All these acquisitions qualified as business combinations of the CBU operating segment of the Group. The purchase price of these networks in most cases included connected customers, while in the remaining few cases the network was fully completed with immediate capability of connecting customers to them. The purchase prices paid for these networks also included goodwill representing the networks’ potential of acquiring additional customers and conveying additional services.

 

The fair values of assets acquired through these individually insignificant business combinations at the time acquisition as well as the considerations transferred, are disclosed in the table below in aggregate amounts. As there were no reliable IFRS compliant carrying values available at the time of acquisition, these values are not disclosed in the table below.

 

In HUF millions

 

Fair
values

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase price of ownership acquired

 

1,745

 

Additional costs directly attributable to the business combination

 

 

Consideration transferred

 

1,745

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets acquired

 

(1,324

)

Goodwill

 

421

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets acquired:

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

938

 

Intangible assets

 

386

 

 

 

1,324

 

 

The total purchase price was paid in cash in 2009.

 

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5.1.4 KFKI Direkt

 

Magyar Telekom signed a share purchase agreement to acquire 100% of KFKI Direkt Kft. in February 2009. The purchase price was HUF 300 million plus an earn-out payment depending on the 2009 financial performance of up to a maximum of HUF 100 million. KFKI Direkt is a systems integration and infrastructure support company with specialist expertise in these areas. KFKI Direkt achieved approximately HUF 1.5 billion revenues and exceeded HUF 200 million EBITDA in 2008. KFKI Direkt de-merged from KFKI in 1995, while the remainder of the KFKI Group was acquired by Magyar Telekom in 2006. The transaction was closed on June 30, 2009, since when KFKI Direkt has been a consolidated subsidiary of the Group, included in the BBU operating segment.

 

The carrying values and the fair values of assets and liabilities acquired as well as the considerations transferred are disclosed in the table below.

 

In HUF millions

 

Fair
values

 

Carrying
values

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase price of ownership acquired

 

300

 

 

 

Additional estimated purchase price

 

10

 

 

 

Additional costs directly attributable to the business combination

 

17

 

 

 

Consideration transferred

 

327

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets acquired

 

304

 

187

 

Goodwill

 

23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets acquired:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

115

 

115

 

Trade and other receivables

 

106

 

106

 

Income tax receivable

 

10

 

10

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

17

 

17

 

Intangible assets

 

144

 

 

Trade and other payables

 

(61

)

(61

)

Net deferred tax liability

 

(27

)

 

 

 

304

 

187

 

 

The initial purchase price and the additional costs were paid in cash in 2009, while the additional purchase price is expected to be paid in 2010.

 

The goodwill arising on this acquisition partly represents the assembled workforce that can not be recognized as a separable asset. Further, the customer contract value recognized only represents the customers and services rendered to them existing on the acquisition date, while the majority of the goodwill represents the value of, and the future expected revenues from, customers to be acquired from the acquisition date and the planned extension of services.

 

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5.2 Acquisitions in 2008

 

5.2.1 Cable TV networks

 

In 2008 Magyar Telekom acquired a number of cable TV networks for HUF 687 million in individually insignificant transactions. All these acquisitions qualified as business combinations of the CBU operating segment of the Group. The purchase price of these networks in most cases included connected customers, while in the remaining few cases the network was fully completed with immediate capability of connecting customers to them. The purchase prices paid for these networks also included goodwill representing the networks’ potential of acquiring additional customers and conveying additional services.

 

The fair values of assets and liabilities acquired through these individually insignificant business combinations at the time acquisition as well as the considerations transferred, are disclosed in the table below in aggregate amounts.

 

As there were no reliable IFRS compliant carrying values available at the time of acquisition, these values are not disclosed in the table below.

 

In HUF millions

 

Fair
values

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase price of ownership acquired

 

687

 

Additional costs directly attributable to the business combination

 

 

Consideration transferred

 

687

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets acquired

 

555

 

Goodwill

 

132

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets acquired:

 

 

 

Trade and other receivables

 

4

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

522

 

Intangible assets

 

104

 

Income taxes payable

 

(30

)

Trade and other payables

 

(14

)

Net deferred tax liability

 

(31

)

 

 

555

 

 

The total purchase price was paid in cash in 2008.

 

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5.3 Acquisitions in 2007

 

5.3.1 MobilPress

 

In December 2006, Magyar Telekom agreed to acquire a 100% stake in MobilPress for HUF 600 million plus the dividend to be declared for 2006 (max. HUF 50 million). The transaction was subject to the approval of the Hungarian Competition Authority. The transaction was closed on January 25, 2007, and MobilPress has been consolidated since that date, included in the MBU operating segment of the Group. MobilPress is one of the major Hungarian mobile content providers and manages, among others, the t-zones portal, with revenues of approx. HUF 1.5 billion in 2006.

 

The carrying values of MobilPress’s net assets at acquisition as well as the consideration transferred are disclosed in the table below. The Group has estimated the fair values of the net assets acquired to equal their carrying values.

 

In HUF millions

 

Carrying values
/ Fair values

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase price of ownership acquired

 

600

 

Additional purchase price

 

50

 

Consideration transferred

 

650

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets acquired

 

93

 

Goodwill

 

557

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets acquired:

 

 

 

Cash

 

64

 

Trade and other receivables

 

266

 

Non current assets

 

56

 

 

 

 

 

Trade and other payables

 

(285

)

Other financial liabilities

 

(2

)

Non current liabilities

 

(6

)

 

 

93

 

 

The total purchase price was paid in cash in 2007.

 

The goodwill arising on this acquisition partly represents the assembled workforce that can not be recognized as a separable asset. The majority of the goodwill represents the value of, and the future expected revenues from, customers to be acquired from the acquisition date and the planned extension of services.

 

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5.3.2 T-Systems Hungary (TSH)

 

In December 2006, the Company signed a sale-purchase agreement to acquire an additional 2% ownership in TSH effective from January 1, 2007 for a purchase price of HUF 60 million. TSH had been an associate of the Group since September 2004, with the majority owner being another Deutsche Telekom Group member. As the transaction took place between entities under common control, the acquisition was accounted for at cost. The carrying values of TSH’s net assets at acquisition as well as the consideration transferred are disclosed in the table below. TSH has been a consolidated subsidiary of the Group since January 1, 2007 included in the BBU operating segment.

 

In HUF millions

 

Carrying
values

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase price of ownership acquired

 

60

 

Carrying value of TSH as an associate

 

1,540

 

Associate goodwill

 

149

 

Consideration transferred

 

1,749

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets acquired

 

1,752

 

Excess (recognized in equity)

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets acquired:

 

 

 

Cash

 

421

 

Trade and other receivables

 

6,356

 

Inventory

 

146

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

925

 

Intangible assets

 

3,202

 

 

 

 

 

Trade payables

 

(3,471

)

Other financial liabilities

 

(4,258

)

Provisions

 

(179

)

Total net assets

 

3,142

 

Less: Non-controlling interest

 

(1,539

)

Associate goodwill transferred to goodwill

 

149

 

 

 

1,752

 

 

The purchase price of HUF 60 million was paid in cash in 2007.

 

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5.4 Pro forma information on business combinations

 

The following pro forma information shows the most important financial data of the Group, including the subsidiaries acquired as if they had been consolidated from the beginning of the financial year in which the acquisition was made, and also how much the business combinations contributed to the reported figures since the acquisition date in the year of acquisition.

 

In HUF millions

 

2007

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reported

 

676,661

 

673,056

 

643,989

 

Pro forma — if consolidated from beginning of year

 

676,661

 

673,145

 

647,652

 

Current year contribution since date of business combination in the year of acquisition

 

4,969

 

53

 

1,185

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit for the year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reported

 

73,056

 

105,593

 

93,253

 

Pro forma — if consolidated from beginning of year

 

73,056

 

105,604

 

93,724

 

Current year contribution since date of business combination in the year of acquisition

 

(1,812

)

7

 

110

 

 

5.5 Disposals of subsidiaries

 

In November 2009, the Company signed a sale-purchase agreement for the total of its 100% investment in Orbitel, which was subject to the approval of the Bulgarian competition office, which was received in January 2010. Consequently, the deal was not closed in 2009, therefore Orbitel was continued to be consolidated in 2009. See also Note 36.

 

In 2008 the Group sold its 100% investment in MontMak. In 2007 the Group sold the total of its 51% ownership in Montenegrocard. The results of the above transactions have been recognized as Other operating income in the years of disposal (Note 26).

 

All the above subsidiaries sold conducted non-core operations and were insignificant to the Group, therefore they did not constitute discontinued operations.

 

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6 Cash and cash equivalents

 

Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand and in banks, and all highly liquid deposits and securities with original maturities of three months or less, and exclude all overdrafts. These financial assets are exposed to credit risks, for which see more details in Note 3.1.2. No impairment had to be recognized for any of these balances in the reported years.

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash on hand

 

112

 

175

 

Cash in bank (demand deposits)

 

11,088

 

7,396

 

Bank deposits with original maturities within 3 months

 

55,480

 

26,699

 

 

 

66,680

 

34,270

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents by country of location

 

At December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hungary

 

38,257

 

12,302

 

Macedonia

 

22,308

 

20,313

 

Montenegro

 

4,699

 

986

 

Other countries

 

1,416

 

669

 

Group

 

66,680

 

34,270

 

 

7 Trade and other receivables

 

7.1 Trade and other receivables — carrying amounts

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade receivables from third parties

 

87,092

 

95,032

 

Trade receivables from Deutsche Telekom Group companies

 

5,903

 

5,492

 

Trade receivables from associates and joint ventures

 

206

 

 

Total trade receivables

(b)

93,201

 

100,524

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepayments and advance payments

 

6,902

 

4,998

 

Advance dividend paid to Non-controlling interests

(a)

 

3,166

 

Other taxes receivable

 

744

 

358

 

Other

 

1,048

 

1,307

 

Total other receivables

 

8,694

 

9,829

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101,895

 

110,353

 

 


(a)                                  Advance dividend paid to Non-controlling interests

 

This item includes the advance dividend paid by Crnogorski Telekom to its minority shareholders during the year, as approved by an Extraordinary General Meeting. There are legal uncertainties around the status of an advance dividend paid in Montenegro, therefore, we disclose these amounts paid as an advance as we would have the rights to reclaim these payments should the General Meeting of Crnogorski Telekom decide on a lower final dividend to be declared or use this payment to offset the final dividend liability to be approved by the Annual General Meeting of Crnogorski Telekom closing the 2009 financial year in 2010.

 

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(b)                                  Age profile of Trade receivables

 

The following tables show the age profile of the Group’s trade receivables by reportable segment by days outstanding (past due). The carrying amounts of past due receivables are shown net of impairment losses charged as of the financial statement dates.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

of which past due by

 

In HUF
millions

 

Carrying
amount as
of Dec 31,
2009

 

of which
not past
due

 

less
than
30
days

 

30 — 60
days

 

61 — 90
days

 

91 — 180
days

 

181 — 360
days

 

over
360
days

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBU

 

38,133

 

27,952

 

5,393

 

1,221

 

542

 

950

 

1,071

 

1,004

 

BBU

 

27,221

 

22,753

 

2,428

 

756

 

315

 

533

 

375

 

61

 

Headquarters

 

15,554

 

12,432

 

2,858

 

221

 

2

 

 

 

41

 

Macedonia

 

12,061

 

8,699

 

2,073

 

496

 

124

 

446

 

162

 

61

 

Montenegro

 

4,763

 

3,263

 

644

 

224

 

143

 

255

 

183

 

51

 

Technology

 

859

 

816

 

24

 

2

 

3

 

12

 

2

 

 

All others

 

1,933

 

1,534

 

260

 

80

 

4

 

38

 

17

 

 

Total

 

100,524

 

77,449

 

13,680

 

3,000

 

1,133

 

2,234

 

1,810

 

1,218

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

of which past due by

 

In HUF
millions

 

Carrying
amount as
of Dec 31,
2008

 

of which
not past
due

 

less
than
30
days

 

30 — 60
days

 

61 — 90
days

 

91 — 180
days

 

181 — 360
days

 

over
360
days

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBU

 

31,923

 

22,620

 

5,873

 

947

 

498

 

859

 

876

 

250

 

BBU

 

25,740

 

21,134

 

3,107

 

559

 

308

 

422

 

153

 

57

 

Headquarters

 

15,422

 

11,845

 

2,262

 

487

 

374

 

251

 

179

 

24

 

Macedonia

 

12,017

 

9,402

 

1,397

 

447

 

177

 

351

 

188

 

55

 

Montenegro

 

5,853

 

3,813

 

1,243

 

244

 

156

 

247

 

75

 

75

 

Technology

 

843

 

733

 

105

 

2

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

All others

 

1,403

 

1,003

 

160

 

102

 

9

 

80

 

12

 

37

 

Total

 

93,201

 

70,550

 

14,147

 

2,788

 

1,523

 

2,210

 

1,485

 

498

 

 

The vast majority of past due trade receivables are partly or fully impaired depending on the period of delay of payments. Only insignificant amounts of past due trade receivables are not impaired based on past experience of payment behavior of certain business customers. As these amounts are not significant, these are not disclosed separately.

 

Non past due receivables are not assessed collectively for impairment, but in case of bankruptcy of the customer non past due receivables may have to be partly or fully impaired, the amount of which is not significant, therefore, not disclosed separately. The non past due trade receivables represent approximately 1.4 months of revenue. As disclosed in Note 3.1.2, the annual bad debt expense of the Group is approximately 1.4 percent of the annual revenue, therefore, we can estimate that approximately 1-2 percent of the non past due portion of trade receivables will not be collected, i.e. will have to be impaired in future periods, but are not impaired at the end of the reporting period.

 

The Group has no collaterals related to its trade receivables.

 

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7.2 Impairment losses of financial assets

 

Impairment losses are recognized for Trade and other receivables from third parties and one finance lease receivable in 2007. The table below shows the impairment loss and changes therein for 2008 and 2009.

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Impairment loss, beginning of period

 

30,263

 

26,312

 

Charged to expense - net (included in Other operating expenses)

 

4,353

 

9,072

 

Translation difference

 

592

 

404

 

Utilized

 

(8,896

)

(6,123

)

Impairment loss, end of period

 

26,312

 

29,665

 

 

The closing balance as at December 31, 2007 included the impairment charged for a finance lease receivable (disclosed in Note 8) in an amount of HUF 1,500 million. This impairment loss was reversed in 2008 as the negotiations with the customer resulted in an agreed schedule of the termination of the contract and the recovery of the finance lease receivable was ensured. The reversal was recognized as a reduction to the Bad debt expense in 2008.

 

The carrying amount of financial assets that would otherwise be past due or impaired whose terms have been renegotiated is not material therefore no separate disclosure is provided on those.

 

The amount of receivables that are individually determined to be impaired is not material, therefore, these are not disclosed separately.

 

The table below includes the impairment losses and the changes therein in 2009 for the reportable segments of the Group.

 

Impairment losses by
segment
(in HUF millions)

 

At
December
31, 2008

 

Charged
to
expense

 

Translation
difference

 

Utilized

 

At
December
31, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macedonia

 

8,858

 

910

 

240

 

(693

)

9,315

 

CBU

 

8,454

 

5,244

 

 

(2,558

)

11,140

 

Montenegro

 

5,188

 

453

 

161

 

(1,836

)

3,966

 

BBU

 

2,464

 

1,000

 

 

(661

)

2,803

 

Headquarters

 

1,160

 

1,324

 

2

 

(283

)

2,203

 

Technology

 

17

 

69

 

 

 

86

 

All others

 

171

 

72

 

1

 

(92

)

152

 

Group

 

26,312

 

9,072

 

404

 

(6,123

)

29,665

 

 

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8 Other financial assets

 

Other financial assets include receivables due within 12 months from the financial statement date (current) and due after 12 months from the financial statement date (non current). These financial assets are exposed to credit risks, for which see more details in Note 3.1.2. Other than a finance lease receivable (Note 7.2) none of these financial assets had to be impaired in any of the reported years.

 

8.1 Other current financial assets

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank deposits with original maturities over 3 months

(a)

59,300

 

50,660

 

Finance lease receivable

(b)

3,718

 

3,797

 

Loans and receivables from employees

(c)

798

 

419

 

RDC receivable

(d)

189

 

193

 

Derivative financial instruments contracted with related parties

(e)

 

662

 

Derivative financial instruments contracted with third parties

(f)

1,011

 

623

 

Dividend receivable from joint ventures

(g)

2,033

 

 

Loans to Deutsche Telekom Group companies

(h)

 

29,587

 

Other

 

1,449

 

1,670

 

 

 

68,498

 

87,611

 

 


(a)     The table below shows the Bank deposits with original maturities over 3 months by countries.

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macedonia

 

42,809

 

38,418

 

Montenegro

 

16,455

 

12,242

 

Hungary

 

36

 

 

 

 

59,300

 

50,660

 

 

8.2 Other non current financial assets

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance lease receivable

(b)

19,364

 

19,734

 

Loans and receivables from employees

(c)

4,018

 

4,492

 

RDC receivable

(d)

763

 

646

 

Trade receivables over one year

(i)

414

 

1,487

 

Financial assets available for sale

(j)

282

 

276

 

Other

 

1,253

 

1,047

 

 

 

26,094

 

27,682

 

 

(b)    See Note 32.3 for more information on Finance lease receivable.

 

(c)     Loans and receivables from employees primarily represent the housing loans provided to the employees of the Group. There are no past due employee receivables, and the loans are pledged with mortgage.

 

(d)    RDC receivable represents Crnogorski Telekom’s receivable from the Government of Montenegro originating from the Share Transfer Agreement on the sale of ownership in the Radio Difuzni Centar (RDC) entered into in 2004.

 

(e)     Derivative financial instruments contracted with related parties include the fair value of open currency

 

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forwards and cross-currency interest rate swaps.

 

(f)       Derivative financial instruments contracted with third parties include the fair value of open currency forwards and cross-currency interest rate swaps.

 

(g)    Dividend receivable from joint ventures as of December 31, 2008 included the amount of dividend due from ITMH, which was fully paid in 2009.

 

(h)    Loans to Deutsche Telekom Group companies represent the short-term loans given to DT AG and the related accrued interest receivables. The balance as at December 31, 2009 includes two HUF denominated deposits placed with DT AG in December 2009, both maturing in January 2010, and the accumulated interest receivable up to December 31, 2009. These deposits were made to fund the repayments of the loans payable to DT Group falling due in January 2010 (Note 16).The interest rate on the HUF 20,000 million deposit is a fixed 6.6%, while the interest rate on the HUF 9,500 million deposit is a fixed 6.4%. The remaining HUF 87 million is the accrued interest as of December 31, 2009.

 

(i)        Trade receivables over one year includes receivables from customers paying over 1-2 years in installments for telecommunications equipment sold, as well as installment payments on software and hardware implementation services.

 

(j)        Financial assets available for sale include insignificant investments in equity securities.

 

9 Income tax

 

9.1 Current income tax receivable and payable

 

Current income tax receivable and payable in the Statement of financial position represent the amount of corporate and other income taxes receivable from, and payable to, the tax authorities of the countries in which the Group operates.

 

9.2 Income tax expense

 

The table below shows the tax expenses charged in the 3-year period presented in the Profit for the year.

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2007

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate income tax

 

7,795

 

9,941

 

5,914

 

Other income taxes

 

9,321

 

9,462

 

7,929

 

Deferred income taxes

 

9,105

 

8,295

 

7,115

 

Total income tax expense

 

26,221

 

27,698

 

20,958

 

 

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9.3 Tax rate reconciliation

 

The reconciliation between the reported income tax expense and the theoretical amount arising by applying the statutory income tax rates is as follows:

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2007

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IFRS profit before income tax

 

99,277

 

133,291

 

114,211

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax at 16%

 

(15,884

)

(21,327

)

(18,274

)

Impact of different tax rates

(a)

(4,088

)

(1,512

)

3,730

 

Tax on items not subject to tax

(b)

1,650

 

2,278

 

1,807

 

Tax on non deductible items

(c)

(1,107

)

(2,134

)

(1,251

)

Other income taxes

(d)

(9,321

)

(9,462

)

(7,929

)

Impact of tax deductibility of other income taxes

(e)

2,873

 

2,883

 

2,559

 

Withholding tax

(f)

(1,684

)

(1,111

)

(1,128

)

(De)/recognized deferred tax on tax losses

(g)

73

 

1,436

 

 

Broadband tax credit accretion

(h)

1,267

 

1,251

 

1,476

 

Changes in the Macedonian tax regime

(i)

 

 

417

 

Change in tax rate

(j)

 

 

(2,365

)

Income tax expense

 

(26,221

)

(27,698

)

(20,958

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effective tax rate

 

26.4

%

20.8

%

18.4

%

 


(a)           Impact of different tax rates

 

The corporate tax rate in Hungary was 16% in the reported periods. As of September 1, 2006 a so called Solidarity tax was introduced in Hungary, which is an extra 4% tax on a base very similar to the corporate tax base, therefore included in the corporate tax expense, with fewer adjusting items from accounting profit before tax to arrive at the tax base. The tax rate reconciliation for all 3 years includes 16%, while the difference arising due to the introduction of the Solidarity tax is included in this line of the reconciliation.

 

This line of the reconciliation also includes the tax impacts of the different tax rates of the foreign countries where the Group is also present through its subsidiaries.

 

The Group is also present in foreign countries where the tax rate is generally lower than in Hungary. The tax rate in Macedonia was 12% in 2007, 10% in 2008 and 0% in 2009 in respect of the undistributed profit before tax. Deferred tax balances have been recalculated before 2007 when the decrease was enacted in advance and also in 2009 when new changes regarding the year 2009 were enacted. The corporate tax rate is 9% in Montenegro, 16% in Romania, 10% in Bulgaria, and 25% in the Ukraine in all the reported years.

 

(b)           Tax on items not subject to tax

 

Items not subject to income tax consist primarily of donation for non-profit organizations and R&D cost deductible from corporate income tax base, as well as the Share of associates’ and joint ventures’ profits or losses as it is included net of tax in the Profit before income tax. This line of the reconciliation includes the tax impact of the above items.

 

(c)           Tax on non deductible items

 

This line of the reconciliation shows the tax impact of the non deductible expenses, including premature receivable write-downs, certain impairment losses and entertainment expenses.

 

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(d)           Other income taxes

 

Other income taxes include certain local and central taxes levied in Hungary on the companies’ net margins, determined at a substantially higher level than the corporate tax base, but with substantially lower tax rates. As the first line of the reconciliation calculates theoretical tax expense calculated using the corporate tax rate, the Hungarian local business tax and the innovation fee impose additional income tax expenses for the Hungarian entities of the Group, included in this line of the reconciliation.

 

(e)           Deductibility of other income taxes from the corporate tax base

 

The above described Hungarian other income taxes are deductible expenses for corporate tax purposes. In addition, 100% of the local business tax paid was deductible further from the corporate tax base in the presented three years.

 

(f)            Withholding tax

 

Macedonia and Montenegro levy a 5% withholding tax on dividend distribution to Hungary. The reconciliation includes the amount of deferred tax calculated and recognized on the undistributed profits of these subsidiaries that are expected to be subject to withholding tax in case of dividend distributions.

 

(g)           (De)/recognized deferred tax on tax losses

 

Deferred tax asset is recognized on tax losses only to the extent that the realization of the related tax benefit is probable. Deferred tax assets on tax losses that will probably not be recovered are un/de-recognized. On the other hand, when the recoverability of the previously un/derecognized tax losses becomes probable, these deferred tax assets are recognized.

 

(h)           Broadband investment tax credit accretion

 

Broadband investment tax credit accretion shows the increase of the net present value of the investment tax credit deriving from the utilization of the tax credits in year(s) following the year of recognition.

 

(i)            Changes in the Macedonian tax regime

 

Due to the changes in the Macedonian corporate tax law we reversed the year-end 2008 deferred tax liability of our Macedonian subsidiaries, and further no deferred tax liability is accounted for during 2009.

 

(j)            Change in tax rate

 

The new tax law enacted in Hungary in 2009 eliminated the solidarity tax of 4% introduced in 2006 and at the same time increased the corporate income tax rate to 19% as of January 1, 2010. Deferred tax balances have been recalculated accordingly, the impact of which is included in this line of the reconciliation.

 

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9.4 Deferred taxes

 

Magyar Telekom’s deferred tax balances are as follows:

 

In HUF millions

 

Balance at
Dec. 31,
2007

 

Effect on
profit

 

Other
movements

 

Balance at
Dec. 31,
2008

 

Effect on
profit

 

Other
movements

 

Balance at
Dec. 31,
2009

 

Deferred tax assets and (liabilities)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment tax credits

 

13,588

 

1,873

 

350

 

15,811

 

547

 

428

 

16,786

 

Net operating loss carry-forward

 

541

 

741

 

 

1,282

 

507

 

 

1,789

 

Investments in subsidiaries

 

(1,413

)

(12

)

 

(1,425

)

99

 

 

(1,326

)

Withholding tax

 

(3,640

)

402

 

 

(3,238

)

139

 

 

(3,099

)

Other financial assets

 

(8

)

(208

)

35

 

(181

)

529

 

 

348

 

Impairment of receivables, inventory

 

2,562

 

(1,604

)

 

958

 

1,105

 

 

2,063

 

Property, plant and equipment and intangible assets

 

(9,471

)

(9,464

)

(143

)

(19,078

)

(8,080

)

(536

)

(27,694

)

Goodwill

 

(7,091

)

(1,198

)

 

(8,289

)

(1,563

)

 

(9,852

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade and other payables

 

(418

)

546

 

 

128

 

(8

)

 

120

 

Loans and other borrowings

 

123

 

439

 

 

562

 

(205

)

 

357

 

Deferred revenue

 

293

 

531

 

 

824

 

(954

)

 

(130

)

Provisions for liabilities and charges

 

3,506

 

(341

)

 

3,165

 

769

 

 

3,934

 

Total net deferred tax asset / (liability)

 

(1,428

)

(8,295

)

242

 

(9,481

)

(7,115

)

(108

)

(16,704

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of which deferred tax liability after netting

 

(2,714

)

 

 

 

 

(11,071

)

 

 

 

 

(18,594

)

Of which deferred tax asset after netting

 

1,286

 

 

 

 

 

1,590

 

 

 

 

 

1,890

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Items included in other movements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment tax credit recognized against cost of PPE

 

 

 

 

 

350

 

 

 

 

 

428

 

 

 

AFS financial assets — valuation differences recognized in equity

 

 

 

 

 

35

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Currency translation adjustment arising on consolidation

 

 

 

 

 

(112

)

 

 

 

 

(38

)

 

 

Arising on business combinations

 

 

 

 

 

(31

)

 

 

 

 

(498

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

242

 

 

 

 

 

(108

)

 

 

 

The Group consists of a number of legal entities, most of which have deferred tax assets and liabilities. The assets and liabilities are netted by legal entity so that one legal entity has either a deferred tax asset or a liability and the consolidated Statement of financial position includes these items accordingly.

 

The Group’s net deferred tax liability balance is HUF 16,704 million which includes a high amount of individual deferred tax asset and liability items (see in the above table). Of these items, approximately HUF 6,428 million net deferred tax is expected to reverse in 2010 (deferred tax asset of HUF 6,653 million and deferred tax liability of HUF 225 million). The above items exclude deferred tax items expected to arise in 2010.

 

Deferred tax arising on investment tax credits are recognized against the cost of the related investment.

 

Deferred tax arising on the revaluation of available-for-sale financial assets recognized in Other comprehensive income is also recognized in Other comprehensive income.

 

Temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries for which deferred tax liabilities or assets have not been recognized amounted to a net liability of HUF 8,716 million at December 31, 2009 (2008: net liability of HUF 3,211 million).

 

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MAGYAR TELEKOM

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

If the Group’s Macedonian subsidiaries distributed all their distributable reserves in the form of a dividend, the Group would have to pay HUF 2,191 million withholding tax, and deferred tax liability in the same amount is recognized as at December 31, 2009. If the Group’s Montenegrin subsidiary distributed all its distributable reserves in the form of a dividend, the Group would have to pay HUF 908 million withholding tax, and deferred tax liability in the same amount is recognized as at December 31, 2009. As the Group can control the timing and the form of the dividends, deferred tax liabilities have only been recognized to the extent of the planned dividend distributions of the subsidiaries’ retained earnings (undistributed results of 2007 - 2009) in the foreseeable future.

 

Deferred tax assets are recognized for tax loss carry forwards only to the extent that realization of the related tax benefit is probable. There is no tax loss expiring in 2010 for which a deferred tax asset has been recognized. As of December 31, 2009, the balance of recognized tax losses is HUF 10,702 million of which HUF 9,475 million is not subject to statutory limitations (2008: HUF 9,978 million of which HUF 8,088 million was not subject to statutory limitations). For tax losses in an amount of HUF 1,285 million no deferred tax asset was recognized as at December 31, 2009 (2008: HUF 1,984 million).

 

9.5 Investment tax credits

 

In order to increase broadband internet penetration in Hungary, companies investing over HUF 100 million in a year in broadband assets (e.g. DSL lines, UMTS assets) from 2003 can apply for a corporate tax reduction. The potential reduction of the corporate tax charge is defined as a percentage of the companies’ capital investment in broadband assets. As these investment tax credits are of a government grant nature, Magyar Telekom recognized the deferred tax asset against the cost of the related investment. If the tax credits are not utilized in the year when earned, the amount of tax credits carried forward can be utilized at a higher amount as outstanding amounts can be accreted. This accretion is recognized as an increase in the deferred tax asset against a reduction in the deferred tax expense.

 

The following table shows the details of the tax credits in HUF millions:

 

Earned in year

 

Amount of
qualifying
broadband
investment

 

Amount of
tax credit
earned

 

Accretion
recognized in
tax expense to
date

 

Tax credit
utilized

 

Tax credit
carried forward
at December 31,
2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2003

 

6,194

 

2,592

 

1,132

 

(3,724

)

 

2004

 

6,968

 

3,027

 

1,517

 

(1,693

)

2,851

 

2005

 

13,991

 

5,765

 

1,296

 

(2,203

)

4,858

 

2006

 

15,184

 

4,423

 

1,150

 

(473

)

5,100

 

2007

 

11,343

 

3,036

 

527

 

(87

)

3,476

 

2008

 

2,215

 

461

 

40

 

 

501

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

55,895

 

19,304

 

5,662

 

(8,180

)

16,786

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expires in year

 

2015

 

7,709

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2016

 

5,100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2017

 

3,476

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2018

 

501

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,786

 

 

In order to utilize the tax credits and certain tax deductibility opportunities earned by the Group’s entities, they have to comply with strict requirements as set out in the relevant tax regulations. Management believes that the Group has complied and will be able to comply with the requirements to recognize these as deferred tax assets.

 

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MAGYAR TELEKOM

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

9.6 Tax reviews

 

The tax authorities may at any time inspect the books and records within five years from the end of the year when tax declarations were submitted and may impose additional tax assessments with penalties and penalty interest. Management is not aware of any circumstances which may give rise to a potential material liability in this respect, other than certain minor items already provided for.

 

9.7 Dividends paid by Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

The dividends paid and payable by Magyar Telekom Plc. to its owners may be subject to withholding or income taxes of the owners, which do not have an impact on the amount of the dividend declared or on the Company’s tax expense as these taxes — if any — are levied on the owners.

 

10 Inventories

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cables, wires and other materials, work-in-progress and advances

 

2,964

 

2,492

 

Inventory for resale

 

10,703

 

7,619

 

Subtotal

 

13,667

 

10,111

 

Less allowances for obsolete inventory

 

(376

)

(323

)

 

 

13,291

 

9,788

 

 

The Inventory for resale balance as at December 31, 2008 included hardware and software assets in an amount of HUF 1,851 million which had been sold in a finance lease contract to a major business customer in and after 2001, which terminated the contract for the assets and the related services as of December 31, 2008. In December 2008 the Group concluded a contract for the sale of these assets in a finance lease transaction effective from January 2009. The Group disclosed these assets as inventory as at December 31, 2008 as the assets were neither leased to the old customer any more, nor sold to the new customer yet.

 

11 Non current assets held for sale

 

Non current assets held for sale include primarily land and buildings identified for sale, which is expected within 12 months, as a result of the continuing improvement of utilization of properties and headcount reductions. In addition, the December 31, 2009 balance also includes the non current assets of Orbitel, the Group’s consolidated subsidiary, for which the Company signed a sale-purchase agreement in November 2009.

 

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MAGYAR TELEKOM

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

12 Property, plant and equipment

 

In HUF millions

 

Land and
related
rights

 

Buildings

 

Telecom.
equipment

 

Other
equipment

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At January 1, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

 

6,687

 

127,522

 

1,057,554

 

98,645

 

1,290,408

 

Accumulated depreciation

 

(1,919

)

(28,497

)

(644,042

)

(76,826

)

(751,284

)

Carrying amount

 

4,768

 

99,025

 

413,512

 

21,819

 

539,124

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of which held for sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4,393

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

534,731

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carrying amount - January 1, 2008

 

4,768

 

99,025

 

413,512

 

21,819

 

539,124

 

Exchange differences

 

49

 

725

 

2,660

 

320

 

3,754

 

Additions due to business combinations

 

 

 

522

 

 

522

 

Additions due to asset retirement obligations

 

 

2,303

 

1,111

 

 

3,414

 

Investments

 

257

 

6,880

 

67,337

 

11,015

 

85,489

 

Disposals

 

 

(2,683

)

(867

)

(416

)

(3,966

)

Depreciation charge

 

 

(4,357

)

(70,588

)

(7,928

)

(82,873

)

Reclassifications

 

294

 

(294

)

 

 

 

Carrying amount - December 31, 2008

 

5,368

 

101,599

 

413,687

 

24,810

 

545,464

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

 

7,276

 

133,605

 

1,109,442

 

102,775

 

1,353,098

 

Accumulated depreciation

 

(1,908

)

(32,006

)

(695,755

)

(77,965

)

(807,634

)

Carrying amount

 

5,368

 

101,599

 

413,687

 

24,810

 

545,464

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of which held for sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,775

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

543,689

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carrying amount - January 1, 2009

 

5,368

 

101,599

 

413,687

 

24,810

 

545,464

 

Exchange differences

 

29

 

472

 

1,760

 

119

 

2,380

 

Additions due to business combinations

 

 

 

965

 

43

 

1,008

 

Additions due to and revisions of asset retirement obligations

 

 

468

 

(235

)

 

233

 

Investments

 

 

1,533

 

74,165

 

6,088

 

81,786

 

Disposals

 

(9

)

(152

)

(66

)

(421

)

(648

)

Depreciation charge

 

(109

)

(4,002

)

(64,661

)

(7,916

)

(76,688

)

Reclassifications

 

288

 

(288

)

 

 

 

Carrying amount - December 31, 2009

 

5,567

 

99,630

 

425,615

 

22,723

 

553,535

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

 

7,333

 

135,732

 

1,171,086

 

102,550

 

1,416,701

 

Accumulated depreciation

 

(1,766

)

(36,102

)

(745,471

)

(79,827

)

(863,166

)

Carrying amount

 

5,567

 

99,630

 

425,615

 

22,723

 

553,535

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of which held for sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,790

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

550,745

 

 

The closing balance of Property, plant and equipment (PPE) includes assets in the course of construction in an amount of HUF 30,664 million as at December 31, 2009 (2008: HUF 32,601 million). In the table above the assets in course of construction are shown in the categories where the capitalization is expected.

 

Additions due to business combinations include the fair value of the assets acquired by Magyar Telekom through business combinations in the reported years.

 

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MAGYAR TELEKOM

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Additions due to and revisions of asset retirement obligations represent the amounts recognized as part of the carrying amounts of the constructed assets against a provision for asset retirement obligation in the reported year (Note 19.5).

 

Investments represent the regular investing activity in PPE assets. These additions are shown net of the investment tax credit related to broadband investments. For more details, see Note 9.4.

 

No impairment was identified in 2009 and 2008.

 

The reclassifications between asset categories or their impact on depreciation expense was not material.

 

Included in buildings are assets sold and leased back under finance lease conditions. At December 31, 2009 the gross book value of the leased back assets is HUF 2,706 million (2008: HUF 2,739 million) and the net book value is HUF 1,172 million (2008: HUF 1,450 million).

 

Included mainly in buildings and telecom equipment are assets leased under finance lease conditions (other than sale and lease back). At December 31, 2009 the gross book value of the finance leased assets is HUF 2,150 million (2008: HUF 2,646) and the net book value is HUF 1,237 million (2008: HUF 1,813 million).

 

Included in telecommunications equipment at December 31, 2009 are assets leased under operating lease contracts to customers with a gross book value of HUF 1,698 million (2008: HUF 1,759 million) and net book value of HUF 155 million (2008: HUF 1,122 million). Depreciation for the year of these assets amounted to HUF 1,543 million (2008: HUF 469 million). The future minimum lease payments receivable under these contracts are disclosed in Note 32.4.

 

HUF 2,409 million of PPE has restricted titles as at December 31, 2009 (2008: HUF 3,263 million), which are included in our assets as finance leases.

 

The reviews of the useful lives of property, plant and equipment during 2009 affected the lives of a large number of assets including primarily IT hardware, antennas, antenna towers and vehicles. The revisions primarily resulted in the extension of the useful lives as a result of later expected replacement of the affected assets than originally estimated. The revision results in the following change in the original trend of depreciation in the current and future years .

 

In HUF millions

 

2009

 

2010

 

2011

 

2012

 

After
2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase / (decrease) in depreciation

 

(2,017

)

(3,426

)

(165

)

157

 

5,451

 

 

The useful lives assigned to different types of property, plant and equipment are as follows:

 

 

 

Years

 

 

 

 

 

Buildings

 

5 - 50

 

Duct, cable and other outside plant

 

3 - 38

 

Other telecommunications equipment

 

2 - 25

 

Other equipment

 

2 - 12

 

 

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MAGYAR TELEKOM

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

13 Intangible assets

 

In HUF millions

 

Goodwill
(as
restated)

 

Software

 

Concessions
and licenses

 

Other

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At January 1, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

 

243,999

 

135,990

 

54,262

 

23,243

 

457,494

 

Accumulated amortization

 

 

(94,821

)

(17,257

)

(10,502

)

(122,580

)

Carrying amount

 

243,999

 

41,169

 

37,005

 

12,741

 

334,914

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carrying amount - January 1, 2008

 

243,999

 

41,169

 

37,005

 

12,741

 

334,914

 

Exchange differences

 

346

 

357

 

298

 

250

 

1,251

 

Additions due to business combinations

 

132

 

 

 

104

 

236

 

Investments

 

 

19,680

 

2,525

 

255

 

22,460

 

Disposals

 

 

 

 

(235

)

(235

)

Amortization charge

 

 

(16,263

)

(3,464

)

(3,520

)

(23,247

)

Carrying amount - December 31, 2008

 

244,477

 

44,943

 

36,364

 

9,595

 

335,379

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

 

244,477

 

155,513

 

50,096

 

22,663

 

472,749

 

Accumulated amortization

 

 

(110,570

)

(13,732

)

(13,068

)

(137,370

)

Carrying amount

 

244,477

 

44,943

 

36,364

 

9,595

 

335,379

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carrying amount - January 1, 2009

 

244,477

 

44,943

 

36,364

 

9,595

 

335,379

 

Exchange differences

 

173

 

328

 

147

 

19

 

667

 

Additions due to business combinations

 

2,459

 

410

 

 

2,491

 

5,360

 

Investments

 

 

17,355

 

1,421

 

1,304

 

20,080

 

Disposals

 

 

(124

)

(22

)

(14

)

(160

)

Impairment

 

(969

)

 

 

 

(969

)

Amortization charge

 

 

(16,302

)

(4,065

)

(3,896

)

(24,263

)

Carrying amount - December 31, 2009

 

246,140

 

46,610

 

33,845

 

9,499

 

336,094

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

 

246,140

 

164,668

 

52,134

 

25,906

 

488,848

 

Accumulated amortization

 

 

(118,058

)

(18,289

)

(16,407

)

(152,754

)

Carrying amount

 

246,140

 

46,610

 

33,845

 

9,499

 

336,094

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of which held for sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(479

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

335,615

 

 

As a result of the findings of the Investigation (Note 1.2), we identified three consultancy contracts, the payments of which were erroneously capitalized as part of the goodwill arising on the original acquisition of Makedonski Telekom in 2001 and the goodwill arising on Makedonski Telekom’s repurchase of 10% of its shares in 2006. These amounts have been retrospectively derecognized from goodwill.

 

Additions due to business combinations include the fair value of assets acquired by Magyar Telekom through business combinations in the reported years and the goodwill arising on these business combinations.

 

Investments represent the regular investing activity in intangible assets.

 

The amortization expense as well as the impairment losses of intangible assets including goodwill is accounted for in the depreciation and amortization line of the Statement of comprehensive income.

 

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MAGYAR TELEKOM

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Other than goodwill, the Group has no intangible assets with indefinite useful life. Intangible assets other than goodwill are amortized over their respective economic useful lives, as indicated below.

 

 

 

Years

 

 

 

 

 

Software

 

2 - 8

 

Concessions and licenses

 

3 - 25

 

Other intangible assets

 

3 - 10

 

 

The reviews of the useful lives of intangible assets during 2009 affected the lives of a large number of assets including primarily IT and operation support systems and software. The revisions primarily resulted in the extension of the useful lives as a result of later expected replacement of the affected assets than originally estimated. The revision results in the following change in the original trend of amortization in the current and future years.

 

In HUF millions

 

2009

 

2010

 

2011

 

2012

 

After
2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase / (decrease) in amortization

 

(722

)

(1,367

)

1,160

 

764

 

164

 

 

The most significant intangible assets of the Group are the goodwill arising on business combinations. For the goodwill impairment tests, the total amount of goodwill was allocated to the operating segments of the Group as follows.

 

 

 

As at December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBU

 

139,326

 

139,743

 

BBU

 

44,871

 

45,220

 

Macedonia mobile

 

38,804

 

38,837

 

Macedonia fixed line

 

12,506

 

12,506

 

Montenegro mobile

 

5,487

 

5,612

 

Other segments

 

3,483

 

4,222

 

Total goodwill

 

244,477

 

246,140

 

 

The Group regularly carries out an impairment test on goodwill in the last quarter of the financial years. We established in 2007 and 2008 that the carrying amount of goodwill did not suffer impairment. In 2009 Magyar Telekom decided to sell its 100% stake in Orbitel, as a result of which we carried out an interim impairment test on the Orbitel goodwill. The offered purchase price was known at the time of the interim impairment test, which was lower than the carrying amount of Orbitel’s net assets, which resulted in a partial impairment of goodwill in an amount of HUF 969 million during 2009. During the annual impairment test conducted in the last quarter of 2009 no additional goodwill impairment was established for any goodwill of the Group.

 

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MAGYAR TELEKOM

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

14 Investments in associates and joint ventures

 

 

 

For the year ended
December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening balance

 

4,936

 

4,136

 

Dividends

 

(2,141

)

(102

)

Share of associates’ and joint ventures’ profits / (losses)

 

1,341

 

(109

)

Disposal of ITMH (Note 5.1.1)

 

 

(382

)

Disposal of M-RTL (Note 5.1.1)

 

 

(3,357

)

Closing balance

 

4,136

 

186

 

 

The following table shows the total assets and liabilities as at December 31, 2008 and 2009, and revenues and profit for the year ended December 31, 2008 and 2009 of Hunsat, the single remaining significant joint venture of the Group.

 

In HUF millions

 

Hunsat
2008

 

Hunsat
2009

 

Current assets

 

1,285

 

1,017

 

Non current assets

 

3

 

2

 

Current liabilities

 

(1,001

)

(728

)

Non current liabilities

 

 

 

Revenues

 

3,387

 

3,448

 

Profit for the year

 

186

 

291

 

 

There are no material contingent liabilities of our associates and joint ventures as of December 31, 2008 or 2009. Neither does the Group have any contingent liabilities or commitments to our associates or joint ventures as at the end of the reporting periods.

 

15 Other non current assets

 

Other non current assets mainly include long-term prepaid employee benefits.

 

16 Financial liabilities to related parties

 

Financial liabilities to related parties include loans taken from DTIF, predominantly denominated in HUF. For the whole nominal amount and interest payment of loans denominated in EUR granted by DTIF we have cross-currency interest rate swap agreements in place so that Magyar Telekom’s exposure in fact remains in HUF. The loans and the related swap agreements are accounted for and disclosed on a gross basis. These loans are primarily taken for significant acquisitions and dividend payments. Some of these loans, when expiring, are also refinanced by DTIF, depending on the actual cash position of the Group.

 

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MAGYAR TELEKOM

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

The tables below show the details of the financial liabilities towards Deutsche Telekom Group members as at December 31, 2009 and 2008.

 

December 31, 2009

 

Carrying amount
in HUF millions

 

Currency

 

Interest
rate (%)

 

Fixed /
floating

 

Repayable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,313

 

EUR

 

1.35

 

floating

 

Jan 2010

 

 

 

9,486

 

HUF

 

8.86

 

floating

 

Jan 2010

 

 

 

10,016

 

HUF

 

8.17

 

fixed

 

Jul 2010

 

 

 

20,033

 

HUF

 

8.18

 

fixed

 

Jul 2010

 

Due within 1 year

 

59,848

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued interest

 

7,675

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives

 

3,050

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total current

 

70,573

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,486

 

HUF

 

8.86

 

floating

 

Jan 2011

 

 

 

25,000

 

HUF

 

7.73

 

floating

 

Apr 2011

 

 

 

34,232

 

HUF

 

7.75

 

fixed

 

Jul 2011

 

 

 

9,486

 

HUF

 

8.86

 

floating

 

Jan 2012

 

 

 

40,000

 

HUF

 

7.22

 

floating

 

May 2012

 

 

 

9,486

 

HUF

 

7.07

 

floating

 

Jan 2013

 

 

 

25,000

 

HUF

 

7.26

 

fixed

 

Oct 2013

 

 

 

20,871

 

EUR

 

4.45

 

fixed

 

Jun 2014

 

 

 

42,912

 

EUR

 

4.08

 

fixed

 

Jan 2015

 

 

 

50,525

 

HUF

 

8.30

 

fixed

 

May 2015

 

Total non current

 

266,998

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2008

 

Carrying amount
in HUF millions

 

Currency

 

Interest
rate (%)

 

Fixed /
floating

 

Repayable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,486

 

HUF

 

12.35

 

floating

 

Jan 2009

 

 

 

5,000

 

HUF

 

9.68

 

fixed

 

Sep 2009

 

 

 

25,000

 

HUF

 

9.61

 

fixed

 

Oct 2009

 

 

 

28,000

 

HUF

 

9.15

 

floating

 

Oct 2009

 

 

 

20,000

 

HUF

 

7.55

 

fixed

 

Oct 2009

 

Due within 1 year

 

87,486

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued interest

 

8,845

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total current

 

96,331

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,486

 

HUF

 

12.35

 

floating

 

Jan 2010

 

 

 

10,060

 

HUF

 

8.17

 

fixed

 

Jul 2010

 

 

 

20,121

 

HUF

 

8.18

 

fixed

 

Jul 2010

 

 

 

9,486

 

HUF

 

12.35

 

floating

 

Jan 2011

 

 

 

25,000

 

HUF

 

9.30

 

floating

 

Apr 2011

 

 

 

34,384

 

HUF

 

7.75

 

fixed

 

Jul 2011

 

 

 

9,487

 

HUF

 

12.35

 

floating

 

Jan 2012

 

 

 

40,000

 

HUF

 

11.93

 

floating

 

May 2012

 

 

 

9,487

 

HUF

 

12.35

 

floating

 

Jan 2013

 

 

 

25,000

 

HUF

 

7.26

 

fixed

 

Oct 2013

 

 

 

50,586

 

HUF

 

8.30

 

fixed

 

May 2015

 

Total non current

 

243,097

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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MAGYAR TELEKOM

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

The table below shows the carrying amounts and fair values of the related party loans.

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

In HUF millions

 

Book value

 

Fair value

 

Book value

 

Fair value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HUF denominated loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At fixed rate

 

190,151

 

194,861

 

160,677

 

169,877

 

At floating rate

 

140,432

 

140,432

 

102,944

 

102,945

 

 

 

330,583

 

335,293

 

263,621

 

272,822

 

EUR denominated loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At fixed rate

 

 

 

42,912

 

47,157

 

At floating rate

 

 

 

20,313

 

20,313

 

 

 

 

 

63,225

 

67,470

 

Accrued interest

 

8,845

 

8,845

 

7,675

 

7,675

 

Swaps

 

 

 

3,050

 

3,050

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total related party financial liabilities

 

339,428

 

344,138

 

337,571

 

351,017

 

 

The weighted average interest rate on related party loans was 6.75% in 2009 (9.39% in 2008, 7.95% in 2007). The fixed interest rate loans are exposed to fair value risk as it is stated in the table above. Any decrease of market interest rates will result in an increase of the fair value of the fixed interest liabilities.

 

Accrued interest include the nominal interest earned that is paid quarterly, semi-annually or annually.

 

Derivatives contracted with related parties include cross-currency interest rate swaps and FX forwards concluded with DT AG to change the Group’s exposure to HUF in case of the EUR denominated loans.

 

There were no defaults and breaches in connection with the financial liabilities to related parties.

 

17 Other financial liabilities

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank loans

(a)

33,246

 

32,810

 

Finance lease payable (Note 32.1)

 

1,018

 

763

 

Accrued interest

 

1,246

 

1,139

 

Third party derivatives

(b)

 

179

 

Other

 

1,624

 

1,441

 

Total other financial liabilities — current

 

37,134

 

36,332

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank loans

(a)

19,313

 

23,316

 

Finance lease payable (Note 32.1)

 

3,474

 

2,660

 

Other

 

252

 

245

 

Total other financial liabilities — non current

 

23,039

 

26,221

 

 


(a) Bank loans

 

 

 

As at December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current bank loans

 

33,246

 

32,810

 

Non current bank loans (within 1-5 years)

 

19,313

 

23,316

 

Total bank loans

 

52,559

 

56,126

 

 

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MAGYAR TELEKOM

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Loans totaling HUF 9,997 million at December 31, 2009 are revolving loans (2008: HUF 2,277 million) which can be prepaid at any time and may be drawn down in one to six month rolling periods.

 

The weighted average interest rate on bank loans was 7.92% in 2009 (8.54% in 2008, 7.41% in 2007).

 

The following table compares the carrying values and the fair values of the Group’s bank loans.

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

In HUF millions

 

Book value

 

Fair value

 

Book value

 

Fair value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HUF denominated bank loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At fixed rate

 

11,000

 

11,768

 

11,000

 

12,090

 

At floating rate

 

28,515

 

28,515

 

38,215

 

38,215

 

 

 

39,515

 

40,283

 

49,215

 

50,305

 

EUR denominated bank loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At fixed rate

 

10,767

 

11,069

 

5,164

 

5,316

 

At floating rate

 

2,277

 

2,277

 

1,747

 

1,747

 

 

 

13,044

 

13,346

 

6,911

 

7,063

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total bank loans

 

52,559

 

53,629

 

56,126

 

57,368

 

 

Floating interest rate loans are subject to interests calculated based on mostly BUBOR (Budapest Inter-Bank Offered Rate) and EURIBOR (Euro Inter-Bank Offered Rate) plus a margin interest formula.

 

The majority of the Group’s third party loans and borrowings are subject to floating interest rates, which are exposed to cash flow risks. If interest rates are rising, it results in higher cash outflows through interest payments.

 

There were no defaults and breaches in connection with other financial liabilities.

 

(b) Third party derivatives

 

Third party derivatives included FX forward deals in a total fair value of HUF 179 million (unrealized loss) as of December 31, 2009. There were no such derivatives of a liability nature as at December 31, 2008.

 

(c) Credit facilities

 

At December 31, 2009, Magyar Telekom had un-drawn committed credit facilities of HUF 50,479 million (2008: HUF 44,833 million). These credit facilities, should they be drawn down, are subject to an interest rate of EURIBOR, BUBOR and commercial floating bank prime rates plus a margin depending on the currency and institution providing the facilities.

 

18 Trade payables

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payable to DT Group companies

 

5,850

 

5,169

 

Payable to associates and joint ventures

 

7

 

7

 

Other trade payables

 

86,483

 

80,698

 

 

 

92,340

 

85,874

 

 

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MAGYAR TELEKOM

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

19 Provisions

 

In HUF millions

 

Severance

 

Legal
cases

 

MTIP

 

Fixed to
mobile
IC fees

 

ARO

 

Other (as
restated)

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 1, 2008

 

14,722

 

5,652

 

55

 

6,984

 

1,244

 

4,068

 

32,725

 

Amounts utilized

 

(10,988

)

(199

)

(175

)

 

(72

)

(558

)

(11,992

)

Amounts reversed

 

(62

)

(1,469

)

 

(8,499

)

 

(1,464

)

(11,494

)

Exchange rate difference

 

31

 

246

 

 

 

 

14

 

291

 

Accretion

 

 

 

 

 

70

 

 

70

 

Additions

 

6,061

 

2,683

 

356

 

1,515

 

3,414

 

2,262

 

16,291

 

December 31, 2008

 

9,764

 

6,913

 

236

 

 

4,656

 

4,322

 

25,891

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amounts utilized

 

(7,832

)

(1,887

)

(277

)

 

(63

)

(2,519

)

(12,578

)

Amounts reversed

 

(1,532

)

(1,298

)

 

 

(26

)

 

(2,856

)

Exchange rate difference

 

43

 

189

 

 

 

 

11

 

243

 

Accretion

 

 

 

 

 

184

 

 

184

 

Additions

 

8,304

 

1,733

 

397

 

 

259

 

836

 

11,529

 

December 31, 2009

 

8,747

 

5,650

 

356

 

 

5,010

 

2,650

 

22,413

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of which current

 

8,295

 

3,471

 

 

 

175

 

751

 

12,692

 

Of which non current

 

452

 

2,179

 

356

 

 

4,835

 

1,899

 

9,721

 

 

Magyar Telekom does not expect any reimbursement with regards to the provisions recognized, therefore, no related assets have been recognized in the financial statements.

 

Provisions recognized for customer loyalty programs in previous years have been retrospectively reclassified as other liabilities (current and non current). See more information in Note 2.1.5.

 

19.1 Severance

 

The majority of the provision for severance as at December 31, 2009 relates to the stand-by-pool and the employee terminations in 2010 in relation to the further organizational changes in Magyar Telekom Plc. The stand-by-pool of employees include people whose legal status is an employee, however, these people do not provide services to the Company any more, but the Company provides a reduced amount of compensation and pays social security expenses for them for maximum 4 years. This is a way of severance that is not paid in one lump sum but in maximum 48 installments following the discontinuation of services. The provision for severance as at December 31, 2008 mostly related to the major restructuring of Magyar Telekom Plc’s operations from January 1, 2009, and impacted all functions of the Company.

 

961 employees were dismissed in 2009 (2008: 1,910) at Group level, related to which severance payments were made. The balance of provision as at December 31, 2009 relates to 569 employees  and former employees in the stand-by-pool (2008: 738) working in various functions of the Group.

 

The total payments made in relation to employee termination in 2009 amounted to HUF 8,700 million, of which HUF 7,832 million was charged against the provision as at December 31, 2008, while the rest was recognized as employee related expense in 2009. The relatively high amount of the reversal of provision in 2009 is the result of the different actual mix of employees severed compared to the originally estimated mix (length of service years, choice of immediate leave versus stand-by pool, etc.).

 

The total payments made in relation to employee termination in 2008 amounted to HUF 13,468 million, of which HUF 10,988 million was charged against the provision as at December 31, 2007, while the rest was recognized as employee related expense in 2008.

 

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MAGYAR TELEKOM

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

19.2 Legal cases

 

Provisions for legal cases mainly include amounts expected to be paid to regulatory and competition authorities as well as to ex-employees and trading partners as a result of legal disputes. There are numerous legal cases for which provisions were recognized, none of which are individually material, therefore not disclosed. Further, the disclosure of any individual legal case could hurt the Group defending its position at various courts.

 

19.3 MTIP

 

For more details on the Mid-term Incentive Plan see Note 24.1.1.

 

19.4 Fixed to mobile (F2M) interconnect fees

 

The amount provided for in this category in prior years included amounts collected from Magyar Telekom Plc’s customers, which were estimated as probably repayable to universal customers related to the reduced fixed to mobile termination charges, which was accounted for as a reduction of revenues.

 

Pursuant to a decree, the Company had the obligation to decrease the F2M tariffs of the universal services subscribers by the amount of the decrease in the F2M termination rates. The Company did not fulfill this obligation because the mobile operators - referring to their lawsuits against the NCAH resolutions - did not, from a legal point of view, decrease the F2M termination rates, in their interconnection agreements with the Company.

 

The NCAH called upon the Company to repay the difference to its universal customers regardless of the status of the above legal cases. In August 2008, the negotiations with NCAH resulted in a positive conclusion, whereby the NCAH accepted the Company’s arguments that in other forms of compensation the Company had already passed on the required discounts to the customers. Even though the NCAH conclusion was limited to the year 2005, based on the NCAH’s reasoning for the relief, management believes that the Company passed on the required discounts to its customers in the subsequent years of 2006-2009 as well. As a result of the above, management believed that the recognition of the provision was no longer necessary, and in 2008 released to revenues the total amount of the provision accumulated in prior years.

 

19.5 Asset retirement obligations (ARO)

 

Asset retirement obligations primarily exist in case of the telecommunications structures constructed on third parties’ properties.

 

In 2009, the Group conducted a revision of the required provisions, primarily as a result of the increased discount rates, and recognized the difference as a change in estimate in an amount of HUF 233 million against the carrying amounts of the related assets.

 

In 2008, the Group conducted a revision of the probabilities of having to dismantle the constructed assets and having to remediate the landlords’ and public premises after dismantling, and revised the projected cash outflows expected to be incurred to settle these obligations at the end of the useful life of the assets. As a result of the revision, the Group recognized an additional HUF 3,344 million provision in 2008 against an increase in the carrying amounts of the related assets.

 

19.6 Other provisions

 

Other provisions include guarantee obligations and further other individually small items as well as provisions for onerous contracts. The December 31, 2006 balance of Other provisions has been restated to also include the provisions for the potential tax implications of the contracts identified by the Investigation (Note 1.2.2).

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

20 Other current liabilities

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred revenue and advances received

(a)

14,495

 

12,131

 

Other taxes and social security

 

9,925

 

8,838

 

Salaries and wages

 

8,136

 

8,652

 

EKG payable

(b)

3,476

 

 

Dividend payable to Non-controlling interests

 

290

 

303

 

Other liabilities

 

1,770

 

2,304

 

 

 

38,092

 

32,228

 

 


(a) Deferred revenue and advances received

 

Deferred revenue and advances received include amounts already collected but not yet earned. Included in these are also the accruals recognized for customer loyalty programs in previous years that have been retrospectively reclassified from provisions and are now disclosed in this caption. See more information in Note 2.1.5.

 

(b) EKG payable

 

During 2005 the Company concluded an agreement with the Hungarian government for taking over the operation of the existing Electronic Governmental Backbone Network (EKG) for a period of 50 months. During the term of the agreement the Company committed to significant upgrades of the network and transferring it back to the government at the end of the term free of charge. During the term of the agreement, the Company had exclusivity in providing telecommunication services to the government institutions connected to the network. As the substance of the agreement is of a nature similar to a concession, the Company recognized an intangible asset (right) and a corresponding liability. The contract expired in 2009, with the last payments made in 2009.

 

21 Other non current liabilities

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred revenue (Note 20)

 

908

 

1,089

 

EKG payable (Note 20)

 

385

 

 

Other

 

11

 

11

 

 

 

1,304

 

1,100

 

 

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MAGYAR TELEKOM

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

22 Revenue

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2007

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed line revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voice retail

 

159,772

 

151,033

 

128,133

 

Voice wholesale

 

30,319

 

21,494

 

21,322

 

Internet

 

57,796

 

59,823

 

55,089

 

Data

 

27,440

 

28,839

 

30,762

 

TV

 

18,102

 

18,830

 

23,753

 

Equipment

 

5,395

 

7,058

 

4,745

 

Other fixed line revenues

 

10,509

 

12,818

 

10,276

 

Total Fixed line revenue

 

309,333

 

299,895

 

274,080

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mobile revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voice retail

 

195,718

 

196,983

 

192,704

 

Voice wholesale

 

46,244

 

46,241

 

41,563

 

Voice visitor

 

6,632

 

5,995

 

4,959

 

Non voice

 

45,068

 

50,936

 

56,188

 

Equipment

 

23,121

 

21,169

 

21,320

 

Other mobile revenues

 

8,984

 

10,441

 

9,262

 

Total Mobile revenue

 

325,767

 

331,765

 

325,996

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

System integration and IT revenue

 

41,561

 

41,396

 

43,913

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total revenue

 

676,661

 

673,056

 

643,989

 

 

None of the Group’s customers represent a significant source of revenue. Revenues from transactions with a single external customer (or group of entities that - knowingly to us — are under common control of a third party or government) do not exceed 10 per cent of the Group’s revenues.

 

23 Expenses directly related to revenues

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2007

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voice, data and internet related payments

 

86,244

 

79,076

 

71,583

 

Material cost of equipment sold

 

41,957

 

45,061

 

44,011

 

Payments to agents and other subcontractors

 

49,064

 

43,421

 

44,982

 

 

 

177,265

 

167,558

 

160,576

 

 

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MAGYAR TELEKOM

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

24 Employee related expenses

 

 

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

Note

 

2007

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short term benefits

 

 

 

99,459

 

96,407

 

100,425

 

Share based payments

 

24.1

 

(134

)

356

 

397

 

Termination benefits

 

19.1

 

25,332

 

8,510

 

7,640

 

Total before capitalization

 

 

 

124,657

 

105,273

 

108,462

 

Expenses capitalized

 

 

 

(4,481

)

(4,953

)

(6,544

)

 

 

 

 

120,176

 

100,320

 

101,918

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total costs expensed in relation to defined contribution plans
(including social security)

 

 

 

28,791

 

23,376

 

23,690

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Closing number of employees

 

 

 

11,723

 

10,438

 

10,828

 

 

24.1 Share-based compensation

 

24.1.1 Mid-term incentive plan (MTIP)

 

In 2004 Magyar Telekom launched a Mid Term Incentive Plan (MTIP) for its top and senior management, whereby the targets to be achieved are based on the performance of the Magyar Telekom share. The MTIP is a cash settled long term incentive instrument which was planned to cover five years, with a new package being launched in each year, and with each tranche lasting for three years. In 2009, Magyar Telekom decided on prolonging the original program by one additional year, with the same concept. At the beginning of the plan each participant has an offered bonus. This bonus will be paid out at the end of the plan, depending on the achievement of the two fixed targets, an absolute Magyar Telekom share specific and a relative Index target. Depending on the achievement of the targets, 0, 50 or 100% of the bonus is paid if neither, one or both of the targets are met, respectively.

 

The relative performance target is linked to the Total Return of the Magyar Telekom share compared to the performance of the Dow Jones Euro STOXX Total Return Index during the vesting period, each at the last 20 trading days. Measurement is the un-weighted average Magyar Telekom share price plus dividend payments. The absolute performance target is achieved when the Magyar Telekom share price, adjusted for dividends paid during the tenure, is more than 35 percent higher at the end of the lock—up period than at the beginning of the plan. The basis of the calculation is the un-weighted average closing price of the Magyar Telekom share at the Budapest Stock Exchange during the last 20 trading days before the beginning and the end of the plan.

 

The share price calculated according to the above are included in the table below. When determining the Group’s liability, these target figures are weighted with the fair value factors of achieving these targets. The fair value factors are calculated using the Monte Carlo technique. The target figures are multiplied by the relevant fair value factors and these amounts are then accrued for the given tranche period. This technique aims to determine the fair values of the share options granted and present it in accordance with the accruals concept.

 

Tranche

 

Vesting period

 

MT Share price
at the beginning of
the vesting period

 

Fulfillment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

January 1, 2004 — December 31, 2006

 

755

 

Only absolute target met

 

2

 

January 1, 2005 — December 31, 2007

 

843

 

Neither targets met

 

3

 

January 1, 2006 — December 31, 2008

 

949

 

Only relative target met

 

4

 

January 1, 2007 — December 31, 2009

 

1,013

 

Only relative target met

 

5

 

January 1, 2008 — December 31, 2010

 

912

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

January 1, 2009 — December 31, 2011

 

561

 

 

 

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The provision for the payments in relation to the MTIP program and the movements thereof are disclosed in Note 19.

 

24.1.2 Management share option plan

 

On April 26, 2002, the annual Shareholders’ Meeting approved the introduction of a new management share option plan and authorized the Company’s Board of Directors to purchase 17 million “A” series registered ordinary shares, each having a nominal value of HUF 100 as treasury shares. Consequently, the Company issued 4,900,000 shares on July 1, 2002, which were repurchased immediately as treasury shares.

 

On July 1, 2002, the Company granted 3,964,600 options to participants of the stock option plan at an exercise price of HUF 933 for the first tranche (exercisable in 2003) and HUF 950 for the second and third tranches (exercisable in 2004 and 2005). As the Company’s share price as quoted on the Budapest Stock Exchange on the grant date was HUF 833 per share, there was no intrinsic value to the options. The options had a life of five years from the grant date, meaning that the un-exercised options were forfeited without replacement or compensation on June 30, 2007.

 

The option with respect to a maximum of one-third of the shares that could be purchased under the first tranche was exercisable from July 1, 2003 until the end of the term. The option with respect to a maximum of a further one-third of the shares that could be purchased under the second tranche was exercisable from July 1, 2004 until the end of the term. The option with respect to the rest of the shares that could be purchased under the third tranche was exercisable from July 1, 2005 until the end of the term.

 

As the management share option plan did not fall into the scope of IFRS 2 — Share based Payments, the Group did not recognize compensation expense in any of the periods.

 

The table below shows the movements in the number of management stock options in thousands.

 

 

 

2005

 

2006

 

2007

 

Average exercise
price (HUF)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening number of share options

 

3,207

 

1,929

 

1,307

 

944

 

Number of share options exercised

 

(991

)

(539

)

(414

)

944

 

Forfeited share options

 

(287

)

(83

)

(893

)

944

 

Closing number of share options

 

1,929

 

1,307

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of exercisable options at end of year

 

1,929

 

1,307

 

 

 

 

The average share price on the exercise dates in 2007 was HUF 985 (2006: HUF 1,060).

 

24.1.3 The former CEO’s share option plan

 

The former CEO of Magyar Telekom was granted share options in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004. The exercise price of the options was determined in US dollars and the options had no intrinsic values on the grant dates in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003, while those granted in 2004 had an intrinsic value of HUF 63 million. One third of the options granted vested after one year, another one third vested two years after the grant date, while the last third vested after three years. The options are exercisable for ten years after the grant date.

 

In 2006, the former CEO resigned and exercised his remaining options from 2003 and 2004. Although the last third of the 2004 grant would not have been exercisable, the resignation agreement concluded between the Company and the CEO allowed the early exercising of these 487 thousand options. Further, the settlement was concluded in cash even though the plan was originally intended as equity settled. The options granted in 2000 remain exercisable with the original conditions. The closing share price on the exercise date

 

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was HUF 1,060.

 

The table below shows the details of the CEO’s share options.

 

 

 

Options granted in year

 

 

 

 

 

2000

 

2001

 

2002

 

2003

 

2004

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of options granted (thousand)

 

103

 

250

 

303

 

619

 

1,462

 

2,737

 

Exercised (thousand) — in 2005

 

 

(250

)

(303

)

(413

)

(487

)

(1,453

)

Exercised (thousand) — in 2006

 

 

 

 

(206

)

(975

)

(1,181

)

Outstanding (thousand) at December 31, 2009

 

103

 

 

 

 

 

103

 

Exercisable (thousand) at December 31, 2009

 

103

 

 

 

 

 

103

 

Exercise price in USD

 

7.36

 

2.93

 

3.48

 

3.62

 

3.87

 

 

 

Remaining contractual life at December 31, 2009 (years)

 

0.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25 Other operating expenses

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2007

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Materials, maintenance and service fees

 

69,034

 

72,858

 

71,650

 

Marketing

 

20,152

 

22,065

 

16,180

 

Fees and levies

 

15,640

 

16,000

 

14,712

 

Consulting, audit and other expert fees

 

12,818

 

10,960

 

11,230

 

Rental and operating lease

 

9,304

 

9,947

 

11,153

 

Bad debt expense

 

5,136

 

4,353

 

9,072

 

Other expenses

 

7,230

 

4,866

 

1,308

 

 

 

139,314

 

141,049

 

135,305

 

 

Consulting, audit and other expert fees among others include expenses incurred in relation to the audit of the standalone and consolidated financial statements of the Company by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as follows.

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2007

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Audit of the financial statements

 

765

 

500

 

593

 

Other audit related fees

 

176

 

108

 

205

 

Tax advisory fees

 

12

 

 

 

Other non audit related fees

 

 

 

4

 

Total expenses payable to PwC

 

953

 

608

 

802

 

 

Audit of the financial statements in the above table are the aggregate fees of PwC in connection with the audit of our annual financial statements, reviews of quarterly reports and services performed in relation to legal obligations and submissions required by regulatory provisions.

 

Other audit-related fees in the above table are the aggregate fees of PwC for services which are normally

 

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performed by the external auditor in connection with the auditing of the annual financial statements, e.g. advice on issues of accounting and reporting, which were not classified as audit services, and support with the interpretation of new accounting and reporting standards. Audit-related fees in 2009 also included HUF 205 million (2008: HUF 108 million) incurred relating to the ongoing investigation (Note 1.2).

 

Tax advisory fees in the above table are fees of PwC for services relating to issues of domestic and international taxation (adherence to tax law, tax planning and tax consulting). Furthermore, services were commissioned for the assistance with tax audits and appeals, evaluations for taxation purposes, as well as assistance to tax law.

 

Other non audit related fees in the above table are fees of PwC primarily related to services like participation by Magyar Telekom employees in conferences and training sessions organized by PwC.

 

26 Other operating income

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2007

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Compensation for renaming (Note 33.1)

 

229

 

676

 

 

Gain on sale of PPE, Intangible assets and assets held for sale

 

3,203

 

2,126

 

326

 

Gain on sale of subsidiaries and associates (Notes 5.1 and 5.5)

 

 

1,233

 

1,371

 

Other operating income

 

569

 

214

 

1,166

 

 

 

4,001

 

4,249

 

2,863

 

 

27 Finance expenses

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2007

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

31,147

 

32,798

 

33,479

 

Other finance expenses (Fee expense)

 

4,039

 

4,659

 

4,780

 

less: interest capitalized

 

 

(258

)

(726

)

 

 

35,186

 

37,199

 

37,533

 

 

Other finance expenses mainly include bank charges.

 

Interest expense is shown net of interest capitalized using an average borrowing rate of 8.25% (2008: 8.3%).

 

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28 Finance income

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2007

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gains / (losses) on the subsequent measurement of financial instruments at fair value through profit and loss (derivatives) contracted with related parties

 

 

 

(2,387

)

Gains / (losses) on the subsequent measurement of financial instruments at fair value through profit and loss (derivatives) contracted with third parties

 

(139

)

789

 

(568

)

Gains / (losses) on the derecognition of financial instruments at fair value through profit and loss contracted with related parties

 

 

 

(141

)

Gains / (losses) on the derecognition of financial instruments at fair value through profit and loss contracted with third parties

 

828

 

(477

)

(441

)

Gains / (losses) on the derecognition of AFS financial instruments (Reclassifications from Other comprehensive income)

 

 

 

 

Net foreign exchange losses

 

(1,481

)

(648

)

(269

)

Finance lease interest income

 

1,675

 

1,340

 

1,390

 

Interest and other finance income

 

4,334

 

5,887

 

7,136

 

 

 

5,217

 

6,891

 

4,720

 

 

29 Purchase of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2007

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments in property, plant and equipment (Note 12)

 

75,825

 

85,489

 

81,786

 

Investments in intangible assets (Note 13)

 

28,010

 

22,460

 

20,078

 

Total investments in PPE and intangible assets

 

103,835

 

107,949

 

101,864

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recognition of investment tax credit (Note 9.4)

 

3,561

 

350

 

428

 

Change in payables relating to capital expenditures

 

(4,299

)

7,740

 

7,936

 

 

 

103,097

 

116,039

 

110,228

 

 

The Group had no significant non cash transactions in any of the reported years.

 

30 Purchase of subsidiaries and business units

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2007

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ISH

 

 

 

3,131

 

Cable TV networks

 

 

687

 

1,745

 

KFKI Direkt

 

 

 

317

 

M-Factory — contingent consideration

 

 

75

 

 

Mobilpress

 

650

 

 

 

T-Systems Hungary

 

60

 

 

 

Total purchase of subsidiaries and business units

 

710

 

762

 

5,193

 

 

See Note 5 for further details of business combinations.

 

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31 Reportable segments and information about geographical areas

 

31.1 Reportable segments

 

Magyar Telekom established its current management structure in Hungary based on customer segments that require different technology and marketing strategies, and support functions. The Group’s operating segments in Hungary are: Consumer Services Business Unit, Business Services Business Unit, Media Business Unit, Group Headquarters and Technology Business Unit. In addition, the Group also has operations in Macedonia and Montenegro, which represent two additional reporting segments. Of these segments, MBU has not qualified as a reportable segment, therefore, it is included in “All other” in the reconciliations of the reportable segments’ totals.

 

The Consumer Services Business Unit (CBU) operates in Hungary, providing mobile, fixed line telecommunications and TV distribution services (including marketing, sales and customer relations activities) to residential and small business telecommunications customers in Hungary, with several million customers mainly under the T-Mobile and T-Home brands.

 

The Business Services Business Unit (BBU) operates in Hungary, providing mobile and fixed line telecommunications, info-communications and system integration services (including marketing, sales and customer relations activities) mainly under the T-Systems and T-Mobile brands to key business partners (large corporate and public sector customers), as well as small and medium businesses (SMB). BBU’s customer portfolio includes approximately 3,000 key business partners and over 40,000 SMB customers.

 

The Group Headquarters (Headquarters) is responsible for providing wholesale mobile and fixed line services in Hungary, and also performs strategic and cross-divisional management and support functions including Procurement, Treasury, Real estate, Accounting, Tax, Legal, Internal Audit and similar shared services and other central functions of the Group’s management. Headquarters is also responsible for the Group’s points of presence in Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine, providing wholesale services to local companies and operators.

 

The Technology Business Unit (Technology) is responsible for the operations and development of the mobile, fixed line and cable TV network, as well as IT management in Hungary.

 

The Group also has full-scale mobile and fixed line telecommunications operations in Macedonia and Montenegro, which represent two additional reporting segments of the Group. From 2009, similarly to the Hungarian operations, in these countries also less emphasis is put on the segregation by technology (fixed line or mobile services), but up until the end of 2009, the Group’s operations in Macedonia and Montenegro were reviewed separately for the fixed line and mobile operations, therefore, these were two separate operating segments by country.

 

In addition to the operating segments described above, there are a few operations, which do not qualify as operating or reportable segments. These operations (including MBU as well) are grouped in “All other” included in the reconciliations of the reportable segments’ totals to the Group totals.

 

Comparative information has been provided for 2008, including minimum level of estimates as the new structure was gradually introduced in 2008. We have also provided comparative figures for 2007, which include more management estimate (except in case of Macedonia and Montenegro) as the Group operated in the old structure in 2007, which was completely different from the current structure of operations, it was not a simple regrouping of organizations. These numbers have never been reviewed or evaluated by the MC.

 

31.1.1 Information regularly provided to the MC

 

The following tables present the segment information by reportable segment regularly provided to the Management Committee of the Group, reconciled to the corresponding Group numbers.

 

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For the year ended December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2007

 

2008

 

2009

 

Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total CBU revenues

 

346,495

 

341,563

 

322,336

 

Less: CBU revenues from other segments

 

(42,219

)

(38,655

)

(33,849

)

CBU revenues from external customers

 

304,276

 

302,908

 

288,487

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total BBU revenues

 

172,346

 

179,174

 

170,989

 

Less: BBU revenues from other segments

 

(14,308

)

(16,833

)

(18,835

)

BBU revenues from external customers

 

158,038

 

162,341

 

152,154

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Headquarters revenues

 

164,428

 

153,544

 

135,456

 

Less: Headquarters revenues from other segments

 

(75,403

)

(69,384

)

(59,889

)

Headquarters revenues from external customers

 

89,025

 

84,160

 

75,567

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Technology revenues

 

9,166

 

11,370

 

10,556

 

Less: Technology revenues from other segments

 

(7,771

)

(7,877

)

(7,599

)

Technology revenues from external customers

 

1,395

 

3,493

 

2,957

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Macedonia revenues

 

74,332

 

76,097

 

82,312

 

Less: Macedonia revenues from other segments

 

(111

)

(285

)

(214

)

Macedonia revenues from external customers

 

74,221

 

75,812

 

82,098

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Montenegro revenues

 

35,747

 

33,148

 

34,442

 

Less: Montenegro revenues from other segments

 

(241

)

(105

)

(51

)

Montenegro revenues from external customers

 

35,506

 

33,043

 

34,391

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All other (net)

 

14,200

 

11,216

 

8,351

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total consolidated revenue of the segments

 

676,661

 

672,973

 

644,005

 

Measurement differences to Group revenue

 

 

83

 

(16

)

Total revenue of the Group

 

676,661

 

673,056

 

643,989

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Segment results (EBITDA)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBU

 

188,304

 

193,314

 

181,920

 

BBU

 

82,694

 

90,816

 

80,307

 

Headquarters

 

(26,507

)

(15,899

)

(22,209

)

Technology

 

(56,839

)

(49,059

)

(47,485

)

Macedonia

 

42,018

 

39,132

 

42,861

 

Montenegro

 

13,732

 

10,815

 

13,736

 

All other

 

505

 

(191

)

(414

)

Total EBITDA of the segments

 

243,907

 

268,928

 

248,716

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurement differences to Group EBITDA

 

 

(550

)

337

 

Total EBITDA of the Group

 

243,907

 

268,378

 

249,053

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization of the Group

 

(115,595

)

(106,120

)

(101,920

)

Total Operating profit of the Group

 

128,312

 

162,258

 

147,133

 

 

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For the year ended December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2007

 

2008

 

2009

 

Capital expenditure (Capex) on PPE and Intangible assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBU

 

11,983

 

13,540

 

23,774

 

BBU

 

2,997

 

7,493

 

2,905

 

Headquarters

 

8,665

 

8,507

 

4,520

 

Technology

 

61,617

 

58,716

 

48,989

 

Macedonia

 

9,880

 

15,709

 

15,320

 

Montenegro

 

6,936

 

3,751

 

4,913

 

All other

 

2,603

 

710

 

1,433

 

Total capital expenditure of the segments

 

104,681

 

108,426

 

101,854

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurement differences to capital expenditure of the Group

 

(846

)

(477

)

10

 

Total investments of the Group in PPE and Intangible assets

 

103,835

 

107,949

 

101,864

 

 

Total investments of the Group in PPE and Intangible assets correspond to the “Investments” lines disclosed in Notes 12, 13 and 29.

 

31.2 Information about geographical areas

 

The table below shows the revenues generated from external customers in the countries where the Group operates, using the same measurement principles as for the corresponding Group numbers.

 

Revenues

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2007

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hungary

 

562,276

 

554,747

 

520,584

 

Macedonia

 

73,807

 

75,956

 

82,098

 

Montenegro

 

35,256

 

33,043

 

34,391

 

Romania

 

2,729

 

5,244

 

3,636

 

Bulgaria

 

2,530

 

3,933

 

3,151

 

Ukraine

 

63

 

133

 

129

 

Total revenue of the Group

 

676,661

 

673,056

 

643,989

 

 

None of the Group’s external customers represent a significant source of revenue.

 

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The table below shows the Non current assets of the Group located in the countries of operations (including goodwill allocated to these countries) and the reconciliation to the total Non current assets of the Group, using the same measurement principles as for the corresponding Group numbers.

 

Non current assets

 

As at December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hungary

 

707,271

 

709,576

 

Macedonia

 

126,062

 

130,046

 

Montenegro

 

43,051

 

42,480

 

Bulgaria

 

5,012

 

3,124

 

Romania

 

2,632

 

2,532

 

Ukraine

 

16

 

19

 

Total excluding Other non current financial assets and Deferred tax assets

 

884,044

 

887,777

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other non current financial assets (Note 8.2)

 

26,094

 

27,528

 

Deferred tax assets (Note 9.4)

 

1,590

 

1,890

 

Total Non current assets of the Group

 

911,728

 

917,195

 

 

32 Leases and other commitments

 

32.1 Finance lease —Group as lessee

 

Finance leases in 2008 and 2009 mainly relate to the sale and lease back of spaces in buildings accommodating telephone exchanges. In most cases the contracts are denominated in EUR, the term of the leases is 5-10 years, and the contracts include renewal options but no purchase options.

 

Future lease payments under finance leases related to sale and lease back transactions at December 31, 2008 and 2009 are as follows:

 

 

 

At December 31, 2008

 

At December 31, 2009

 

In HUF millions

 

Present
value

 

Interest
component

 

Minimum
lease
payment

 

Present
value

 

Interest
component

 

Minimum
lease
payment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Within 1 year

 

265

 

438

 

703

 

291

 

389

 

680

 

1-5 years

 

1,154

 

1,211

 

2,365

 

1,067

 

1,012

 

2,079

 

After 5 years

 

699

 

331

 

1,030

 

505

 

172

 

677

 

Total

 

2,118

 

1,980

 

4,098

 

1,863

 

1,573

 

3,436

 

 

Finance leases other than sale and lease back in 2008 and 2009 mainly relate to vehicles and IT equipment. In most cases the contract term of the leases is 3-5 years with renewal and purchase options.

 

Future lease payments under finance leases other than sale and lease back transactions at December 31, 2008 and 2009 are as follows:

 

 

 

At December 31, 2008

 

At December 31, 2009

 

In HUF millions

 

Present
value

 

Interest
component

 

Minimum
lease
payment

 

Present
value

 

Interest
component

 

Minimum
lease
payment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Within 1 year

 

753

 

265

 

1,018

 

472

 

208

 

680

 

1-5 years

 

864

 

305

 

1,169

 

473

 

295

 

768

 

After 5 years

 

757

 

106

 

863

 

615

 

187

 

802

 

Total

 

2,374

 

676

 

3,050

 

1,560

 

690

 

2,250

 

 

The Group has no contingent rents related to its finance leases. The Group does not sub-lease any of the

 

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assets leased in a finance lease contract.

 

32.2 Operating lease —Group as lessee

 

Operating lease commitments are mainly in respect of the rental of mobile cell sites, and to a lesser extent, related to buildings, network and other telecommunications facilities.

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Within 1 year

 

6,741

 

7,541

 

1-5 years

 

17,798

 

20,897

 

After 5 years

 

14,945

 

16,131

 

Total

 

39,484

 

44,569

 

 

The lease commitments represent a high amount of individually immaterial lease agreements, the terms of which vary on a wide range, spanning from 3 to 20 years with renewal options in most cases, but no purchase options.

 

32.3 Finance lease —Group as lessor

 

Finance leases primarily include the private mobile Tetra network constructed for the exclusive use of the Hungarian State, and to a lesser extent equipment provided to business customers as part of our outsourcing contracts where the Group is the service provider.

 

Future lease receivables under finance leases at December 31, 2008 and 2009 are as follows:

 

 

 

At December 31, 2008

 

At December 31, 2009

 

In HUF millions

 

Present
value

 

Interest
component

 

Minimum
lease
receipt

 

Present
value

 

Interest
component

 

Minimum
lease
receipt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Within 1 year

 

3,718

 

1,606

 

5,324

 

3,797

 

1,641

 

5,438

 

1-5 years

 

12,853

 

4,104

 

16,957

 

15,270

 

3,810

 

19,080

 

After 5 years

 

6,511

 

605

 

7,116

 

4,464

 

286

 

4,750

 

Total

 

23,082

 

6,315

 

29,397

 

23,531

 

5,737

 

29,268

 

 

The interest component represents the unearned finance income. The present value due within one year is included in Other current financial assets, while the present value after one year is included in Other non current financial assets. The finance income accruing to the Group over the lease term is recognized in the Profit for the year (Finance income).

 

The unguaranteed residual values accruing to the benefit of the Group are insignificant.

 

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32.4 Operating lease — Group as lessor

 

The following table includes the future minimum lease payments receivable by the Group for the operating leases of towers and PBX (private business exchange) equipment where Magyar Telekom is the lessor.

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Within 1 year

 

2,394

 

1,210

 

1-5 years

 

2,524

 

1,943

 

After 5 years

 

728

 

1,115

 

Total

 

5,646

 

4,268

 

 

32.5 Purchase commitments for tangible and intangible assets

 

The table below summarizes Magyar Telekom’s contractual purchase commitments for tangible and intangible assets with the majority falling due within one year.

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

2,797

 

4,407

 

Intangible assets

 

2,701

 

1,788

 

Total

 

5,498

 

6,195

 

 

32.6 Commitments related to the extended GSM license of T-Mobile HU

 

The Company renewed its mobile concession contract for the use of the 900 MHz frequency band that expired on November 4, 2008 for an additional term of seven and a half years, as agreed with the Hungarian Government. At the same time, the Company agreed to carry out large-scale investment projects to further increase mobile broadband coverage. In addition to the payment of the HUF 10 billion concession fee, Magyar Telekom agreed with the Government to spend at least HUF 20 billion in 2008 and 2009 on further increasing mobile broadband coverage in Hungary. This agreement includes that 25% of the unfulfilled obligation would have to be paid as a penalty to the Government at the end of 2009 if Magyar Telekom had not increased the coverage as agreed. Management believes that the Company fulfilled the obligation by the end of 2009, and therefore no fine can be expected.

 

33 Related party transactions

 

33.1 Deutsche Telekom Group

 

Deutsche Telekom AG is the ultimate controlling owner of Magyar Telekom Plc. holding 59.21% of the issued shares. Deutsche Telekom (DT) Group has a number of fixed line, mobile and IT service provider subsidiaries worldwide, with whom Magyar Telekom Group has regular transactions.

 

The Company is directly owned by MagyarCom GmbH, which is a holding subsidiary of DTAG. Magyar Telekom pays dividends annually to its owners including MagyarCom GmbH.

 

Deutsche Telekom International Finance (DTIF) is the treasury center of DT Group, which typically provides loan financing across the DT Group including Magyar Telekom.

 

The Company’s Hungarian operations were renamed in 2004 and 2005. The renaming continued in 2006 in Macedonia (T-Mobile) and in Montenegro (T-Home and T-Mobile) in 2007, and was completed in 2008 in Macedonia (T-Home). The expenditures incurred in connection with the launch and promotion of the new

 

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brands and the loss of value caused by discontinuing the old brands were compensated in value by Deutsche Telekom AG. The compensation received was recognized in the Profit for the year (Other operating income).

 

The table below summarizes the above related party transactions with DT group.

 

In HUF millions

 

2007

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues from telecom services provided to DT Group

 

6,729

 

16,035

 

22,059

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Costs of services provided by DT Group

 

(11,881

)

(20,759

)

(16,819

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income from DTAG

 

229

 

676

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense to DTIF

 

(23,301

)

(26,986

)

(27,530

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend paid to MagyarCom GmbH

 

(88,296

)

(45,690

)

(45,690

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable from DT Group companies

 

6,878

 

5,903

 

5,492

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable to DT Group companies

 

(7,524

)

(5,850

)

(5,169

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans receivable from DTAG

 

 

 

29,587

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued interests payable to DT Group companies

 

(5,210

)

(8,845

)

(7,675

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans payable to DT Group companies

 

(274,432

)

(330,583

)

(329,896

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value of swap agreements with DTAG - net

 

 

 

(2,388

)

 

Deutsche Telekom has pledged its support for Magyar Telekom’s financing needs through to June 30, 2011.

 

33.2 Associates and joint ventures

 

Hunsat is a joint venture founded by the Company (50%) and Antenna Hungária (50%). The revenues of Hunsat include commissions received from Hungarian telecommunications companies for the use of services of international satellite agencies. The operational transactions and balances with Hunsat are insignificant. Dividends received from Hunsat amounted to HUF 93 million in 2009 (2008: HUF 89 million, 2007: HUF 72 million).

 

M-RTL was an associate of Magyar Telekom Group until May 2009 (Note 5.1.1). M-RTL is a television broadcast company that sells airtime through media agencies to Magyar Telekom, and Magyar Telekom provides telecom services to M-RTL, but these inter-company services are not material. M-RTL declared dividends to Magyar Telekom directly and indirectly in an amount of HUF 825 million in 2008 (2007: HUF 750 million).

 

IKO-Telekom Média Holding (ITMH) was a joint venture holding company of Magyar Telekom and IKO Production Kft., with a 50-50% ownership (Note 5.1.1). The operating transactions between the Group and ITMH were insignificant. Dividends declared by ITMH to the Company amounted to HUF 2,033 million in 2008, primarily representing the indirect dividends from M-RTL.

 

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33.3 Board and supervisory board members

 

The remuneration of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors amounted to HUF 13 million in 2009 (2008: HUF 13 million, 2007: HUF 11 million). The remuneration of the members of the Company’s Supervisory Board amounted to HUF 42 million in 2009 (2008: HUF 46 million, 2007: HUF 42 million).

 

33.4 Key management

 

Key management has been identified as the members of the Group’s Management Committee, which is the chief operating decision making body of Magyar Telekom.

 

The table below shows in total the compensation expenses (including social security and other payroll related taxes) incurred by the Group in relation to the key management.

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

In HUF millions

 

2007

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries and other short-term employee benefits

 

978

 

1,063

 

1,377

 

Contractual termination expense

 

1,129

 

 

248

 

Share based compensation (Note 24.1)

 

(123

)

80

 

131

 

 

 

1,984

 

1,143

 

1,756

 

 

The Group does not provide loans to its key management.

 

In 2001, DT’s shareholders approved the introduction of the 2001 Stock Option Plan, resulting in the granting of stock options in 2001 and 2002. 50 percent of the options granted to each beneficiary may only be exercised following the end of a vesting period of two years. The remaining 50 percent of the options granted to each beneficiary may be exercised after the end of a vesting period of three years. All options are vested as of December 31, 2009. The exercise price of the 2001 option is EUR 30.00, the term of the options runs until August 12, 2011. The exercise price of the 2002 option is EUR 12.36, the term of the options runs until July 14, 2012. At the time they were granted, the options of the 2001 and 2002 tranches had no intrinsic value, but a fair value of EUR 4.87 and EUR 3.79 respectively. The Company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), who was a senior manager of DT at the time of the stock option, is a participant of the 2002 tranche, having 6,510 share options. Magyar Telekom does not have any potential obligation deriving from the CFO’s share options, and no expenses or liabilities have been recognized in the presented years as these options are not in the scope of IFRS 2 and IFRIC 11 according to the transitional rules.

 

Further, the Company’s CFO is also a participant of the 2004, 2005 and 2006 MTIP programs of DT, which are very similar to those of Magyar Telekom as described in Note 24.1.1, the difference being that the targets of the programs are tied to the performance of the DT shares. As of December 31, 2008, one performance target of the 2006 program of DT had been achieved. Consequently, the MTIP reward earned EUR 66,000 (HUF 18 million) was paid out by Magyar Telekom, as agreed with DT.

 

Some members of the Key management are participants of the 2006, 2007 MTIP programs of Magyar Telekom; and all of them are participants in the 2008 and 2009 MTIP program of Magyar Telekom. Some members of the former Key management were also participants of the 2006 MTIP program of Magyar Telekom. One performance target of the 2007 MTIP program of Magyar Telekom had been achieved. Consequently, 50% of the MTIP reward (HUF 104 million in total) will be paid out by Magyar Telekom in 2010 to the present and former members of Key management. As of December 31, 2008, one performance target of the 2006 MTIP program of Magyar Telekom had been achieved. Consequently, 50% of the MTIP reward (HUF 55 million in total) was paid out in 2009 by Magyar Telekom to the present and former members of Key management. See also note 24.1.1.

 

In 2001 and 2002, Deutsche Telekom granted stock appreciation rights (SARs) to employees in countries where it was not legally possible to issue stock options. Magyar Telekom employees only participated in the

 

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2001 program. Each individual SAR entitles the plan participant to receive an amount in cash subject to these terms and conditions. Magyar Telekom does not have any potential obligation deriving from that contract, since Deutsche Telekom will pay the compensation, if any, to the participants, and further, the fair value of the SARs as at December 31, 2009 is estimated to be zero.  No member of the current key management is a participant of the SAR program, but former members of the key management were participants of the 2001 SAR program.

 

34 Additional disclosures on financial instruments

 

34.1 Financial assets and liabilities

 

The tables below include the carrying amounts and fair values of the Group’s financial assets and liabilities as at December 31, 2009 and 2008.

 

34.1.1 Financial assets — Carrying amounts and fair values

 

December 31, 2009

 

 

 

Carrying amount

 

 

 

 

 

In HUF millions

 

Loans and
receivables

 

Held-to-
maturity

 

Available-
for-sale

 

Held
for
trading

 

Total

 

Fair
value

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

34,270

 

 

 

 

34,270

 

34,270

 

Bank deposits with original maturities over 3 months

 

50,660

 

 

 

 

50,660

 

50,660

 

Trade receivables

 

100,524

 

 

 

 

100,524

 

100,524

 

Trade receivables over one year

 

1,487

 

 

 

 

1,487

 

1,486

 

Employee loans

 

4,870

 

 

 

 

4,870

 

4,228

 

Derivative financial instruments contracted with related parties

 

 

 

 

662

 

662

 

662

 

Derivative financial instruments contracted with third parties

 

 

 

 

623

 

623

 

623

 

Loans to Deutsche Telekom Group companies

 

29,587

 

 

 

 

29,587

 

29,587

 

Loans to third parties

 

580

 

 

 

 

580

 

580

 

RDC receivables

 

839

 

 

 

 

839

 

795

 

Dividend rec. from joint ventures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial assets AFS

 

 

 

276

 

 

276

 

276

 

Other current

 

1,626

 

 

 

 

1,626

 

1,626

 

Other non current

 

552

 

 

 

 

552

 

552

 

Total

 

224,995

 

 

276

 

1,285

 

226,556

 

225,869

 

 

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December 31, 2008

 

 

 

Carrying amount

 

 

 

 

 

In HUF millions

 

Loans and
receivables

 

Held-to-
maturity

 

Available-
for-sale

 

Held
for
trading

 

Total

 

Fair
value

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

66,680

 

 

 

 

66,680

 

66,680

 

Bank deposits with original maturities over 3 months

 

59,300

 

 

 

 

59,300

 

59,300

 

Trade receivables

 

93,201

 

 

 

 

93,201

 

93,201

 

Trade receivables over one year

 

414

 

 

 

 

414

 

396

 

Employee loans

 

4,383

 

 

 

 

4,383

 

4,148

 

Derivative financial instruments contracted with third parties

 

 

 

 

1,011

 

1,011

 

1,011

 

Loans to third parties

 

779

 

 

 

 

779

 

779

 

RDC receivables

 

952

 

 

 

 

952

 

876

 

Dividend rec. from joint ventures

 

2,033

 

 

 

 

2,033

 

2,033

 

Financial assets AFS

 

 

 

282

 

 

282

 

282

 

Other current

 

2,186

 

 

 

 

2,186

 

2,186

 

Other non current

 

170

 

 

 

 

170

 

170

 

Total

 

230,098

 

 

282

 

1,011

 

231,391

 

231,062

 

 

Loans and receivables are measured at amortized cost, while available-for-sale and held-for-trading assets are measured at fair value.

 

Cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables, dividend receivable from joint ventures, loans to Deutsche Telekom Group companies and other current financial assets mainly have short times to maturity. For this reason, their carrying amounts at the end of the reporting period approximate their fair values.

 

Financial assets available for sale include investment in equity instruments, all measured at fair value.

 

Finance lease receivables (2009: HUF 23,531 million, 2008: HUF 23,082 million) meet the criteria of a financial instrument, but these are recognized and measured according to IAS 17 — Leases, therefore not included in the tables above, but in Note 32.3.

 

34.1.2 Financial liabilities — Carrying amounts and fair values

 

December 31, 2009

 

 

 

Carrying amount

 

 

 

 

 

In HUF millions

 

Measured at
amortized cost

 

Held for
trading

 

Total

 

Fair
value

 

Financial liabilities to related parties
(including accrued interest)

 

334,521

 

3,050

 

337,571

 

351,017

 

Bank loans
(including accrued interest)

 

57,265

 

 

57,265

 

58,507

 

Trade payables

 

85,874

 

 

85,874

 

85,874

 

Dividend payable

 

303

 

 

303

 

303

 

Nonconvertible bonds and debentures

 

191

 

 

191

 

160

 

Derivative financial instruments contracted with third parties

 

 

179

 

179

 

179

 

Other current

 

1,279

 

 

1,279

 

1,279

 

Total

 

479,433

 

3,229

 

482,662

 

497,319

 

 

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December 31, 2008

 

 

 

Carrying amount

 

 

 

 

 

In HUF millions

 

Measured at
amortized cost

 

Held for
trading

 

Total

 

Fair
value

 

Financial liabilities to related parties
(including accrued interest)

 

339,428

 

 

339,428

 

344,138

 

Bank loans
(including accrued interest)

 

53,805

 

 

53,805

 

54,875

 

Trade payables

 

92,340

 

 

92,340

 

92,340

 

Dividend payable

 

290

 

 

290

 

290

 

Nonconvertible bonds and debentures

 

193

 

 

193

 

193

 

Other current

 

4,988

 

 

4,988

 

4,988

 

Other non current

 

386

 

 

386

 

345

 

Total

 

491,430

 

 

491,430

 

497,169

 

 

Derivatives are measured at fair value, while all other financial liabilities are measured at amortized cost.

 

Additional fair value information on the financial liabilities is provided in Notes 16 and 17.

 

Trade payables, dividend payable and other current financial liabilities generally have short times to maturity, therefore the carrying values approximate the fair values.

 

Finance lease liabilities meet the criteria of a financial instrument, but these are recognized and measured according to IAS 17 — Leases, therefore not included in the tables above, but in Note 32.1.

 

34.2 Items of income, expense, gains and losses arising on financial instruments

 

The tables below include income, expense, gains and losses arising on financial instruments in 2009 and 2008.

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

From subsequent measurement

 

 

 

 

 

Net

 

In HUF millions

 

From
interest

 

At fair
value

 

Currency
translation

 

Impairment
loss

 

Recalculation

 

From
derecognition

 

From fee
expense

 

gain /
loss

 

Loans and receivables

 

7,048

 

 

(82

)

(9,071

)

 

 

(4,056

)

(6,161

)

Held-to-maturity investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale financial assets

 

 

(6

)

 

 

 

 

 

(6

)

Financial instruments held for trading

 

 

(2,955

)

 

 

 

(582

)

 

(3,537

)

Financial liabilities measured at amortized cost

 

(32,569

)

 

358

 

 

 

 

(14

)

(32,225

)

Net gain/loss of financial instruments under the scope of IAS 39

 

(25,521

)

(2,961

)

276

 

(9,071

)

 

(582

)

(4,070

)

(41,929

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net gain/loss related to finance lease (out of scope of IAS39)

 

678

 

 

(66

)

 

 

 

 

612

 

 

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2008

 

 

 

 

 

From subsequent measurement

 

 

 

 

 

Net

 

In HUF millions

 

From
interest

 

At fair
value

 

Currency
translation

 

Impairment
loss

 

Recalculation

 

From
derecognition

 

From fee
expense

 

gain /
loss

 

Loans and receivables

 

6,611

 

 

1,190

 

(5,866

)

 

 

(3,554

)

(1,619

)

Held-to-maturity investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale financial assets

 

 

(348

)

 

 

 

 

 

(348

)

Financial instruments held for trading

 

 

789

 

 

 

 

(477

)

 

312

 

Financial liabilities measured at amortized cost

 

(32,728

)

 

(1,753

)

 

(743

)

 

(96

)

(35,320

)

Net gain/loss of financial instruments under the scope of IAS 39

 

(26,117

)

441

 

(563

)

(5,866

)

(743

)

(477

)

(3,650

)

(36,975

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net gain/loss related to finance lease (out of scope of IAS39)

 

692

 

 

(85

)

1,500

 

 

 

 

2,107

 

 

Impairment losses on Loans and receivables includes all expenses incurred or expected to be incurred in relation to the default of our customers. Before writing off or factoring, we impair the receivables to their recoverable amounts through the use of an impairment provision account, as a result of which the actual write-off or factoring of these receivables results in no derecognition gains or losses.

 

34.3 Other disclosures about financial instruments

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. is also exposed to risks that arise from the possible drawdown of guarantees in a nominal amount of HUF 16.4 billion as at December 31, 2009 (2008: HUF 17.0 billion). These guarantees were issued by Hungarian banks on behalf of Magyar Telekom as collaterals to secure the fulfillment of the Group’s certain contractual obligations. The Group has been delivering on its contractual obligations and expects to continue doing so in the future, therefore no drawdown of the guarantees has happened so far, and is not expected to happen in the future.

 

There were no financial assets or liabilities, which were reclassified into another financial instrument category.

 

No financial assets were transferred in such a way that part or all of the financial assets did not qualify for de-recognition.

 

The Group does not have compound financial instruments with multiple embedded derivatives.

 

35 Contingent assets and liabilities

 

35.1 Contingent assets

 

A contingent asset is a possible asset that arises from past events and whose existence will be confirmed only by the occurrence of uncertain future events not within the control of the Group. The Group has no such contingencies where the inflow of economic benefits would be probable and material.

 

35.2 Contingent liabilities

 

The most significant contingent liabilities of the Group are described below. No provisions have been recognized for these cases as management estimates that it is unlikely that these claims originating from past

 

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events would result in any material economic outflows from the Group.

 

35.2.1 Macedonia

 

35.2.1.1 Compensation for termination of a service contract by T-Mobile MK

 

In January 2002, T-Mobile MK signed an agreement with a subcontractor, including a 3-month trial period, for the collection of T-Mobile MK’s overdue receivables. After the expiration of the 3-month trial period, T-Mobile MK terminated this contract in April 2002 due to breaches of the contractual obligations by the subcontractor. The subcontractor initiated a lawsuit in April 2003 requesting damage compensation for foregone profit and compensation for services already rendered. Management estimates it unlikely that the subcontractor would win the court case against T-Mobile MK. The potential loss from the claim is approximately HUF 4.3 billion. The first instance decision will be made by a primary court of Macedonia, the timing of which is uncertain.

 

35.2.1.2 T-Mobile MK’s dispute with the Agency on frequency fees

 

T-Mobile MK paid the invoices issued by the Agency for the 2004 and 2005 radio frequency fees, however, the Agency issued further invoices for the same periods in May 2007, which T-Mobile MK is disputing as the management believes that there is no valid legal base for invoicing additional fees. The potential exposure is about HUF 0.8 billion.

 

35.2.1.3 MKT’s dispute on fixed-to-mobile termination fees

 

In 2005, MKT changed the retail prices for the traffic from fixed to mobile network. According to the interconnection agreements with the mobile operators the change in retail prices automatically decreased the interconnection fees for termination in the mobile networks. In February 2006, one of the Macedonian mobile operators, Cosmofon, submitted to the Agency a request for dispute resolution with reference to the termination prices. The Agency rejected the requests of Cosmofon as “ungrounded”. This decision of the Agency was appealed by Cosmofon by filing a lawsuit at the Administrative Court of Macedonia. The potential loss from the claim is approximately HUF 0.4 billion, but the management estimates it unlikely that this would result in any material cash outflows. The final decision will be made by the Administrative Court of Macedonia, the timing of which is uncertain.

 

35.2.1.4 Prices offered at a Government bid for fixed line telephony services in Macedonia

 

Based on the Law on Electronic Communications (the “Law”) and upon Cosmofon’s request, the Agency made an inspection at Makedonski Telekom regarding the Government’s tender for procuring fixed line telephone services on September 24, 2009. In its request Cosmofon stated that Makedonski Telekom had submitted an offer with prices that are predatory and not published in its official pricelist. In its written answer, Makedonski Telekom pointed out that the official pricelist contains only the standard prices excluding the special discounts and tariff models. We believe that Makedonski Telekom offered these prices in accordance with the conditions of the relevant bid, taking care that those are not predatory, i.e. the allegations are groundless. The Agency has not responded yet. Should Makedonski Telekom be found in breach of the Law, the potential fine can be as high as 7% of the total annual revenue of Makedonski Telekom for 2008, i.e. the maximum amount of the fine may reach HUF 3.0 billion.

 

35.2.2 Montenegro

 

35.2.2.1 Employee salary dispute in Montenegro

 

405 employees initiated a legal proceeding against CT and T-Mobile CG, requesting the payment of compensation for not increasing salaries from 2005 until June 2008. The plaintiffs are referring to the

 

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regulation of this matter by the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). Management’s view is that automatic salary increase is not established in the CBA, therefore management believes that the Group will not be subject to any compensations payable. The maximum exposure is approximately HUF 0.4 billion.

 

35.2.3 Hungary

 

35.2.3.1 Guarantees

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. is exposed to risks that arise from the possible drawdown of guarantees for which see more details in Note 34.3.

 

35.2.3.2 Investigation

 

Please see Note 1.2

 

36 Events after the reporting period

 

36.1 Sale of Orbitel

 

In January 2010 the Company closed the sale of Orbitel (Note 5.5). The final sale price was EUR 3,628,000, received in January 2010. As the expected sales price was lower than the original carrying value of Orbitel, an impairment was charged in 2009 on the goodwill arising on the original acquisition of Orbitel, consequently, there will be no additional gains or losses to be recognized in 2010, when the sale was concluded.

 

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Business Report of Magyar Telekom

for 2009

 

Introduction

 

This Business Report covers the analysis of our results as well as all additional information necessary to evaluate our operations, including, among others, our outlook with the accompanying risk factors, the introduction of our management, our HR and risk management policies, and our R+D activities.

 

Share Capital

 

As of December 31, 2009, the share capital of Magyar Telekom Plc. was HUF 104,274,254,300, consisting of 1,042,742,543 Series “A” ordinary shares. All Series “A” ordinary shares have a nominal value of HUF 100.

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage of

 

Shareholder

 

Number of shares

 

share capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MagyarCom

 

617,436,759

 

59.21

 

Publicly traded

 

423,802,243

 

40.65

 

Treasury shares

 

1,503,541

 

0.14

 

 

 

1,042,742,543

 

100.00

 

 

Voting Rights and Voting

 

Each ordinary share entitles the holder to one vote. Only shareholders or nominees registered in the shareholders’ register at least six working days prior to the date of the General Meeting may participate at the General meeting with voting right. The General Meeting shall adopt its resolutions by a simple majority vote except for resolutions on issues listed in the Articles of Associations, which shall require at least a three-quarters majority of the votes cast. If the General Meeting decides to override a resolution of the Board of Directors, such shareholders resolution shall be binding only if a three-quarter majority of the votes of the shareholders that are present vote in favor of such a resolution. There is no limitation on the rights of non-resident or foreign shareholders to hold or exercise voting rights on the ordinary shares.

 

Transfer of Shares

 

The consent of the shareholders holding at least a simple majority of the outstanding voting stock of the Company shall be required to approve the acquisition, directly or indirectly, of the shares of the Company which, on a cumulative basis, would result in any person, or persons acting in concert, holding 10% or more, directly or indirectly, of the outstanding voting stock of the Company.

 

In the event of transfer of shares the new shareholder shall ask for registering as shareholder in the Shareholders’ Register. The shareholder shall provide evidence to the registrar that he acquired the shares in accordance with the conditions set forth in the Articles. If the Company establishes that the transfer occurred in violation of the Articles, it shall not register such transfer of shares. The Company may refuse the request for registration into the Shareholders’ Register by a person acquiring shares who omits to provide the supporting evidence or statement that such a person is obliged to submit in accordance with the Articles. The registration into the Shareholders’ Register based on untrue, false or misleading statements may be deleted by a reasoned resolution of the Board of Directors. Only shareholders registered in the Company’s register may exercise shareholder rights vis-a-vis the Company. If the ownership of the shareholder ceased to exist with the transfer of shares the custodian shall notify the registrar on this fact within two working days upon such event. The registrar, based on the notification, shall promptly incorporate such changes in the Shareholders’ Register.

 

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Board of Directors

 

Pursuant to our amended Articles of Association, the Board of Directors consists of a minimum of six and a maximum of eleven members elected at the Annual General Meeting of the shareholders for a term of three years.

 

On December 31, 2009, members of the Board of Directors, their principal occupations and the years of their original election were as follows:

 

Name

 

Principal Occupation

 

Member
since

 

 

 

 

 

Christopher Mattheisen

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

2006

Dr. István Földesi

 

International business consultant

 

2003

Dr. Mihály Gálik

 

Professor and Head of the Media, Marketing communication and Telecommunications Department at the Faculty of Business Administration of the Corvinus University of Budapest

 

2006

Wolfgang Hetlinger

 

T-Systems Austria GesmbH, International Operations & Services, Central Eastern Europe Ing.

 

2009

Guido Kerkhoff

 

Member of the Board of Management of Deutsche Telekom AG to manage the subsidiaries in South Eastern Europe

 

2009

Thilo Kusch

 

Chief Financial Officer of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

2006

Mechthilde Maier

 

Senior Vice President Corporate Diversity Management at Deutsche Telekom

 

2009

Frank Odzuck

 

Chief Executive Officer of Zwack Unicum Plc.

 

2006

Dr. Ralph Rentschler

 

Member of the Board of Management, Financial Director SEE

 

2003

Dr. Steffen Roehn

 

Member of the Deutsche Telekom Group’s CIO Board and responsible for the IT of the integrated German mass market approach of Deutsche Telekom

 

2009

 

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Management Committee

 

Pursuant to our amended Articles of Association and the amended Rules of Procedure of the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors established a Management Committee in 2000, which is empowered to carry out the day-to-day operations in accordance with the annual business plan.

 

On December 31, 2009, the members of the Management Committee were as follows:

 

Name

 

Current position

 

Member
since

 

 

 

 

 

Christopher Mattheisen

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

2006

Thilo Kusch

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

2006

István Maradi

 

Chief Technology and IT Officer

 

2007

István Papp

 

Chief Operating Officer, Business Services BU

 

2007

Róbert Pataki

 

Chief Operating Officer, Strategic and Corporate Development BU

 

2009

Éva Somorjai

 

Chief Human Resources Officer

 

2007

János Winkler

 

Chief Operating Officer, Consumer Services BU

 

2006

 

Supervisory Board

 

Pursuant to the Articles of Association, the Supervisory Board consists of a minimum of three and a maximum of fifteen members elected by the shareholders for a term of three years. The Worker’s Council nominates one third of the Supervisory Board members. Meetings of the Supervisory Board have a quorum if two-thirds of the elected members are present.

 

On December 31, 2009, the members of the Supervisory Board, their principal occupation and the years of their original election were as follows:

 

Name

 

Principal Occupation

 

Member
since

 

 

 

 

 

Attila Csizmadia

 

Ministry of Finance, Chief Counsellor

 

2003

Dr. János Illéssy

 

Managing Director, Lebona Kft.

 

2006

Dr. Sándor Kerekes

 

Director of Institute of Environmental Sciences, Corvinus University Budapest

 

2006

István Koszorú

 

Chairman of Magyar Telekom’s Central Workers’ Council

 

2007

Konrad Kreuzer

 

Chairman of the Board of Directors of E.ON Hungary Zrt.

 

2006

Martin Meffert

 

Country manager for Hungary, Head office of T-Home, Deutsche Telekom AG

 

2009

Dr. László Pap

 

Budapest University of Technology, Professor

 

1997

Zsoltné Varga

 

Business Process Manager of the Customer Care Directorate at Magyar Telekom

 

2008

György Varju

 

Chairman of the Workers’ Council at Residential Services, member of the Central Workers’ Council

 

2005

 

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Compensation of Directors, Officers and Employees

 

For the year ended December 31, 2009, the aggregate compensation of the members of the Board of Directors in their capacity as Board members was HUF 13 million.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2009, the aggregate compensation of the members of the Supervisory Board in their capacity as Supervisory Board members was HUF 42 million.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2009, the aggregate compensation of the members of the Management Committee (“MC”) was HUF 1,043 million.

 

Currently two of the MC members have an employment contract for a fixed duration. Pursuant to Hungarian legislation, if an employment contract is terminated before the end of its term, the average compensation received by the employee prior to such termination is payable for the remaining period up to 12 months. In case an employment contract for an undetermined duration is terminated, the notice period is normally six months, and severance is between 10 and 16 months.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. has entered into a collective bargaining agreement with the Hungarian telecommunications trade unions (Távközlési Szakszervezet, “TÁVSZAK” and Magyar Távközlési Ágazati Szakszervezet, “MATÁSZ”). The agreement, which can be terminated by either party with three months’ notice, applies to all Magyar Telekom Plc. employees except the Chief Executive Officer, regardless of their union membership status. Wage terms in the agreement must be renegotiated annually. Under the agreement, employees are generally entitled to prior notice before termination. Furthermore, employees are entitled to a specific amount of severance pay, which depends on the tenure of the employee. Employees are also entitled to welfare benefits.

 

Corporate governance report

 

In 2004, the Budapest Stock Exchange issued its Corporate Governance Recommendations (the “Recommendations”) containing suggestions related to the corporate governance practice of companies listed in the Budapest Stock Exchange, taking account of the most commonly used international principles, of experiences gathered in Hungary, and of the characteristics of the Hungarian market. The Recommendations were updated in 2007 and 2008.

 

In line with the current regulations, the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom approved the Corporate Governance Report of the Company and submitted it to the Annual General Meeting. The report — along with other corporate governance related documents - is posted on the Corporate Governance section of our website: http://www.telekom.hu/investor_relations/corporate_governance/corporate_governance_documents

 

The Corporate Governance Declaration on Compliance with the Corporate Governance Recommendations included in the report.

 

Points 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the above report include the description and operation of the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board, the relevant committees and executive management. Point 6 of the report includes a description of our internal controls and risk management procedures, while point 8 of the report includes our disclosure policies and insider trading guidelines.

 

Pursuant to Section 6.2. (g) of our Articles of Association, the members of the Board of Directors the Supervisory Board and the Audit Committee are elected at the Annual General Meeting of the shareholders for a term of three years.

 

The General Meeting of the shareholders has the sole right to approve and amend the Articles of Association (section 6.2. (a)) unless otherwise provided by law.

 

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The detailed rules on the competencies and operation of the Board of Directors are detailed in 7.4. of our Articles of Association and in the Rules of Procedure of the Board of Directors, which are also posted on the Corporate Governance section of our website. The rules of competence regarding the capital increase and purchase of treasury shares are detailed in 7.4.1 (l) and (m) of our Articles of Association.

 

Human policy

 

In alignment with Magyar Telekom’s strategy for 2008-2010 the HR area has also updated its strategic objectives.

 

The strategy published in the spirit of “Let us shape future together” contains the following objectives for 2008-2010, in line with DT’s HR strategic focuses:

 

·                  Implementing the HR concept, the HR area contributes significantly to the achievement of the Group level financial targets, through the optimization of personnel expenditure.

 

·                  We shall bring about a performance based company culture, for which we shall improve our performance management system.

 

·                  In jobs of a key importance for the management and the company we intend to ensure succession primarily from internal sources, which is supported by the career management system.

 

·                  We shall place management development on a new foundation with its focus being the training content and structure in the service of business effectiveness.

 

·                  We intend to turn Magyar Telekom into a more attractive place of work, for which we have restructured our trainee program.

 

·                  We use an updated measurement system to measure HR’s contribution to company targets.

 

Out of the nine core elements of SA8000 (Social Accountability) standard, our human resources strategy highlights the one dealing with the absence of discrimination. As far as other core elements are concerned, our company’s practice is adapted to Hungarian legislative norms (among others the Constitution of the Hungarian Republic, provisions set out in the Labour Code, as well as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights). The principles of justice and equal opportunities are set out in the basic standards articulated in our Code of Ethics published in 1997, which complies with the S-OX (Sarbanes-Oxley) act. Alternative forms of employment like telework, part-time work, flex-work, employment of disabled persons provide possibilities for the practical implementation of equal opportunities.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. continuously cooperates with trade unions and the Workers Council to represent employees’ interests: wage and compensation elements are reviewed once a year and their upward correction is set out in a contract along with headcount efficiency measures.

 

The Group’s wage tariff system regulated by way of the Collective Agreement complies with Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which says: „Everybody is entitled to equal wage for equal work without any kind of discrimination.”

 

Magyar Telekom’s welfare and social benefits constitute an exceedingly wide-ranging pool. A part of them is granted to every employee, while others are available on certain conditions or are of an insurance nature, the basis of which is the employees’ collective contribution. The way social benefits and discretionary benefits are granted is set out in the Collective Agreement and related regulations.

 

Both in its selection processes and during the career of its employees at the company, Magyar Telekom is committed to ensure for its employees equal opportunities independently from age, gender, ethnicity, religious or

 

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political conviction, and sexual orientation. In hiring labour a special attention is paid to granting possibilities to its own employees in the first place, through either horizontal or vertical advancement: this is the FreeJob system (a data base of vacant positions accessible only to Magyar Telekom Plc. employees) accompanied by a regulation for 30 days being reserved for an exclusively internal search. The company operates an Induction Program to effectively help the accommodation of colleagues selected for the position.

 

Both management succession and development of professionals are key aims in the area of advancement and talent management, for which Magyar Telekom operates several, target-specific talent management programs.

 

Magyar Telekom pays special attention to the high level of the employees’ occupational safety and provides them the conditions of safe work and a working environment, which does not harm health.

 

Magyar Telekom puts a major emphasis on taking care of departing employees: several solutions have been developed to provide for benevolent outplacement and to reduce the number of one-sided terminations. Using the wealth of alternative forms of employment is accompanied by an outplacement system called Chance program to help departing employees find a new employment. The program provides training and helps departing employees’ reintegration in the labour market.

 

Research and development

 

Research and development (“R&D”) activities within Magyar Telekom are coordinated by the R&D Committee (the “Committee”), which has the possibility and the exclusive right to coordinate every innovation research originated from business units. Each business unit is represented by relevant decision-makers in the Committee. Furthermore, this Committee ensures that all R&D activities are performed in accordance with the strategic goals of Magyar Telekom and avoid overlapping of scopes. The Committee convenes regularly in order to discuss and decide about the approval of individual R&D proposals, initiated and executed within a project framework by the respective Business Units. During 2009, the Committee reviewed 98 proposals, out of which 65 have been approved, accounting for a total investment of HUF 721 million.

 

We are a founder member of the Mobility & Multimedia Cluster, a group of Hungarian companies, many of them being local subsidiaries of well-known multinational companies and universities. The aim of the cluster is to integrate the fragmented R&D capabilities of Hungarian companies into a more synergistic structure ultimately aiming at enhancing the global competitiveness of the Hungarian economy.

 

Real estate

 

We have one of the largest real estate holdings in Hungary. We use substantially all of these properties for telecommunications installations, offices, warehouses, garages and shops. Our equipment and machinery primarily consist of switches, communication towers and other telecommunications equipment.

 

The number of sites used by Magyar Telekom Plc. is approximately 2,500, out of which approximately 21 percent are owned by the Company, 40 percent jointly owned and 39 percent leased. These figures include the sites used for telecommunications towers and antennas, but do not include the number of base stations. We have approximately 3,000 base stations, of which five percent is owned by Magyar Telekom Plc. and 95 percent is leased from other telecommunications operators or other third parties.

 

The total area of properties used by Magyar Telekom Plc. as of December 31, 2009 was approximately 634,000 m2. The majority of sites used in our operations are smaller than 100 m2. The largest site is our headquarters building located at Krisztina krt. 55 in Budapest, with floor space of over 30,000 m2.

 

In order to increase the utilization of real estates and increase efficiency, we sell or rent our surplus properties.

 

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Environment protection

 

The Management Committee of Magyar Telekom adopted the Sustainability Strategy of the Company in January 2005 to strengthen our commitment to sustainable development.

 

As a part of our commitment to sustainability, we developed a sustainability section for Magyar Telekom’s website (http://www.telekom.hu/society_and_environment/sustainability_reports). This section includes our reports and news relating to sustainability and discusses our philosophy and approach to sustainability.

 

Financial risk management

 

Magyar Telekom is primarily exposed to credit risks related to its financial assets. In addition, the Group is also exposed to risks from movements in exchange rates, interest rates that affect the fair value and/or the cashflows arising from financial assets and liabilities.

 

Financial risk management aims to limit these risks through ongoing operational and finance activities. Selected derivative and non-derivative hedging instruments are used for this purpose, depending on the risk assessment. Magyar Telekom only hedges the risks that affect the Group’s cash flow, no hedges are concluded to hedge fair values. Derivatives are exclusively used as hedging instruments, i.e., not for trading or other speculative purposes. To reduce the counterparty risk, hedging transactions are generally only concluded with Deutsche Telekom or leading Hungarian financial institutions.

 

The detailed descriptions of risks, the management thereof is provided below.

 

1. Market risk

 

Market risk is the risk that the fair value or future cashflows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market prices. Market risk comprises three types of risk: currency risk, interest rate risk and other price risk.

 

The fundamentals of Magyar Telekom’s financing strategy are established each year by the Board of Directors. The Group’s policy is to borrow centrally using a balanced combination of medium term and short term loans, and fixed and floating interest rates on those loans. The Board of Directors has approved two debt protection ratio limits, and monitors their fulfillment annually. At the end of 2008 and 2009 Magyar Telekom fulfilled both criteria. The Group’s Treasury department is responsible for implementing the finance policy and for ongoing risk management. The details of foreign exchange, liquidity and counterparty risk management guidelines are determined and monitored by the Group Treasurer continuously.

 

Magyar Telekom is exposed to interest and foreign exchange rate risk associated with its interest bearing assets and liabilities and anticipated transactions. As the vast majority of the revenues and expenses of the Hungarian entities arise in HUF, the functional currency of Magyar Telekom is HUF. Consequently, Magyar Telekom’s objective is to minimize the level of its financial risk in HUF terms.

 

(a) Foreign currency risk

 

Due to the free-float of the HUF introduced in 2008, the Group is exposed to FX risk in case of FX denominated financial instruments of the Hungarian entities to a higher degree than before. In order to mitigate this risk, Magyar Telekom minimized its foreign currency borrowings in the past years, or covered it with derivative instruments to completely eliminate FX risk.

 

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The FX exposure of Magyar Telekom is mostly related to

 

(i)                                     FX risks arising on loans from DTIF and related swaps with DT AG;

(ii)                                  FX risks arising on third party loans and related swaps;

(iii)                               holding foreign currency cash balances in its subsidiaries in the Southern and Eastern Europe region;

(iv)                              operating activities through revenues from, and payments to, international telecommunications carriers as well as capital expenditure contracted with vendors in foreign currency.

 

In line with currency hedging policy, the Company holds sufficient amounts of foreign currencies on its bank accounts, the amounts of which are determined considering the balance of FX denominated trade and leases payables and trade receivables in order to hedge the currency risk arising in connection with those assets and liabilities. The Group’s foreign currency denominated assets (primarily held by the Group’s foreign subsidiaries), however, exceed the Group’s foreign currency denominated liabilities (other than the above described loans), therefore changes of the functional currencies’ exchange rates would have significant impact on the profit of the Group.

 

In order to reduce the above exposure, Magyar Telekom occasionally enters into derivative contracts.

 

Due to the global financial crisis, even a more than 20 percent fluctuation of the functional currencies against the EUR is possible as extraordinary market conditions may cause extreme volatility on FX markets.

 

(b)  Interest rate risk

 

Magyar Telekom is also exposed to interest rate fluctuations. This is due to the fact that changing interest rates affect the fair value of the fixed rate instruments and also affect the cashflows through the floating rate instruments.

 

Changes in the market interest rates of non-derivative financial instruments with fixed interest rates only affect income if these are measured at their fair value. On the other hand, all financial instruments with fixed interest rates (which are carried at amortized cost) are not subject to cashflow interest rate risk.

 

(c)  Other price risk

 

As of December 31, 2009, Magyar Telekom did not hold any material investments, which could be affected by risk variables such as stock exchange prices or other indices.

 

2. Credit risk

 

Credit risk is the risk that one party to a financial instrument will cause a financial loss for the other party by failing to discharge an obligation. The vast majority of credit risks may arise in respect of Cash and cash equivalents, Bank deposits with original maturities over 3 months and Trade receivables.

 

According to the Group’s risk management policy Magyar Telekom Group companies deposit the excess cash only in banks rated at least BBB+ (or equivalent), or make efforts to get guarantees for the deposits from banks rated at least BBB+. Moreover, Magyar Telekom prefers to deposit in banks which grants loans for Magyar Telekom to make possible the compensation of debts and loans in case of the default of the bank.

 

Cash and cash equivalents and Bank deposits with maturities over 3 months held in Hungary are primarily denominated in HUF and concentrations of credit risk are limited as Magyar Telekom places its cash in Hungary with substantial credit institutions. Further, excess HUF cash is also used for repayment of the HUF denominated loans and borrowings, or is deposited at partner banks which grant loans for Magyar Telekom, therefore, the credit risk related to cash held in HUF is very limited.

 

Concentrations of credit risk relating to trade receivables are limited due to the large number of customers comprising the Group’s customer base and their dispersion across many different geographic areas and industries.

 

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3. Liquidity risk

 

Liquidity risk is the risk that an entity may encounter difficulty in meeting obligations associated with financial liabilities.

 

Prudent liquidity risk management implies maintaining sufficient Cash and cash equivalents and Bank deposits as well as available funding through adequate amount of committed credit lines. The Group Treasury’s management aims at maintaining flexibility in funding by keeping committed credit lines available. In addition to the above, DT confirmed its readiness to finance Magyar Telekom Group’s budgeted financing needs until the end of June 2011. Despite the fact that this has not been formulized in a contract, it can be considered as a “quasi shelf facility”.

 

4. Capital risk management

 

The Group’s objectives when managing capital are to safeguard the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern in order to provide returns for shareholders and benefits for other stakeholders and to maintain an optimal capital structure to reduce the cost of capital.

 

The Company’s management proposes to the owners (through the Board) of the Company to approve dividend payments or adopt other changes in the Company’s equity capital in order to optimize the capital structure of the Group. This can be effectuated primarily by adjusting the amount of dividends paid to shareholders, or alternatively, by returning capital to shareholders by capital reductions, selling or buying own shares. Consistent with others in the industry, the Group monitors capital on the basis of the gearing ratio. This ratio is calculated as Net debt divided by Equity (including Non-controlling interest) and Net debt.

 

In addition to the above, according to the Hungarian Companies Act, Magyar Telekom Plc. has to ensure that the Company’s Equity does not fall below its Common stock, i.e. the total of the reserves should not be negative. The Company is far in compliance with this regulation, and no such statutory regulation exists for consolidated equity.

 

Risk management policies

 

It is our policy that all disclosures made by us to our security holders and the investment community be accurate and complete, and fairly present our financial condition and results of operations in all material respects. Such disclosures should be made on a timely basis as required by applicable laws, rules and regulations, including by-laws of the Budapest Stock Exchange and rules adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). To achieve these objectives, we formed the Disclosure Committee and developed and have continuously enhanced our risk management policies.

 

Our risk management includes identification, assessment and evaluation of risks, development of necessary action plans, and monitoring of performance and results. For risk management to be effective, we must ensure that management make business decisions with full understanding of all relevant risks.

 

In 1999, we established a formal risk management system. This system was integrated into the risk management system of DT in 2002.

 

All risks related to material internal and external operations, financial and legal compliance and certain other risks are evaluated and managed by a well-defined internal mechanism. A risk management handbook and internal regulation on risk management were published. A risk management course was developed for employees responsible for risk management in all organizational areas. Risk items affecting our operations are reviewed quarterly throughout the Group. All of our subsidiaries, business units, divisions and entities are obliged to identify and report their operational risks on a quarterly basis. After evaluation of these risks, results are reported to our management, to the Board of Directors, to the Audit Committee, to the Disclosure Committee and to DT.

 

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Following the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the United States, we decided to enhance our risk management procedures. As this law requires prompt disclosure of all risk items influencing investors’ decisions, we complemented our quarterly risk reporting system with a continuous reporting procedure which requires all of our departments and subsidiaries to report on a real-time basis any new material fact, information or risk that comes to their knowledge. Information thus submitted is monitored by the risk management area, and the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) is notified when a new material risk or information is identified.

 

An internal regulation has been issued to define responsibilities of each employee in risk monitoring and management. In addition, an e-learning course was introduced to train our employees on requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, our enhanced reporting and corporate governance obligations and the enhanced risk reporting procedures. Completion of this course has been made compulsory for all of our employees.

 

We established the Disclosure Committee on July 31, 2003. The Disclosure Committee acts both in plenary meetings and through its members acting individually. It supports CEO and CFO in fulfilling their responsibility to oversee processes designed to ensure accuracy and timeliness of our disclosures.

 

Risk factors

 

Our financial condition or results of operations, or the trading prices of our securities, could be materially adversely affected by any of these risks. The risks described below are not the only risks we face. Additional risks not currently known to us or risks that we currently regard as immaterial also could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations or the trading prices of our securities.

 

·                  Our operations (both in Hungary and abroad) are subject to substantial government regulation, which can result in adverse consequences for our business and results of operations;

 

·                  We are subject to more intense competition due to the liberalization of the telecommunications sector;

 

·                  We may be unable to adapt to technological changes in the telecommunications market;

 

·                  The future of our current operational model is subject to currently unforeseeable changes in the future business environment;

 

·                  Developments in the technology and telecommunications sectors have resulted and may result in impairments in the carrying value of certain of our assets;

 

·                  We depend on a limited number of suppliers for equipment and maintenance services;

 

·                  Our business may be adversely affected by actual or perceived health risks associated with mobile communications technologies;

 

·                  System failures could result in reduced user traffic and revenue and could harm our reputation;

 

·                  Loss of key personnel could weaken our business;

 

·                  Our share price may be volatile, and your ability to sell our shares may be adversely affected due to the relatively illiquid market for our shares and ADSs;

 

·                  Fluctuations in the currency exchange rate could have an adverse effect on our results of operations;

 

·                  We are continuously involved in disputes and litigation with regulators, competitors and other parties. The ultimate outcome of such legal proceedings is generally uncertain. The results of those procedures may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

 

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·                  The value of our investments, results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected by economic developments in Hungary and other countries.

 

Analysis of our results

 

Revenues

 

Fixed line voice-retail revenues decreased by 15.2% in 2009 compared to 2008, mainly driven by lower domestic outgoing traffic revenues and lower subscription fee revenues.

 

Subscription fee revenues decreased due to the lower number of our fixed line subscribers mainly in Hungary, but also abroad. However, the significant weakening of HUF against MKD and EUR positively affected subscription fee revenues expressed in HUF.

 

Domestic outgoing fixed line traffic revenues decreased in 2009 compared to 2008 mainly as a consequence of lower fixed to mobile (“F2M”) revenues in Hungary due to the reversal of HUF 8.5 bn provision booked on F2M termination fees in June 2008. In addition, the continuous decline in the number of revenue producing PSTN lines and lower traffic due to strong competition and mobile substitution led to lower domestic outgoing traffic revenues. Magyar Telekom Plc. offered several price discounts to customers choosing different tariff packages. The proportion of flat-rate packages was 27.9% within the total PSTN customer base of Magyar Telekom Plc. at December 31, 2009. Domestic outgoing traffic revenues in local currencies decreased also at Makedonski Telekom and at Crnogorski Telekom primarily due to lower usage reflecting the effect of mobile substitution. These decreases were mitigated by the favorable foreign exchange rate effect.

 

International outgoing fixed line traffic also declined primarily due to lower volume of outgoing international traffic and loss of lines both at Magyar Telekom Plc. and at Makedonski Telekom.

 

Value added and other services revenues showed a decrease in 2009 as compared to the previous year mainly due to lower usage of value added services (directory assistance, audiofix, etc.) at Magyar Telekom Plc. and at Makedonski Telekom.

 

Internet revenues of the fixed line operations decreased to HUF 55.1 bn in 2009 compared to HUF 59.8 bn in 2008. In Hungary, the number of DSL connections remained broadly stable and reached 629,186 at December 31, 2009, while Cablenet customer base increased by 19.7% to 152,878 by the end of December 2009 compared to a year earlier. Magyar Telekom Plc. accounted for an estimated 58% retail DSL market share and an approximately 19% cable broadband market share at December 31, 2009. The broadband volume increase could not fully compensate the effect of lower prices forced by fierce competition. Since the rebranding in September 2008, the number of T-Home double- and triple-play packages has been increasing resulting in further decrease in tariffs. In Hungary, lower advertisement revenues affected by economic crisis also contributed to the decrease in Internet revenues. These decreases were slightly compensated by a strong increase in the number of DSL connections at our foreign subsidiaries.

 

Data revenues amounted to HUF 30.8 bn in 2009 compared to HUF 28.8 bn in 2008. Higher revenues at Crnogorski Telekom resulted mainly from higher number of leased line customers and increased Global Internet Access (“GIA”) wholesale broadband revenues. This increase was largely intensified by the significant weakening of HUF against EUR. The increase in Makedonski Telekom’s broadband data revenues was primarily attributable to the favorable foreign exchange translation effect and, to a lesser extent, to higher number of domestic leased line customers and new contracts for digital leased lines. These retail volume increases were partly offset by the decline in the number of wholesale broadband leased lines with VIP (the third largest operator in the Macedonian mobile market).

 

TV revenues amounted to HUF 23.8 bn in 2009 as compared to HUF 18.8 bn in 2008. The increase is mainly due to the introduction of satellite TV service in Hungary in November 2008. The number of satellite TV customers has been dynamically increasing and reached 156,142 at December 31, 2009. The growth in IPTV revenues driven by enlarging IPTV subscriber base both in Hungary and at our foreign subsidiaries also

 

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contributed to the increase in TV revenues. These increases were partly offset by lower Cable TV revenues driven by decreased average revenue per user (“ARPU”) and lower subscriber base in Hungary.

 

Revenues from fixed line equipment decreased by 32.8% for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to 2008. The decline in equipment revenues relates primarily to lower revenues at Combridge in connection with sale of network in April 2008. Lower telecommunications equipment rental revenue at CBU reflects the strong decrease in the number of rented telephone sets. At Makedonski Telekom, the decrease was due to the combined effect of lower sales volume of computers, ADSL modems and higher sales volume of TV sets. ADSL modem wholesale decreased also at Headquarters. These decreases were partially compensated by higher equipment sale revenue at CBU in line with higher sales volume of personal computers (LaptopNet campaigns) in 2009.

 

Other fixed line revenues decreased by 19.8% in 2009 compared to the previous year. Other revenues include construction, maintenance, rental and miscellaneous revenues. The decrease partly resulted from lower other revenues at EPT due to decreased number of contact centre contracts in the financial sector. Lower revenues related to telephone book publishing at Magyar Telekom Plc. and the decline in other fixed line revenues of Combridge also contributed to the decrease.

 

Revenues from mobile telecommunications services amounted to HUF 326.0 bn for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to HUF 331.8 bn in 2008 (a 1.7% decrease). The small decrease in mobile revenues resulted mainly from significantly lower voice revenues at the mobile operations of Magyar Telekom Plc. (T-Mobile Hungary, “TMH”), mostly offset by higher non-voice revenues at TMH as well as higher voice revenues at T-Mobile Macedonia (“T-Mobile MK”) strongly affected by favorable movement of average HUF/MKD rate.

 

Within mobile telecommunications services, voice revenues represent the largest portion of revenues. It amounted to HUF 239.2 bn in 2009 as compared to HUF 249.2 bn in 2008. At TMH, the positive effect of higher average customer base could not fully compensate the decline in outgoing per minute fees forced by strong competition. The significant decrease in voice-wholesale revenues reflects decreased termination fees (15% decrease from January 1, 2009) and lower incoming MOU, while declining roaming revenues show primarily the decrease in roaming usage, and, to a lesser extent, the impact of EU roaming regulation. Besides favorable foreign exchange movements, the increase at T-Mobile MK was mainly due to higher voice-retail revenues resulting from higher average customer base and higher MOU, partly offset by decrease in average per minute fees and lower subscription fees.

 

TMH’s blended average usage per customer per month measured in MOU slightly increased to 155 minutes in 2009. TMH’s monthly ARPU decreased by 7.9% from HUF 4,087 in 2008 to HUF 3,764 in 2009, mainly as a result of lower average per minute fees forced by strong competition as well as lower termination and roaming rates.

 

Mobile penetration reached 117.7% in Hungary and TMH accounts for 43.4% market share in the highly competitive mobile market at December 31, 2009 based on the total number of SIM cards. TMH’s customer base decreased by 4.5% year over year. The proportion of postpaid customers increased to 45.0% at December 31, 2009 from 38.5% a year earlier.

 

Higher non-voice revenues were primarily due to TMH’s increased access revenues boosted by mobile Internet but higher content revenues also contributed to the increase. These increases were partly offset by lower messaging and visitor non-voice revenues. Non-voice revenues already represent 19.4% of total ARPU in 2009. By the end of December 2009, TMH had 428,545 mobile broadband customers and accounted for a 45.9% market share in the mobile broadband market. At T-Mobile MK, the increase resulted from expanding mobile Internet and content services, somewhat compensated by lower number of SMSs.

 

Mobile equipment and activation revenues showed a slight increase in 2009 compared to the previous year mainly due to the increase at T-Mobile MK driven by higher number of handsets sold in retention despite lower equipment sales ratio and lower average price of handsets. Declining equipment revenues at TMH mostly offset this increase due to decreased number of handsets sold affected by both the economic crisis and high mobile

 

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penetration in Hungary. Average sales price per handset increased due to high-end offers (iPhone and multimedia packages), but it did not fully compensate the loss on transaction number.

 

System Integration (“SI”) and IT revenues increased by 6.1% from HUF 41.4 bn in 2008 to HUF 43.9 bn in 2009 as a result of higher outsourcing revenues at BBU and also driven by increased application revenues, partly offset by lower infrastructure and prime contracting revenues.

 

Operating Expenses

 

Voice-, data- and Internet-related payments decreased to HUF 71.6 bn in 2009 compared to HUF 79.1 bn in 2008 predominantly resulting from lower voice-related payments to domestic mobile operators in Hungary driven by lower mobile termination fees applied from January 1, 2009. The payments to domestic mobile operators decreased also at Makedonski Telekom due to lower interconnection fees and decreased traffic.

 

The material cost of telecommunications equipment in 2009 amounted to HUF 44.0 bn compared to HUF 45.1 bn in 2008. The small decrease is mainly due to declining cost at Pro-M in line with lower TETRA-related revenues in 2009. Lower number of handsets sold in the mobile prepaid segment at CBU, cost of sale of network at Combridge in 2008 and lower number of ADSL modems sold on wholesale basis also contributed to the decrease. These decreases were largely counterbalanced by higher cost of equipment at T-Mobile MK resulting from higher number of handsets sold in retention campaigns.

 

Payments to agents and other subcontractors increased by 3.6% in 2009 compared to 2008. The increase mainly refers higher SI/IT-related payments at IQSYS in line with higher outsourcing revenues as well as increased application revenues. Higher content and TV-related payments due to broadcast and royalty fee paid by CBU in connection with satellite TV and IPTV services also increased payments to agents and other subcontractors in 2009.

 

Employee-related expenses in 2009 amounted to HUF 101.9 bn compared to HUF 100.3 bn in 2008 (an increase of 1.6%). The increase in employee-related expenses was predominantly attributable to higher severance expenses at Magyar Telekom Plc. in 2009. Higher average employee number (due to the insourcing of rented workforce) and a 5.6% average wage increase from April 1, 2009 also contributed to the increase. These increases were largely mitigated by decreased severance expenses at Makedonski Telekom and at Crnogorski Telekom, where significant amount of expense was recorded in 2008. The group headcount number increased from 10,439 on December 31, 2008 to 10,828 on December 31, 2009.

 

Depreciation and amortization decreased by 4.0% to HUF 101.9 bn in 2009 from HUF 106.1 bn in 2008. Lower amount of depreciation is mainly driven by the decrease at Magyar Telekom Plc. due to change in the useful life of a number of assets during 2008 and 2009.

 

Other net operating expenses decreased year over year and amounted to HUF 132.4 bn in 2009. Other operating expenses - net include HUF 37.2 bn materials and maintenance expenses, HUF 34.4 bn service fees, HUF 16.2 bn marketing expenses, HUF 14.7 bn fees and levies, HUF 11.2 bn consultancy and HUF 18.7 bn other expenses in 2009. Lower other net operating expenses reflect mainly the significant decrease in marketing expenses at CBU due to less intensive advertising activity in 2009 (cost cutting) and the expenses related to T-Home brand campaign last year. In the third quarter of 2009, Crnogorski Telekom reversed approximately HUF 1 bn provision made in 2007 for litigation in connection with the voluntary leave program. The considerable gain realized on the IKO-Telekom Media Holding — M-RTL transaction also contributed to the decrease in 2009. These decreases were partly compensated by lower other operating income in 2009 at Makedonski Telekom due to the sale of its fully owned subsidiary, Montmak in February 2008. Higher consultancy fees accounted in relation to the ongoing investigation at Headquarters further offset the decrease in 2009.

 

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Outlook

 

The telecommunications industry is undergoing a major change globally. We have observed several long-term trends which are changing the structure of the Hungarian telecommunications market. Key drivers of the long-term trends include changes in technology (i.e., IP-based broadband products and solutions, emerging wireless broadband technologies), customer requirements (i.e., increase in mobile usability of content services and terminal devices, 4Play solutions, growing need for customized content), competition and regulation (i.e., low entry barriers, new business models, telecommunications and media broadcast industry convergence).

 

To adapt to these changes in the market, we have redefined the focus areas of our corporate strategies to better exploit our position as an integrated telecommunications operator with a full range of services, as well as to ensure our long-term competitiveness. Our strategies are designed to enable us to exploit and develop our extended customer base, significantly improve efficiency and capture growth opportunities.

 

Magyar Telekom’s current plans and outlook are based on our best knowledge and expected circumstances. Nevertheless the behavior of our competitors can hardly be predicted completely. Therefore a stronger than assumed impact of alternative operators, new market entrants and new solutions in any country where we are present could result in a negative impact on our business performance.

 

We should emphasize that each of our business segments is affected by its unique business environment, and we are subject to circumstances and events that are yet unforeseen or beyond our control. The peak of global economic crisis is calmed down, but the recovery is slow continuing and painful, particularly in Hungary. After the seven percent GDP decline in 2009, the analyst consent and government forecasts do not show growth for 2010. The unemployment rate remains very high, above 10 percent.

 

In order to secure the balance of the budget, the government implemented several measures and planning to decrease the deficit to 3.8 percent to the GDP in 2010. The most negative measure to our business was the five percentage point increase of VAT, effective from July 2009. The business market was also hit by the heavy spending cuts in every governmental sector. Despite the restrictive government measures and negative business environment, we expect that our core business units will be able to continue to generate strong cash flows.

 

Revenues

 

The following reflects our current expectations with respect to our plans and initiatives:

 

In fixed line operations, we expect continued decline in fixed line voice revenues due to continued line reduction and fixed line unit price erosion driven by mobile substitution and the increased competition in the fixed line market, including competition from VoIP or VoCATV providers. The weakening demand as a result of restrictive government measures (especially the VAT increase) is expected to drive up the churn, because more customer currently holding both fixed and mobile subscription tending to give up their fixed lines entirely. As indicated in our strategy, to mitigate the decrease in fixed line voice revenues we are now moving from pure voice offers to integrated 2Play and 3Play packages, which will allow us to substitute declining traffic revenues with content, entertainment and bundled access revenues. Fixed line interconnection tariffs are expected to be reduced gradually further in 2010 and in the years after, having additional negative impact on our fixed line revenue streams.

 

As the leading broadband provider in Hungary, we are committed to accelerating growth in country-wide broadband penetration by applying a multi-access cost-efficient approach.

 

We aim to move further towards content and media businesses to support traditional access services, build new revenue streams and exploit new revenue sources. We are combining our product portfolio in order to

 

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provide all services for every customer demand on every platform (three-screen approach), where all customer screens (computer, mobile, TV) are provided by Magyar Telekom.

 

In the mobile operations in Hungary, market penetration is now saturated, and we expect flat development in the following year. We expect further growth in mobile broadband and the future growth potential of value-added and data services, which is supported by the continuing roll-out of UMTS and HSDPA services.

 

In December 2008, the NCA enforced the regulation for mobile termination fee decrease within the networks of all three Hungarian mobile operators in three steps, starting from January 2009 until December 2010, by approximately 40 percent compared to current rates.

 

To maintain sustainable competitiveness in the corporate sector, we have committed to further developing our IT competencies by focusing on complex service offerings through managed services, system integration and outsourcing through consultant services to corporate customers. Expanding our business operation to these new areas with lower profitability has a dilutive effect on the company’s profitability both on fixed line segment and Magyar Telekom Group level.

 

In Macedonia, competition has been increasing  both in the fixed line and mobile segment. Main competitors in the fixed line segment, Telekom Slovenia and two major CaTV operators (Telekabel and CableTel), are targeting the retail voice market with 3play offers, aggressive pricing and marketing communication. Our fast growth in fixed broadband, the roll-out of new platforms (FTTx) and combined fixed-mobile products can only partially off-set the decline in fixed voice revenues.

 

In Macedonia, we expect more intensive regulatory measures in the future.  Beside currently existing obligations (RIO, RUO, Naked DSL, Number Portability, Cost based pricing, Accounting separation, access to specific network elements, Wholesale Line Rental, WS Digital Leased Line, Minimal set of leased lines, Bitstream Access), new regulations will take into effect (asymmetric termination, control of retail prices). Further decline in wholesale fees (IC, leased lines, WLR, etc) are expected.

 

In the mobile segment the competition is also very strong with three players on the market. Mobile voice revenues are expected to be also under pressure. Fast growth of mobile broadband is expected on the new 3G technology. The government is still trying to increase further competition, although the tender for a third 3G license in 2009 failed due to lack of interest.

 

In Crnogorski Telekom, we are also expecting difficulties due to competition and regulation in the near future. The fixed wholesale revenues face the hardest hit by regulatory actions (reducing international termination rates to national level), while mobile revenues are also expected to decline due to gradual termination fee cuts. Growth in fixed and mobile broadband cannot entirely compensate the losses in the voice market. The competitors are also putting pressure on prices with 2Play and 3Play offers.

 

In the Montenegrin market, the new cost-based wholesale pricing model will be introduced from 2010. As a result, fixed, mobile and international termination fees are expected to decline.

 

Expenses

 

We are entirely committed to improve internal operational efficiency in all business segments. To accomplish our goals despite the intensifying competitive environment, the decreasing revenue potential should be compensated with strict cost control. In 2009, a new group-wide efficiency project was launched: save for service (“S4S”). This multi-year project yielded substantial savings already in 2009, and will be continued in the coming years.

 

We also would like to exploit the synergies coming from the integrated fixed and mobile operation. In 2010, we are planning synergy projects in several areas with the main goal for further unify the activities and increase efficiency.

 

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We have reached an agreement with trade unions on the wage development, headcount reduction and decrease in additional employee allowances at the parent company for 2010. The key elements of the agreement are the following: reduction of headcount by 400 in addition to executive termination and retiring, no wage increase but 1.5 percent bonus budget set (significantly below inflation), gradual reduction of surplus severance payments in the Collective Agreement. These measures will reduce our TWM (Total Workforce Management) related costs.

 

In line with world market developments and the liberalization of the Hungarian energy market, we have experienced rapid growth in energy prices, above the inflation level. We expect energy prices to remain high in 2010, impacting us negatively.

 

Total investments in tangible and intangible assets

 

Comparing to 2009, the key priorities of the CAPEX spending are not changed for 2010. Investments in new products and platforms (DVB-S, FTTx) remain our key strategic goals although the overall investment level is decreasing. We will also continue the roll-out of the UMTS and HSDPA infrastructure with building new base stations but the total investment will decrease in that area.

 

We will increase investments in the IT area to reach our goals to become ICT Leader in Hungary, while expansion into new segments will also demand additional investments.

 

Striving for further improvement in the customer orientation, the strategic priority for 2010 and beyond is the successful implementation of new CRM system. We are targeting the complete overhaul of the current customer management of the Company. The goals of the project include not just the replacement of the outdated billing systems but to bring a new approach to the entire customer management process with integrating fixed and mobile portfolios.

 

According to our strategic directions we are committed to further strengthening and leveraging our presence in the South-East European region. Therefore, we are continuously seeking for further value-creating acquisition and investment targets.

 

Subsequent events between the end of the year and the release of the report

 

On February 2, 2010 Magyar Telekom announced that it had closed the sale transaction of its fully owned subsidiary, Orbitel on January 28, 2010. Magyar Telekom signed a contract with Spectrum Net AD in November 2009 on the sale of Orbitel and the financial closing of the transaction took place upon obtaining the necessary approvals of the Bulgarian authorities.

 

Budapest, March 10, 2010.

 

 

 

 

Christopher Mattheisen

Thilo Kusch

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Chief Financial Officer

 

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Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

 

Submission

to the General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

Subject:

Report of the Supervisory Board

 

Budapest, April 7, 2010

 



 

Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

Supervisory Board

 

Report of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc.

for the General Meeting of the Company

 

In Y2009, the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc. (the “Company”) has performed its work in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Company and the Rules of Procedure of the Supervisory Board, based on its accepted Working Schedule. In Y2009, the Supervisory Board held meetings on 6 occasions, and furthermore, it made resolutions without holding a meeting, via written (fax) voting on 4 occasions.

 

The Supervisory Board kept in regular contact with the Chairman-Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Legal Counsel and the Head of Internal Audit of the Company.

 

The Supervisory Board regularly discussed the decisions made by the Board of Directors and the Management Committee, the executive financial reports and the reports on the group acquisition activities.

 

The Supervisory Board approved the Y2009 Workplan of the independent internal audit organization, requested and received regular information on the findings of each of the audits, the measures and the status of the implementation of these measures. The questions further occurring in relation to the particular audits were regularly answered by the Head of Internal Audit at the Supervisory Board meetings.

 

Internal Audit supported the SOX compliance, audited the documentation and procedures of financial reporting, transfer prices, project management. Internal Audit identified measures to increase the efficiency of receivable management, sales channels, product development processes, to strengthen the operation of the post merger integration processes, to increase the IT system security, to improve the effectiveness of the marketing communication in the integrated organization.

 

Internal Audit supported the work of Group Compliance Committee in the whistleblower cases with special ad-hoc investigations.

 

The Supervisory Board regularly reviewed the reports of the Audit Committee on its activities supporting the work of the Supervisory Board with respect to the proper supervision of the financial reporting system.

 

With respect to the request submitted to the Supervisory Board during Y2009 with regard to the operation of the Company, the Supervisory Board conducted the necessary investigation and delivered the appropriate information to the person making the request.

 

In case of shareholders’ notifications submitted to the Supervisory Board, the Supervisory Board also delivered the appropriate information to the persons making the notifications.

 

The Supervisory Board examined every important report on the business policy and every submission that is made on matters falling into the exclusive competence of and is on the agenda of the General Meeting.

 



 

According to the point of view of the Supervisory Board, Magyar Telekom Group maintained its favorable market position even in the intense competitive environment, despite the fact that economic environment had an adverse impact on revenues.

 

The Supervisory Board has not discovered anything to disapprove in the Company’s activities in Y2009, with regard to the Company’s compliance with statutory operation.

 

The Supervisory Board, with the involvement of the Audit Committee and the independent external auditor, discussed the 2009 consolidated annual financial statements prescribed by the Accounting Act according to the requirements of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as endorsed by the EU, to be submitted to the General Meeting by the Board of Directors, and the proposal of the Board of Directors for their acceptance.

 

In the opinion of the Supervisory Board, the above mentioned financial statements are in compliance with the prescriptions of the law, the Supervisory Board agrees with their content. The Supervisory Board proposes to the General Meeting for approval the 2009 consolidated annual financial statements of Magyar Telekom Group prepared according to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as endorsed by the EU with Balance Sheet Total Assets and Profit for the year in accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee.

 

The Supervisory Board, with the involvement of the Audit Committee and the independent external auditor, discussed the 2009 annual stand alone financial statements prepared in accordance with requirements of the Accounting Act (HAR) to be submitted to the General Meeting by the Board of Directors, and the proposal of the Board of Directors for their acceptance.

 

In the opinion of the Supervisory Board, the above mentioned financial statements are in compliance with the prescriptions of the law, the Supervisory Board agrees with their content. The Supervisory Board proposes to the General Meeting for approval the 2009 annual stand alone financial statements of the Company prepared according to the Hungarian Accounting Regulations (HAR) with Balance Sheet Total Assets and After-tax Net Income in accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee.

 

The Supervisory Board, with the involvement of the Audit Committee, discussed the proposal of the Board of Directors, according to which the Company shall pay a dividend of HUF 74 per ordinary share (with a face value of HUF 100) to the shareholders from the profit of 2009.

 

The Supervisory Board pre-approves the proposal of the Board of Directors with respect to dividend payment and proposes the proposal to the General Meeting for approval.

 

The Supervisory Board discussed the Corporate Governance Report of the Company and, with its pre-approval, proposes it to the General Meeting for approval.

 

Budapest, March 12, 2010

 

In representation of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc.:

 

 

Dr. László Pap

Chairman of the Supervisory Board

 



 

 

Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

 

Submission

to the General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

Subject:

Report of the Audit Committee

 

Budapest, April 7, 2010

 



 

Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

Audit Committee

 

Report of the Audit Committee of Magyar Telekom Plc.

for the General Meeting of the Company

on its 2009 activities in relation to the approval of

the 2009 consolidated annual financial statements of the Company prescribed by the

Accounting Act according to the requirements of the International Financial Reporting

Standards (IFRS),

of the 2009 annual stand alone financial statements of the Company prepared in accordance

with requirements of the Accounting Act (HAR),

and the use of the profit after tax earned in 2009

 

In Y2009, the Audit Committee of Magyar Telekom Plc. (the “Company”) has performed its work in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Company and the Rules of Procedure of the Audit Committee, based on its accepted Working Schedule, and in case of the occurrence of an extraordinary case, with a focus on its discussion without delay and on the interest of making the appropriate decision. In Y2009, the Audit Committee held meetings on 9 occasions, and furthermore, it made resolutions without holding a meeting, via written (fax) voting on 21 occasions.

 

The Audit Committee kept in continuous contact with the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, the Head of Internal Audit, the Group Compliance Director and the Chief Legal Counsel of the Company, and the independent external auditor.

 

The Company, by the direction of the Audit Committee, has conducted an independent internal investigation with the involvement of an independent outside counsel, regarding certain contracts and conduct involving the Company and certain of its affiliates (the “Independent Investigation”). The Audit Committee, in relation to the Independent Investigation, has supervised the work of the independent outside counsel involved in the Independent Investigation.

 

The Audit Committee regularly discussed the issues with respect to the Independent Investigation, and the appropriateness of the remedial actions taken in response to the deficiencies revealed during the Independent Investigation.

 

On December 2, 2009 the Audit Committee delivered the report titled “Report of Investigation to the Audit Committee of Magyar Telekom Plc.”, dated November 30, 2009 (the “Final Report”) to the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

The Audit Committee considered that with the preparation of the Final Report based on currently available facts, the independent outside counsel has completed those aspects of its mandate related to conducting an Independent Investigation and to reporting the factual results of that Independent Investigation to the Audit Committee.

 

After the presentation to the Audit Committee of the remedial actions proposed in light of the Final Report, the Company is considering, in consultation with the Audit Committee, whether and to what extent the Final Report warrants additional personnel remedial actions to address the findings of the Final Report.

 



 

The Audit Committee, in accordance with its purpose, oversaw the integrity of the Company’s financial statements, the Company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements falling within the scope of authorities and responsibilities of the Audit Committee, the qualifications and independence of the Company’s independent external auditor and the performance of the Company’s internal audit function and independent external auditor.

 

In the course of overseeing the work and performance of the independent outside auditor, the Audit Committee reviewed and evaluated the Management Letter, and regularly monitored the services provided by the independent external auditor and their fees. The auditor, with the general or specific pre-approval of the Audit Committee, provided audit and audit-related, and on one occasion other type of — IFRS training - service for the Company in 2009.

 

In the course of overseeing the performance of the Internal Audit, the Audit Committee regularly reviewed and evaluated the reports on the activities of the Internal Audit, reviewed and approved the Audit Workplan of the Internal Audit.

 

The Audit Committee quarterly reviewed and commented upon the Group Compliance Director’s reports on

 

·                  the progress of the implementation of the compliance program;

·                  the Y2009 compliance risk assessment;

·                  the status of the implementation of the measures proposed on the bases of the Y2008 compliance risk assessment;

·                  the reported comments and complaints, the status of the investigations initiated with respect to them, and the proposed remedial actions.

 

In the course of overseeing the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting, the Audit Committee has continuously monitored the Company’s SOX 404 compliance.

 

The Audit Committee reviewed and evaluated the reports to be submitted to the stock exchanges and the financial authorities, including the Form 20-F annual report of the Company, the quarterly reports and the relevant press releases, and the quarterly reports of the Company’s Disclosure Committee. (In relation to the Q3 financial statements of the Company, the Audit Committee was advised that the independent external auditor of the Company has stated that it was not in the position to issue its opinion, and in the absence of such an opinion, the Audit Committee could not express a view.)

 

The Audit Committee reviewed and evaluated the changes in the risk management system of the Magyar Telekom Group, and quarterly, the risk management reports.

 

There was no shareholder notification to the Audit Committee in Y2009.

 

The Audit Committee reviewed the 2009 consolidated annual financial statements prescribed by the Accounting Act according to the requirements of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as endorsed by the EU to be submitted to the General Meeting by the Board of Directors, the proposal of the Board of Directors for their acceptance, and listened to the relevant report of the independent external auditor.

 

The Audit Committee, based on its activities performed during the year, its own investigations and the report of the independent external auditor, agrees with the content of the financial statements and the proposal, and submits it to the Supervisory Board. The Audit Committee

 



 

proposes to the General Meeting for approval the 2009 Consolidated Financial Statements of Magyar Telekom Group prepared according to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as endorsed by the EU, including Balance Sheet Total Assets of HUF 1,166,377 million and Profit for the year of HUF 93,253 million.

 

The Audit Committee reviewed the 2009 annual stand alone financial statements prepared in accordance with requirements of the Accounting Act (HAR) to be submitted to the General Meeting by the Board of Directors, the proposal of the Board of Directors for their acceptance, and listened to the relevant report of the independent external auditor.

 

The Audit Committee, based on its activities performed during the year, its own investigations and the report of the independent external auditor, agrees with the content of the financial statements and the proposal, and submits it to the Supervisory Board. The Audit Committee proposes to the General Meeting for approval the Y2009 Annual Report of the Company prepared according to the Hungarian Accounting Regulations (HAR), including Balance Sheet Total Assets of HUF 968,412 million and After-tax Net Income of HUF 74,227 million.

 

The Audit Committee reviewed the proposal of the Board of Directors, according to which the Company shall pay a dividend of HUF 74 per ordinary share (with a face value of HUF 100) to the shareholders from the profit of 2009. The Audit Committee agrees with the proposal and proposes to the Supervisory Board for pre-approval and to the General Meeting for approval.

 

Budapest, March 11, 2010

 

In representation of the Audit Committee of Magyar Telekom Plc.:

 

Dr. János Illéssy

Chairman of the Audit Committee

 



 

Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

 

Submission and resolution proposal

to the General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

Subject:

Decision on the approval of the 2009 annual stand alone financial statements of the Company prepared in accordance with requirements of the Accounting Act (HAR); presentation of the relevant report of the Supervisory Board, the Audit Committee and the Auditor

 

Budapest, April 7, 2010

 



 

According to Section 302 e) of the Companies Act and Section 6.2. (i) of the Articles of Association, approving the report prepared according to the Accounting Act belongs to the exclusive authority of the General Meeting.

 

Resolution proposal:

 

The General Meeting approves the Y2009 Annual Report of the Company prepared according to the Hungarian Accounting Regulations (HAR), including

 

Balance Sheet Total Assets of HUF 968,412 million and

After-tax Net Income of HUF 74,227 million.

 



 

MAGYAR TELEKOM NYRT.

 

ANNUAL REPORT

 

31 DECEMBER 2009

 



 

 

 

 

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers Kft.

 

 

 

H- 1077 Budapest

 

 

 

Wesselényi u. 16.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H-1438 Budapest, P.O. Box 517

 

 

 

HUNGARY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone:

(36-1) 461-9100

 

 

 

Facsimile:

(36-1) 461-9101

 

 

 

Internet: www.pwc.com/hu

 

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT

(Free translation)

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Nyrt.

 

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Magyar Telekom Nyrt. (“the Company”) which comprise the balance sheet as of 31 December 2009 (in which the balance sheet total is HUF 968,412 million, the profit per balance sheet is HUF 74,227 million, the related profit and loss account for the year then ended, and the notes to the financial statement including a summary of the main accounting policies as well as other disclosures.

 

Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements

 

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with the provisions of the Accounting Act and accounting principles generally accepted in Hungary. This responsibility includes: designing, implementing and maintaining internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error; selecting and applying appropriate accounting policies; and making accounting estimates that are reasonable in the circumstances.

 

Auditor’s Responsibility

 

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit and to assess whether or not the accounting information disclosed in the business report is consistent with that contained in the financial statements. We conducted our audit in accordance with Hungarian and International Standards on Auditing and with applicable laws and regulations in force in Hungary. Those Standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

 

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our work in respect of

 



 

the business report was limited to checking it in within the aforementioned scope and did not include a review of any information other than that drawn from the audited accounting records of the Company.

 

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

 

Opinion

 

During our work we have audited the components and disclosures along with the underlying accounting records and supporting documentation in the financial statements of Magyar Telekom Nyrt. in accordance with the Hungarian and International Standards on auditing and, on the basis of our audit work, we have gained sufficient and appropriate evidence that the financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provision of the accounting law and with accounting principles generally accepted in Hungary. In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of Magyar Telekom Nyrt. as of 31 December 2009, and of the results of its operations for the year then ended. The business report is consistent with the disclosures in the financial statements.

 

Without qualifying our opinion we draw your attention to the fact that the attached financial statements have been prepared for the consideration of the shareholders at the forthcoming General Meeting and, as such, do not reflect the effects, if any, of resolutions that might be adopted at that meeting.

 

Budapest, March 11, 2010

 

Manfred Krawietz

Hegedűsné Szũcs Márta

Partner

Statutory auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers Kft.

Licence number: 006838

1077 Budapest, Wesselényi u. 16.

 

License Number: 001464

 

 

Translation note:

 

The accompanying financial statements are not intended to present the financial position and results of operations and cash flows in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in jurisdictions other than Hungary.

 



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

MAGYAR TELEKOM TELECOMMUNICATIONS

PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

 

BALANCE SHEET AND PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT

TO THE 2009 ANNUAL REPORT

 



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

BALANCE SHEET AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF)

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

Note

 

December 31, 2008

 

Self-revision

 

December 31, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A. FIXED ASSETS AND FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS

 

 

 

827,970

 

(2,458

)

835,103

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I.

  Intangible assets

 

5

 

212,582

 

(83

)

201,746

 

 

Capitalised costs of foundation and restructuring

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

Capitalised costs of research and development

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

Rights

 

 

 

60,561

 

(80

)

57,982

 

 

Intellectual property

 

 

 

3,600

 

(3

)

4,044

 

 

Goodwill

 

 

 

148,421

 

0

 

139,720

 

 

Advance payments on intangible assets

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

II.

  Tangible assets

 

6

 

421,738

 

(529

)

440,377

 

 

Land and buildings and related rights

 

 

 

228,367

 

3,550

 

242,792

 

 

- Land

 

 

 

2,437

 

(1

)

2,338

 

 

- Buildings

 

 

 

63,793

 

1,914

 

65,175

 

 

- Telecommunication network

 

 

 

151,134

 

1,319

 

164,343

 

 

- Other properties

 

 

 

9,761

 

290

 

9,897

 

 

- Real estate related rights

 

 

 

1,242

 

28

 

1,039

 

 

Technical equipment, machinery and vehicles

 

 

 

155,165

 

3,904

 

160,917

 

 

- Telecommunication equipment and machinery

 

 

 

153,230

 

3,814

 

159,141

 

 

- Other technical equipment, machinery and vehicles

 

 

 

1,935

 

90

 

1,776

 

 

Other equipment and vehicles

 

 

 

12,720

 

2,580

 

13,243

 

 

Construction-in-progress

 

 

 

25,486

 

(10,563

)

23,418

 

 

Advance payments on construction-in-progress

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

III.

  Financial investments

 

 

 

193,650

 

(1,846

)

192,980

 

 

Non current investments in related parties

 

7

 

173,211

 

(1,846

)

174,974

 

 

Non current loans granted to related parties

 

8

 

15,798

 

0

 

13,147

 

 

Other investments

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

Other non current loans granted

 

9

 

4,641

 

0

 

4,859

 

 

Non current bonds and other securities

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B. CURRENT ASSETS

 

 

 

108,069

 

443

 

100,098

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I.

  Inventories

 

10

 

8,267

 

(199

)

6,912

 

 

Raw materials

 

 

 

882

 

0

 

1,072

 

 

Work in progress and semi-finished products

 

 

 

149

 

0

 

212

 

 

Finished products

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

Goods resale

 

 

 

7,236

 

(199

)

5,628

 

 

Advance payments on inventories

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

II.

  Receivables

 

 

 

61,995

 

642

 

81,827

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

11

 

36,596

 

413

 

39,664

 

 

Receivables from subsidiaries

 

12

 

18,123

 

32

 

6,893

 

 

Bills receivable

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

Receivables from other related companies

 

13

 

0

 

0

 

29,500

 

 

Other receivables

 

14

 

7,276

 

197

 

5,770

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

III.

  Securities

 

15

 

1,179

 

0

 

1,179

 

 

Investments in related parties

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

Other investments

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

Treasury stock, quotas

 

 

 

1,179

 

0

 

1,179

 

 

Marketable securities

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IV.

  Liquid assets

 

 

 

36,628

 

0

 

10,180

 

 

Cash and cheques

 

 

 

96

 

0

 

106

 

 

Bank deposits

 

 

 

36,532

 

0

 

10,074

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C. PREPAYMENTS

 

16

 

29,213

 

(249

)

33,211

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued income

 

 

 

28,133

 

(213

)

31,098

 

 

Prepayments for costs and expenses

 

 

 

1,080

 

(36

)

2,113

 

 

Deferred expenses

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 TOTAL ASSETS

 

 

 

965,252

 

(2,264

)

968,412

 

 

 

Budapest, March 10, 2010

 

 

 

Christopher Mattheisen

 

Thilo Kusch

Chairman and Chief Executive Office,

 

Chief Financial Officer,

Chairman of the Board

 

Board member

 

The supplement forms an integral part of these financial statements.

 



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

BALANCE SHEET AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF)

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY

 

 

 

Note

 

December 31, 2008

 

Self-revision

 

December 31, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D. SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY

 

17

 

358,437

 

(1,061

)

432,054

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I.

Common stock

 

 

 

104,275

 

0

 

104,274

 

 

- of this treasury stock at par value

 

 

 

150

 

0

 

150

 

II.

Unpaid share capital (-)

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

III.

Capital reserves

 

 

 

58,289

 

0

 

58,952

 

IV.

Retained earnings

 

 

 

172,244

 

0

 

191,922

 

V.

Restricted reserves

 

 

 

2,056

 

0

 

2,679

 

VI.

Valuation reserves

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

VII.

Net income

 

 

 

21,573

 

(1,061

)

74,227

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E. PROVISIONS

 

18

 

20,082

 

0

 

19,495

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for expected obligations

 

 

 

18,948

 

0

 

18,972

 

 

Provision for expected expenses

 

 

 

988

 

0

 

447

 

 

Other provisions

 

 

 

146

 

0

 

76

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F. LIABILITIES

 

 

 

536,772

 

(440

)

468,594

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I.

Subordinated liabilities

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

II.

Non current liabilities

 

 

 

262,481

 

0

 

291,056

 

 

Non current borrowings

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

Convertible bonds

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

Debt from issuance of bonds

 

 

 

122

 

0

 

121

 

 

Investment and development loans

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

Other non current loans

 

19

 

18,326

 

0

 

23,120

 

 

Non current liabilities to related parties

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

Non current liabilities to other related parties

 

20

 

242,531

 

0

 

267,017

 

 

Other non current liabilities

 

 

 

1,502

 

0

 

798

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

III.

Liabilities

 

 

 

274,291

 

(440

)

177,538

 

 

Current borrowings

 

 

 

71

 

0

 

70

 

 

- of this convertible bonds

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

Current loans

 

21

 

32,541

 

0

 

32,809

 

 

Advances received

 

 

 

274

 

5

 

311

 

 

Accounts payable

 

 

 

32,555

 

(271

)

29,534

 

 

Bills of exchange payable

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

Current liabilities to related parties

 

22

 

29,279

 

0

 

43,314

 

 

Current liabilities to other related parties

 

23

 

87,486

 

0

 

59,799

 

 

Other current liabilities

 

24

 

92,085

 

(174

)

11,701

 

 

- of this dividends payable

 

 

 

77,052

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G. ACCRUED EXPENSES

 

25

 

49,961

 

(763

)

48,269

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred income

 

 

 

4,259

 

40

 

4,821

 

 

Accrued expenses

 

 

 

45,367

 

(820

)

43,151

 

 

Other deferred revenue

 

 

 

335

 

17

 

297

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABLITIES AND SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY

 

 

965,252

 

(2,264

)

968,412

 

 

 

Budapest, March 10, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christopher Mattheisen

 

Thilo Kusch

Chairman and Chief Executive Office,

 

Chief Financial Officer,

Chairman of the Board

 

Board member

 

The supplement forms an integral part of these financial statements.

 



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

INCOME STATEMENT FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 DECEMBER, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF)

 

 

 

Note

 

2008

 

Self-revision

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.

  Domestic sales

 

26

 

482,529

 

163

 

456,437

 

2.

  Export sales

 

27

 

18,275

 

31

 

18,832

 

I.

  Sales revenues

 

 

 

500,804

 

194

 

475,269

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

  Change in self-manufactured inventories

 

 

 

117

 

0

 

63

 

4.

  Capitalised value of self-manufactured assets

 

 

 

21,413

 

22

 

21,417

 

II.

  Own work capitalized

 

 

 

21,530

 

22

 

21,480

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

III.

  Other revenues

 

28

 

26,698

 

-27

 

24,633

 

 

  of which: reversal of impairment

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.

  Costs of raw material

 

 

 

30,000

 

-12

 

27,664

 

6.

  Costs of services

 

30

 

99,065

 

-1,160

 

96,628

 

7.

  Costs of other services

 

 

 

13,782

 

14

 

13,994

 

8.

  Cost of goods sold

 

 

 

34,605

 

1

 

34,126

 

9.

  Costs of services sold (intermediated)

 

31

 

79,138

 

-48

 

73,595

 

IV.

  Material-type expenses

 

 

 

256,590

 

-1,205

 

246,007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.

  Salaries and wages

 

32

 

45,070

 

-3

 

47,276

 

11.

  Other payroll related costs

 

32

 

13,266

 

-108

 

13,408

 

12.

  Payroll related contributions

 

 

 

17,794

 

-125

 

17,753

 

V.

  Payroll and related expenses

 

 

 

76,130

 

-236

 

78,437

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VI.

  Depreciation

 

 

 

87,828

 

527

 

82,132

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VII.

  Other expenses

 

34

 

34,805

 

31

 

40,573

 

 

 of which: impairment

 

 

 

3,219

 

49

 

11,120

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A. PROFIT FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

93,679

 

1,072

 

74,233

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13.

  Dividends and profit sharing (received or due)

 

 

 

37,476

 

0

 

31,409

 

 

  of which: received from related parties

 

 

 

37,476

 

0

 

31,409

 

14.

  Foreign exchange gains on sale of investments

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

  of which: received from related parties

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

15.

  Interest income and gains on financial
  investments

 

 

 

1,689

 

0

 

1,352

 

 

  of which: received from related parties

 

 

 

1,689

 

0

 

1,352

 

16.

  Other interest income received

 

 

 

1,788

 

0

 

3,565

 

 

  of which: received from related parties

 

 

 

895

 

0

 

1,940

 

17.

  Other revenues from financial activities

 

 

 

8,648

 

-196

 

6,898

 

VIII.

  Revenues from financial transactions

 

 

 

49,601

 

-196

 

43,224

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18.

  Loss on the sale of financial investments

 

 

 

3

 

0

 

0

 

 

  of which: related to related parties

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

19.

  Interest expense

 

 

 

33,256

 

-13

 

33,980

 

 

  of which: related to related parties

 

 

 

891

 

0

 

966

 

 

   related to other related party

 

 

 

26,684

 

0

 

28,801

 

20.

  Impairment of investments, securities and bank
  deposits

 

 

 

196

 

0

 

476

 

21.

  Other expenses refinancial activities

 

 

 

4,121

 

-157

 

4,199

 

IX.

  Expenses from financial transactions

 

 

 

37,576

 

-170

 

38,655

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B. FINANCIAL RESULTS

 

35

 

12,025

 

-26

 

4,569

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C. PROFIT FROM ORDINARY ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

105,704

 

1,046

 

78,802

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X.

  Extraordinary revenues

 

36

 

5,233

 

360

 

1,933

 

XI.

  Extraordinary expenses

 

37

 

9,504

 

2,688

 

4,320

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D. PROFIT FROM EXTRAORDINARY ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

-4,271

 

-2,328

 

-2,387

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E. PROFIT BEFORE TAXES

 

 

 

101,433

 

-1,282

 

76,415

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XII.

  Corporate income tax

 

39

 

2,808

 

-221

 

2,188

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F. NET INCOME

 

 

 

98,625

 

-1,061

 

74,227

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22.

  Use of retained earnings for dividends

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

23.

  Dividend paid (approved)

 

40

 

77,052

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G. BALANCE SHEET NET INCOME

 

 

 

21,573

 

-1,061

 

74,227

 

 

 

Budapest, March 10, 2010

 

 

 

Christopher Mattheisen

 

Thilo Kusch

Chairman and Chief Executive Office,

 

Chief Financial Officer,

Chairman of the Board

 

Board member

 

The supplement forms an integral part of these financial statements.

 



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

MAGYAR TELEKOM TELECOMMUNICATIONS
PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

 

NOTES

 

TO THE 2009 ANNUAL REPORT

 



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared
in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting
As of December 31, 2009

 

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

0.              Note Added For Translation

 

This annual report for December 31, 2009 is the English translation of the annual report issued in Hungarian language and prepared in accordance with Act C/2000 on accounting and with generally accepted accounting principles in Hungary.

 

These principles may be different from International Financial Reporting Standards or accounting principles of any other country. No adjustments have been made to conform the annual report with any accounting principles other than Hungarian.

 

The auditors’ report is a translation of the auditors’ report issued in Hungarian language on the Hungarian annual report as outlined above.

 

In the event of any discrepancy, whether in the auditors’ report or in the annual report, the Hungarian original version prevails.

 



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared
in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting
As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

1.     Background and General Information

 

Official name of the Company: Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

Short name of the Company: Magyar Telekom Plc.

Headquarter of the Company: 1013 Budapest, Krisztina krt. 55.

The Company’s main activity is telecommunication.

 

The Hungarian Telecommunications Company (“Matáv Rt.”), the legal predecessor of Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company (“Magyar Telekom Plc.” or the “Company”) was founded by the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Construction on January 1, 1990. The Company was transformed by the Board of directors of State Asset Holding Ltd. into a wholly owned company limited by shares as of December 31, 1991.

 

The Company was privatized on December 22, 1993, when the MagyarCom consortium acquired a 30.1 per cent stake in the Company. At the second stage of the privatization, which took place in December 1995, MagyarCom became the majority owner.

 

On November 14, 1997 the Company was the first in the Central-Eastern European region to be listed on both the Budapest and the New York Stock Exchanges.

 

In June 1999, the State Privatization and Holding Company sold its remaining stake (5.75 per cent) through a secondary offering. After this transaction, the proportion of publicly traded shares increased to 40.47 per cent. Share of MagyarCom Holding GmbH (Friedrich-Ebert-Alle 140, 53113 Bonn, Germany) in the Company decreased to 59.53 per cent.

 

In 2000, the Company increased its common stock through issuing new shares in the amount of HUF 63 million, which were held mainly within the Magyar Telekom Group. As a result of this transaction, the proportion of publicly traded shares increased to 40.51 per cent and MagyarCom’s ownership changed to 59.49 per cent.

 

In 2002, the Company carried out an additional increase in common stock in the amount of HUF 490 million, which shares were repurchased. As a result of this transaction, the proportion of publicly traded shares changed to 40.32 per cent, the proportion of repurchased treasury stock to 0.47 per cent and MagyarCom’s ownership decreased to 59.21 per cent. MagyarCom is 100 per cent owned by Deutsche Telekom A.G.

 

The Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held on February 22, 2005 approved the decision of the Board of Directors to change the official name of Magyar Telecommunications Company Ltd. into Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Company Ltd., with short name of Magyar Telekom Rt. The change was registered by the Court of Registry on May 6, 2005.

 

On February 28, 2006 the name of Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Company Ltd. changed to Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company, with short name of Magyar Telekom Plc. (“Magyar Telekom Plc.” or the “Company”). The change was registered by the Court of Registry on February 28, 2006.

 

Persons authorised to sign the annual report:

 

 

Christopher Mattheisen - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Board member (residence: Budapest)

 

Thilo Kusch - Chief Financial Officer and Board member (residence: Budapest)

 

The Company’s bookkeeping services are provided by EurAccount Pénzügyi és Számviteli Szolgáltató Kft. (its register number is 01-09-737269, its taxation number is 13477541-2-42).

 

The accounting services provided by EurAccount Kft. are supervised by Beáta Bálintné Pál Managing Director (her certificate number: 132224. Area of speciality: entrepreneurial activity. State: registered. Residence: Budapest).

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared
in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting
As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

The Company is subject to compulsory audit. The Company’s auditor is PricewaterhouseCoopers Kft. (its register number is 01-09-063022, its taxation number is 10256121-2-44). The person authorized to represent the auditor is

 

Márta Hegedűsné Szűcs (her certificate number: 006838, legal status: full-time. Residence: Páty).

 

Magyar Telekom Plc.’s corporate website: www.magyartelekom.hu

 

Investigation into certain consultancy contracts

 

In the course of conducting their audit of the Company’s 2005 financial statements, PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Company’s auditors, identified two contracts the nature and business purposes of which were not readily apparent to them. In February 2006, the Company’s Audit Committee retained White & Case, as its independent legal counsel, to conduct an internal investigation into whether the Company had made payments under those, or other contracts, potentially prohibited by U.S. laws or regulations, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) or internal Company policy. The Company’s Audit Committee also informed the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”), the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority of the internal investigation.

 

Based on the documentation and other evidence obtained by it, White & Case preliminarily concluded that there was reason to believe that four consulting contracts entered into in 2005 were entered into to serve improper objectives, and further found that during 2006 certain employees had destroyed evidence that was relevant to the investigation. White & Case also identified several contracts at our Macedonian subsidiary that warranted further review. In February 2007, our Board of Directors determined that those contracts should be reviewed and expanded the scope of the internal investigation to cover these additional contracts and any related or similarly questionable contracts or payments.

 

For further information about the internal and governmental investigations, please refer to the Company’s quarterly reports for the first, second and third quarters of 2009 and the Company’s annual reports on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2008 filed with the SEC.

 

Findings and conclusions relating to the internal investigation of the Audit Committee

 

On December 2, 2009, the Audit Committee provided the Company’s Board of Directors with a “Report of Investigation to the Audit Committee of Magyar Telekom Plc.” dated November 30, 2009 (the “Final Report”).  The Audit Committee indicated that it considers that, with the preparation of the Final Report based on currently available facts, White & Case has completed its independent internal investigation.

 

The Final Report includes the following findings and conclusions, based upon the evidence available to the Audit Committee and its counsel:

 

· The information obtained by the Audit Committee and its counsel in the course of the investigation “demonstrates intentional misconduct and a lack of commitment to compliance at the most senior levels of Magyar Telekom, TCG, and MakTel during the period under investigation.”

 

· As previously disclosed, with respect to Montenegrin contracts, there is “insufficient evidence to establish that the approximately EUR 7 million in expenditures made pursuant to four consultancy contracts were made for legitimate business purposes”, and there is “affirmative evidence that these expenditures served improper purposes.”  These contracts were not appropriately recorded in the books and records of the Company and its relevant subsidiaries. As previously disclosed, the Company has already reclassified, in the Company’s financial statements, the accounting treatment relating to certain of these contracts to more accurately account for these expenditures.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared
in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting
As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

· As previously disclosed, there is evidence that certain former employees intentionally destroyed documents relating to activities undertaken in Macedonia by the Company and its affiliates.

 

· Between 2000 and 2006 a small group of former senior executives at the Company and the Company’s Macedonian affiliates, authorized the expenditure of approximately EUR 24 million through over twenty suspect consultancy, lobbying, and other contracts (including certain contracts between the Company and its subsidiaries on one hand, and affiliates of a Cyprus-based consulting company on the other hand).  The Final Report concludes that “the available evidence does not establish that the contracts under which these expenditures were made were legitimate.”

 

· “The evidence shows that, contrary to their terms, a number of these contracts were undertaken to obtain specific regulatory and other benefits from the government of Macedonia.  The Companies generally received the benefits sought and then made expenditures under one or more of the suspect contracts.  There is evidence that the remaining contracts were also illegitimate and created a pool of funds available for purposes other than those stated on the face of the agreements.”

 

· In entering into these contracts and approving expenditures under them, the former senior executives knowingly caused, structured, or approved transactions that shared most or all of the following characteristics:

 

·       intentional circumvention of internal controls;

 

·       false and misleading Company documents and records;

 

·       lack of due diligence concerning, and failure to monitor performance of, contractors and agents in circumstances carrying a high risk of corruption;

 

·       lack of evidence of performance; and

 

·       expenditures that were not for the purposes stated in the contracts under which they were made, but rather were intended to obtain benefits for the Companies that could only be conferred by government action.

 

The Final Report states that “the Investigation did not uncover evidence showing receipt of payments by any Macedonian government officials or political party officials.”  However, the Audit Committee’s counsel did not have access to evidence that would allow it to identify the ultimate beneficiaries of these expenditures.

 

Nothing in the Final Report implicates any current senior executive or Board member of the Company in connection with any wrongdoing.

 

As previously disclosed, the Company has taken remedial measures to address issues previously identified by the independent investigation. These measures included steps designed to revise and enhance the Company’s internal controls as well as the establishment of the Corporate Compliance Program.

 

Due to these measures, no modifications to the Corporate Compliance Program were viewed as necessary in response to the Final Report. This conclusion has been discussed with the Audit Committee and the Audit Committee has not made recommendations either relating to the Company’s compliance program or internal controls.

 

The Company is continuing to assess the nature and scope of potential legal remedies available to the Company against individuals or entities that may have caused harm to the Company.

 

Other related issues

 

As previously announced, the DOJ, the SEC and the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Macedonia have commenced investigations into certain of the Company’s activities that were the subject of the

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared
in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting
As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

internal investigation.  Also, as previously announced, the Hungarian National Bureau of Investigation (“NBI”) has begun a criminal investigation into alleged misappropriation of funds relating to payments made in connection with the Company’s ongoing internal investigation and the possible misuse of personal data of employees in the context of the internal investigation.  These governmental investigations are continuing, and the Company continues to cooperate with those investigations.  The Company cannot predict what the final outcome of those investigations may be or the impact, if any, they may have on its financial statements or results of operations. Furthermore, government authorities could seek criminal or civil sanctions, including monetary penalties, against the Company or its affiliates as well as additional changes to its business practices and compliance programs.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared
in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting
As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

2.              Effect of merger on the comparability of figures in 2009

 

The Extraordinary General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc. held on June 29, 2009 decided to merge T-Kábel Magyarország Kft. and Dél-Vonal Kft. into Magyar Telekom Plc. The merger was registered by the Court of Registry with effect from September 30, 2009.

 

In the course of the merger T-Kábel Magyarország Kft. and Dél-Vonal Kft. prepared Annual reports according to the Hungarian Act on Accounting as of September 30, 2009 by closing their analytical and general ledgers. Magyar Telekom Plc. managed the takeover of assets and liabilities (including provisions, accruals and deferred incomes and expenses as well) and the resulting shareholders’ equity being the difference, with continuous bookkeeping.

 

Due to the takeover of assets and liabilities the balance sheet lines of December 31, 2008 and 2009 are not completely comparable. In order to ensure comparability the merger balance sheets disclosed in summarised form in the Notes.

 

Due to the merger the income statement of Magyar Telekom Plc. contains the revenues and expenses of the activities taken over for the period started October 1, 2009 ended on December 31, 2009. As a consequence, the income statements as of 2008 and 2009 are not completely comparable. For the purpose of ensuring the comparison the income statements of T-Kábel Magyarország Kft. and Dél-Vonal Kft. for the period started January 1, 2009 ended September 30, 2009 are disclosed in summarised forms in the Notes.  Compared to Magyar Telekom Plc.’s result for the period January-December, 2009 the two merged companies’ result for the period January-September, 2009 is not significant neither in total nor in composition.

 

3.              Accounting policies

 

The accounting policies of Magyar Telekom Plc. include basic accounting principles, measurement methods and procedures as well as methods and tools used for enforcing the provisions of the Hungarian Accounting Regulations.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. maintains its records both in accordance with the Hungarian Accounting Regulations (HAR) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The differences between the two reports are solely due to differences in the respective accounting principles.

 

The closing day of the Company’s business year is December 31. In 2009 the balance sheet preparation date is the first working day of the following year.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. uses version “A” of the balance sheet and version “A” of the income statement (total cost method) when preparing its annual report in accordance with the Hungarian Accounting Regulations. Amounts in the annual report are stated in HUF millions. The currency of accounting is the Hungarian Forint (HUF).

 

The Hungarian Act on Accounting allows for certain captions in the balance sheet to be broken-down or omitted, what is adopted by the Company both in case of the balance sheet and the income statement.

 

Since January 1, 2005 the Company has complied with its obligation to prepare consolidated annual report in such a way that it prepares its consolidated annual report in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared
in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting
As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

Deutsche Telekom Group’s consolidated annual report prepared by Deutsche Telekom AG (DT) (Friedrich-Ebert-Alle 140, 53113 Bonn, Germany) includes Magyar Telekom Plc. as a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG.

 

Definition of the accounting principles, guidelines and methods

 

Classification of accounting matters:

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. applies the materiality and significance guidelines for limits set forth in the Hungarian Accounting Regulations in preparing its annual report.

 

Material error

 

An error revealed must be treated as a material error in every case it results in at least 20 per cent change in prior year’s shareholder’s equity.

 

Significant error

 

Items must be considered as significant in every case if in the year the error was discovered the cumulative absolute amount of the errors and their effects on net income and shareholder’s equity exceeds the lower of 2 per cent of total assets of the year they relate to or HUF 500 million.

 

If the Company reveals a significant error through self-revision, then modifications relating to prior years are presented next to the prior years’ figures for each balance sheet and income statement item.

 

The Company has set up regulations for valuation of assets and liabilities, scrapping, cost calculation, stocktaking, cash management, and system of documentation as required by the Hungarian Accounting Regulations.

 

Until further decision, the Company does not use the allowed alternative treatment in the Hungarian Accounting Regulations for the valuation of fixed assets as market value and valuation of certain financial instruments as fair value.

 

The Company qualifies every unrealized foreign exchange rate difference resulting from foreign exchange translation as significant, therefore all unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses are recorded in the subledger as well as in the general ledger.

 

Valuation methods used for the preparation of the Balance Sheet

 

ASSETS

 

Recognition and measurement of non current assets

 

Intangible and tangible fixed assets

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared
in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting
As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. carries intangible and tangible fixed assets at historical cost less accumulated depreciation. Property, plant and equipment includes the capitalized value of improvements and refurbishment that extend the useful life of the asset, increase its capacity and/or modify its functionality.

 

Costs connected directly to loans taken for acquisition or production of the asset are capitalized.

 

Depreciation policy

 

In case of tangible fixed assets the depreciation is based on the gross value of the asset reduced by its residual value.

 

The method of depreciation: straight-line based on gross value using rates originated from useful lives.

 

Depreciation is based on a daily calculation and recorded once in a month.

 

Depreciation starts on the day when the asset was placed into operation and it is over when the useful life of the asset elapsed or the day the asset cancelled from the books for any reason. The Company recorded the depreciation monthly in proportion to the days of the given month.

 

The Company determines residual values for those groups of assets where the residual values are considered to be significant. Residual value is considered to be significant if the expected realizable value exceeds the expected scrap value when the asset is taken out of service. The Company determines residual value for buildings and vehicles. Residual value is not considered to be significant for intangible assets and other groups of the tangible fixed assets.

 

The Company applies residual values only for assets capitalized after January 1, 2001. No residual value is calculated for additional capitalization on assets purchased before January 1, 2001.

 

Applied residual value:

 

Buildings:

Determined individually based on the location of the building as well as the expected future useful life and usage of the building.

Vehicles:

personal cars for personal use: 30 per cent of the acquisition cost

 

passenger cars for business use: 30 per cent of the acquisition cost

 

trucks under 3.5 tons: 30 per cent of the acquisition cost

 

trucks above 3.5 tons: 20 per cent of the acquisition cost

 

transport vehicles: 10 per cent of the acquisition cost.

 

Useful lives are determined based on generally accepted international telecommunication industry practices and development potentials. Magyar Telekom Plc. regularly reviews the useful lives of fixed assets and modifies them if necessary. The Company records the value of all tangible fixed assets below HUF 50,000 immediately as depreciation expense, except for those that are serving the operation of the telecom network directly; are part of the subscriber network; those installed telecom software operating solely on telecom hardware and in addition the categories of assets defined in the asset accounting module of SAP.

 

The Company records extraordinary depreciation in cases where the value of the assets permanently decreased due to the fact that it is no longer needed, spoiled or destroyed, or if the book value is permanently and significantly in excess of the market value. In the absence of other reliable estimates the market value of the asset is determined using expected discounted cashflow analysis.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared
in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting
As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

In case the market value of the individual asset that has been impaired before significantly exceeds its carrying value, the Company records a reversal of extraordinary depreciation and classifies the related income as other revenue.

 

Capitalized value of foundation and restructuring

 

The Company does not capitalize foundation and restructuring costs.

 

Capitalized value of research and development

 

The Company does not capitalize research and development costs.

 

Goodwill

 

That part of the cost of an acquisition of a subsidiary with qualified majority (at least 75 per cent ownership) which is calculated as the difference between the fair value of the acquired assets less the assumed liabilities (valued according to the Hungarian Act on Accounting) and the acquisition cost is recorded as goodwill if the acquisition cost is higher.

 

The Company does not record amortization on goodwill recognized after January 1, 2005 unless impairment is required. The Company applies the straight-line amortization method for goodwill recognized earlier.

 

Intellectual property

 

Since 2005 only those assets have been recorded as intellectual property which are in the ownership of the Company.

 

The useful life of intellectual property is generally 5 years.

 

Those intellectual properties where the Company has only the rights of use are recorded as Rights. Their useful life are those of intellectual property.

 

Own work capitalized

 

Direct costs incurred in the construction of property, plant and equipment manufactured by the Company are capitalized. The Company records materials provided to subcontractors at delivery as construction in progress.

 

Financial investments

 

Long term investments in subsidiaries are recorded at cost when established or at original purchase price less goodwill when acquired. At the end of the financial year, the Company’s investments are impaired if the market value of the equity investment is permanently and significantly lower than its book value. The impairment review is carried out on an individual basis.

 

Loans granted include loans to subsidiaries, associated companies and other companies as well as long term loans given to employees for housing purposes.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared
in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting
As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

Recognition and measurement of current assets

 

Inventories

 

Goods are valued at cost using standard price method and raw materials using the weighted average cost formula. Inventories include materials and assets whose future usage can not be determined at the time of purchase (i.e. whether they will be used for an investment project or maintenance). Inventories also include advance payments on inventories and assets held for sale reclassified from tangible fixed assets.

 

Tangible fixed assets reclassified to inventories are valued on an individual basis. Besides these assets Magyar Telekom Plc. considers its inventories as low value items. Impairments of inventories purchased within a year are determined by a so-called Price Trend Report. If the current average price is higher by 20 per cent than the last month average price invoiced then the article has to be impaired to the average price of the last month.

 

Inventories purchased over a year ago are impaired in proportion to a percentage of their book value.

 

Measure of impairment on new materials:

 

·

inventories from 12 to 24 months

35 per cent impairment

·

inventories from 24 months

60 per cent impairment

 

Measure of impairment on used or repaired materials:

 

·

inventories from 6 to 12 months

5 per cent impairment

·

inventories from 12 to 24 months

50 per cent impairment

·

inventories from 24 months

100 per cent impairment

 

Trade receivables and other receivables

 

The balance of trade receivables reflects invoiced amounts accepted by the customers and does not include any unrecoverable and unaccepted receivables.

 

Impairment of trade receivables is assessed on two levels. Trade receivables that are individually significant and the ones that are not individually significant are separated. Magyar Telekom Plc. decided to consider items above HUF 200 million to be individually significant for the purposes of assessing accounts receivables for impairment.

 

In case of items that are individually not significant it is also assessed individually whether objective evidence of impairment exists. These items have to be assessed individually and amount of impairment have to be calculated on them.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. considers the following items to be included in this category:

 

·

receivables from domestic and international fixed line service providers

·

receivables from domestic and international mobile service providers (roaming, interconnect, interworking)

·

receivables under liquidation, bankruptcy proceedings

·

other (non trade) receivables

 

Based on the Section 55. (2) of Act C/2000 on accounting the amount of loss in value may also be established as a percentage of the amount of such receivables registered in the books (collective assessment of impairment). Magyar Telekom Plc. evaluates the telecommunications customers - concerning their high volume - with the method of collective assessment (ageing) and the impairment is set out in percentages.

 

The Company set up the impairment categories according to customer groups with similar credit risk exposure.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared
in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting
As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

In case of invoices with instalments the amount of impairment is based on due dates of each instalment.

 

The Company does not impair receivables from related parties and non current loans granted to related parties except in case an individual item having an objective evidence for impairment.

 

Accounts receivable and payable related to international telecommunications traffic are stated at gross value, even though the financial settlement of the balance is performed on a net basis.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. measures its foreign currency receivables at year-end at the official exchange rate of the Hungarian National Bank (“MNB”) as of December 31.

 

Securities

 

Securities in current assets include the original cost of bonds, shares, other securities held for sale and the repurchase value of treasury stock.

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY

 

Valuation reserve

 

Until further decision, Magyar Telekom Plc. does not apply the allowed alternative treatment in the Hungarian Accounting Regulations for the recognition of the valuation reserve.

 

Restricted reserve

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. records restricted amounts from capital reserves and retained earnings as restricted reserve. The repurchase value (acquisition cost) of the repurchased treasury stock is recorded in restricted reserve and the amount of development reserves according to the Corporate Tax Act.

 

Provisions

 

Main items include:

 

·                  early retirement payment liabilities

·                  severance payment liabilities

·                  contingent liabilities and commitments

·                  environmental liabilities

·                  guarantee liabilities determined by law

·                  future demolition or recovery liabilities deriving from a contract

·                  provision related to valuation of derivatives

 

Valuation of items in foreign currencies

 

Receivables and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are valued at the official exchange rate of MNB on December 31.

 

Derivatives

 

The Company records derivatives (forward F/X deals and swap deals) among off-balance sheet items as commitments or future receivables on transaction price.

 

The Company calculates the fair value of every derivatives as of the balance sheet date and discloses it in the Notes. In addition the Company creates provision for expected losses related to commitments from derivatives, represented by the negative fair value of the transactions.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

Measurement principles applied in the preparation of the Income Statement

 

Based on the Section 74. (2) of Act C/2000 on accounting the exports sales revenue includes the value of sales and services supplied to non-resident customer regardless of the location of the services provided, except the customer is non-residential in the territory of Hungarian Republic and has not officially informed Magyar Telekom Plc. (e.g. non-resident customer - whose registered office, place of abode or permanent residence is situated abroad - buys phone sets in a T-Pont).

 

Revenues and expenses are recognized in line with the accrual concept of accounting. Non-realized exchange rate differences are recognized as follows:

 

·                  if the net balance of non-realized foreign exchange gain and loss is a gain, it is recorded as other revenue from financial transactions,

·                  if the net balance is a loss, it is recorded as other expenses from financial transactions.

 

The Company recognizes dividends approved by the General Meeting of the subsidiaries and associates in the year following the one they relate to. Interim dividends paid by the subsidiaries and associates are recorded as liability until final approval.

 

The fees paid by Magyar Telekom Plc. to carrier, mobile and international service providers for call termination are invoiced to the customers by Magyar Telekom Plc. Therefore the payments for calls initiated in Magyar Telekom Plc.’s network and terminated by carrier, mobile and international service providers as well as payments for leased lines (both domestic and international) are recorded and disclosed as intermediated services disclosed as costs of services sold.

 

Extraordinary items are disclosed in the Notes.

 

Revenues and expenses not directly related to the ordinary operations are disclosed as extraordinary items.

 

OTHER

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. pays special attention to meeting environmental protection regulations in its activities. The necessary power supply batteries used in switches and power generators and used cell phones are stored and neutralized in accordance with the applicable environmental protection laws.

 

The Company did not incur penalty expenses due to environmental liabilities.

 

4.         Summary of the Company’s financial position and liquidity

 

The Company’s financial position and liquidity as of December 31, 2008 and 2009 are represented by the following financial ratios:

 

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

Liquidity ratio (= current assets / current liabilities)

 

0.39

 

0.56

 

Operating margin (= operating profit / (sales revenues + other revenues))

 

0.18

 

0.15

 

Operating return on assets (= operating profit / total assets)

 

0.1

 

0.08

 

Leverage ratio (= non current liabilities / (non current liabilities + equity))

 

0.42

 

0.40

 

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

The favorable change in liquidity ratio is due to the not yet recorded dividend for the current year which will be recorded after the decision of the General Meeting.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

The following is the cashflow statement for the years ended on December 31, 2008 and 2009:

 

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I. Cash flows from operating activities (lines 1-14)

 

57,074

 

29,874

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Profit before income tax (before dividend received)

(+/-)

65,225

 

43,724

 

2. Depreciation and amortization

(+)

88,104

 

82,659

 

3. Impairment losses charged and reversed

(+/-)

3,245

 

11,169

 

4. Change in provisions

(+/-)

-1,966

 

-587

 

5. Profit or loss on the sale of non current assets

(+/-)

-2,323

 

-172

 

6. Change in accounts payable (1)

(+/-)

3,559

 

4,518

 

7. Change in other current liabilities (1)

(+/-)

-9,625

 

-74,623

 

8. Change in accruals

(+/-)

-1,655

 

-1,692

 

9. Change in accounts receivable

(+/-)

1,627

 

-10,505

 

10. Change in current assets (without accounts receivable and cash and cash equivalents)

(+/-)

-7,860

 

-16,952

 

11. Change in prepayments

(+/-)

2,920

 

-3,998

 

12. Income tax paid

(--)

-3,046

 

-1,900

 

13. Dividend paid/payable

(--)

-77,052

 

0

 

14. Other non cash items

(+/-)

-4,079

 

-1,767

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

II. Cash flows from investing activities (lines 15-17)

 

-42,141

 

-68,524

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15. Acquisition of fixed assets and financial investments

(--)

-85,589

 

-100,437

 

16. Proceeds from sale of non current assets

(+)

5,972

 

504

 

17. Dividends and advanced dividends received

(+)

37,476

 

31,409

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

III. Cash flows from financing activities (lines 18-29)

 

17,783

 

12,202

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18. Proceeds from issue of shares

(+)

0

 

0

 

19. Proceeds from the issuance of bonds

(+)

0

 

0

 

20. Loans received

(+)

139,979

 

198,952

 

21. Redemption from non current loans granted and bank deposits

(+)

19,287

 

11,348

 

22. Non-repayable liquid assets received

(+)

0

 

0

 

23. Share capital decrease

(--)

0

 

0

 

24. Treasury stock repurchases

(--)

0

 

0

 

25. Repayment of bonds

(--)

0

 

0

 

26. Repayment of loans

(--)

-124,467

 

-188,880

 

27. Non current loans granted and bank deposits

(--)

-14,445

 

-8,474

 

28. Non-repayable donations given

(--)

-129

 

-7

 

29. Change in liabilities to founders and other non current liabilities

(+/-)

-2,442

 

-737

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IV. Change in liquid assets (lines I. + II. + III.)

(+/-)

32,716

 

-26,448

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash at the beginning of the year

 

3,912

 

36,628

 

Cash at year-end

 

36,628

 

10,180

 

 


(1) The change in suppliers of assets in course of construction related to subsidiaries amounted to HUF 1,247 million increase in 2008 and HUF 42 million increase in 2009 are corrected in the caption of ‘Change in other current liabilities’ in 2008. In 2009 this was reviewed and corrected from the caption of ‘Change in accounts payable’. For the purpose of ensuring the comparison the 2008 year’s data was modified accordingly.

 

14



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

5.         Intangible fixed assets

 

The following table is a summary of intangible fixed asset movements between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2009:

 

 

 

Capitalized
costs of R&D

 

Rights

 

Intellectual
property

 

Goodwill

 

Total

 

GROSS BOOK VALUE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening balance as of January 1, 2008

 

0

 

146,333

 

12,267

 

218,346

 

376,946

 

Additions

 

0

 

13,311

 

949

 

1,374

 

15,634

 

Disposals

 

0

 

4,967

 

0

 

0

 

4,967

 

Reclassifications

 

0

 

-72

 

24

 

0

 

-48

 

Balance as of December 31, 2008

 

0

 

154,605

 

13,240

 

219,720

 

387,565

 

Additions

 

0

 

12,192

 

634

 

1,585

 

14,411

 

Additions due to merger

 

0

 

2,952

 

796

 

100

 

3,848

 

Disposals

 

0

 

2,591

 

13

 

0

 

2,604

 

Reclassifications

 

0

 

510

 

-15

 

0

 

495

 

Balance as of December 31, 2009

 

0

 

167,668

 

14,642

 

221,405

 

403,715

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMORTIZATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening balance as of January 1, 2008

 

0

 

83,802

 

8,765

 

60,279

 

152,846

 

Charge for the year

 

0

 

15,175

 

875

 

10,137

 

26,187

 

Impairment

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

883

 

883

 

Disposals

 

0

 

4,929

 

0

 

0

 

4,929

 

Reclassifications

 

0

 

-4

 

0

 

0

 

-4

 

Balance as of December 31, 2008

 

0

 

94,044

 

9,640

 

71,299

 

174,983

 

Charge for the year

 

0

 

16,212

 

562

 

10,130

 

26,904

 

Impairment

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

256

 

256

 

Additions due to merger

 

0

 

1,959

 

408

 

0

 

2,367

 

Disposals

 

0

 

2,528

 

12

 

0

 

2,540

 

Reclassifications

 

0

 

-1

 

0

 

0

 

-1

 

Balance as of December 31, 2009

 

0

 

109,686

 

10,598

 

81,685

 

201,969

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET BOOK VALUE as of December 31, 2008

 

0

 

60,561

 

3,600

 

148,421

 

212,582

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET BOOK VALUE as of December 31, 2009

 

0

 

57,982

 

4,044

 

139,720

 

201,746

 

 

15



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

Rights

 

The gross value of rights increased by HUF 15,144 million in the current year. Significant part of this increment (HUF 10,621 million) was caused by capitalizations and additional capitalizations of IT systems software rights of use (HUF 5,027 million), other software rights of use (HUF 2,332 million) and other rights (HUF 466 million), as well as the increases from the merger of T-Kábel into Magyar Telekom Plc. (Rights in the amount of HUF 2,225 million and Other rights in the amount of HUF 571 million).

 

The decrease is mainly due to inventory shortage of service supporting systems (gross value is HUF 747 million, net value is zero), the scrapping of obsolete software rights not to be used for other purposes (gross value is HUF 1,170 million, net value is zero) and software of centers linked to operating base stations (NOC-NIS) (gross value is HUF 360 million, net value is zero).

 

Intellectual properties

 

The increase is mainly due to the capitalization of other own software in the amount of HUF 600 million and the increment resulting from the merger of T-Kábel into Magyar Telekom Plc. in the amount of HUF 796 million under the same class of assets.

 

In 2009, the Company reviewed the useful lives of intangible assets similar to previous years and executed the changes in useful lives where the Company deemed it necessary. In consequence, HUF 1,032 million less amortization was charged for 2009.

 

Goodwill

 

In 2009, the Company purchased 100 per cent of the shares of KFKI Direkt Kft., ISH Informatikai Kft. and ISH Kft. In these transactions HUF 45 million (KFKI Direkt Kft.) and HUF 1,424 million (ISH Informatika Kft.) goodwill were recognized.

 

Also in 2009, connected to the subsequent correction of the purchase price of KFKI Rendszerintegrációs Zrt., IWIW Szolgáltató Kft. and M-Factory Kft. further HUF 78 million, HUF 13 million and HUF 25 million goodwill were recognized, respectively.

 

Goodwill was increased by HUF 100 million due to the merger of T-Kábel into Magyar Telekom Plc. as of September 30, 2009 in relation to Dél-Vonal Kft.

 

During 2009 HUF 10,130 million amortization was charged on goodwill.

 

Impairment in the amount of HUF 256 million was recorded on goodwill of which HUF 206 million comes from the reduction of M-Factory Kft.’s goodwill to the market value calculated on the basis of a DFC model based on a ten-year business plan and HUF 50 million comes from the reduction of Orbitel E.A.D.’s goodwill (purchased in 2007) to the return value calculated from the purchase offer on the investment.

 

16



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

The movements in gross value and amortization of goodwill in 2008 and 2009 are summarized as follows:

 

Description

 

Remaining
useful
life
(month)

 

Gross
book value
as of
December
31, 2008

 

Accumulated
amort’n as
of
December
31, 2008

 

Net book
value as
of
December
31, 2008

 

Goodwill
recorded
in 2009

 

Amort’n
and
reclass.
charge in

2009

 

Net book
value as
of
December
31, 2009

 

T-Mobile Távközlési Magyarország Rt.

 

144

 

181,948

 

-63,725

 

118,223

 

0

 

-9,115

 

109,108

 

KFKI Rendszerintegrációs Zrt.

 

0

 

8,718

 

0

 

8,718

 

78

 

0

 

8,796

 

EMITEL Távközlési Zrt.

 

113

 

10,501

 

-4,367

 

6,134

 

0

 

-589

 

5,545

 

Stonebridge Communication A.D.

 

162

 

7,507

 

-1,833

 

5,674

 

0

 

-392

 

5,282

 

Dataplex Kft.

 

0

 

4,793

 

0

 

4,793

 

0

 

0

 

4,793

 

IWIW Szolgáltató Kft.

 

0

 

1,142

 

0

 

1,142

 

13

 

0

 

1,155

 

IQSYS Zrt.

 

0

 

1,132

 

0

 

1,132

 

0

 

0

 

1,132

 

Orbitel A.D.

 

0

 

933

 

-883

 

50

 

0

 

-50

 

0

 

Combridge S.R.L.

 

0

 

818

 

0

 

818

 

0

 

0

 

818

 

Novatel EOOD

 

0

 

447

 

0

 

447

 

0

 

0

 

447

 

M-Factory Kft.

 

0

 

977

 

0

 

977

 

25

 

-206

 

796

 

Adnetwork Online Marketing Kft.

 

0

 

174

 

0

 

174

 

0

 

0

 

174

 

Integris-Rendszerház Kft. (Rába Szolgáltatóház Kft.)

 

37

 

306

 

-167

 

139

 

0

 

-34

 

105

 

Alba Internet Adatbank és Informatikai Kft.

 

0

 

70

 

-70

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

KIBU Innováció Kft.

 

0

 

58

 

-58

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

Telemacedonia A.D.

 

0

 

3

 

-3

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

BCN Rendszerház Kft.

 

0

 

193

 

-193

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

KFKI Direkt Kft.

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

45

 

0

 

45

 

Dél-Vonal Kft.

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

100

 

0

 

100

 

ISH Informatikai Kft.

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

1,424

 

0

 

1,424

 

Total

 

 

 

219,720

 

-71,299

 

148,421

 

1,685

 

-10,386

 

139,720

 

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

6.         Tangible fixed assets

 

The following table is a summary of tangible fixed asset movements — without construction in progress and advance payments for construction in progress — between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2009:

 

 

 

Real estate and
related rights

 

Technical
equipment,
machinery and
vehicles

 

Other
equipment and
vehicles

 

Total

 

GROSS BOOK VALUE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening balance as of January 1, 2008

 

368,606

 

599,215

 

74,690

 

1,042,511

 

Additions

 

11,972

 

38,278

 

5,935

 

56,185

 

Disposals

 

6,462

 

18,009

 

3,125

 

27,596

 

Reclassifications

 

-6,350

 

6,892

 

-661

 

-119

 

Balance as of December 31, 2008

 

367,766

 

626,376

 

76,839

 

1,070,981

 

Additions

 

20,841

 

39,236

 

5,448

 

65,525

 

Additions due to merger

 

14,181

 

12,980

 

720

 

27,881

 

Disposals

 

1,154

 

13,333

 

2,822

 

17,309

 

Reclassifications

 

-780

 

341

 

-355

 

-794

 

Balance as of December 31, 2009

 

400,854

 

665,600

 

79,830

 

1,146,284

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEPRECIATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening balance as of January 1, 2008

 

132,352

 

441,461

 

61,819

 

635,632

 

Charge for the year

 

12,868

 

43,232

 

5,393

 

61,493

 

Impairment

 

9

 

1

 

1

 

11

 

Disposals

 

3,019

 

16,624

 

2,740

 

22,383

 

Reclassifications

 

-2,811

 

3,141

 

-354

 

-24

 

Balance as of December 31, 2008

 

139,399

 

471,211

 

64,119

 

674,729

 

Charge for the year

 

13,457

 

36,963

 

4,888

 

55,308

 

Impairment

 

450

 

1

 

2

 

453

 

Additions due to merger

 

5,930

 

8,811

 

402

 

15,143

 

Disposals

 

826

 

12,541

 

2,573

 

15,940

 

Reclassifications

 

-348

 

238

 

-251

 

-361

 

Balance as of December 31, 2009

 

158,062

 

504,683

 

66,587

 

729,332

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET BOOK VALUE as of December 31, 2008

 

228,367

 

155,165

 

12,720

 

396,252

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET BOOK VALUE as of December 31, 2009

 

242,792

 

160,917

 

13,243

 

416,952

 

 

Further details are disclosed in Appendix 1.

 

18



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

Real estate and related rights

 

Increase in real estate and related rights amounted to HUF 35,022 million in gross value of which the most significant items are:

 

Buildings and other real estates increased by HUF 4,680 million in gross value (see Appendix 1) of which the antenna towers built on land not owned by the Company amounted to HUF 1,775 million and renovating/improving the long-life structured buildings amounted to HUF 1,311 million were the most significant. The increase due to the merger of T-Kábel into Magyar Telekom Plc. is HUF 98 million.

 

Gross value of telecommunication networks increased by HUF 30,003 million (see Appendix 1) of which the significant items are:

 

· cable TV covered house-network (from merger of T-Kábel into Magyar Telekom Plc.) amounted to HUF 9,030 million,

· cable TV coaxial house-network (from merger of T-Kábel into Magyar Telekom Plc.) amounted to HUF 3,468 million,

· cable TV optical network (from merger of T-Kábel into Magyar Telekom Plc.) amounted to HUF 976 million,

· copper wire overground telecom cables for local network amounted to HUF 3,262 million,

· DVB-S infrastructure (Digital Video Broadcasting-Satellite) amounted to HUF 3,086 million,

· fiber optic telecom cables of local network pulled in ducts amounted to HUF 2,614 million,

· copper wire telecom cables of local network pulled in ducts amounted to HUF 1,486 million,

· ducts amounted to HUF 1,316 million,

· inground copper wire telecom cables for local network amounted to HUF 1,044 million,

· fiber optic overground telecom cables for local network amounted to HUF 1,042 million.

 

The decrease in real estate and related rights is mainly due to

 

· the sale of

 

·                  rental right of international connection - United Kingdom-United States of America-France - (gross value: HUF 166 million, net value: HUF 14 million)

 

· scrapping and partial scrapping of which the significant items are:

 

·                  copper wire overground telecom cables for local network (gross value: HUF 364 million, net value: HUF 147 million),

·                  telephone booths (gross value: HUF 126 million, net value: HUF 1 million),

·                  construction works on rented buildings (gross value: HUF 112 million, net value is zero).

 

Impairment was recorded in the amount of HUF 450 million of which the most significant item is the rental right of international connections (HUF 303 million). The reason of impairment is the cancellation of connections namely their technical detachment from the network of Magyar Telekom Plc. Connected to these assets revenues will no longer incur for Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

The most significant item in reclassifications was the reclassification of long-life structured buildings held for sale to current assets amounting to HUF 646 million in gross value (its amortization is HUF 268 million).

 

19



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

Technical equipment, machinery and vehicles

 

Increase is due the capitalization and extension of telecommunication equipment of HUF 52,216 million of which the significant items are:

 

· DVBS-STB (set top box) amounted to HUF 7,076 million,

· CE routers and 3 play equipment amounted to HUF 4,035 million,

· BTS-GSM (900-1800) radio communications equipment amounted to HUF 2,407 million,

· routers amounted to HUF 2,130 million,

· BTS-UMTS radio communications equipment amounted to HUF 2,128 million,

· GSM access network control device amounted to HUF 1,609 million,

· control and management of mobile central network amounted to HUF 1,556 million

· construction engineering equipment amounted to HUF 1,422 million.

 

Significant increasing items from the merger of T-Kábel into Magyar Telekom Plc.:

 

· cable TV coaxial covered active and passive components amounted to HUF 6,350 million,

· cable TV house network active and passive equipment amounted to HUF 3,133 million,

· optical cable TV transmission equipment amounted to HUF 2,717 million.

 

Decrease is mainly due to scrapping of obsolete assets amounted to HUF 13,333 million in gross value of which the significant items are:

 

· point-to-multipoint structured subscriber microwave equipment in the 1.5 GHz frequency band serving telephony and data transmission purposes (gross value: HUF 1,277 million, net value is zero),

· hardware of centers linked to operating base stations (NOC-NIS) (gross value: HUF 933 million, net value is zero),

· BTS-GSM (900-1800) radio communications equipment (gross value: HUF 884 million, net value: HUF 174 million),

· onground microwave telecommunication equipment (gross value: HUF 828 million, net value: HUF 6 million),

· construction engineering equipment (gross value: HUF 616 million, net value: HUF 67 million).

 

Other equipment and vehicles

 

From the HUF 6,168 million increase of other equipment and vehicles HUF 720 million is due to the merger of T-Kábel into Magyar Telekom Plc. Further significant items are the capitalization and extension of servers (HUF 1,038 million), the capitalization of IT system hardware (HUF 930 million) and the capitalization of computer peripherals not serving the core activities (HUF 721 million).

 

The HUF 2,822 million decrease in gross value of other equipment and vehicles is due to the sale and scrapping of equipment of which the significant items are:

 

· sale of passenger cars (gross value: HUF 434 million, net value: HUF 158 million),

· scrappings:

 

·                  computer peripherals not serving directly the core activities (gross value: HUF 362 million, net value: HUF 4 million),

·                  IT systems hardware (mobile) (gross value: HUF 340 million, net value: HUF 1 million),

·                  equipment with development and testing purposes (gross value: HUF 232 million, net value is zero),

·                  instruments (gross value: HUF 144 million, net value: HUF 2 million),

·                  servers and system support IT equipment (gross value: HUF 252 million, net value is zero),

·                  furniture (gross value: HUF 240 million, net value: HUF 5 million).

 

20



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

In 2009, the Company reviewed the useful life of tangible assets similar to previous years and executed the changes in useful lives where the Company deemed it necessary. In consequence, HUF 2,220 million less depreciation was charged for 2009.

 

21



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

7.         Non current investments in related parties

 

As of December 31, 2008 and 2009, the Company’s non current investments are summarized as follows (further details on investments (ownership, voting rights, owners’ equity data) are disclosed in Appendix 2):

 

 

 

Ownership
direct (%)

 

Ownership
indirect (%)

 

Net book value

 

 

 

2009

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stonebridge Communication A.D. (under liquidation)

 

100.00

 

 

 

94,546

 

94,764

 

Crnogorski Telekom A.D.

 

76.53

 

 

 

38,539

 

39,413

 

Investel Zrt.

 

100.00

 

 

 

9,029

 

9,029

 

Pro-M Zrt.

 

100.00

 

 

 

8,200

 

8,200

 

KFKI Rendszerintegrációs Zrt.

 

100.00

 

 

 

5,155

 

5,155

 

Origo Zrt. (previously T-Online Zrt.)

 

100.00

 

 

 

2,049

 

3,549

 

ViDaNet Zrt.

 

67.50

 

22.50

 

2,836

 

2,836

 

Dataplex Kft.

 

100.00

 

 

 

2,005

 

2,005

 

Combridge S.R.L.

 

100.00

 

 

 

1,959

 

2,004

 

Telekom Média Holding Zrt.

 

100.00

 

 

 

0

 

1,745

 

ISH Informatikai Kft.

 

100.00

 

 

 

0

 

1,587

 

Orbitel A.D.

 

100.00

 

 

 

1,724

 

1,421

 

IQSYS Zrt.

 

100.00

 

 

 

1,375

 

1,375

 

Novatel E.O.O.D

 

100.00

 

 

 

662

 

677

 

EurAccount Kft.

 

99.00

 

1.00

 

446

 

446

 

EPT Nyrt.

 

97.20

 

 

 

304

 

304

 

KFKI Direkt Kft.

 

100.00

 

 

 

0

 

264

 

M-Factory Zrt.

 

100.00

 

 

 

63

 

63

 

HUNSAT Zrt.

 

50.00

 

 

 

50

 

50

 

Telemacedonia A.D.

 

100.00

 

 

 

22

 

22

 

Tele-Data Kft.

 

50.98

 

 

 

20

 

20

 

Budakalász KTV Kft.

 

25.00

 

 

 

0

 

20

 

KIBU Innováció Kft. (X-Byte Kft.)

 

99.20

 

0.80

 

86

 

19

 

Mindentudás Egyeteme Tudományos Közhasznú Nonprofit Kft.

 

60.00

 

 

 

3

 

3

 

ISH Kereskedelmi Kft.

 

100.00

 

 

 

0

 

3

 

T-Kábel Magyarország Kft.

 

0

 

0

 

2,359

 

0

 

IKO-Telekom Zrt.

 

0

 

0

 

1,600

 

0

 

ViaBridge Telecommunications H. L. (liquidation concluded)

 

0

 

0

 

106

 

0

 

Novatel Ukraine L.L.C.

 

99.94

 

0.06

 

73

 

0

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

173,211

 

174,974

 

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

Significant changes of Non current investments in subsidiaries in 2008 and in 2009

 

In 2008, certain companies were cancelled from the Company’s books because of mergers (T-Systems Hungary Kft., Integris Rendszerház Kft. and BCN Rendszerház Kft.).

 

During 2008 certain subsidiaries increased their capitals (Dataplex Kft. by HUF 950 million, Combridge S.R.L. by HUF 1,726 million).

 

The Company purchased further IQSYS shares in the amount of HUF 1,456 million.

 

Gabriele 17 GmbH was sold and the investment with a net book value of HUF 7 million was cancelled from the books. Because of liquidation ProMoKom Zrt. was also cancelled from the books in the amount of HUF 18 million.

 

In 2009 there were new acquisitions. Magyar Telekom Plc. purchased KFKI Direkt Kft. which increased the amount of investments by HUF 264 million. 100 per cent shares of International System House Infromatikai Kft. and International System House Kereskedelmi és Szoftverfejlesztő Kft. were also acquired. The two investments together increased the amount of investments by HUF 1,590 million.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. as a shareholder retired from IKO-Telekom Média Holding Zrt. and the investment was cancelled from the books. After the secession Telekom Média Holding Zrt. was established which is solely owned by Magyar Telekom Plc. The new investment increased the balance of non current investments by HUF 1,745 million.

 

In 2009, the book value of investment in Origo Zrt. increased by HUF 1,500 million due to capital increase.

 

In 2009, ViaBridge Telecommunications H.L.’s liquidation procedure was closed and the investment was cancelled from the Company’s books.

 

The Extraordinary General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc. held on June 29, 2009 decided on the merger of T-Kábel Magyarország Kft. into Magyar Telekom Plc. The transformation was registered by the Court of Registry with effect from September 30, 2009. After the merger the Company cancelled the investment in T-Kábel Magyarország Kft. from its books.

 

After the merger Budakalász KTV Kft. - which was earlier an investment of T-Kábel Magyarország Kft. - was recorded in the books of Magyar Telekom Plc. with a book value of HUF 20 million.

 

As a consequence of some statements in the minutes of investigation into certain consultancy contracts (mentioned in Note 1) the book value of the investment in Stonebridge Communications A.D. decreased by HUF 1,862 million.

 

HUF 3,045 million was recorded as foreign exchange difference on foreign investments at the balance sheet date. This amount increased the book value of non current investments.

 

During 2009 HUF 475 million impairment was recorded related to investments of which the most significant item is the impairment of Orbitel A.D. in the amount of HUF 335 million. Further impairment was recorded relating to the investments in Novatel Ukraine L.L.C. (HUF 73 million) and in KIBU Innováció Kft. (HUF 67 million).

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

Stonebridge Communications A.D. (Stonebridge A.D.)

 

In December 2000, Magyar Telekom Plc., on behalf of a consortium, reached an agreement with the government of Macedonia to purchase 51 percent of MakTel on its privatization. The 51 percent ownership acquired by Magyar Telekom Plc. was contributed on January 16, 2001 to a newly established Macedonian holding company, Stonebridge A.D., which is a holding company residing in Skopje. Magyar Telekom Plc.’s has 100 per cent share in Stonebridge A.D. since 2004.

 

Crnogorski Telekom A.D.

 

In 2004, the Montenegrin Privatization Agency issued a tender for the sale of a 51.12 per cent stake in the Montenegrin Telecommunications Company (TCG). Magyar Telekom Plc. won the tender.

 

Crnogorski Telekom A.D. is the leading telecommunication service provider of Montenegro. The share purchase agreement was signed on March 15, 2005 in the amount of EUR 114 million.

 

In 2005, Magyar Telekom Plc. acquired a further 25.41 per cent share for EUR 27 million based on an agreement with minority shareholders.

 

Investel Magyar Távközlési Befektetési Zrt. (Investel Zrt.)

 

Investel Zrt. was established in 1991 with the majority ownership of Magyar Telekom Plc. Currently it performs proprietorial and trustee tasks in certain subsidiaries of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

In 2007 EGERTEL Zrt. merged into Investel Zrt.

 

Pro-M Professzionális Mobilrádió Zrt. (Pro-M Zrt.)

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. took a decision in 2005 to establish Pro-M Professzionális Mobilrádió Zrt. (Pro-M Zrt.) and it was registered at Court of Registry in 2006. The company was established to design, implement and install a wireless network (EDR) using TETRA technology and provides this service for exclusively to certain organizations (e.g. police, ambulance, etc.). The EDR agreement with the Prime Minister’s Office is for a period of ten years.

 

KFKI Rendszerintegrációs Zrt.

 

In 2006 Magyar Telekom Plc. purchased the 100 per cent ownership in KFKI (KFKI-LNX) Zrt. The company had further two subsidiaries: ICON Zrt. and IQSYS Zrt. All three were significant in Hungary’s IT service sector.  BCN Rendszerház Kft. and ICON Zrt. merged into the company with effect of December 31, 2007. In 2008 KFKI Zrt. sold its investment in IQSYS Zrt. to Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

ViDaNet Kábeltelevíziós Szolgáltató Zrt. (ViDaNet Zrt.)

 

ViDaNet Zrt. was established in 2003 by the merger of several companies for providing cable television services. Magyar Telekom Plc.’s direct and indirect ownership in total is 90 per cent and has 49 per cent voting right in the company.

 

T-Kábel Magyarország Kábeltelevíziós Szolgáltató Kft. (T-Kábel Magyarország Kft.)

 

In 1998, Magyar Telekom Plc. established MatávkábelTV Kft. to provide cable television services.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

MatávkábelTV Kft. changed its name to T-Kábel Magyarország Kábeltelevíziós Szolgáltató Kft. (T-Kábel Magyarország Kft.) in 2005 and continued its activities under that name. In 2009 the company merged into Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

Origo Média és Kommunikációs Szolgáltató Zrt. (Origo Zrt.) - previously T-Online Magyarország Internet Szolgáltató Zrt.

 

The Extraordinary General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc. held on June 29, 2007 decided on the merger of the access business line of T-Online Magyarország Zrt. into Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

The internet and content providing business line of T-Online Magyarország Zrt. continues its activities under the name of Origo Média és Kommunikációs Szolgáltató Zrt. In 2009, Magyar Telekom Plc. decided to increase its share capital by private placement of 179,870 pieces of shares with face value of HUF 100 (on HUF 8,339.40 issue amount).  After this transaction the company’s share capital changed to HUF 300 million.

 

Dataplex Infokommunikációs Infrastruktúra Szolgáltató és Ingatlanhasznosító Kft. (Dataplex Kft.)

 

On December 12, 2005, Magyar Telekom Plc. signed an agreement on purchasing the 100 per cent ownership of Dataplex Kft. The company is a major player in Hungary’s IT service sector.

 

After the approval of the Hungarian Competition Authority the Court of Registry registered the transaction on April 20, 2006.

 

Combridge S.R.L.

 

The company is an alternative telecommunication service provider of Romania. Its main activities are: international and domestic leased line connection, international internet access, international IPVPN services, roaming services and international VoIP call termination. In 2007, Magyar Telekom Plc. purchased the share of Combridge S.R.L from ViaBridge Ltd.

 

Orbitel E.A.D.

 

The company is an alternative telecommunication service provider of Bulgaria and purchased by Magyar Telekom Plc. through ViaBridge Ltd. in 2006. Its main activities are: voice service, providing connection between sites, leased line and IPVPN services and system (network) integration. In 2007, Magyar Telekom Plc. purchased the share of Orbitel A.D. from ViaBridge Ltd. In 2009 Magyar Telekom Plc. notified the Bulgarian Competiton Authority about the intention to sell its investment in the company. The Authority approved the transaction in January, 2010 and so the contract of sale on the investment successfully concluded on January 28, 2010.

 

IKO-TELEKOM Média Holding Zrt. (IKO-TELEKOM Zrt.)

 

IKO-Telekom Zrt. was established in 2005. The company is jointly controlled by Magyar Telekom Plc. and IKO Productions Kft. with the aim of merging their interests in Magyar RTL Televízió Rt. and providing interactive and premium rate content services. In April, 2008 the owners decided to demerge the company by separation which was made in 2009. Magyar Telekom Plc. as a shareholder demerged from IKO-Telekom Média Holding Zrt. and the investment was cancelled from the books in 2009.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

IQSYS Informatikai Zrt. (IQSYS Zrt.)

 

IQSYS Zrt. was established in 1990. The company’s main activities are: releasing software, wholesale of computers and software, reproduction of computer storage media, data processing and repair of office computers.

 

In 2007 Magyar Telekom Plc. purchased 0.3 per cent direct ownership in the amount of HUF 15 million. T-Systems Hungary Kft. and Integris Rendszerház Kft. merged into IQSYS Zrt. with effect from December 31, 2007.

 

In 2008 the Magyar Telekom Plc. purchased further shares and acquired 100 per cent ownership in the company.

 

Novatel E.O.O.D.

 

The company was established in 2004 with headquarters in Bulgaria. The company’s main activities are: international and domestic leased line connection, international internet access and IPVPN services, roaming services, infocommunication business solutions and international call termination. The company was owned by ViaBridge Ltd. until Magyar Telekom Plc. purchased it in 2007.

 

EurAccount Pénzügyi és Számviteli Szolgáltató Kft. (EurAccount Kft.)

 

EurAccount Kft. was established on March 1, 2005 by Magyar Telekom Plc. The company provides booking and accounting services for Magyar Telekom Plc. and its subsidiaries.

 

Első Pesti Telefontársaság Nyrt. (EPT Nyrt.)

 

EPT Nyrt. was established in 1992. At present the company provides IP based international and domestic telecommunication and call center services.

 

ViaBridge Telecommunications Holding Limited (ViaBridge Ltd.)

 

The company was established in 2004 with headquarter in Malta owned by Magyar Telekom Plc.’s 100 per cent direct and indirect ownership in total. Its aim was to manage Magyar Telekom Plc.’s small foreign investments as a holding. In 2007 Magyar Telekom Plc. purchased the company’s investments acquiring 100 per cent direct ownership in them.

 

In 2008 Magyar Telekom Plc. decided on the liquidation of the company which was completed in 2009. The investment was cancelled from Magyar Telekom Plc.’s books in 2009.

 

KIBU Innováció Kft.
 

The company was established in 1989 under the name of X-Byte Kft. Magyar Telekom Plc. has become 100 per cent owner of the company in 2005. The company changed its name to KIBU Innováció Kft. in 2007. Its activity is technical research and development as a nonprofit organization. KIBU is the Magyar Telekom Plc.’s innovation labor for young researchers who are interested in the convergence of mobile communication, online communities and urban space and are passionate about creating experimental projects in cross-disciplinary teams.

 

Novatel UKRAINE LLC

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. established NOVATEL Ukraine Limited Liability Company in 2005. The company’s main activity is to sale certain products of Magyar Telekom Plc. in Ukraine.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

M-Factory Kommunikációs Szolgáltató Zrt.

 

In January 2007 Magyar Telekom Plc. purchased 100 per cent of Mobilpress Zrt.’s shares and 75.05 per cent share in M-Factory Kommunikációs Szolgáltató Kft. During 2007 the M-Factory Kft. merged into Mobilpress Zrt. The successor company’s name was changed to M-Factory Kommunikációs Szolgáltató Zrt. As a result of the transformation, Magyar Telekom Plc.’s ownership in the company changed to 92 per cent. In 2008 Magyar Telekom Plc. purchased the remaining 8 per cent of shares and increased its ownership to 100 per cent.

 

Mindentudás Egyeteme Tudományos Közhasznú Nonprofit Kft.

 

The company was established in 2004 (under the name of Mindentudás Egyeteme Kht.) by Magyar Telekom Plc., the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and T-Online Magyarország Zrt. The purpose of its public activity is to organize public courses through media and other telecommunication means to help spreading knowledge of highly interesting scientific topics. The company conducts its business activities to accomplish its main purposes without endangering it.

 

The proportion of Magyar Telekom Plc.’s direct share in the company changed from 40 per cent to 60 per cent subsequent to the merger of T-Online Zrt.’s access business line into Magyar Telekom Plc in 2007.

 

ISH International System House Informatika Kft. (ISH Informatika Kft.) and International System House Kereskedelmi és Szoftverfejlesztő Kft. (ISH Kft)

 

Main activity of ISH Kft. (established in 1996) and ISH Informatika Kft. (established in 2009 by demerge from ISH Kft.) is computer programming. ISH Informatika Kft. provides complex medical IT solutions, IT systems and services for its domestic and foreign customers. In 2009, Magyar Telekom Plc. acquired the 100 per cent shares of ISH Informatika Kft. and ISH Kft. and so became the sole owner of the companies. The transaction was approved by the Hungarian Competition Authority.

 

Telekom Média Holding Zrt.

 

In 2009, Magyar Telekom Plc. as shareholder retired from IKO-Telekom Média Holding Zrt. After the secession Telekom Média Holding Zrt. was established which is solely owned by Magyar Telekom Plc. The members of the holding are Telekom New Media Kft. and Telekom Content & Rights Kft.

 

Telekom New Media (as part of Telekom Media Holding) is the leading participant of the premium rated interactive market in Hungary. The company is a producer of television programs based on own license.

 

Telekom Content & Rights Kft.’s main activity is mobile content marketing.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

8.         Non current loans granted to related parties

 

As of December 31, 2008 and 2009 non current loans granted to related parties are the following:

 

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pro-M Zrt.

 

8,100

 

6,700

 

Dataplex Kft.

 

3,250

 

2,850

 

NOVATEL E.O.O.D.

 

2,148

 

2,197

 

IQSYS Zrt.

 

0

 

1,400

 

KFKI Rendszerintegrációs Zrt.

 

1,000

 

0

 

ViDaNet Zrt.

 

700

 

0

 

Origo Zrt.

 

600

 

0

 

Total

 

15,798

 

13,147

 

 

The amount of loans does not include the instalments due within one year. These instalments are disclosed as short term receivables from related parties (see Note 12).

 

9.         Other non current loans granted

 

This caption contains long term loans granted to employees (HUF 3,928 million), the long term part of instalment receivables of cell phone sales (HUF 858 million), the non current deposit connected to acquiring KFKI Direkt Kft. investment (HUF 47 million) and deposits given (HUF 26 million) totalling HUF 4,859 million.

 

10.  Inventories

 

Inventories mainly include network maintenance materials, while the majority of goods are telecommunication goods and fixed assets held for sale.

 

The following is a movement table of inventories between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2009:

 

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening balance

 

7,161

 

8,267

 

Change in inventories

 

1,216

 

-1,834

 

Impairment loss

 

-110

 

-308

 

Increase due to the merger

 

0

 

787

 

Closing balance

 

8,267

 

6,912

 

 

The decrease of inventories is due to the decrease of mobile phone and accessories and the decrease of service materials of mobile phones.

 

Further details of inventory impairment are disclosed in Appendix 3.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

11.  Accounts receivable

 

As of December 31, 2008 and 2009 accounts receivable include the following:

 

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domestic accounts receivable

 

44,650

 

52,626

 

Foreign accounts receivable

 

2,069

 

1,532

 

Impairment of receivables

 

-10,123

 

-14,494

 

Total

 

36,596

 

39,664

 

 

The significant increase in domestic accounts receivable and impairment is mainly due to the increase in proportion and quantity of overdue receivables.

 

Further details on receivables impairment are disclosed in Appendix 3.

 

12.  Receivables from related parties

 

Receivables from related parties as of December 31, 2008 and 2009 are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

Receivables from IQSYS Kft.(1)

 

676

 

2,079

 

Loans to ViDaNet Zrt.

 

540

 

900

 

Loans to Dataplex Kft.

 

1,000

 

800

 

Receivables from Pro-M Zrt.(2)

 

3,099

 

684

 

Receivables from Origo Zrt.

 

26

 

553

 

Receivables from Combridge S.R.L.

 

893

 

408

 

Loans to EPT Nyrt.

 

445

 

340

 

Loans to M-Factory Zrt.

 

220

 

220

 

Loans to KFKI Rendszerintegrációs Zrt.

 

0

 

200

 

Receivables from Novatel Ukraine L.L.C.

 

236

 

195

 

Receivables from Makedonski Telekom A.D.

 

420

 

107

 

Loans to Novatel E.O.O.D.

 

481

 

86

 

Receivables form EurAccount Kft.

 

354

 

64

 

Loans to Orbitel A.D.

 

0

 

7

 

Receivables from T-Kábel Kft.(3)

 

7,279

 

0

 

Dividend receivable from IKO-Telekom Media Holding Zrt.(4)

 

2,033

 

0

 

Other

 

421

 

250

 

Total

 

18,123

 

6,893

 

 


(1) In 2009, the increase is due to the HUF 1,640 million loan granted to IQSYS Zrt.

(2) The decrease is due to the redemption of the HUF 2,400 million loan granted to Pro-M Zrt.

(3) The decrease is due to the merger of T-Kábel Kft. into Magyar Telekom Plc. with effect from September 30, 2009.
(4) Collected in 2009.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

13.  Receivables from other related parties

 

This caption contains two loans granted (HUF 20,000 million and HUF 9,500 million) to Deutsche Telekom A.G.

 

14.  Other receivables

 

The Company’s other receivables as of December 31, 2008 and 2009 are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

Tax receivables

 

1,743

 

1,751

 

Advance payments given

 

2,672

 

1,560

 

Receivables from employees

 

1,364

 

1,302

 

Receivables from the government

 

84

 

86

 

KFKI deposit

 

413

 

0

 

Other

 

1,000

 

1,071

 

Total

 

7,276

 

5,770

 

 

15.  Securities

 

The amount of HUF 1,179 million represents the value of repurchased treasury stock. On July 3, 2002 the Company issued new shares through CIB Bank Zrt. to cover its management stock option plan. In 2007 shares with a book value of HUF 325 million were sold within the frame of the above mentioned plan.

 

There was no change in the facts compared to the previous year’s Note whereas there was no treasury stock sale in 2009.

 

16.  Prepayments and accrued income

 

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

Accrued income related to telecommunication activities

 

25,728

 

29,164

 

Accrued income related to related parties

 

1,698

 

911

 

Other

 

707

 

1,023

 

Accrued income

 

28,133

 

31,098

 

Accrued amount of value correction paid related to loans

 

0

 

738

 

Rental fees

 

632

 

453

 

Insurance fees

 

2

 

142

 

Other

 

446

 

780

 

Prepaid costs and expenses

 

1,080

 

2,113

 

Total

 

29,213

 

33,211

 

 

Revenues related to the main activity are accrued depending on the billing-cycle. The revenues of actual, but not invoiced traffic are accrued.

 

HUF 738 million is the accrued amount (on December 31, 2009) of value correction paid related to EUR 161 million loan taken up from Deutsche Telekom Finance B.V. in June, 2009. Of this amount HUF 146 million charges the years’ results between 2010 and 2014 annually and HUF 8 million charges the result of the year 2015.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

17.  Shareholder’s Equity

 

Shareholder

 

Number of
shares

 

Nominal value
(HUF per
share)

 

Total value
(HUF’000)

 

Ownership
percentage (%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MagyarCom Holding GmbH

 

617,436,759

 

100

 

61,743,676

 

59.21

%

Free float

 

423,802,143

 

100

 

42,380,214

 

40.65

%

Repurchased treasury stock

 

1,503,541

 

100

 

150,354

 

0.14

%

State-owned

 

100

 

100

 

10

 

0.00

%

Total

 

1,042,742,543

 

 

 

104,274,254

 

100.00

%

 

According to the decisions taken on the General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc. held on June 29, 2009 the number of the shareholders who do not wish to take part in the legal successor company (established after the merger of T-Kábel Kft. and Dél-Vonal Kft. into Magyar Telekom Plc.) is two, with 3,072 shares, Consequently, the equity of Magyar Telekom Plc. is decreased with the nominal value of the shares owned by the shareholders who do not wish to participate in the legal successor company, accordingly, the equity of the Company changed to HUF 104,274,254,300 and the number of Series A ordinary shares of HUF 100 face value is decreased by the number of shares owned by these shareholders.

 

The capital decrease was registered by the Court of Registry with effect from September 30, 2009.

 

Changes in the equity items during 2008 and 2009 are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

Common
stock

 

Capital
reserves

 

Retained
earnings

 

Restricted
reserves (1)

 

Balance
Sheet Net
Profit

 

Opening balance as of January 1, 2008

 

104,275

 

58,289

 

171,525

 

1,556

 

0

 

Increases

 

0

 

0

 

1,347

 

0

 

21,573

 

Decreases

 

0

 

0

 

128

 

0

 

0

 

Reclassifications

 

0

 

0

 

-500

 

500

 

0

 

Balance as of December 31, 2008

 

104,275

 

58,289

 

172,244

 

2,056

 

21,573

 

Increases

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

74,227

 

Increase due to merger

 

0

 

4,049

 

2,306

 

500

 

0

 

Decreases

 

1

 

0

 

1,067

 

0

 

0

 

Decrease due to merger

 

0

 

3,386

 

3,011

 

0

 

0

 

Reclassifications

 

0

 

0

 

21,450

 

123

 

-21,573

 

Balance as of December 31, 2009

 

104,274

 

58,952

 

191,922

 

2,679

 

74,227

 

 


(1) Restricted reserves contain amount of own shares (HUF 1,179 million) and development reserve in the amount of HUF 1,500 million.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

Changes in the retained earnings due to the merger are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

2009

 

Decrease

 

 

 

Due to the cancellation of investment in T-Kábel Kft.

 

2,208

 

Due to the takeover of T-Kábel Kft.’s retained earnings

 

499

 

Due to the cancellation of investment in Dél-Vonal Kft.

 

303

 

Due to the payment of the member leaving T-Kábel Kft.

 

1

 

Total decrease due to the merger

 

3,011

 

 

 

 

 

Increase

 

 

 

Due to the takeover of T-Kábel Kft.’s result for the period January-September, 2009

 

2,190

 

Due to the takeover of Dél-Vonal Kft.’s retained earnings

 

112

 

Due to the takeover of T-Kábel Kft.’s result for the period January-September, 2009

 

4

 

Total increase due to the merger

 

2,306

 

 

Capital reserves decreased by HUF 3,386 million due to the payment of the member leaving T-Kábel Kft. related to the merger and increased by HUF 4,049 million due to the takeover of T-Kábel Kft.’s capital reserves.

 

18.  Provisions

 

 

 

Early
retirement and
severance
payments (1)

 

Contingent
liabilities

 

Other

 

Total

 

Opening Balance as of January 1, 2008

 

14,145

 

6,474

 

1,430

 

22,049

 

Reclassification at opening

 

0

 

27

 

-27

 

0

 

Increase

 

4,603

 

5,887

 

551

 

11,041

 

Decrease

 

9,790

 

2,689

 

529

 

13,008

 

Closing Balance as of December 31, 2008

 

8,958

 

9,699

 

1,425

 

20,082

 

Increase

 

7,300

 

6,839

 

195

 

14,334

 

Increase due to merger

 

14

 

37

 

2

 

53

 

Decrease

 

8,256

 

5,619

 

1,099

 

14,974

 

Closing Balance as of December 31, 2009

 

8,016

 

10,956

 

523

 

19,495

 

 


(1) In 2009, HUF 7,300 million provision was recognized and HUF 8,256 million was reversed in connection with headcount reduction.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

The main items of reversals of provision for contingent liabilities during the year are as follows:

 

Titles

 

2008

 

2009

 

Customer loyalty program

 

1,812

 

2,565

 

Payment obligation due to EKG agreement

 

0

 

1,453

 

Legal cases

 

150

 

325

 

Environmental liabilities

 

58

 

300

 

Employees’ bonuses

 

70

 

272

 

Penalties

 

0

 

260

 

Royalties

 

0

 

257

 

Contractual obligation on dismissal expenses of employees

 

14

 

132

 

Guarantee liabilities

 

44

 

48

 

Contractual (asset retirement) obligation

 

0

 

7

 

Local business tax default

 

355

 

0

 

Amount transferred to Dimenzió Biztosító Egyesület

 

180

 

0

 

Forgiveness of employee loans

 

6

 

0

 

Total reversals

 

2,689

 

5,619

 

 

The main items of increase of provision for contingent liabilities during the year are as follows:

 

Titles

 

2008

 

2009

 

Derivatives (1)

 

0

 

3,229

 

Customer loyalty program

 

1,562

 

2,253

 

Contractual (asset retirement) obligation

 

2,324

 

569

 

Legal cases

 

14

 

311

 

Employees’ bonuses

 

352

 

163

 

Penalties

 

50

 

156

 

Environmental liabilities

 

1,285

 

88

 

Guarantee liabilities

 

48

 

46

 

Local business tax default

 

-519

 

0

 

Royalties

 

230

 

0

 

Liability increase due to EKG agreement

 

541

 

0

 

Other

 

0

 

24

 

Total increases

 

5,887

 

6,839

 

 


(1) Provision created in 2009 for the expected loss related to forward and swap deals still open on the balance sheet date and disclosed on negative fair value among off-balance sheet contingent liabilities. In 2008 there were no expected losses on such deals at the Company.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

19.  Other non current loans

 

The Company had long term loan liabilities in the amount of HUF 23,120 million as of December 31, 2009.

 

During 2009, HUF 11,000 million was drawn down and HUF 5,437 million was reclassified to current loans. The Company repaid HUF 854 million during 2009.

 

HUF 25 million non-realized foreign exchange loss and HUF 60 million realized foreign exchange loss was recognized on loans denominated in foreign currency.

 

The short term parts of other non current loans are disclosed among current loans (see Note 21).

 

The Company does not have any assets pledged for loans.

 

The maturities of non current bank loans are as follows (including debt from issuance of bonds):

 

Due dates

 

Amount

 

2011

 

17,120

 

2012

 

6,000

 

Further instalments in total (1)

 

121

 

Total

 

23,241

 

 


(1) Debt from issuance of bonds

 

20.  Non current liabilities to other related parties

 

This caption contains the non current portion of other related party loans received from Deutsche Telekom Finance B.V. The closing balance of these loans as of December 31, 2009 is HUF 267,017 million.

 

HUF 44,446 million were drawn down in June 2009 repayable until 2015 (fix interest rate of 4.075250 per cent) and HUF 20,075 million loan was drawn down in October 2009 repayable until 2014 (fix interest rate of 4.450250 per cent).

 

The short term portion of related party loans (HUF 39,486 million) is disclosed in Note 23.

 

The maturities of non current owner’s loans are as follows:

 

Maturity

 

Amount

 

2011

 

68,486

 

2012

 

49,486

 

2013

 

34,487

 

2014

 

20,313

 

2015

 

94,245

 

Total

 

267,017

 

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

21.  Current loans

 

The Company had current loans received from banks in the amount of HUF 32,809 million as of December 31, 2009.

 

During 2009, HUF 50,600 million was drawn down and HUF 5,437 million was reclassified from long term loans. The Company repaid HUF 55,764 million during 2009.

 

HUF 124 million non-realized foreign exchange loss, HUF 78 million realized foreign exchange loss and HUF 207 million realized foreign exchange gain was recognized on loans denominated in foreign currency.

 

22.  Current liabilities to related parties

 

The current liabilities to related parties as of December 31, 2008 and 2009 are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

Loan payable to Stonebridge A.D.

 

14,989

 

16,000

 

Advance dividend received (Crnogorski Telekom A,D.) (1)

 

0

 

9,852

 

Liabilities to Investel Zrt.(2)

 

1,858

 

7,175

 

Liabilities to KFKI Zrt.

 

5,983

 

4,424

 

Liabilities to IQSYS Zrt.

 

1,342

 

1,619

 

Loan payable to Telekom Média Holding Zrt.(3)

 

0

 

1,600

 

Liabilities to T-Kábel Kft.(4)

 

2,043

 

0

 

Other (5)

 

3,064

 

2,644

 

Total

 

29,279

 

43,314

 

 


(1) Received interim dividend in 2009.

(2) The changes are mainly due to the increase by HUF 6,580 million loans received in 2009 and the decrease by HUF 1,350 million as the settlement of interim dividend concerning the year 2008.

(3) Loan received in 2009.

(4) The change is due to the merger of T-Kábel Kft. into Magyar Telekom Plc. with effect from September 30, 2009.

(5) The category ‘Other’ contains other loans payable to the companies not mentioned above in the amounts of HUF 929 million in 2008 and HUF 833 million in 2009. In addition it contains interest pool liabilities to companies not mentioned above in the amounts of HUF 1,306 million in 2008 and HUF 965 million in 2009. It also includes accounts payable liability and not invoiced services in the amounts of HUF 818 million in 2008 and HUF 846 million in 2009.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

23.  Current liabilities to other related parties

 

This caption contains HUF 39,486 million (short term portion) of other related party loans described in Note 20 and HUF 20,313 million short term loan from Deutsche Telekom AG.

 

The maturities and interests of current liabilities to other related parties are as follows:

 

Maturity

 

Interest

 

Amount

 

January 29, 2010

 

3 month EURIBOR +0.6%

 

20,313

 

January 31, 2010

 

3 month BUBOR +0.17525%

 

9,486

 

July 6, 2010

 

Fix 8.17%

 

10,000

 

July 6, 2010

 

Fix 8.18%

 

20,000

 

Total

 

 

 

59,799

 

 

Deutsche Telekom AG has pledged its support for financing the Company’s needs through to the end of June 2011.

 

24.  Other current liabilities

 

Other current liabilities as of December 31, 2008 and 2009 are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

Liability from topping up the universal balance

 

2,677

 

2,920

 

Value Added Tax

 

2,679

 

2,838

 

Payables to employees and related contributions

 

3,278

 

2,005

 

Liabilities to government

 

684

 

555

 

Personal income tax

 

677

 

215

 

Solidarity tax

 

51

 

159

 

Purchase price of KFKI Zrt. - second instalment

 

413

 

0

 

Dividends payable 2008

 

77,052

 

0

 

Dividends payable 2009 (1)

 

0

 

0

 

Other (2)

 

4,574

 

3,009

 

Total

 

92,085

 

11,701

 

 


(1) Dividend payable for 2009 has not been decided yet.

(2) The category “Other” includes HUF 99 million and HUF 102 million unpaid dividends approved for 2008 and 2009, respectively. The category also includes liabilities due to the EKG agreement in the amounts of HUF 2,156 million in 2008 and HUF 0 million in 2009. It contains vehicle leasing liabilities in the amounts of HUF 575 million in 2008 and HUF 514 million in 2009. Further element is the customer overpayment liability amounting to HUF 1,001 million in 2008 and HUF 1,444 million in 2009.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

25.  Accrued expenses and deferred income

 

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

Deferred subscription and traffic fees

 

3,864

 

3,665

 

Deferred income from related parties

 

0

 

552

 

Deferred income of rebranding (1)

 

362

 

297

 

Other

 

33

 

307

 

Deferred income

 

4,259

 

4,821

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vendor accruals

 

19,246

 

19,163

 

Accrued interest on owners’ loan

 

8,845

 

7,674

 

Accrued payroll related expenses

 

5,904

 

6,292

 

Accrued frequency usage fee

 

4,346

 

4,322

 

Accruals to related parties

 

2,307

 

2,252

 

Accrued roaming related expenses

 

2,902

 

2,093

 

Accrued interests

 

1,223

 

1,106

 

Accrued value added services

 

594

 

249

 

Accrued expenses

 

45,367

 

43,151

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other deferred revenue

 

335

 

297

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

49,961

 

48,269

 

 


(1) The reimbursement received from the parent company in connection with rebranding-related capitalized expenditures is shown as deferred income, and recognized in other revenues in line with the depreciation of the related assets.

 

26.  Domestic sales

 

Domestic sales in the years ending December 31, 2008 and 2009 are as follows:

 

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mobile traffic revenues

 

204,800

 

183,536

 

Subscriptions, connections and other charges relating to voice and data services (1)

 

152,994

 

152,873

 

Leased lines and data transmission

 

39,262

 

37,296

 

Fixed line traffic revenues

 

49,951

 

36,648

 

Handset revenues

 

17,022

 

16,512

 

Revenues entirely from TV services (1)

 

1,670

 

10,239

 

Revenues from equipment sales

 

1,052

 

931

 

Other revenues (1)

 

15,778

 

18,402

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total domestic sales

 

482,529

 

456,437

 

 


(1) ‘Revenues entirely from TV services’ were disclosed in ‘Other revenues’ (HUF 1,539 million) and in ‘ Subscriptions, connections and other charges relating to voice and data services’ (HUF 131 million) lines in the Note as of 2008.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

27.  Export sales by geographical areas

 

Export sales by geographical areas in the years ending December 31, 2008 and 2009 are summarized as follows (sales are solely connected with services provided):

 

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

 

%

 

Europe (within the EU)

 

15,021

 

82.19

%

15,949

 

84.70

%

Europe (outside the EU)

 

2,261

 

12.37

%

1,991

 

10.57

%

Asia

 

459

 

2.51

%

468

 

2.48

%

America

 

463

 

2.53

%

333

 

1.77

%

Australia

 

60

 

0.33

%

73

 

0.39

%

Africa

 

11

 

0.06

%

18

 

0.10

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total export sales

 

18,275

 

100.00

%

18,832

 

100.00

%

 

28.  Other revenues

 

Other revenues in the years ending December 31, 2008 and 2009 are as follows:

 

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

Reversal of provisions (1)

 

13,008

 

14,974

 

Discount received subsequently

 

3,960

 

3,695

 

Default interest, penalties, compensations

 

2,045

 

2,220

 

Other revenues in connection with impairment (2)

 

364

 

2,097

 

Revenue from sale of intangible and tangible fixed assets (3)

 

5,963

 

493

 

Revenue from receivable factoring

 

434

 

161

 

Renaming and rebranding

 

169

 

113

 

Other

 

755

 

880

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

26,698

 

24,633

 

 


(1) The increase is mostly due to the HUF 1,453 million reversal of provision on payment obligation due to EKG agreement. Provisions are detailed in the Note 18.

(2) The change is due to the increase in the received amounts of overdued and impaired receivables in relation to the previous year.

(3) The Company sold less real estates in 2009.

 

29.  Import purchases

 

Import purchases by geographical areas in the years ending December 31, 2008 and 2009 are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

 

 

Services

 

Products

 

Total

 

Services

 

Products

 

Total

 

Europe (within the EU)

 

13,016

 

19,377

 

32,393

 

19,317

 

13,086

 

32,403

 

America

 

5,850

 

248

 

6,098

 

6,341

 

71

 

6,412

 

Europe (outside the EU)

 

2,053

 

40

 

2,093

 

2,788

 

314

 

3,102

 

Asia

 

1,129

 

162

 

1,291

 

1,120

 

904

 

2,024

 

Australia

 

44

 

0

 

44

 

41

 

0

 

41

 

Africa

 

350

 

0

 

350

 

263

 

0

 

263

 

Total

 

22,442

 

19,827

 

42,269

 

29,870

 

14,375

 

44,245

 

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

30.  Cost of services

 

Cost of services in the years ending December 31, 2008 and 2009 are as follows:

 

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

Repair and maintenance costs

 

21,774

 

21,041

 

Rental fees

 

10,720

 

11,614

 

Expenses of rented workforce and operator activities

 

12,718

 

10,389

 

Consultancy

 

10,121

 

10,287

 

Marketing expenses

 

13,882

 

9,579

 

Commissions paid

 

6,981

 

9,227

 

Fees paid to entrepreneurs (1)

 

7,560

 

7,859

 

Payments to international network operators

 

5,034

 

6,109

 

Postage

 

2,604

 

2,451

 

Bookkeeping services

 

1,909

 

1,701

 

Property operating costs

 

1,718

 

1,663

 

Education, training expenses

 

1,359

 

1,327

 

Services related to other revenues

 

386

 

967

 

Travel and accommodation costs

 

627

 

512

 

Fleet management

 

480

 

468

 

Brand license fee (1)

 

359

 

411

 

Payments to Internet service providers (2)

 

196

 

158

 

Other

 

637

 

865

 

Total

 

99,065

 

96,628

 

 


(1) Brand license fee contains T-Mobile Royalty Fee and T-Home brand license fee amounted to HUF 182 million and HUF 177 million in 2008, HUF 187 million and HUF 224 million in 2009, respectively. T-Home brand license fee was disclosed in ‘Fees paid to entrepreneurs’ line in 2008.

(2) ‘Payments to Internet service providers’ are based on the decree of MeHVM 30/2001 (XII.23.).

 

31.  Costs of services sold (intermediated)

 

Costs of intermediated services sold in the years ending December 31, 2008 and 2009 are as follows:

 

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

Payment to mobile operators (1)

 

57,128

 

48,875

 

Costs of intermediated RI/IT services

 

6,714

 

6,276

 

Payment to other fixed line network operators

 

5,664

 

5,075

 

Charges for network use paid to Cable TV companies

 

2,919

 

4,583

 

Costs of content providing and mobile trade services sold

 

4,802

 

4,294

 

Costs of TV services (2)

 

109

 

3,151

 

Other (2)

 

1,802

 

1,341

 

Total

 

79,138

 

73,595

 

 


(1) Decrease of payment to mobile operators is due to the decrease in call termination charges and the significant decrease of average price of roaming traffic fees owing to the EU regulation introduced on July 1, 2009.

 

39



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

(2) Costs of TV services were disclosed in ‘Other’ line in 2008 in the amount of HUF 109 million. The increase in 2009 is due to the costs of TV services taken over by the merger of T-Kábel Kft. into Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

32.  Employees

 

The average number of employees in 2008 and 2009 are as follows:

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2008

 

 

 

Average number of
employees (person)

 

Salaries and
Wages

 

Other payroll
related expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Full-time employees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

blue collar

 

938

 

2,876

 

1,053

 

white collar

 

5,036

 

38,876

 

5,881

 

total

 

5,974

 

41,752

 

6,934

 

Part-time employees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

blue collar

 

6

 

16

 

9

 

white collar

 

265

 

716

 

311

 

total

 

271

 

732

 

320

 

Employees total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

blue collar

 

944

 

2,892

 

1,062

 

white collar

 

5,301

 

39,592

 

6,192

 

total

 

6,245

 

42,484

 

7,254

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employees not in headcount (1)

 

0

 

2,586

 

6,012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

6,245

 

45,070

 

13,266

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2009

 

 

 

Average number of
employees (person)

 

Salaries and
Wages

 

Other payroll
related expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Full-time employees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

blue collar

 

912

 

2,966

 

1,230

 

white collar

 

5,483

 

41,920

 

8,206

 

total

 

6,395

 

44,886

 

9,436

 

Part-time employees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

blue collar

 

2

 

3

 

2

 

white collar

 

68

 

198

 

83

 

total

 

70

 

201

 

85

 

Employees total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

blue collar

 

914

 

2,969

 

1,232

 

white collar

 

5,551

 

42,118

 

8,289

 

total

 

6,465

 

45,087

 

9,521

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employees not in headcount (1)

 

0

 

2,189

 

3,887

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

6,465

 

47,276

 

13,408

 

 


(1) Includes employees on maternity leave, who are excluded from the average statistical number of employees.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

33.  Remuneration of Board of Directors and Supervisory Board

 

The remuneration of members of the Board of Directors and Supervisory Board of the Company in the years ending December 31, 2008 and 2009 is summarized below:

 

Year

 

Board of
Directors

 

Supervisory
Board

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2008

 

13

 

46

 

59

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2009

 

13

 

42

 

55

 

 

The members of Board of Directors have not received any advance payments or loans from the Company. The members of Supervisory Board have received advance payments or loans in the current year as follows:

 

Description

 

Supervisory Board

 

 

 

Advance payments

 

 

 

 

 

Opening balance

 

0

 

 

 

Payments in the current year

 

0

 

 

 

Payments repaid

 

0

 

 

 

Closing balance

 

0

 

 

 

Loans

 

 

 

 

 

Opening balance

 

4

Disbursements in the current year

 

0

Loans repaid in the current year

 

1

 

 

 

Closing balance

 

3

 

The loans are to be reimbursed monthly, the average repayment term left is 42 months. All advance payments and loans are free of interest.

 

The Company did not offer guarantees on behalf of the members of the Board of Directors and Supervisory Board and has no retirement pension liability to them.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

34.  Other expenses

 

Other expenses in the years ending December 31, 2008 and 2009 are as follows:

 

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

Provisions (1)

 

11,553

 

14,331

 

Impairment of receivables and inventories, extraordinary depreciation of intangible and tangible fixed assets (2)

 

3,219

 

11,120

 

Government taxes

 

8,632

 

8,161

 

Discount granted subsequently on roaming traffic

 

1,785

 

1,838

 

Withholding tax (3)

 

1,536

 

1,276

 

Factored receivables

 

1,528

 

639

 

Write-off of uncollectible receivables

 

1,683

 

457

 

Net book value of fixed assets sold (4)

 

3,661

 

362

 

Loss of intangible and tangible fixed assets and inventory shortage (5)

 

753

 

356

 

Other (6)

 

455

 

2,030

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

34,805

 

40,573

 

 


(1) In 2009, HUF 7,300 million provisions were recognized for early retirement, exemption salaries and related social security.

(2) The change is manly due to the significant extra impairment on receivables (see Note 11).

(3) Withholding tax was disclosed in ‘Other’ line in 2008.

(4) The Company sold less real estates in 2009.

(5) Expense from car damages amounted to HUF 229 million in 2008 and HUF 260 million in 2009 was reclassified from ‘Other’ to ‘Loss of intangible and tangible fixed assets and inventory shortage’ line.

(6) Increase in ‘Other’ is mainly due to the other expenses related to EKG agreements amounted to HUF 1,429 million.

 

35.  Results of financial activities

 

The main driver in revenues from financial activities (HUF 43,224 million) is the dividend received in 2009 related to year 2008 (HUF 31,409 million). The most significant items are the dividends received from Stonebridge A.D. (HUF 23,177 million), from KFKI Zrt. (HUF 3,500 million), from Crnogorski Telekom AD (HUF 2,158 million) and from Investel Zrt. (HUF 1,350 million).

 

Further significant item is the interest on loans given to subsidiaries disclosed as interest income on financial investments (HUF 1,352 million) and as other interest income received (HUF 1,940 million).

 

The revenues from financial activities mainly contains non-realized (HUF 2,385 million) and realized (HUF 4,395 million) foreign exchange gain.

 

The majority of the HUF 38,655 million financial expenses is the HUF 33,980 million interest expense in 2009. This includes the amount of the interest payable on owners’ loans and bank loans. Impairment loss of HUF 476 million was recorded on investments in 2009. Other expenses from financial transactions is HUF 4,199 million of which the most significant item is the other foreign exchange loss in the amount of HUF 3,898 million.

 

In 2009, realized foreign exchange gain in the amount of HUF 492 million and foreign exchange loss in the amount of HUF 999 million were recorded in connection with closed forward transactions. All of the

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

closed forward F/X deals were contracted on the OTC market with the original aim of delivery, which was closed by reverse transaction.

 

36.  Extraordinary revenues

 

Extraordinary revenues in the years ending December 31, 2008 and 2009 are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

Assets received free of charge

 

4

 

4

 

Extraordinary revenues adjusting tax base

 

4

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues related to investments in subsidiaries:

 

 

 

 

 

- Cancellation of IKO-Telekom share (separation)

 

0

 

1,745

 

- Cancellation of Viabridge share (liquidation)

 

0

 

106

 

- Merger of BCN Kft. into KFKI Zrt.

 

3,932

 

0

 

- Merger of Integris Kft. into IQSYS Zrt.

 

915

 

0

 

- Merger of TSH into IQSYS Zrt.

 

120

 

0

 

- Merger of IWIW Kft. into [origo] Zrt.

 

103

 

0

 

- Merger of Adnetwork Kft. into [origo] Zrt.

 

59

 

0

 

- Liquidation of ProMoKom Zrt.

 

18

 

0

 

Development contributions

 

65

 

29

 

Dividends expired

 

6

 

14

 

Assets received free of charge (not adjusting tax base)

 

10

 

6

 

Other extraordinary revenues

 

1

 

29

 

Extraordinary revenues not adjusting tax base

 

5,229

 

1,929

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

5,233

 

1,933

 

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

37.  Extraordinary expenses

 

The extraordinary expenses of the Company in the years ending December 31, 2008 and 2009 are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

Dimenzió contributions

 

2,991

 

1,144

 

Donation to foundations, charities and other organizations

 

1,194

 

708

 

Forgiveness of loans to subsidiaries

 

0

 

660

 

Net book value of assets contributed free of charge

 

71

 

58

 

Net book value of receivables waived

 

51

 

44

 

Extraordinary losses adjusting tax base

 

4,307

 

2,614

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses related to investments in subsidiaries:

 

 

 

 

 

- Cancellation of IKO-Telekom share (separation)

 

0

 

1,600

 

- Cancellation of Viabridge share (liquidation)

 

0

 

106

 

- Merger of BCN Kft. into KFKI Zrt.

 

2,864

 

0

 

- Merger of TSH into IQSYS Zrt.

 

1,693

 

0

 

- Merger of Integris Kft. into IQSYS Zrt.

 

594

 

0

 

- Liquidation of ProMoKom Zrt.

 

18

 

0

 

- Merger of IWIW Kft. into [origo] Zrt.

 

11

 

0

 

- Merger of Adnetwork Kft. into [origo] Zrt.

 

4

 

0

 

Assets contributed free of charge based on Law

 

1

 

0

 

Other extraordinary losses

 

12

 

0

 

Extraordinary losses not adjusting tax base

 

5,197

 

1,706

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

9,504

 

4,320

 

 

44



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

38.  Transactions with related parties and subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom Group

 

Balances of transactions with related parties not disclosed in the balance sheet and income statement are detailed as follows.

 

Loans received from owners are disclosed as Non current liabilities to other related parties or Current liabilities to other related parties. Their interests are disclosed separately as expenses from financial transactions in the income statement.

 

Revenues and expenses (mainly relating to telecommunication services) from the subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom Group were not disclosed separately as transactions with related parties.

 

Transactions with related parties and subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom in the years ending December 31, 2008 and 2009 are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

Net domestic sales

 

482,529

 

456,437

 

- of which: related parties

 

7,778

 

8,045

 

- of which: subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom Group

 

589

 

583

 

Net export sales

 

18,275

 

18,832

 

- of which: related parties

 

1,751

 

1,383

 

- of which: subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom Group

 

10,668

 

12,033

 

Other revenues

 

26,698

 

24,633

 

- of which: related parties

 

81

 

60

 

- of which: subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom Group

 

1,363

 

2,830

 

Accounts receivable

 

36,596

 

39,664

 

- of which: subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom Group

 

1,070

 

758

 

Receivables from other related companies

 

0

 

29,500

 

- of which: subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom Group

 

0

 

29,500

 

Other receivables

 

7,276

 

5,770

 

- of which: subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom Group

 

0

 

2

 

Accrued income

 

28,133

 

31,098

 

- of which: subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom Group

 

4,354

 

3,990

 

Prepaid expenses

 

1,080

 

2,113

 

- of which: subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom Group

 

46

 

820

 

Accounts payable

 

32,555

 

29,534

 

- of which: subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom Group

 

1,731

 

1,477

 

Current liabilities to other related parties

 

87,486

 

59,799

 

- of which: subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom Group

 

87,486

 

59,799

 

Deferred Income

 

4,259

 

4,821

 

- of which: subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom Group

 

0

 

552

 

Accrued expenses

 

45,367

 

43,151

 

- of which: subsidiaries of Deutsche Telekom Group

 

12,323

 

10,726

 

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

39.  Corporate Income Tax

 

The differences between profit before tax and the tax base for the years ending December 31, 2008 and 2009 are presented below:

 

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

Profit before tax

 

101,433

 

76,415

 

Depreciation according to the Act on Accounting

 

88,722

 

82,840

 

Recognition of provisions

 

11,553

 

14,334

 

Impairment of receivables

 

2,042

 

8,648

 

Non-repayable donations, assets and services given free of charge, assumed liabilities

 

4,283

 

2,600

 

Derecognition of intangible and tangible assets, reclassification to current assets

 

5,328

 

2,279

 

Recoverable, waived and expired receivables

 

267

 

145

 

Other increasing items

 

2,647

 

525

 

Tax base increasing items

 

114,842

 

111,371

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation according to the Tax Law

 

138,509

 

116,012

 

Dividend income

 

37,476

 

31,409

 

Reversal of provisions

 

13,008

 

14,974

 

Local business tax

 

7,463

 

7,073

 

Non realized foreign exchange gain

 

6,176

 

3,030

 

Bad debt write-off, received payments on uncollectible receivables, reversal of impairment

 

1,896

 

2,733

 

Derecognition of intangible and tangible assets, reclassification to current assets

 

4,983

 

1,834

 

Donations

 

2,489

 

612

 

Development reserve

 

500

 

500

 

Utilization of tax loss carried forward

 

0

 

320

 

R&D costs

 

372

 

333

 

Subsidies received

 

5

 

75

 

Realized gain on termination of investments

 

1,046

 

0

 

Other decreasing items

 

51

 

1

 

Tax base decreasing items

 

213,974

 

178,906

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax base

 

2,301

 

8,880

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calculated amount of tax

 

368

 

1,421

 

Tax credit

 

294

 

1,137

 

Solidarity tax

 

2,734

 

1,904

 

Corporate Income Tax

 

2,808

 

2,188

 

 

46



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

Other tax related information

 

552/2004 Ministry of Finance Resolution: “Tax credit in connection with improvement program cannot exceed HUF 5,908 million at present value.”

 

19/2005 Ministry of Finance Resolution: “Tax credit in connection with improvement program cannot exceed HUF 2,614 million at present value.”

 

Tax credit on broadband Internet investments announced for 2006: “Tax credit cannot exceed HUF 2,292 million at present value.”

 

Tax credit on broadband Internet investments announced for 2007: “Tax credit cannot exceed HUF 1,318 million at present value.”

 

12.724/2005 Ministry of Finance Resolution: “The tax credit is applicable in connection with construction of WLAN put into service by T-Mobile Magyarország Rt. which also provides broadband internet service and cannot exceed HUF 334 million at present value.”

 

The tax credit is applicable in connection with construction of UMTS network announced by T-Mobile on 18 August, 2005 which also provides broadband internet service and cannot exceed HUF 4,215 million at present value.

 

Tax credit on broadband Internet investments announced for 2006 by T-Mobile. The tax credit is applicable in connection with construction of WLAN which also provides broadband internet service and cannot exceed HUF 835 million at present value.

 

2004 is the last year closed by comprehensive audit by the Hungarian Tax Authority (APEH) at the Company. In July, 2009 the APEH started a complex inspection at Magyar Telekom Plc. concerning all kinds of taxes relating to the years 2005 and 2006. The inspection has not yet been closed but the Company created provision in the amount of HUF 153 million for the expected tax differential and tax penalty. Tax authorities may at any time inspect the books and records until the end of the 6th year following the year when the tax declarations were submitted and can levy extra tax or penalty. Management of the Company is not aware of any circumstances which could result in a significant liability in this respect.

 

40.  Dividend

 

The current year’s dividend payable of Magyar Telekom Plc. has not yet been decided.

 

41.  Off-balance sheet items

 

Off-balance sheet items are mainly contractual commitments (rental contracts, contracted construction-in-progress and other development commitments, guarantee obligations, obligations related to acquisition of a company, environmental, restoration and other expected obligations).

 

Off-balance sheet items are detailed (including the off-balance sheet receivables and liabilities related to forward and swap deals not closed until the balance sheet closing day) in Appendix 4.

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

42.  Hazardous waste, Research & Development costs

 

The following table shows the movement of hazardous waste at the Company in 2009 (data in kilograms):

 

 

 

Hazardous waste (kg)

 

December 31, 2008

 

0

 

Increase

 

 

 

Lead batteries

 

242,500

 

Soil and rocks containing hazardous substance

 

93,235

 

Other

 

10,483

 

Increase in total

 

346,218

 

Decrease

 

 

 

Lead batteries

 

242,500

 

Soil and rocks containing hazardous substance

 

93,235

 

Other

 

10,483

 

Decrease in total

 

346,218

 

December 31, 2009

 

0

 

 

Environmental expenses amounted to HUF 323 million in 2008, and HUF 272 million in 2009.

 

Research and development costs amounted to HUF 721 million at Magyar Telekom Plc. in 2009.

 

43.  Self-revisions

 

At Magyar Telekom Plc., financial events that are related to prior years are recorded in the current year through self-revision.

 

According to the Hungarian Accounting Regulations, if the impact of the self-revision exceeds the 2 per cent of the total assets of the current year, or at least HUF 500 million, such items must be disclosed in a separate column in both the balance sheet and the income statement.

 

Errors related to prior years, that were discovered in 2009 exceeded the HUF 500 million limit (irrespective of their profit increasing or decreasing nature), therefore they are presented next to previous year’s figures in the balance sheet and income statement.

 

The total (profit increasing) impact of self-revisions is HUF 1,061 million and is broken down by corresponding years as follows:

 

Year

 

Self-revision (in
millions of HUF)

 

 

 

 

 

1999

 

9

 

2001

 

-1,718

 

2002

 

65

 

2003

 

-199

 

2004

 

220

 

2005

 

-52

 

2006

 

56

 

2007

 

335

 

2008

 

176

 

January - September, 2008
(T-Kábel)

 

47

 

 

The major items based on the „A” type income statement lines are the following:

 

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Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

I. Sales revenue

 

 

 

194

 

Subscriptions, connections and other charges relating to voice and data services

 

298

 

 

 

Revenues entirely from TV services

 

65

 

 

 

International leased lines

 

27

 

 

 

Revenues from asset sale

 

5

 

 

 

Other export revenues

 

5

 

 

 

Fixed line traffic revenues

 

-7

 

 

 

Leased lines and data transmission revenues

 

-119

 

 

 

Other

 

-80

 

 

 

II. Own work capitalized

 

 

 

22

 

Capitalized value of self-manufactured assets

 

22

 

 

 

III. Other revenues

 

 

 

-27

 

Rebranding

 

-42

 

 

 

Fixed assets sold and construction in progress

 

11

 

 

 

Other

 

4

 

 

 

IV. Material-type expenses

 

 

 

-1,205

 

Consultant fees

 

-950

 

 

 

Rental fees

 

-84

 

 

 

Intermediated services

 

-48

 

 

 

Advertisement and marketing costs

 

-69

 

 

 

Postage

 

-68

 

 

 

Other

 

14

 

 

 

V. Payroll and related expenses

 

 

 

-236

 

PIT on other contributions in kind

 

-111

 

 

 

Social Security

 

-121

 

 

 

Other

 

-4

 

 

 

VI. Depreciation

 

 

 

527

 

Depreciation related to prior years

 

527

 

 

 

VII. Other expenses

 

 

 

31

 

Shortages and damages of tangible and intangible assets

 

48

 

 

 

Tangible and intangible assets sold and construction in progress

 

-20

 

 

 

Other

 

3

 

 

 

VIII. Revenues from financial transactions

 

 

 

-196

 

Correction of investments revaluation

 

-204

 

 

 

Other

 

8

 

 

 

IX. Expenses from financial transactions

 

 

 

-170

 

Correction of investments revaluation

 

-220

 

 

 

Reimbursement of outstanding interest

 

54

 

 

 

Other

 

-4

 

 

 

D. PROFIT FROM EXTRAORDINARY ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

-2,328

 

Investment and cost corrections

 

-2,688

 

 

 

Vodafone rental fee

 

375

 

 

 

Other

 

-15

 

 

 

XII. Corporate income tax

 

 

 

-221

 

Corporate income tax

 

-240

 

 

 

Solidarity tax

 

19

 

 

 

Impact on net income

 

 

 

-1,061

 

 

49



 

Magyar Telekom Plc.

Notes to the Financial Statements prepared

in accordance with the Hungarian Act on Accounting

As of December 31, 2009

(All amounts in millions of HUF, unless otherwise indicated)

 

44.  Remuneration of auditor

 

Fees charged by the auditors in the years ending December 31, 2008 and 2009 are summarized as follows (disclosed from 2008 in accordance with the laws in force):

 

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

Audit

 

240

 

282

 

Other assurance services

 

163

 

135

 

Other non-audit services

 

107

 

208

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

510

 

625

 

 

Budapest, March 10, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christopher Mattheisen

 

Thilo Kusch

 

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,

Chairman of the Board

 

Chief Financial Officer,

Board member

 

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Appendix 1A

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. 2009

 

Real estate and related rights

 

(in HUF millions)

 

Description

 

Land

 

Building

 

Telecommunication
Network

 

Other Properties

 

Real Estate
related Rights

 

Real Estate and
related Rights
Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Gross value (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11. Opening gross value (on January 1, 2009)

 

2,437

 

82,252

 

261,306

 

16,621

 

5,150

 

367,766

 

12. Additions in gross value

 

5

 

3,979

 

15,927

 

603

 

327

 

20,841

 

13. Additions due to merger

 

4

 

98

 

14,076

 

0

 

3

 

14,181

 

14. Disposals in gross value

 

9

 

170

 

619

 

148

 

208

 

1,154

 

Reclassifications

 

-99

 

-587

 

-5

 

-90

 

1

 

-780

 

15. Closing gross value (on December 31, 2009)

 

2,338

 

85,572

 

290,685

 

16,986

 

5,273

 

400,854

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Accumulated depreciation (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21. Opening depreciation (on January 1, 2009)

 

0

 

18,459

 

110,172

 

6,860

 

3,908

 

139,399

 

22. Annual depreciation

 

0

 

2,153

 

10,645

 

447

 

212

 

13,457

 

23. Extraordinary depreciation

 

0

 

137

 

0

 

10

 

303

 

450

 

24. Additions due to merger

 

0

 

33

 

5,893

 

0

 

4

 

5,930

 

25. Disposals in depreciation

 

0

 

134

 

363

 

138

 

191

 

826

 

Reclassifications

 

0

 

-251

 

-5

 

-90

 

-2

 

-348

 

26. Closing depreciation (on December 31, 2009)

 

0

 

20,397

 

126,342

 

7,089

 

4,234

 

158,062

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Net book value (on December 31, 2009) (1)

 

2,338

 

65,175

 

164,343

 

9,897

 

1,039

 

242,792

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of which residual value

 

0

 

170

 

0

 

5

 

0

 

175

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Other data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual depreciation (January - December, 2009)

 

0

 

2,153

 

10,645

 

447

 

212

 

13,457

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extraordinary depreciation

 

0

 

137

 

0

 

10

 

303

 

450

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reversal of Extraordinary depreciation

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 


(1) Excludes the assets below HUF 50,000

 



Appendix 1B

Magyar Telekom Plc. 2009

 

Technical and Other Equipment, Machinery and Vehicles

 

(in HUF millions)

 

Description

 

Telecommunication
Equipment,
Machinery

 

Other Technical
Equipment,
Machinery and
vehicles

 

Technical
Equipment,
Machinery and
Vehicles Total

 

Other Equipment
Total

 

Technical and
Other Equipment
Total

 

Technical and
Other Equipment
used for
environmental
protection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Gross value (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11. Opening gross value (on January 1, 2009)

 

622,636

 

3,740

 

626,376

 

76,839

 

703,215

 

34

 

12. Additions in gross value

 

39,044

 

192

 

39,236

 

5,448

 

44,684

 

0

 

13. Additions due to merger

 

12,977

 

3

 

12,980

 

720

 

13,700

 

0

 

14. Disposals in gross value

 

12,908

 

425

 

13,333

 

2,822

 

16,155

 

0

 

Reclassifications

 

122

 

219

 

341

 

-355

 

-14

 

0

 

15. Closing gross value (on December 31, 2009)

 

661,871

 

3,729

 

665,600

 

79,830

 

745,430

 

34

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Accumulated depreciation (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21. Opening depreciation (on January 1, 2009)

 

469,405

 

1,806

 

471,211

 

64,119

 

535,330

 

28

 

22. Annual depreciation

 

36,573

 

390

 

36,963

 

4,888

 

41,851

 

2

 

23. Extraordinary depreciation

 

0

 

1

 

1

 

2

 

3

 

0

 

24. Additions due to merger

 

8,808

 

3

 

8,811

 

402

 

9,213

 

0

 

25. Disposals in depreciation

 

12,147

 

394

 

12,541

 

2,573

 

15,114

 

0

 

Reclassifications

 

91

 

147

 

238

 

-251

 

-13

 

0

 

26. Closing depreciation (on December 31, 2009)

 

502,730

 

1,953

 

504,683

 

66,587

 

571,270

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Net book value (on December 31, 2009) (1)

 

159,141

 

1,776

 

160,917

 

13,243

 

174,160

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of which residual value

 

32

 

992

 

1,024

 

1,676

 

2,700

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Other data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual depreciation (January - December, 2009)

 

36,573

 

390

 

36,963

 

4,888

 

41,851

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extraordinary depreciation

 

0

 

1

 

1

 

2

 

3

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reversal of Extraordinary depreciation

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 


(1) Excludes the assets below HUF 50,000

 


 


 

Appendix 2

Magyar Telekom Plc. 2009

 

Direct and indirect investments of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

 (in HUF millions)

 

Description

 

Headquarter

 

Owner-
ship Direct
(%)

 

Owner-
ship
Indirect
(%)

 

Owner-
ship (%)

 

Voting
Rights

 

Common
Stock

 

Capital
Reserves

 

Net
Income

 

Owner’s
Equity

 

Budakalász Kábel TV Kft.

 

2011 Budakalász, Szentendrei út 9.

 

25.00

%

 

 

25.00

%

25.00

%

70

 

18

 

29

 

117

 

Combridge S.R.L. (1)

 

Calea Victoriei Nr.155, Bl.D1, Tronson 6, Et. 1, sector 1, 010073 Bucuresti, Romania

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

1,906

 

545

 

248

 

2,699

 

Crnogorski Telekom A.D. Podgorica (1)

 

Moskovska 29, Podgorica 81000, Serbia and Montenegro

 

76.53

%

 

 

76.53

%

76.53

%

38,187

 

1,529

 

24,068

 

63,784

 

Dataplex Infokommunikációs Infrastrúktúra Szolgáltató és Ingatlanhasznosító Kft.

 

1087 Budapest, Asztalos Sándor u. 13

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

1,850

 

342

 

165

 

2,357

 

Első Pesti Telefontársaság Nyrt.

 

1183 Budapest, Haladás út 5.

 

97.20

%

 

 

97.20

%

97.20

%

777

 

-217

 

65

 

625

 

EurAccount Pénzügyi és Számviteli Szolgáltató Kft.

 

1077 Budapest, Kéthly Anna tér 1.

 

99.00

%

1.00

%

100.00

%

100.00

%

450

 

 

 

-58

 

392

 

HUNSAT Magyar Űrtávközlés Zrt.

 

1016 Budapest, Krisztina krt. 93-99.

 

50.00

%

 

 

50.00

%

50.00

%

100

 

1

 

190

 

291

 

Investel Magyar Távközlési Befektetési Zrt.

 

1013 Budapest, Krisztina krt. 55.

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

4,453

 

976

 

2,669

 

8,098

 

IQSYS Informatikai és Tanácsadó Zrt.

 

1135 Budapest, Hun u 2.

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

1,000

 

839

 

133

 

1,972

 

ISH Kft.

 

1125 Bp Fogaskerekű u. 4-6

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

3

 

0

 

214

 

217

 

ISH Informatikai Kft.

 

1125 Bp Fogaskerekű u. 4-6

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

3

 

1,584

 

305

 

1,892

 

KFKI Rendszerintegrációs Zrt.

 

1135 Budapest, Hun u 2.

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

2,000

 

3,121

 

2,452

 

7,573

 

KFKI-Direkt Kft.

 

1111 Budapest, Budafoki út 10/A

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

30

 

83

 

112

 

225

 

KIBU Innováció Műszaki Kutató Fejlesztő Szolgáltató Nonprofit Kft.

 

1092 Budapest, Ráday u. 30.

 

99.20

%

0.80

%

100.00

%

100.00

%

25

 

6

 

-11

 

20

 

M Factory Kommunikációs Szolgáltató Zrt.

 

1117 Budapest, Gábor Dénes u. 2.

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

20

 

48

 

20

 

88

 

Mindentudás Egyeteme Tudományos Közhasznú Társaság

 

1105 Budapest, Zágrábi út 1-3.

 

60.00

%

 

 

60.00

%

60.00

%

5

 

13

 

-4

 

14

 

Novatel E.O.O.D. (1)

 

1680 Sofia, Bulgaria blvd 98, bulding Astra, entrance D, fl. 3, office 5G

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

719

 

265

 

78

 

1,062

 

Novatel UKRAINE L.L.C. (1)

 

Pymonenka Str. 13, building 7, office 7B/36, - Kiew, 04050 Ukraine

 

99.94

%

0.0006

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

39

 

-108

 

-77

 

-146

 

Orbitel A.D. (1)

 

1 Makedonia Sq. Floor 18, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

1,774

 

-626

 

19

 

1,167

 

Origo Média és Kommunikációs Szolgáltató Zrt.

 

1117 Budapest, Gábor Dénes u. 2.

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

300

 

1,893

 

-1,235

 

958

 

Pro-M Professzionális Mobilrádió Zrt.

 

1107 Budapest, Száva u. 3-5.

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

5,200

 

3,211

 

521

 

8,932

 

Stonbridge AD under liquidation (1), (2)

 

1000 Skopje, Orce Nikolov bb.

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

93,892

 

10,495

 

16,505

 

120,892

 

TELE-DATA Távközlési Adatfeldolgozó és Hirdetésszervező Kft.

 

2040 Budaörs, Baross u. 89.

 

50.98

%

 

 

50.98

%

50.98

%

39

 

39

 

39

 

117

 

Telekom Média Holding Zrt.

 

1117 Budapest, Gábor Dénes u.2.

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

1,670

 

75

 

61

 

1,806

 

Telemacedonia A.D. Skopje (1)

 

1000 Skopje, Orce Nikolov bb.

 

100.00

%

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

3

 

292

 

13

 

308

 

ViDaNet Kábeltelevíziós Szolgáltató Zrt.

 

1036 Budapest, Dereglye út 5/B

 

67.50

%

22.50

%

90.00

%

50.00

%

2,000

 

2,394

 

501

 

4,895

 

Axelero Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. (3)

 

1013 Budapest, Krisztina krt. 55.

 

10.00

%

90.00

%

100.00

%

100.00

%

4

 

-2

 

-1

 

1

 

Matáv Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. (3)

 

1013 Budapest, Krisztina krt. 55.

 

10.00

%

90.00

%

100.00

%

100.00

%

4

 

-2

 

-1

 

1

 

T-Kábel Magyarország Kft. (on its company name before December 2, 2009: MatávkábelTV Kft.) (3)

 

1013 Budapest, Krisztina krt. 55.

 

10.00

%

90.00

%

100.00

%

100.00

%

4

 

-2

 

-1

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data of indirect owned companies which are not in the investments balance sheet caption of Magyar Telekom Plc. (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CompArgo Kft.

 

1126 Budapest, Hollósy S. u. 26.

 

 

 

80.00

%

80.00

%

80.00

%

3

 

54

 

37

 

94

 

Makedonski Telekom AD - Skopje (1)

 

1000 Skopje, Orce Nikolov bb.

 

 

 

56.67

%

56.67

%

56.67

%

42,457

 

24,467

 

31,489

 

98,413

 

T-Mobile Macedonia A.D. (1)

 

1000 Skopje, Orce Nikolov bb.

 

 

 

56.67

%

56.67

%

56.67

%

10,386

 

5,548

 

18,596

 

34,530

 

Telekom New Média Szolgáltató Kft.

 

1222 Budapest, Nagytétényi út 29.

 

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

100.00

%

50

 

603

 

100

 

753

 

Telekom Content & Rights Kft.

 

1222 Budapest, Nagytétényi út 29.

 

 

 

100.00

%

100.00

%

100.00

%

3

 

4

 

-1

 

6

 

 


All data in the table related to the capital is the last known figures by Magyar Telekom Plc. and not yet audited.

The indicated voting rights define unambiguously the significant (more than 25%), the majority (more than 50%) and the direct control (more than 75%) according to the Companies Act.

(1) The common stock figures of foreign subsidiaries and indirect owned companies are based on IFRS reports were revalued using foreign exchange rates as of December 31, 2009.

(2) Under liquidation.

(3) Book values of investmens are lower than HUF 1 million so they are not disclosed in Note 7.

 


 


 

Appendix 3

Magyar Telekom Plc. 2009

 

Impairment

 

(in HUF millions)

 

 

 

For Financial Investments

 

For Current Assets

 

Description

 

Investments

 

Loans granted

 

Securities

 

Inventories

 

Receivables (1)

 

Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening balance

 

275

 

0

 

0

 

3,403

 

10,348

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase

 

475

 

0

 

0

 

308

 

8,648

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Decrease/Cancellation

 

193

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

4525

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase due to merger

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

11

 

155

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Closing balance

 

557

 

0

 

0

 

3,722

 

14,626

 

0

 

 


(1) Contains the impairment of receivables, loans to related parties and other receivables.

 


 


 

Appendix 4

 

Magyar Telokom Plc. 2009

 

Off-balance Sheet Liabilities

 

 

 

Total

 

2010

 

2011

 

2012

 

2013

 

2014

 

2015

 

 

 

Rental contracts

 

38 415

 

7 259

 

6 243

 

5 487

 

4 464

 

3 882

 

11 080

 

 

 

Rental contracts with related parties

 

85

 

85

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

Guarantee obligation

 

16 638

 

15 773

 

368

 

270

 

125

 

40

 

62

 

 

 

Commitment for capital expenditure and other developments

 

2 599

 

2 112

 

487

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

Commitment for capital expenditure with related parties

 

915

 

560

 

355

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

Environmental protection, restoration and other obligations

 

395

 

59

 

62

 

64

 

67

 

70

 

73

 

 

 

Commitments to acquisitions

 

123

 

123

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

 

Forward and swap deals

 

Opened forward F/X deals were contracted on the OTC market with the original aim of delivery in the 31st December 2009. (1)

 

ID

 

Date

 

Off-balance
sheet liability
(HUF millions)

 

F/X

 

Off-balance sheet
receivable

 

F/X

 

Value date

 

Exchange rate

 

Fair value
(Profit+ / Loss-)
(HUF million)

 

Deutsche Telekom AG / / D-53113 Bonn

 

09.21. 2009.

 

20,730

 

HUF

 

75,000,000

 

EUR

 

01.29. 2010.

 

276.40

 

-322.79

 

ING Bank Zrt. / Dózsa György út 84/B / 1068 Budapest

 

12.09. 2009.

 

1,377

 

HUF

 

5,000,000

 

EUR

 

01.04. 2010.

 

275.42

 

-22.04

 

ING Bank Zrt. / Dózsa György út 84/B / 1068 Budapest

 

12.09. 2009.

 

1,379

 

HUF

 

5,000,000

 

EUR

 

01.11. 2010.

 

275.71

 

-21.92

 

ING Bank Zrt. / Dózsa György út 84/B / 1068 Budapest

 

12.09. 2009.

 

1,379

 

HUF

 

5,000,000

 

EUR

 

01.19. 2010.

 

275.87

 

-20.99

 

ING Bank Zrt. / Dózsa György út 84/B / 1068 Budapest

 

12.09. 2009.

 

1,381

 

HUF

 

5,000,000

 

EUR

 

01.25. 2010.

 

276.13

 

-21.01

 

ING Bank Zrt. / Dózsa György út 84/B / 1068 Budapest

 

12.09. 2009.

 

829

 

HUF

 

3,000,000

 

EUR

 

02.01. 2010.

 

276.37

 

-12.45

 

ING Bank Zrt. / Dózsa György út 84/B / 1068 Budapest

 

12.09. 2009.

 

830

 

HUF

 

3,000,000

 

EUR

 

02.08. 2010.

 

276.62

 

-12.32

 

ING Bank Zrt. / Dózsa György út 84/B / 1068 Budapest

 

12.09. 2009.

 

1,108

 

HUF

 

4,000,000

 

EUR

 

02.16. 2010.

 

276.92

 

-16.30

 

ING Bank Zrt. / Dózsa György út 84/B / 1068 Budapest

 

12.23. 2009.

 

828

 

HUF

 

3,000,000

 

EUR

 

02.22. 2010.

 

276.05

 

-8.90

 

ING Bank Zrt. / Dózsa György út 84/B / 1068 Budapest

 

12.23. 2009.

 

829

 

HUF

 

3,000,000

 

EUR

 

03.01. 2010.

 

276.31

 

-8.84

 

ING Bank Zrt. / Dózsa György út 84/B / 1068 Budapest

 

12.23. 2009.

 

830

 

HUF

 

3,000,000

 

EUR

 

03.08. 2010.

 

276.55

 

-8.74

 

ING Bank Zrt. / Dózsa György út 84/B / 1068 Budapest

 

12.23. 2009.

 

831

 

HUF

 

3,000,000

 

EUR

 

03.16. 2010.

 

276.84

 

-8.69

 

ING Bank Zrt. / Dózsa György út 84/B / 1068 Budapest

 

12.23. 2009.

 

831

 

HUF

 

3,000,000

 

EUR

 

03.22. 2010.

 

277.05

 

-8.65

 

ING Bank Zrt. / Dózsa György út 84/B / 1068 Budapest

 

12.23. 2009.

 

832

 

HUF

 

3,000,000

 

EUR

 

03.29. 2010.

 

277.30

 

-8.62

 

Total

 

 

 

33,994

 

HUF

 

123,000,000

 

EUR

 

 

 

 

 

-502.26

 

 

Opened swap F/X deals were contracted on the OTC market with the original aim of delivery in the 31st December 2008. (1)

 

 

ID

 

Date

 

Off-balance
sheet liability
(HUF million)

 

F/X

 

Off-balance sheet
receivable

 

F/X

 

Value date

 

Exchange rate

 

Fair value
(Profit+ / Loss-)
(HUF million)

 

 

SWAP 2007

 

03.22. 2007.

 

1,649

 

HUF

 

6,666,667

 

EUR

 

03.12. 2010.

 

247.29

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

1,649

 

 

 

6,666,667

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

173

 

 

SWAP 2008

 

05.21. 2008.

 

1,005

 

HUF

 

4,133,333

 

EUR

 

05.21. 2010.

 

243.10

 

 

 

 

SWAP 2008

 

05.21. 2008.

 

1,005

 

HUF

 

4,133,333

 

EUR

 

11.23. 2010.

 

243.10

 

 

 

 

SWAP 2008

 

05.21. 2008.

 

1,005

 

HUF

 

4,133,333

 

EUR

 

05.23. 2011.

 

243.10

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

3,015

 

 

 

12,399,999

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

450

 

 

DTAG_20090626_30 mrd

 

06.25. 2009.

 

30,000

 

HUF

 

-107,066,533

 

EUR

 

01.19. 2015.

 

280.20

 

-2,236

 

 

DTAG_20090626_5mrd

 

07.01. 2009.

 

5,000

 

HUF

 

-18,470,632

 

EUR

 

01.19. 2015.

 

270.70

 

-203

 

 

DTAG_20090626_9,6 mrd

 

07.02. 2009.

 

9,595

 

HUF

 

-35,661,451

 

EUR

 

01.19. 2015.

 

269.05

 

-287

 

 

Total

 

 

 

44,595

 

 

 

-161,198,616

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-2,726

 

 

DTAG_20091007_5 mrd_59592

 

09.15. 2009.

 

5,000

 

HUF

 

-18,368,847

 

EUR

 

06.02. 2014.

 

272.20

 

139

 

 

DTAG_20091007_5 mrd_52619

 

09.15. 2009.

 

5,000

 

HUF

 

-18,382,353

 

EUR

 

06.02. 2014.

 

272.00

 

143

 

 

DTAG_20091007_5 mrd_52629

 

09.16. 2009.

 

5,000

 

HUF

 

-18,511,662

 

EUR

 

06.02. 2014.

 

270.10

 

185

 

 

DTAG_20091007_5 mrd_52637

 

09.16. 2009.

 

5,335

 

HUF

 

-19,737,138

 

EUR

 

06.02. 2014.

 

270.30

 

194

 

 

Total

 

 

 

20,335

 

 

 

-75,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

661

 

 

Total

 

 

 

69,594

 

 

 

-217,131,950

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-1442

 

 


(1) Profit or loss was not recored related to these deals in the current year.

 



 

Appendix 5.

Summarized form Magyar Telekom Plc.’s final merger balance sheet

(in HUF millions)

 

as of September 30, 2009

 

 

Description

 

Magyar
Telekom
Plc.

 

T-Kábel

 

Dél-
Vonal

 

Total

 

Differences

 

Magyar Telekom
Plc.
Final merger
balance sheet of
the transformed
company

 

The effect of
transformation on
Magyar Telekom
Plc.’s balance sheet
as of September 30,
2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A. Fixed assets and financial investments

 

824,001

 

15,590

 

138

 

839,729

 

-2,665

 

837,064

 

13,063

 

I. Intangible assets

 

200,497

 

1,481

 

0

 

201,978

 

0

 

201,978

 

1,481

 

II. Tangible assets

 

428,884

 

13,783

 

138

 

442,805

 

0

 

442,805

 

13,921

 

III. Financial investments

 

194,620

 

326

 

0

 

194,946

 

-2,665

 

192,281

 

-2,339

 

B. Current assets

 

128,503

 

6,710

 

27

 

135,240

 

-14,976

 

120,264

 

-8,239

 

I. Inventories

 

5,085

 

787

 

0

 

5,872

 

0

 

5,872

 

787

 

II. Receivables

 

85,409

 

5,922

 

27

 

91,358

 

-14,976

 

76,382

 

-9,027

 

III. Securities

 

1,179

 

0

 

0

 

1,179

 

0

 

1,179

 

0

 

IV. Liquid assets

 

36,830

 

1

 

0

 

36,831

 

0

 

36,831

 

1

 

C. Prepayments

 

33,561

 

149

 

0

 

33,710

 

-6

 

33,704

 

143

 

Total assets

 

986,065

 

22,449

 

165

 

1,008,679

 

-17,647

 

991,032

 

4,967

 

D. Shareholder’s equity

 

422,354

 

7,161

 

119

 

429,634

 

-6,822

 

422,812

 

458

 

I. Common stock

 

104,275

 

920

 

3

 

105,198

 

-923

 

104,275

 

0

 

of this treasury stock at par value

 

150

 

0

 

0

 

150

 

0

 

150

 

0

 

II. Unpaid share capital (-)

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

III. Capital reserves

 

58,289

 

4,050

 

0

 

62,339

 

-3,386

 

58,953

 

664

 

IV. Retained earnings

 

257,734

 

1,691

 

116

 

259,541

 

-2,513

 

257,028

 

-706

 

V. Restricted reserves

 

2,056

 

500

 

0

 

2,556

 

0

 

2,556

 

500

 

E. Provisions

 

23,251

 

53

 

0

 

23,304

 

0

 

23,304

 

53

 

F. Liabilities

 

491,545

 

13,477

 

32

 

505,054

 

-10,819

 

494,235

 

2,690

 

II. Non current liabilities

 

271,952

 

0

 

0

 

271,952

 

0

 

271,952

 

0

 

III. Current liabilities

 

219,593

 

13,477

 

32

 

233,102

 

-10,819

 

222,283

 

2,690

 

G. Accrued expenses

 

48,915

 

1,758

 

14

 

50,687

 

-6

 

50,681

 

1,766

 

Total liabilities and shareholder’s equity

 

986,065

 

22,449

 

165

 

1,008,679

 

-17,647

 

991,032

 

4,967

 

 



 

Appendix 6.

Summarized form of T-Kabel Magyaroszag Kft.’s income statemet

(in HUF millions)

 

as of September 30, 2009

 

 

Description

 

January -
December,
2008 (1)

 

January -
September,
2009 (1)

 

Period January -
September, 2009 in
percentage of
Magyar Telekom
Plc.’s relevant
figures

 

1.Domestic sales

 

19,131

 

23,584

 

5.17

%

2. Export sales

 

103

 

95

 

0.50

%

I. Sales revenues

 

19,234

 

23,679

 

4.98

%

II. Own work capitalized

 

2,000

 

942

 

4.39

%

III. Other revenue

 

195

 

271

 

1.07

%

IV. Material-type expenses

 

11,789

 

17,271

 

7.02

%

V. Payroll and related expenses

 

1,853

 

1,156

 

1.47

%

VI. Depreciation

 

3,546

 

2,641

 

3.22

%

VII. Other expenditures

 

733

 

128

 

0.31

%

A. PROFIT FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

 

3,508

 

3,696

 

4.98

%

VIII. Revenues from financial transactions

 

180

 

560

 

1.30

%

IX. Expenses from financial transactions

 

591

 

1,226

 

3.17

%

B. FINANCIAL RESULTS

 

-411

 

-666

 

-14.58

%

C. PROFIT FROM ORDINARY ACTIVITIES

 

3,097

 

3,030

 

3.85

%

D. PROFIT FROM ON EXTRAORDINARY ACTIVITIES

 

-6

 

18

 

-0.75

%

E. PROFIT BEFORE TAXES

 

3,091

 

3,048

 

3.99

%

XII. Corporate income tax

 

253

 

858

 

39.21

%

F. NET INCOME

 

2,838

 

2,190

 

2.95

%

22. Retained earnings used for dividends and profit-sharing

 

55

 

0

 

0.00

%

23. Dividends and profit-sharing paid

 

2,893

 

0

 

0.00

%

G. BALANCE SHEET NET INCOME

 

0

 

2,190

 

2.95

%

 



 

Appendix 6.

Summarized form of Del-Vonal Kft.’s income statemet

(in HUF millions)

 

as of September 30, 2009

 

 

Description

 

January - December,
2008 (1)

 

January - September,
2009 (1)

 

Period January -
September, 2009 in
percentage of Magyar
Telekom Plc.’s relevant
figures

 

1.Domestic sales

 

81

 

18

 

0.004

%

2. Export sales

 

0

 

0

 

0.000

%

I. Sales revenues

 

81

 

18

 

0.004

%

II. Own work capitalized

 

0

 

0

 

0.000

%

III. Other revenue

 

185

 

0

 

0.000

%

IV. Material-type expenses

 

67

 

3

 

0.001

%

V. Payroll and related expenses

 

0

 

0

 

0.000

%

VI. Depreciation

 

13

 

10

 

0.012

%

VII. Other expenditures

 

45

 

0

 

0.000

%

A. PROFIT FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

 

141

 

5

 

0.007

%

VIII. Revenues from financial transactions

 

0

 

0

 

0.000

%

IX. Expenses from financial transactions

 

2

 

2

 

0.005

%

B. FINANCIAL RESULTS

 

-2

 

-2

 

-0.044

%

C. PROFIT FROM ORDINARY ACTIVITIES

 

139

 

3

 

0.004

%

D. PROFIT FROM ON EXTRAORDINARY ACTIVITIES

 

2

 

2

 

-0.084

%

E. PROFIT BEFORE TAXES

 

141

 

5

 

0.007

%

XII. Corporate income tax

 

27

 

1

 

0.046

%

F. NET INCOME

 

114

 

4

 

0.005

%

G. BALANCE SHEET NET INCOME

 

114

 

4

 

0.005

%

 



 

Business Report of Magyar Telekom Plc.

for 2009

 

Introduction

 

This Business Report covers the analysis of our results as well as all additional information necessary to evaluate our operations, including, among others, our outlook with the accompanying risk factors, the introduction of our management, our HR and risk management policies, and our R+D activities.

 

Share Capital

 

As of December 31, 2009, the share capital of Magyar Telekom Plc. (the “Company”) was HUF 104,274,254,300, consisting of 1,042,742,543 Series “A” ordinary shares. All Series “A” ordinary shares have a nominal value of HUF 100.

 

Shareholder

 

Number of shares

 

Percentage of
share capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MagyarCom

 

617,436,759

 

59.21

 

Publicly traded

 

423,802,243

 

40.65

 

Treasury shares

 

1,503,541

 

0.14

 

 

 

1,042,742,543

 

100.00

 

 

Voting Rights and Voting

 

Each ordinary share entitles the holder to one vote. Only shareholders or nominees registered in the shareholders’ register at least six working days prior to the date of the General Meeting may participate at the General meeting with voting right. The General Meeting shall adopt its resolutions by a simple majority vote except for resolutions on issues listed in the Articles of Associations, which shall require at least a three-quarters majority of the votes cast. If the General Meeting decides to override a resolution of the Board of Directors, such shareholders resolution shall be binding only if a three-quarter majority of the votes of the shareholders that are present vote in favor of such a resolution. There is no limitation on the rights of non-resident or foreign shareholders to hold or exercise voting rights on the ordinary shares.

 

Transfer of Shares

 

The consent of the shareholders holding at least a simple majority of the outstanding voting stock of the Company shall be required to approve the acquisition, directly or indirectly, of the shares of the Company which, on a cumulative basis, would result in any person, or persons acting in concert, holding 10% or more, directly or indirectly, of the outstanding voting stock of the Company.

 

In the event of transfer of shares the new shareholder shall ask for registering as shareholder in the Shareholders’ Register. The shareholder shall provide evidence to the registrar that he acquired the shares in accordance with the conditions set forth in the Articles. If the Company establishes that the transfer occurred in violation of the Articles, it shall not register such transfer of shares. The Company may refuse the request for registration into the Shareholders’ Register by a person acquiring shares who omits to provide the supporting evidence or statement that such a person is obliged to submit in accordance with the Articles. The registration into the Shareholders’ Register based on untrue, false or misleading statements may be deleted by a reasoned resolution of the Board of Directors. Only shareholders registered in the Company’s register may exercise shareholder rights vis-a-vis the Company. If the ownership of the shareholder ceased to exist with the transfer of shares the custodian shall notify the registrar on this fact within two working days upon such event. The registrar,

 

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based on the notification, shall promptly incorporate such changes in the Shareholders’ Register.

 

Board of Directors

 

Pursuant to our amended Articles of Association, the Board of Directors consists of a minimum of six and a maximum of eleven members elected at the Annual General Meeting of the shareholders for a term of three years.

 

On December 31, 2009, members of the Board of Directors, their principal occupations and the years of their original election were as follows:

 

Name

 

Principal Occupation

 

Member
since

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christopher Mattheisen

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

2006

 

Dr. István Földesi

 

International business consultant

 

2003

 

Dr. Mihály Gálik

 

Professor and Head of the Media, Marketing communication and Telecommunications Department at the Faculty of Business Administration of the Corvinus University of Budapest

 

2006

 

Wolfgang Hetlinger

 

T-Systems Austria GesmbH, International Operations & Services, Central Eastern Europe Ing.

 

2009

 

Guido Kerkhoff

 

Member of the Board of Management of Deutsche Telekom AG to manage the subsidiaries in South Eastern Europe

 

2009

 

Thilo Kusch

 

Chief Financial Officer of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

2006

 

Mechthilde Maier

 

Senior Vice President Corporate Diversity Management at Deutsche Telekom

 

2009

 

Frank Odzuck

 

Chief Executive Officer of Zwack Unicum Plc.

 

2006

 

Dr. Ralph Rentschler

 

Member of the Board of Management, Financial Director SEE

 

2003

 

Dr. Steffen Roehn

 

Member of the Deutsche Telekom Group’s CIO Board and responsible for the IT of the integrated German mass market approach of Deutsche Telekom

 

2009

 

 

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Management Committee

 

Pursuant to our amended Articles of Association and the amended Rules of Procedure of the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors established a Management Committee in 2000, which is empowered to carry out the day-to-day operations in accordance with the annual business plan.

 

On December 31, 2009, the members of the Management Committee were as follows:

 

Name

 

Current position

 

Member
since

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christopher Mattheisen

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

2006

 

Thilo Kusch

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

2006

 

István Maradi

 

Chief Technology and IT Officer

 

2007

 

István Papp.

 

Chief Operating Officer, Business Services BU

 

2007

 

Róbert Pataki

 

Chief Operating Officer, Strategic and Corporate Development BU

 

2009

 

Éva Somorjai

 

Chief Human Resources Officer

 

2007

 

János Winkler

 

Chief Operating Officer, Consumer Services BU

 

2006

 

 

Supervisory Board

 

Pursuant to the Articles of Association, the Supervisory Board consists of a minimum of three and a maximum of fifteen members elected by the shareholders for a term of three years. The Works Council nominates one third of the Supervisory Board members. Meetings of the Supervisory Board have a quorum if two-thirds of the elected members are present.

 

On December 31, 2009, the members of the Supervisory Board, their principal occupation and the years of their original election were as follows:

 

Name

 

Principal Occupation

 

Member
since

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attila Csizmadia

 

Ministry of Finance, Chief Counsellor

 

2003

 

Dr. János Illéssy

 

Managing Director, Lebona Kft.

 

2006

 

Dr. Sándor Kerekes

 

Director of Institute of Environmental Sciences, Corvinus University Budapest

 

2006

 

István Koszorú

 

Chairman of Magyar Telekom’s Central Workers’ Council

 

2007

 

Konrad Kreuzer

 

Chairman of the Board of Directors of E.ON Hungary Zrt.

 

2006

 

Martin Meffert

 

Country manager for Hungary, Head office of T-Home, Deutsche Telekom AG

 

2009

 

Dr. László Pap

 

Budapest University of Technology, Professor

 

1997

 

Zsoltné Varga

 

Business Process Manager of the Customer Care Directorate at Magyar Telekom

 

2008

 

György Varju

 

Chairman of the Workers’ Council at Residential Services, member of the Central Workers’ Council

 

2005

 

 

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Compensation of Directors, Officers and Employees

 

For the year ended December 31, 2009, the aggregate compensation of the members of the Board of Directors in their capacity as Board members was HUF 13 million.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2009, the aggregate compensation of the members of the Supervisory Board in their capacity as Supervisory Board members was HUF 42 million.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2009, the aggregate compensation of the members of the Management Committee (“MC”) was HUF 1,043 million.

 

Currently two of the MC members have an employment contract for a fixed duration. Pursuant to Hungarian legislation, if an employment contract is terminated before the end of its term, the average compensation received by the employee prior to such termination is payable for the remaining period up to 12 months. In case an employment contract for an undetermined duration is terminated, the notice period is normally six months, and severance is between 10 and 16 months.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. has entered into a collective bargaining agreement with the Hungarian telecommunications trade unions (Távközlési Szakszervezet, “TÁVSZAK” and Magyar Távközlési Ágazati Szakszervezet, “MATÁSZ”). The agreement, which can be terminated by either party with three months’ notice, applies to all Magyar Telekom Plc. employees except the Chief Executive Officer, regardless of their union membership status. Wage terms in the agreement must be renegotiated annually. Under the agreement, employees are generally entitled to prior notice before termination. Furthermore, employees are entitled to a specific amount of severance pay, which depends on the tenure of the employee. Employees are also entitled to welfare benefits.

 

Corporate governance report

 

In 2004, the Budapest Stock Exchange issued its Corporate Governance Recommendations (the “Recommendations”) containing suggestions related to the corporate governance practice of companies listed in the Budapest Stock Exchange, taking account of the most commonly used international principles, of experiences gathered in Hungary, and of the characteristics of the Hungarian market. The Recommendations were updated in 2007 and 2008.

 

In line with the current regulations, the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc. approved the Corporate Governance Report of the Company and submitted it to the Annual General Meeting. The report — along with other corporate governance related documents - is posted on the Corporate Governance section of our website:

http://www.telekom.hu/investor_relations/corporate_governance/corporate_governance_documents

 

The Corporate Governance Declaration on Compliance with the Corporate Governance Recommendations included in the report.

 

Points 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the above report include the description and operation of the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board, the relevant committees and executive management. Point 6 of the report includes a description of our internal controls and risk management procedures, while point 8 of the report includes our disclosure policies and insider trading guidelines.

 

Pursuant to Section 6.2. (g) of our Articles of Association, the members of the Board of Directors the Supervisory Board and the Audit Committee are elected at the Annual General Meeting of the shareholders for a term of three years.

 

The General Meeting of the shareholders has the sole right to approve and amend the Articles of Association (section 6.2. (a)) unless otherwise provided by law.

 

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The detailed rules on the competencies and operation of the Board of Directors are detailed in 7.4. of our Articles of Association and in the Rules of Procedure of the Board of Directors, which are also posted on the Corporate Governance section of our website. The rules of competence regarding the capital increase and purchase of treasury shares are detailed in 7.4.1 (l) and (m) of our Articles of Association.

 

Human policy

 

In alignment with Magyar Telekom Plc.’s strategy for 2008-2010 the HR area has also updated its strategic objectives.

 

The strategy published in the spirit of “Let us shape future together” contains the following objectives for 2008-2010, in line with DT’s HR strategic focuses:

 

·                  Implementing the HR concept, the HR area contributes significantly to the achievement of the Company level financial targets, through the optimization of personnel expenditure.

 

·                  We shall bring about a performance based company culture, for which we shall improve our performance management system.

 

·                  In jobs of a key importance for the management and the company we intend to ensure succession primarily from internal sources, which is supported by the career management system.

 

·                  We shall place management development on a new foundation with its focus being the training content and structure in the service of business effectiveness.

 

·                  We intend to turn Magyar Telekom Plc. into a more attractive place of work, for which we have restructured our trainee program.

 

·                  We use an updated measurement system to measure HR’s contribution to company targets.

 

Out of the nine core elements of SA8000 (Social Accountability) standard, our human resources strategy highlights the one dealing with the absence of discrimination. As far as other core elements are concerned, our company’s practice is adapted to Hungarian legislative norms (among others the Constitution of the Hungarian Republic, provisions set out in the Labour Code, as well as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights). The principles of justice and equal opportunities are set out in the basic standards articulated in our Code of Ethics published in 1997, which complies with the S-OX (Sarbanes-Oxley) act. Alternative forms of employment like telework, part-time work, flex-work, employment of disabled persons provide possibilities for the practical implementation of equal opportunities.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. continuously cooperates with trade unions and the Workers Council to represent employees’ interests: wage and compensation elements are reviewed once a year and their upward correction is set out in a contract along with headcount efficiency measures.

 

The Company’s wage tariff system regulated by way of the Collective Agreement complies with Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which says: „Everybody is entitled to equal wage for equal work without any kind of discrimination.”

 

Magyar Telekom Plc.’s welfare and social benefits constitute an exceedingly wide-ranging pool. A part of them is granted to every employee, while others are available on certain conditions or are of an insurance nature, the basis of which is the employees’ collective contribution. The way social benefits and discretionary benefits are granted is set out in the Collective Agreement and related regulations.

 

Both in its selection processes and during the career of its employees at the company, Magyar Telekom Plc. is committed to ensure for its employees equal opportunities independently from age, gender, ethnicity, religious or

 

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political conviction, and sexual orientation. In hiring labour a special attention is paid to granting possibilities to its own employees in the first place, through either horizontal or vertical advancement: this is the FreeJob system (a data base of vacant positions accessible only to Magyar Telekom Plc. employees) accompanied by a regulation for 30 days being reserved for an exclusively internal search. The company operates an Induction Program to effectively help the accommodation of colleagues selected for the position.

 

Both management succession and development of professionals are key aims in the area of advancement and talent management, for which Magyar Telekom Plc. operates several, target-specific talent management programs.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. pays special attention to the high level of the employees’ occupational safety and provides them the conditions of safe work and a working environment, which does not harm health.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. puts a major emphasis on taking care of departing employees: several solutions have been developed to provide for benevolent outplacement and to reduce the number of one-sided terminations. Using the wealth of alternative forms of employment is accompanied by an outplacement system called Chance program to help departing employees find a new employment. The program provides training and helps departing employees’ reintegration in the labour market.

 

Research and development

 

Research and development (“R&D”) activities within Magyar Telekom Plc. are coordinated by the R&D Committee (the “Committee”), which has the possibility and the exclusive right to coordinate every innovation research originated from business units. Each business unit is represented by relevant decision-makers in the Committee. Furthermore, this Committee ensures that all R&D activities are performed in accordance with the strategic goals of Magyar Telekom Plc. and avoid overlapping of scopes. The Committee convenes regularly in order to discuss and decide about the approval of individual R&D proposals, initiated and executed within a project framework by the respective Business Units. During 2009, the Committee reviewed 98 proposals, out of which 65 have been approved, accounting for a total investment of HUF 721 million.

 

We are a founder member of the Mobility & Multimedia Cluster, a group of Hungarian companies, many of them being local subsidiaries of well-known multinational companies and universities. The aim of the cluster is to integrate the fragmented R&D capabilities of Hungarian companies into a more synergistic structure ultimately aiming at enhancing the global competitiveness of the Hungarian economy.

 

Real estate

 

We have one of the largest real estate holdings in Hungary. We use substantially all of these properties for telecommunications installations, offices, warehouses, garages and shops. Our equipment and machinery primarily consist of switches, communication towers and other telecommunications equipment.

 

The number of sites used by Magyar Telekom Plc. is approximately 2,500, out of which approximately 21 percent are owned by the Company, 40 percent jointly owned and 39 percent leased. These figures include the sites used for telecommunications towers and antennas, but do not include the number of base stations. We have approximately 3,000 base stations, of which five percent is owned by Magyar Telekom Plc. and 95 percent is leased from other telecommunications operators or other third parties.

 

The total area of properties used by Magyar Telekom Plc. as of December 31, 2009 was approximately 634,000 m2. The majority of sites used in our operations are smaller than 100 m2. The largest site is our headquarters building located at Krisztina krt. 55 in Budapest, with floor space of over 30,000 m2.

 

In order to increase the utilization of real estates and increase efficiency, we sell or rent our surplus properties.

 

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Environment protection

 

The Management Committee of Magyar Telekom Plc. adopted the Sustainability Strategy of the Company in January 2005 to strengthen our commitment to sustainable development.

 

As a part of our commitment to sustainability, we developed a sustainability section for Magyar Telekom Plc.’s website (http://www.telekom.hu/society_and_environment/sustainability_reports). This section includes our reports and news relating to sustainability and discusses our philosophy and approach to sustainability.

 

Financial risk management

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. is primarily exposed to credit risks related to its financial assets. In addition, the Company is also exposed to risks from movements in exchange rates, interest rates that affect the fair value and/or the cashflows arising from financial assets and liabilities.

 

Financial risk management aims to limit these risks through ongoing operational and finance activities. Selected derivative and non-derivative hedging instruments are used for this purpose, depending on the risk assessment. Magyar Telekom Plc. only hedges the risks that affect its cash flow, no hedges are concluded to hedge fair values. Derivatives are exclusively used as hedging instruments, i.e., not for trading or other speculative purposes. To reduce the counterparty risk, hedging transactions are generally only concluded with Deutsche Telekom (“DT”) or leading Hungarian financial institutions.

 

The detailed descriptions of risks, the management thereof is provided below.

 

1. Market risk

 

Market risk is the risk that the fair value or future cashflows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market prices. Market risk comprises three types of risk: currency risk, interest rate risk and other price risk.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. is exposed to interest and foreign exchange rate risk associated with its interest bearing assets and liabilities and anticipated transactions. As the vast majority of the revenues and expenses arise in HUF, the functional currency of Magyar Telekom Plc. is HUF. Consequently, Magyar Telekom Plc.’s objective is to minimize the level of its financial risk in HUF terms.

 

(a) Foreign currency risk

 

Due to the free-float of the HUF introduced in 2008, the Company is exposed to foreign exchange (“FX”) risk in case of FX denominated financial instruments to a higher degree than before. In order to mitigate this risk, Magyar Telekom Plc. minimized its foreign currency borrowings in the past years, or covered it with derivative instruments to completely eliminate FX risk.

 

In line with currency hedging policy, the Company holds sufficient amounts of foreign currencies on its bank accounts, the amounts of which are determined considering the balance of FX denominated trade and leases payables and trade receivables in order to hedge the currency risk arising in connection with those assets and liabilities.

 

In order to reduce the above exposure, Magyar Telekom Plc.occasionally enters into derivative contracts.

 

(b)           Interest rate risk

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. is also exposed to interest rate fluctuations. This is due to the fact that changing interest rates affect the fair value of the fixed rate instruments and also affect the cashflows through the floating rate instruments.

 

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Changes in the market interest rates of non-derivative financial instruments with fixed interest rates only affect income if these are measured at their fair value. On the other hand, all financial instruments with fixed interest rates (which are carried at amortized cost) are not subject to cashflow interest rate risk.

 

(c)           Other price risk

 

As of December 31, 2009, Magyar Telekom Plc. did not hold any material investments, which could be affected by risk variables such as stock exchange prices or other indices.

 

2. Credit risk

 

Credit risk is the risk that one party to a financial instrument will cause a financial loss for the other party by failing to discharge an obligation. The vast majority of credit risks may arise in respect of Cash and cash equivalents, Bank deposits with original maturities over 3 months and Trade receivables.

 

According to the Company’s risk management policy Magyar Telekom Plc. deposits the excess cash only in banks rated at least BBB+ (or equivalent), or make efforts to get guarantees for the deposits from banks rated at least BBB+. Moreover, Magyar Telekom Plc. prefers to deposit in banks which grants loans for Magyar Telekom Plc. to make possible the compensation of debts and loans in case of the default of the bank.

 

Cash and cash equivalents and Bank deposits with maturities over 3 months are primarily denominated in HUF and concentrations of credit risk are limited as Magyar Telekom Plc. places its cash with substantial credit institutions. Further, excess HUF cash is also used for repayment of the HUF denominated loans and borrowings, or is deposited at partner banks which grant loans for Magyar Telekom Plc., therefore, the credit risk related to cash held in HUF is very limited.

 

Concentrations of credit risk relating to trade receivables are limited due to the large number of customers comprising the Company’s customer base and their dispersion across many different geographic areas and industries.

 

3. Liquidity risk

 

Liquidity risk is the risk that an entity may encounter difficulty in meeting obligations associated with financial liabilities.

 

Prudent liquidity risk management implies maintaining sufficient Cash and cash equivalents and Bank deposits as well as available funding through adequate amount of committed credit lines. The Group Treasury’s management aims at maintaining flexibility in funding by keeping committed credit lines available. In addition to the above, DT confirmed its readiness to finance Magyar Telekom Plc.’s budgeted financing needs until the end of June 2011. Despite the fact that this has not been formulized in a contract, it can be considered as a “quasi shelf facility”.

 

4. Capital risk management

 

The Company’s objectives when managing capital are to safeguard the its ability to continue as a going concern in order to provide returns for shareholders and benefits for other stakeholders and to maintain an optimal capital structure to reduce the cost of capital.

 

The Company’s management proposes to the owners (through the Board) of the Company to approve dividend payments or adopt other changes in the Company’s equity capital in order to optimize the capital structure of the Company. This can be effectuated primarily by adjusting the amount of dividends paid to shareholders, or alternatively, by returning capital to shareholders by capital reductions, selling or buying own shares. Consistent with others in the industry, the Company monitors capital on the basis of the gearing ratio. This ratio is calculated as Net debt divided by Equity (including Non-controlling interest) and Net debt.

 

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In addition to the above, according to the Hungarian Companies Act, Magyar Telekom Plc. has to ensure that the Company’s Equity does not fall below its Common stock, i.e. the total of the reserves should not be negative. The Company is far in compliance with this regulation, and no such statutory regulation exists for consolidated equity.

 

Risk management policies

 

It is our policy that all disclosures made by us to our security holders and the investment community be accurate and complete, and fairly present our financial condition and results of operations in all material respects. Such disclosures should be made on a timely basis as required by applicable laws, rules and regulations, including by-laws of the Budapest Stock Exchange and rules adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). To achieve these objectives, we formed the Disclosure Committee and developed and have continuously enhanced our risk management policies.

 

Our risk management includes identification, assessment and evaluation of risks, development of necessary action plans, and monitoring of performance and results. For risk management to be effective, we must ensure that management take business decisions with full understanding of all relevant risks.

 

In 1999, we established a formal risk management system. This system was integrated into the risk management system of DT in 2002.

 

All risks related to material internal and external operations, financial and legal compliance and certain other risks are evaluated and managed by a well-defined internal mechanism. A risk management handbook and internal regulation on risk management were published. A risk management course was developed for employees responsible for risk management in all organizational areas. Risk items affecting our operations are reviewed quarterly. All of our business units, divisions and entities are obliged to identify and report their operational risks on a quarterly basis. After evaluation of these risks, results are reported to our management, to the Board of Directors, to the Audit Committee, to the Disclosure Committee and to DT.

 

Following the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the United States, we decided to enhance our risk management procedures. As this law requires prompt disclosure of all risk items influencing investors’ decisions, we complemented our quarterly risk reporting system with a continuous reporting procedure which requires all of our departments to report on a real-time basis any new material fact, information or risk that comes to their knowledge. Information thus submitted is monitored by the risk management area, and the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) is notified when a new material risk or information is identified.

 

An internal regulation has been issued to define responsibilities of each employee in risk monitoring and management. In addition, an e-learning course was introduced to train our employees on requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, our enhanced reporting and corporate governance obligations and the enhanced risk reporting procedures. Completion of this course has been made compulsory for all of our employees.

 

We established the Disclosure Committee on July 31, 2003. The Disclosure Committee acts both in plenary meetings and through its members acting individually. It supports CEO and CFO in fulfilling their responsibility to oversee processes designed to ensure accuracy and timeliness of our disclosures.

 

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Risk factors

 

Our financial condition or results of operations, or the trading prices of our securities, could be materially adversely affected by any of these risks. The risks described below are not the only risks we face. Additional risks not currently known to us or risks that we currently regard as immaterial also could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations or the trading prices of our securities.

 

·                  Our operations are subject to substantial government regulation, which can result in adverse consequences for our business and results of operations;

 

·                  We are subject to more intense competition due to the liberalization of the telecommunications sector;

 

·                  We may be unable to adapt to technological changes in the telecommunications market;

 

·                  The future of our current operational model is subject to currently unforeseeable changes in the future business environment;

 

·                  Developments in the technology and telecommunications sectors have resulted and may result in impairments in the carrying value of certain of our assets;

 

·                  We depend on a limited number of suppliers for equipment and maintenance services;

 

·                  Our business may be adversely affected by actual or perceived health risks associated with mobile communications technologies;

 

·                  System failures could result in reduced user traffic and revenue and could harm our reputation;

 

·                  Loss of key personnel could weaken our business;

 

·                  Our share price may be volatile, and your ability to sell our shares may be adversely affected due to the relatively illiquid market for our shares and ADSs;

 

·                  Fluctuations in the currency exchange rate could have an adverse effect on our results of operations;

 

·                  We are continuously involved in disputes and litigation with regulators, competitors and other parties. The ultimate outcome of such legal proceedings is generally uncertain. The results of those procedures may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

 

·                  The value of our investments, results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected by economic developments in Hungary and other countries.

 

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Analysis of results

 

Magyar Telekom Plc. is Hungary’s principal provider of telecom services. It provides a full range of telecommunications and infocommunications (ICT) services including fixed line and mobile telephony, data transmission and non-voice as well as IT and systems integration services.

 

Revenues.  Our sales revenues decreased from HUF 500,804 million in 2008 to HUF 475,269 million in 2009 mainly driven by lower mobile and fixed line traffic revenues. Lower mobile revenues resulted primarily from significant retail and wholesale tariff erosion. The decrease in fixed line traffic revenues was partly due to the reversal of HUF 8.5 bn provision booked on fixed to mobile termination fees in 2008. Further decrease related to the continuous decline in the number of revenue producing fixed lines and lower traffic due to mobile substitution. These decreases were partially offset by higher revenues from TV services in line with enlarged satellite TV and IPTV customer base.

 

Other revenues declined by 7.7 percent in 2009 as compared to 2008 influenced mainly by lower revenues from sale of intangible and tangible fixed assets due to less real estate sold in 2009. This decrease was somewhat offset by increased reversal of provisions mostly due to the HUF 1,453 million reversal of provision on payment obligation due to EKG agreement. Higher other revenues in connection with impairment also mitigated the decrease.

 

Expenses.  Material-type expenses decreased from HUF 256,590 million in 2008 to HUF 246,007 million in 2009 primarily due to the decrease in costs of services sold reflecting lower payments to mobile operators due to the decrease in termination fees from January 1, 2009 and the significant decrease of average roaming fees due to the EU regulation.

 

Payroll and related expenses increased by 3.0 percent. The main driver of the increase is higher amounts of severance expenses in relation to the headcount reduction in 2009.

 

Depreciation and amortization decreased by 6.5 percent. Lower amount of depreciation is mainly due to change in the useful life of certain group of assets during 2008 and 2009.

 

Other expenses increased by 16.6 percent to HUF 40,573 million mainly as a result of the significant impairment accounted on receivables due to the increase in the proportion and quantity of overdue receivables. Besides this, HUF 7,300 million provisions were recognized for early retirement exemption salaries, severance and related social security in 2009 compared to HUF 4,603 million in 2008. These increases were partly compensated by lower net book value of fixed assets sold driven by less real estate sold in 2009.

 

Financial results.  Financial results decreased from HUF 12,025 million in 2008 to HUF 4,569 million in 2009. The decrease mainly resulted from lower dividend received from related parties.

 

Magyar Telekom established its current management structure based on customer segmentation which requires different technology and marketing strategies, and support functions. Our operating segments are: Consumer Services Business Unit (“CBU”), Business Services Business Unit (“BBU”), Media Business Unit (“MBU”), Group Headquarters and Shared services (“Headquarters”) and Technology Business Unit (“Technology”).

 

The Consumer Services Business Unit (“CBU”) provides mobile, fixed line telecommunications and TV distribution services (including marketing, sales and customer relations activities) to residential and small businesses telecommunications customers in Hungary with several million customers mainly under the T-Mobile and T-Home brands.

 

The Business Services Business Unit (“BBU”) provides mobile and fixed line telecommunications, info-communications and system integration services (including marketing, sales and customer relations activities) mainly under the T-Systems and T-Mobile brands to key business partners (large corporate customers and public sector) as well as small and medium businesses (“SMB”). BBU’s customer portfolio includes approximately

 

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5,000 key and over 40,000 SMB customers.

 

The Group Headquarters (“Headquarters”) is responsible for the wholesale mobile and fixed line, and also performs strategic and cross-divisional management and support functions including Procurement, Treasury, Real estate, Accounting, Tax, Legal, Internal audit and similar shared services and other central functions.

 

The Technology Business Unit (“Technology”) is responsible for the operations and development of the mobile, fixed line and cable TV network as well as IT management.

 

The following table sets forth information regarding the key operating fixed line statistical figures relating to the major services provided by CBU:

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

Voice services

 

 

 

 

 

Total PSTN lines

 

1,821,393

 

1,591,184

 

Payphone

 

16,274

 

14,788

 

Total PSTN outgoing traffic (thousand minutes)

 

3,467,198

 

3,005,821

 

Blended average monthly Minutes of Use (“MOU”) per subscriber (outgoing) (1)

 

151

 

159

 

Blended Average monthly Revenue per Access (“ARPA”) (HUF) (1)

 

3,650

 

3,630

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data products

 

 

 

 

 

Retail DSL market share (estimated) (%) (2)

 

54

 

58

 

Cable broadband market share (estimated) (%) (2)

 

18

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of retail DSL customers

 

404,878

 

435,558

 

Number of cable broadband customers

 

107,769

 

124,684

 

Number of fiber optic connections

 

0

 

7,247

 

Total retail broadband customers

 

512,647

 

567,489

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blended broadband ARPU (HUF) (1)

 

5,103

 

4,427

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV services

 

 

 

 

 

Number of cable TV customers

 

317,803

 

312,068

 

Number of satellite TV customers

 

5,338

 

156,142

 

Number of IPTV customers

 

28,496

 

67,430

 

Total TV customers

 

351,637

 

535,640

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blended TV ARPU (HUF) (1)

 

3,537

 

3,280

 

 


(1)              Includes also the data of Magyar Telekom Plc.’s subsidiaries within CBU

(2)              Data relates to Magyar Telekom Plc., not only to CBU

 

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The following table sets forth information regarding the key operating mobile statistical figures of CBU:

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

Mobile penetration (%)(1)

 

121.8

 

117.7

 

Mobile SIM market share (%)(1)

 

43.9

 

43.4

 

Number of customers

 

4,648,323

 

4,343,672

 

Postpaid share in the customer base (%)

 

29.1

 

35.2

 

Average MOU per subscriber

 

127

 

126

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARPU (HUF)

 

3,397

 

3,164

 

Postpaid

 

7,265

 

6,454

 

Prepaid

 

1,862

 

1,670

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall churn rate (%)

 

16.9

 

27.5

 

Postpaid (%)

 

12.1

 

15.1

 

Prepaid (%)

 

18.8

 

33.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratio of non-voice revenues in ARPU (%)

 

15.2

 

16.7

 

Average acquisition cost per gross add (HUF)

 

6,813

 

7,680

 

Number of mobile broadband subscriptions

 

182,687

 

326,384

 

Mobile broadband market share (%)(1)

 

53.4

 

45.9

 

Population-based indoor 3G coverage (1)

 

n.a.

 

65.4

 

 


(1)     Data relates to Magyar Telekom Plc., not only to CBU

 

The following table sets forth information regarding the key operating fixed line statistical figures for the major services provided by BBU:

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

Voice services

 

 

 

 

 

Business

 

110,389

 

100,172

 

Managed leased lines (Flex-Com connections)

 

6,037

 

4,745

 

ISDN channels

 

288,338

 

270,466

 

Total

 

404,764

 

375,383

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total outgoing traffic (thousand minutes)

 

798,157

 

656,372

 

MOU (outgoing)

 

191

 

178

 

ARPU (HUF)

 

5,457

 

5,162

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data products

 

 

 

 

 

Number of leased line Internet subscribers

 

617

 

558

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of retail DSL customers

 

31,805

 

32,358

 

Number of wholesale DSL access

 

196,776

 

161,270

 

Number of total DSL

 

228,581

 

193,628

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail DSL ARPU (HUF)

 

13,743

 

12,712

 

 

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The following table sets forth information regarding the key operating mobile statistical figures of BBU:

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

Number of customers

 

713,469

 

775,912

 

Overall churn rate (%)

 

5.8

 

8.0

 

MOU

 

325

 

336

 

ARPU (HUF)

 

7,655

 

6,458

 

Number of mobile broadband subscriptions

 

81,339

 

102,161

 

Ratio of non-voice revenues in ARPU (%)

 

20.2

 

23.6

 

Average subscriber acquisition cost per gross add (HUF)

 

9,092

 

8,280

 

 

Outlook

 

The telecommunications industry is undergoing a major change globally. We have observed several long-term trends which are changing the structure of the Hungarian telecommunications market. Key drivers of the long-term trends include changes in technology (i.e., IP-based broadband products and solutions, emerging wireless broadband technologies), customer requirements (i.e., increase in mobile usability of content services and terminal devices, 4Play solutions, growing need for customized content), competition and regulation (i.e., low entry barriers, new business models, telecommunications and media broadcast industry convergence).

 

To adapt to these changes in the market, we have redefined the focus areas of our corporate strategies to better exploit our position as an integrated telecommunications operator with a full range of services, as well as to ensure our long-term competitiveness. Our strategies are designed to enable us to exploit and develop our extended customer base, significantly improve efficiency and capture growth opportunities.

 

Magyar Telekom Plc.’s current plans and outlook are based on our best knowledge and expected circumstances. Nevertheless the behavior of our competitors can hardly be predicted completely. Therefore a stronger than assumed impact of alternative operators, new market entrants and new solutions in any country where we are present could result in a negative impact on our business performance.

 

We should emphasize that each of our business segments is affected by its unique business environment, and we are subject to circumstances and events that are yet unforeseen or beyond our control. The peak of global economic crisis is calmed down, but the recovery is slow continuing and painful, particularly in Hungary. After the seven percent GDP decline in 2009, the analyst consent and government forecasts do not show growth for 2010. The unemployment rate remains very high, above 10 percent.

 

In order to secure the balance of the budget, the government implemented several measures and planning to decrease the deficit to 3.8 percent to the GDP in 2010. The most negative measure to our business was the five percentage point increase of VAT, effective from July 2009. The business market was also hit by the heavy spending cuts in every governmental sector. Despite the restrictive government measures and negative business environment, we expect that our core business units will be able to continue to generate strong cash flows.

 

Revenues

 

The following reflects our current expectations with respect to our plans and initiatives:

 

In fixed line operations, we expect continued decline in fixed line voice revenues due to continued line reduction and fixed line unit price erosion driven by mobile substitution and the increased competition in the fixed line market, including competition from VoIP or VoCATV providers. The weakening demand as a result of restrictive government measures (especially the VAT increase) is expected to drive up the churn, because more customer currently holding both fixed and mobile subscription tending to give up their fixed lines entirely. As

 

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indicated in our strategy, to mitigate the decrease in fixed line voice revenues we are now moving from pure voice offers to integrated 2Play and 3Play packages, which will allow us to substitute declining traffic revenues with content, entertainment and bundled access revenues. Fixed line interconnection tariffs are expected to be reduced gradually further in 2010 and in the years after, having additional negative impact on our fixed line revenue streams.

 

As the leading broadband provider in Hungary, we are committed to accelerating growth in country-wide broadband penetration by applying a multi-access cost-efficient approach.

 

We aim to move further towards content and media businesses to support traditional access services, build new revenue streams and exploit new revenue sources. We are combining our product portfolio in order to provide all services for every customer demand on every platform (three-screen approach), where all customer screens (computer, mobile, TV) are provided by the Company.

 

In the mobile operations, market penetration is now saturated, and we expect flat development in the following year. We expect further growth in mobile broadband and the future growth potential of value-added and data services, which is supported by the continuing roll-out of UMTS and HSDPA services.

 

In December 2008, the NCA enforced the regulation for mobile termination fee decrease within the networks of all three Hungarian mobile operators in three steps, starting from January 2009 until December 2010, by approximately 40 percent compared to current rates.

 

To maintain sustainable competitiveness in the corporate sector, we have committed to further developing our IT competencies by focusing on complex service offerings through managed services, system integration and outsourcing through consultant services to corporate customers. Expanding our business operation to these new areas with lower profitability has a dilutive effect on the profitability.

 

Expenses

 

We are entirely committed to improve internal operational efficiency in all business segments. To accomplish our goals despite the intensifying competitive environment, the decreasing revenue potential should be compensated with strict cost control. In 2009, a new efficiency project was launched: save for service (“S4S”). This multi-year project yielded substantial savings already in 2009, and will be continued in the coming years.

 

We also would like to exploit the synergies coming from the integrated fixed and mobile operation. In 2010, we are planning synergy projects in several areas with the main goal for further unify the activities and increase efficiency.

 

We have reached an agreement with trade unions on the wage development, headcount reduction and decrease in additional employee allowances for 2010. The key elements of the agreement are the following: reduction of headcount by 400 in addition to executive termination and retiring, no wage increase but 1.5 percent bonus budget set (significantly below inflation), gradual reduction of surplus severance payments in the Collective Agreement. These measures will reduce our Total Workforce Management (“TWM”) related costs.

 

In line with world market developments and the liberalization of the Hungarian energy market, we have experienced rapid growth in energy prices, above the inflation level. We expect energy prices to remain high in 2010, impacting us negatively.

 

Total investments in tangible and intangible assets

 

Comparing to 2009, the key priorities of the CAPEX spending are not changed for 2010. Investments in new products and platforms (DVB-S, FTTx) remain our key strategic goals although the overall investment level is decreasing. We will also continue the roll-out of the UMTS and HSDPA infrastructure with building new base stations but the total investment will decrease in that area.

 

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We will increase investments in the IT area to reach our goals to become ICT leader in Hungary, while expansion into new segments will also demand additional investments.

 

Striving for further improvement in the customer orientation, the strategic priority for 2010 and beyond is the successful implementation of new CRM system. We are targeting the complete overhaul of the current customer management of the Company. The goals of the project include not just he replacement of the outdated billing systems but to bring a new approach to the entire customer management process with integrating fixed and mobile portfolios.

 

Subsequent events between the end of the year and the release of the report

 

On February 2, 2010 Magyar Telekom Plc. announced that it had closed the sale transaction of its fully owned subsidiary, Orbitel on January 28, 2010. Magyar Telekom Plc. signed a contract with Spectrum Net AD in November 2009 on the sale of Orbitel and the financial closing of the transaction took place upon obtaining the necessary approvals of the Bulgarian authorities.

 

Budapest, March 10, 2010.

 

 

 

Christopher Mattheisen

Thilo Kusch

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Chief Financial Officer

 

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Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

 

Submission

to the General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

Subject:

Report of the Supervisory Board

 

Budapest, April 7, 2010

 



 

Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

Supervisory Board

 

Report of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc.

for the General Meeting of the Company

 

In Y2009, the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc. (the “Company”) has performed its work in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Company and the Rules of Procedure of the Supervisory Board, based on its accepted Working Schedule. In Y2009, the Supervisory Board held meetings on 6 occasions, and furthermore, it made resolutions without holding a meeting, via written (fax) voting on 4 occasions.

 

The Supervisory Board kept in regular contact with the Chairman-Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Legal Counsel and the Head of Internal Audit of the Company.

 

The Supervisory Board regularly discussed the decisions made by the Board of Directors and the Management Committee, the executive financial reports and the reports on the group acquisition activities.

 

The Supervisory Board approved the Y2009 Workplan of the independent internal audit organization, requested and received regular information on the findings of each of the audits, the measures and the status of the implementation of these measures. The questions further occurring in relation to the particular audits were regularly answered by the Head of Internal Audit at the Supervisory Board meetings.

 

Internal Audit supported the SOX compliance, audited the documentation and procedures of financial reporting, transfer prices, project management. Internal Audit identified measures to increase the efficiency of receivable management, sales channels, product development processes, to strengthen the operation of the post merger integration processes, to increase the IT system security, to improve the effectiveness of the marketing communication in the integrated organization.

 

Internal Audit supported the work of Group Compliance Committee in the whistleblower cases with special ad-hoc investigations.

 

The Supervisory Board regularly reviewed the reports of the Audit Committee on its activities supporting the work of the Supervisory Board with respect to the proper supervision of the financial reporting system.

 

With respect to the request submitted to the Supervisory Board during Y2009 with regard to the operation of the Company, the Supervisory Board conducted the necessary investigation and delivered the appropriate information to the person making the request.

 

In case of shareholders’ notifications submitted to the Supervisory Board, the Supervisory Board also delivered the appropriate information to the persons making the notifications.

 

The Supervisory Board examined every important report on the business policy and every submission that is made on matters falling into the exclusive competence of and is on the agenda of the General Meeting.

 



 

According to the point of view of the Supervisory Board, Magyar Telekom Group maintained its favorable market position even in the intense competitive environment, despite the fact that economic environment had an adverse impact on revenues.

 

The Supervisory Board has not discovered anything to disapprove in the Company’s activities in Y2009,   with regard to the Company’s compliance with statutory operation.

 

The Supervisory Board, with the involvement of the Audit Committee and the independent external auditor, discussed the 2009 consolidated annual financial statements prescribed by the Accounting Act according to the requirements of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as endorsed by the EU, to be submitted to the General Meeting by the Board of Directors, and the proposal of the Board of Directors for their acceptance.

 

In the opinion of the Supervisory Board, the above mentioned financial statements are in compliance with the prescriptions of the law, the Supervisory Board agrees with their content. The Supervisory Board proposes to the General Meeting for approval the 2009 consolidated annual financial statements of Magyar Telekom Group prepared according to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as endorsed by the EU with Balance Sheet Total Assets and Profit for the year in accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee.

 

The Supervisory Board, with the involvement of the Audit Committee and the independent external auditor, discussed the 2009 annual stand alone financial statements prepared in accordance with requirements of the Accounting Act (HAR) to be submitted to the General Meeting by the Board of Directors, and the proposal of the Board of Directors for their acceptance.

 

In the opinion of the Supervisory Board, the above mentioned financial statements are in compliance with the prescriptions of the law, the Supervisory Board agrees with their content. The Supervisory Board proposes to the General Meeting for approval the 2009 annual stand alone financial statements of the Company prepared according to the Hungarian Accounting Regulations (HAR) with Balance Sheet Total Assets and After-tax Net Income in accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee.

 

The Supervisory Board, with the involvement of the Audit Committee, discussed the proposal of the Board of Directors, according to which the Company shall pay a dividend of HUF 74 per ordinary share (with a face value of HUF 100) to the shareholders from the profit of 2009.

 

The Supervisory Board pre-approves the proposal of the Board of Directors with respect to dividend payment and proposes the proposal to the General Meeting for approval.

 

The Supervisory Board discussed the Corporate Governance Report of the Company and, with its pre-approval, proposes it to the General Meeting for approval.

 

Budapest, March 12, 2010

 

In representation of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc.:

 

Dr. László Pap

Chairman of the Supervisory Board

 



 

 

Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

 

Submission

to the General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

Subject:

Report of the Audit Committee

 

Budapest, April 7, 2010

 



 

Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

Audit Committee

 

Report of the Audit Committee of Magyar Telekom Plc.

for the General Meeting of the Company

on its 2009 activities in relation to the approval of

the 2009 consolidated annual financial statements of the Company prescribed by the

Accounting Act according to the requirements of the International Financial Reporting

Standards (IFRS),

of the 2009 annual stand alone financial statements of the Company prepared in accordance

with requirements of the Accounting Act (HAR),

and the use of the profit after tax earned in 2009

 

In Y2009, the Audit Committee of Magyar Telekom Plc. (the “Company”) has performed its work in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Company and the Rules of Procedure of the Audit Committee, based on its accepted Working Schedule, and in case of the occurrence of an extraordinary case, with a focus on its discussion without delay and on the interest of making the appropriate decision. In Y2009, the Audit Committee held meetings on 9 occasions, and furthermore, it made resolutions without holding a meeting, via written (fax) voting on 21 occasions.

 

The Audit Committee kept in continuous contact with the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, the Head of Internal Audit, the Group Compliance Director and the Chief Legal Counsel of the Company, and the independent external auditor.

 

The Company, by the direction of the Audit Committee, has conducted an independent internal investigation with the involvement of an independent outside counsel, regarding certain contracts and conduct involving the Company and certain of its affiliates (the “Independent Investigation”). The Audit Committee, in relation to the Independent Investigation, has supervised the work of the independent outside counsel involved in the Independent Investigation.

 

The Audit Committee regularly discussed the issues with respect to the Independent Investigation, and the appropriateness of the remedial actions taken in response to the deficiencies revealed during the Independent Investigation.

 

On December 2, 2009 the Audit Committee delivered the report titled “Report of Investigation to the Audit Committee of Magyar Telekom Plc.”, dated November 30, 2009 (the “Final Report”) to the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

The Audit Committee considered that with the preparation of the Final Report based on currently available facts, the independent outside counsel has completed those aspects of its mandate related to conducting an Independent Investigation and to reporting the factual results of that Independent Investigation to the Audit Committee.

 

After the presentation to the Audit Committee of the remedial actions proposed in light of the Final Report, the Company is considering, in consultation with the Audit Committee, whether and to what extent the Final Report warrants additional personnel remedial actions to address the findings of the Final Report.

 



 

The Audit Committee, in accordance with its purpose, oversaw the integrity of the Company’s financial statements, the Company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements falling within the scope of authorities and responsibilities of the Audit Committee, the qualifications and independence of the Company’s independent external auditor and the performance of the Company’s internal audit function and independent external auditor.

 

In the course of overseeing the work and performance of the independent outside auditor, the Audit Committee reviewed and evaluated the Management Letter, and regularly monitored the services provided by the independent external auditor and their fees. The auditor, with the general or specific pre-approval of the Audit Committee, provided audit and audit-related, and on one occasion other type of — IFRS training - service for the Company in 2009.

 

In the course of overseeing the performance of the Internal Audit, the Audit Committee regularly reviewed and evaluated the reports on the activities of the Internal Audit, reviewed and approved the Audit Workplan of the Internal Audit.

 

The Audit Committee quarterly reviewed and commented upon the Group Compliance Director’s reports on

 

·                  the progress of the implementation of the compliance program;

·                  the Y2009 compliance risk assessment;

·                  the status of the implementation of the measures proposed on the bases of the Y2008 compliance risk assessment;

·                  the reported comments and complaints, the status of the investigations initiated with respect to them, and the proposed remedial actions.

 

In the course of overseeing the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting, the Audit Committee has continuously monitored the Company’s SOX 404 compliance.

 

The Audit Committee reviewed and evaluated the reports to be submitted to the stock exchanges and the financial authorities, including the Form 20-F annual report of the Company, the quarterly reports and the relevant press releases, and the quarterly reports of the Company’s Disclosure Committee. (In relation to the Q3 financial statements of the Company, the Audit Committee was advised that the independent external auditor of the Company has stated that it was not in the position to issue its opinion, and in the absence of such an opinion, the Audit Committee could not express a view.)

 

The Audit Committee reviewed and evaluated the changes in the risk management system of the Magyar Telekom Group, and quarterly, the risk management reports.

 

There was no shareholder notification to the Audit Committee in Y2009.

 

The Audit Committee reviewed the 2009 consolidated annual financial statements prescribed by the Accounting Act according to the requirements of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as endorsed by the EU to be submitted to the General Meeting by the Board of Directors, the proposal of the Board of Directors for their acceptance, and listened to the relevant report of the independent external auditor.

 

The Audit Committee, based on its activities performed during the year, its own investigations and the report of the independent external auditor, agrees with the content of the financial statements and the proposal, and submits it to the Supervisory Board. The Audit Committee

 



 

proposes to the General Meeting for approval the 2009 Consolidated Financial Statements of Magyar Telekom Group prepared according to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as endorsed by the EU, including Balance Sheet Total Assets of HUF 1,166,377 million and Profit for the year of HUF 93,253 million.

 

The Audit Committee reviewed the 2009 annual stand alone financial statements prepared in accordance with requirements of the Accounting Act (HAR) to be submitted to the General Meeting by the Board of Directors, the proposal of the Board of Directors for their acceptance, and listened to the relevant report of the independent external auditor.

 

The Audit Committee, based on its activities performed during the year, its own investigations and the report of the independent external auditor, agrees with the content of the financial statements and the proposal, and submits it to the Supervisory Board. The Audit Committee proposes to the General Meeting for approval the Y2009 Annual Report of the Company prepared according to the Hungarian Accounting Regulations (HAR), including Balance Sheet Total Assets of HUF 968,412 million and After-tax Net Income of HUF 74,227 million.

 

The Audit Committee reviewed the proposal of the Board of Directors, according to which the Company shall pay a dividend of HUF 74 per ordinary share (with a face value of HUF 100) to the shareholders from the profit of 2009. The Audit Committee agrees with the proposal and proposes to the Supervisory Board for pre-approval and to the General Meeting for approval.

 

Budapest, March 11, 2010

 

In representation of the Audit Committee of Magyar Telekom Plc.:

 

Dr. János Illéssy

Chairman of the Audit Committee

 



 

Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

 

Submission and resolution proposal

to the General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

Subject:

Proposal of the Board of Directors for the use of the profit after tax earned in 2009

 

Budapest, April 7, 2010

 



 

According to Section 220(3) of the Companies Act and Section 6.2. (i) of the Articles of Association deciding on the utilisation of after-tax earnings belongs to the exclusive scope of authority of the General Meeting.

 

Resolution proposal:

 

A dividend of HUF 74 per ordinary share (with a face value of HUF 100) shall be paid to the shareholders from the profit of 2009.

 

The HUF 77,051,686,148 to be disbursed as dividends shall be paid from the after-tax profits of HUF 74,227,074,181 based on HAR figures and the remaining amount of HUF 2,824,611,967 shall be paid from retained earnings.

 

May 7th, 2010 shall be the first day of dividend disbursement. The record date shall be April 30th, 2010.

 

On April 21st, 2010, the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Plc. shall publish a detailed announcement on the order of dividend disbursement on the homepage of the Company and the Budapest Stock Exchange.

 

In compliance with Magyar Telekom’s assignment, KELER Ltd. shall disburse dividends.

 



 

Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

 

Submission

to the General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

Subject:

Report of the Supervisory Board

 

Budapest, April 7, 2010

 



 

Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

Supervisory Board

 

Report of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc.

for the General Meeting of the Company

 

In Y2009, the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc. (the “Company”) has performed its work in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Company and the Rules of Procedure of the Supervisory Board, based on its accepted Working Schedule. In Y2009, the Supervisory Board held meetings on 6 occasions, and furthermore, it made resolutions without holding a meeting, via written (fax) voting on 4 occasions.

 

The Supervisory Board kept in regular contact with the Chairman-Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Legal Counsel and the Head of Internal Audit of the Company.

 

The Supervisory Board regularly discussed the decisions made by the Board of Directors and the Management Committee, the executive financial reports and the reports on the group acquisition activities.

 

The Supervisory Board approved the Y2009 Workplan of the independent internal audit organization, requested and received regular information on the findings of each of the audits, the measures and the status of the implementation of these measures. The questions further occurring in relation to the particular audits were regularly answered by the Head of Internal Audit at the Supervisory Board meetings.

 

Internal Audit supported the SOX compliance, audited the documentation and procedures of financial reporting, transfer prices, project management. Internal Audit identified measures to increase the efficiency of receivable management, sales channels, product development processes, to strengthen the operation of the post merger integration processes, to increase the IT system security, to improve the effectiveness of the marketing communication in the integrated organization.

 

Internal Audit supported the work of Group Compliance Committee in the whistleblower cases with special ad-hoc investigations.

 

The Supervisory Board regularly reviewed the reports of the Audit Committee on its activities supporting the work of the Supervisory Board with respect to the proper supervision of the financial reporting system.

 

With respect to the request submitted to the Supervisory Board during Y2009 with regard to the operation of the Company, the Supervisory Board conducted the necessary investigation and delivered the appropriate information to the person making the request.

 

In case of shareholders’ notifications submitted to the Supervisory Board, the Supervisory Board also delivered the appropriate information to the persons making the notifications.

 

The Supervisory Board examined every important report on the business policy and every submission that is made on matters falling into the exclusive competence of and is on the agenda of the General Meeting.

 



 

According to the point of view of the Supervisory Board, Magyar Telekom Group maintained its favorable market position even in the intense competitive environment, despite the fact that economic environment had an adverse impact on revenues.

 

The Supervisory Board has not discovered anything to disapprove in the Company’s activities in Y2009, with regard to the Company’s compliance with statutory operation.

 

The Supervisory Board, with the involvement of the Audit Committee and the independent external auditor, discussed the 2009 consolidated annual financial statements prescribed by the Accounting Act according to the requirements of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as endorsed by the EU, to be submitted to the General Meeting by the Board of Directors, and the proposal of the Board of Directors for their acceptance.

 

In the opinion of the Supervisory Board, the above mentioned financial statements are in compliance with the prescriptions of the law, the Supervisory Board agrees with their content. The Supervisory Board proposes to the General Meeting for approval the 2009 consolidated annual financial statements of Magyar Telekom Group prepared according to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as endorsed by the EU with Balance Sheet Total Assets and Profit for the year in accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee.

 

The Supervisory Board, with the involvement of the Audit Committee and the independent external auditor, discussed the 2009 annual stand alone financial statements prepared in accordance with requirements of the Accounting Act (HAR) to be submitted to the General Meeting by the Board of Directors, and the proposal of the Board of Directors for their acceptance.

 

In the opinion of the Supervisory Board, the above mentioned financial statements are in compliance with the prescriptions of the law, the Supervisory Board agrees with their content. The Supervisory Board proposes to the General Meeting for approval the 2009 annual stand alone financial statements of the Company prepared according to the Hungarian Accounting Regulations (HAR) with Balance Sheet Total Assets and After-tax Net Income in accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee.

 

The Supervisory Board, with the involvement of the Audit Committee, discussed the proposal of the Board of Directors, according to which the Company shall pay a dividend of HUF 74 per ordinary share (with a face value of HUF 100) to the shareholders from the profit of 2009.

 

The Supervisory Board pre-approves the proposal of the Board of Directors with respect to dividend payment and proposes the proposal to the General Meeting for approval.

 

The Supervisory Board discussed the Corporate Governance Report of the Company and, with its pre-approval, proposes it to the General Meeting for approval.

 

Budapest, March 12, 2010

 

In representation of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc.:

 

 

Dr. László Pap

Chairman of the Supervisory Board

 



 

 

Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

 

Submission

to the General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

Subject:

Report of the Audit Committee

 

Budapest, April 7, 2010

 



 

Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

Audit Committee

 

Report of the Audit Committee of Magyar Telekom Plc.

for the General Meeting of the Company

on its 2009 activities in relation to the approval of

the 2009 consolidated annual financial statements of the Company prescribed by the

Accounting Act according to the requirements of the International Financial Reporting

Standards (IFRS),

of the 2009 annual stand alone financial statements of the Company prepared in accordance

with requirements of the Accounting Act (HAR),

and the use of the profit after tax earned in 2009

 

In Y2009, the Audit Committee of Magyar Telekom Plc. (the “Company”) has performed its work in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Company and the Rules of Procedure of the Audit Committee, based on its accepted Working Schedule, and in case of the occurrence of an extraordinary case, with a focus on its discussion without delay and on the interest of making the appropriate decision. In Y2009, the Audit Committee held meetings on 9 occasions, and furthermore, it made resolutions without holding a meeting, via written (fax) voting on 21 occasions.

 

The Audit Committee kept in continuous contact with the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, the Head of Internal Audit, the Group Compliance Director and the Chief Legal Counsel of the Company, and the independent external auditor.

 

The Company, by the direction of the Audit Committee, has conducted an independent internal investigation with the involvement of an independent outside counsel, regarding certain contracts and conduct involving the Company and certain of its affiliates (the “Independent Investigation”). The Audit Committee, in relation to the Independent Investigation, has supervised the work of the independent outside counsel involved in the Independent Investigation.

 

The Audit Committee regularly discussed the issues with respect to the Independent Investigation, and the appropriateness of the remedial actions taken in response to the deficiencies revealed during the Independent Investigation.

 

On December 2, 2009 the Audit Committee delivered the report titled “Report of Investigation to the Audit Committee of Magyar Telekom Plc.”, dated November 30, 2009 (the “Final Report”) to the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

The Audit Committee considered that with the preparation of the Final Report based on currently available facts, the independent outside counsel has completed those aspects of its mandate related to conducting an Independent Investigation and to reporting the factual results of that Independent Investigation to the Audit Committee.

 

After the presentation to the Audit Committee of the remedial actions proposed in light of the Final Report, the Company is considering, in consultation with the Audit Committee, whether and to what extent the Final Report warrants additional personnel remedial actions to address the findings of the Final Report.

 



 

The Audit Committee, in accordance with its purpose, oversaw the integrity of the Company’s financial statements, the Company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements falling within the scope of authorities and responsibilities of the Audit Committee, the qualifications and independence of the Company’s independent external auditor and the performance of the Company’s internal audit function and independent external auditor.

 

In the course of overseeing the work and performance of the independent outside auditor, the Audit Committee reviewed and evaluated the Management Letter, and regularly monitored the services provided by the independent external auditor and their fees. The auditor, with the general or specific pre-approval of the Audit Committee, provided audit and audit-related, and on one occasion other type of — IFRS training - service for the Company in 2009.

 

In the course of overseeing the performance of the Internal Audit, the Audit Committee regularly reviewed and evaluated the reports on the activities of the Internal Audit, reviewed and approved the Audit Workplan of the Internal Audit.

 

The Audit Committee quarterly reviewed and commented upon the Group Compliance Director’s reports on

 

·                  the progress of the implementation of the compliance program;

·                  the Y2009 compliance risk assessment;

·                  the status of the implementation of the measures proposed on the bases of the Y2008 compliance risk assessment;

·                  the reported comments and complaints, the status of the investigations initiated with respect to them, and the proposed remedial actions.

 

In the course of overseeing the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting, the Audit Committee has continuously monitored the Company’s SOX 404 compliance.

 

The Audit Committee reviewed and evaluated the reports to be submitted to the stock exchanges and the financial authorities, including the Form 20-F annual report of the Company, the quarterly reports and the relevant press releases, and the quarterly reports of the Company’s Disclosure Committee. (In relation to the Q3 financial statements of the Company, the Audit Committee was advised that the independent external auditor of the Company has stated that it was not in the position to issue its opinion, and in the absence of such an opinion, the Audit Committee could not express a view.)

 

The Audit Committee reviewed and evaluated the changes in the risk management system of the Magyar Telekom Group, and quarterly, the risk management reports.

 

There was no shareholder notification to the Audit Committee in Y2009.

 

The Audit Committee reviewed the 2009 consolidated annual financial statements prescribed by the Accounting Act according to the requirements of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as endorsed by the EU to be submitted to the General Meeting by the Board of Directors, the proposal of the Board of Directors for their acceptance, and listened to the relevant report of the independent external auditor.

 

The Audit Committee, based on its activities performed during the year, its own investigations and the report of the independent external auditor, agrees with the content of the financial statements and the proposal, and submits it to the Supervisory Board. The Audit Committee

 



 

proposes to the General Meeting for approval the 2009 Consolidated Financial Statements of Magyar Telekom Group prepared according to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as endorsed by the EU, including Balance Sheet Total Assets of HUF 1,166,377 million and Profit for the year of HUF 93,253 million.

 

The Audit Committee reviewed the 2009 annual stand alone financial statements prepared in accordance with requirements of the Accounting Act (HAR) to be submitted to the General Meeting by the Board of Directors, the proposal of the Board of Directors for their acceptance, and listened to the relevant report of the independent external auditor.

 

The Audit Committee, based on its activities performed during the year, its own investigations and the report of the independent external auditor, agrees with the content of the financial statements and the proposal, and submits it to the Supervisory Board. The Audit Committee proposes to the General Meeting for approval the Y2009 Annual Report of the Company prepared according to the Hungarian Accounting Regulations (HAR), including Balance Sheet Total Assets of HUF 968,412 million and After-tax Net Income of HUF 74,227 million.

 

The Audit Committee reviewed the proposal of the Board of Directors, according to which the Company shall pay a dividend of HUF 74 per ordinary share (with a face value of HUF 100) to the shareholders from the profit of 2009. The Audit Committee agrees with the proposal and proposes to the Supervisory Board for pre-approval and to the General Meeting for approval.

 

Budapest, March 11, 2010

 

In representation of the Audit Committee of Magyar Telekom Plc.:

 

Dr. János Illéssy

Chairman of the Audit Committee

 



 

Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

 

Submission and resolution proposal

to the General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

Subject:

Proposal of the Board of Directors for the authorization for the purchase of Magyar Telekom ordinary shares

 

Budapest, April 7, 2010

 



 

Resolution proposal:

 

The General Meeting authorizes the Board of Directors to purchase a total of up to 104,274,254 ordinary shares (with a face value of HUF 100 each) of Magyar Telekom Plc. The purpose of the authorization is to be able to supplement Magyar Telekom’s current shareholder remuneration policy to be more in line with international practice.  At the same time the Board of Directors believes dividend should remain the main method for shareholder remuneration.

 

The authorization will be valid for 18 months starting from the date of approval of this General Meeting resolution. The shares to be purchased on the basis of this authorization may not at any time account for more than 10% of the share capital of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

The shares can be purchased through the stock exchange. The equivalent value per share paid by Magyar Telekom Plc. may not be more than 5% above the market price of the share determined by the opening auction on the trading day at the Budapest Stock Exchange. The minimum value to be paid for one share is HUF 1.

 

The authorization may be exercised in full or in part, and the purchase can be carried out in partial tranches spread over various purchase dates within the authorization period until the maximum purchase volume has been reached.

 



 

Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

 

Submission and resolution proposal

to the General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

Subject:

Decision on the approval of the Corporate Governance and Management Report

 

Budapest, April 7, 2010

 



 

Pursuant to Section 312 of the Companies Act, if the shares of the publicly operating companies are listed on the Budapest Stock Exchange, the Board of Directors must submit the corporate governance and management report to the Annual General Meeting of the company, together with the annual financial statements prepared according to the Accounting Act. The Act also provides that the report can only be submitted to the General Meeting upon its prior approval by the Supervisory Board. The report and its Annex were prepared on the basis of the provisions of the Companies Act and the Corporate Governance Recommendations of the Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE).

 

The Corporate Governance Recommendations of the Budapest Stock Exchange are available at the website of the BSE: www.bet.hu.

 

Resolution proposal:

 

The General Meeting has reviewed and approves the Corporate Governance and Management Report Y2009 of the Company.

 



 

 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT OF

MAGYAR TELEKOM PLC.

 

Approved by the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Plc. on 10 March, 2010 with Resolution
No. 
4/2 (03.10.2010.)

and the Supervisory Board on 12 March, 2010 with Resolution No. 2/13 (03.12.2010.)

The Audit Committee reviewed and evaluated the Report at its March 5, 2010 meeting (resolution no. 8/7
(03.05.2010))

 



 

Corporate Governance Report

of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

The Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company (hereinafter „Magyar Telekom” or „Company”)

 

based on

 

·                              the Corporate Governance Recommendations of the Budapest Stock Exchange Zrt., published in October, 2007, and amended in May, 2008, and

·                              the provisions of Act IV of 2006 on Business Associations („Companies Act”) (especially Section 312),

taking into account

 

·                              the Recommendations of the European Commission (“Commission”) fostering an appropriate regime for the remuneration of directors of listed companies (2004/913/EC), and

·                              and the Commission’s Recommendations on the role of non-executive or supervisory directors of listed companies and on the committees of the (supervisory) board (2005/162/EC),

 

approves and submits to the Annual General Meeting the below Corporate Governance Report.

 

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1. A brief presentation of the operation of the Board of Directors, and a description of the division of responsibility and duties between the Board and the executive management

 

Magyar Telekom’s Board of Directors (“Board” or “Board of Directors”) is the Company’s executive body that represents the Company towards third parties and before courts and other authorities. The Board of Directors exercises its rights and performs its obligations as an independent body.

 

The members of the Board of Directors shall act with due care as it is generally expected from persons in such positions and - unless it is otherwise provided in the Companies Act — must give priority to the interest of the company. The members of the Board shall be liable towards the Company pursuant to the general provisions of the civil law in case of causing damage to the Company through breaching the laws, the Articles of Associations (“Articles”), the resolutions of the General Meeting (“General Meeting”) of the Company and their managerial duties. The indemnification liability of the members of the Board towards the Company is joint and severable according to the provisions of the Civil Code on jointly causing damage. If the damage was caused by the resolution of the management as a body, those members are exempted from such liabilities who did not participate in the voting or voted against the resolution in question. The members of the Board of Directors shall bear unlimited and joint liability for those damages that arise from the announcement of false data, rights or facts to the Company Register or the late announcement of the same in addition to failing to file such announcement at all.

 

The Board of Directors is not an operative management body. In other words, the Board of Directors is not involved in the Company’s daily business. The Board acts in all matters that do not fall in the competence of the General Meeting or other corporate bodies. Among other responsibilities, it approves the Company’s strategy, business plan, major organizational changes and key transactions, concludes employment agreements with and removes the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Officers, and determines the remuneration and target tasks on the basis of which it evaluates the their performance.

 

For the purpose of the operative control and effective day-to-day management of the Company the Board of Directors established the Management Committee the members of which are the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Human Resources Officer, the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), the Chief Technical Officer, the Chief Strategic and Corporate Development Officer, the Chief Operating Officer Consumer Services Business Unit and the Chief Operating Officer Business Services Business Unit. The Management Committee acts within the scope of competences assigned to it by the Board of Directors. The Management Committee reports to the Board of Directors on the operation and status of Magyar Telekom Group at each Board meeting.

 

Due to the fact that in line with the above, the Board of Directors delegates several competences to the Management Committee we answered “No” to several questions in the declaration to this Corporate Governance Report, because in these cases the Company does comply with the given recommendation but based on the decision of the Board of Directors the procedure / decision to comply with the given recommendation is within the Management Committee’s scope of competence delegated to it by the Board of Directors.

 

The detailed rules on the tasks, competences and operation of the Management Committee are contained in the Rules of Procedure approved by the Board of Directors:

http://www.telekom.hu/static/sw/download/ugyvezbiz_ugyrend_2010_eng.pdf

 

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2. The introduction of the members of the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board and the executive management (in the case of Board members, including the status of independence of the different members), a description of the structure of committees.

 

For more details with regard to the members of the Board of Directors, the supervisory board of Magyar Telekom (“Supervisory Board”) and the Management Committee please visit the web site of Magyar Telekom:

 

·      http://www.telekom.hu/investor_relations/corporate_governance/board_of_directors

·      http://www.telekom.hu/investor_relations/corporate_governance/supervisory_board

·      http://www.telekom.hu/investor_relations/corporate_governance/management_committee

 

The Board of Directors is comprised of a minimum of six (6), and a maximum of eleven (11) members. The members of the Board of Directors shall be elected by the General Meeting. Currently the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom has ten members. The assignment of the members of the Board of Directors lasts for a term of three years from the date of the annual General Meeting until May, 31 of the third year subsequent to the date of the said General Meeting with the exception, that if the General Meeting in the third year is held prior to May 31 than their assignment lasts until the date thereof. The assignment of new Board members, elected within this period, shall expire at the same date when the assignment of the other Board members expires. The members of the Board of Directors can be recalled or re-elected by the General Meeting at any time. The Board of Directors operates in line with the Rules of Procedure, in compliance with the laws and the Articles of Association.

 

The Companies Act does not include requirements with regard to the independency of the members of the board of directors if besides the board of directors there is also a supervisory board operating at the company. Currently 3 members of the Board of Directors meet the independency criteria set forth in the Recommendations: Frank Odzuck, dr. Mihály Gálik, dr. István Földesi.

 

According to the Articles of Association of the Company the Supervisory Board of the Company is comprised of at least three (3) but maximum fifteen (15) members. The members of the Supervisory Board are elected by the Annual General Meeting. The assignment of the members of the Supervisory Board lasts for a term of three years from the date of the annual General Meeting until May, 31 of the third year subsequent to the date of their election with the exception, that if the Annual General Meeting in the year of the expiry of their assignment is held prior to May 31, then their assignment lasts until the date thereof. The assignment of new Supervisory Board members, elected within this period, shall expire at the same date when the assignment of the other Supervisory Board members expires. Currently the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom has nine members. The Supervisory Board acts as a body. The Supervisory Board elects a Chairman from among its members and makes resolutions with simple majority. The Supervisory Board carries out its tasks according to its Rules of Procedure that is established by the Supervisory Board and approved by the General Meeting.

 

Independent members of the Supervisory Board — according to the Companies Act: Dr. László Pap, Dr. János Illéssy, Dr. Sándor Kerekes, Attila Csizmadia and Konrad Kreuzer.

 

·      http://www.telekom.hu/static/sw/download/Igazgatosag_Ugyrendje_20091215_ENG.pdf

·      http://www.telekom.hu/static/sw/download/SB_rules_25Apr2008.pdf

 

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3. The number of meetings held in the relevant period by the Board of Directors, Supervisory Board and committees, including the number of members attending

 

Section 5 discusses the work of the individual committees in detail therefore we analyzed here the above parameters with regard to the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board.

 

In 2009 the Board of Directors held four meetings in accordance with its Preliminary Meeting Schedule, at which the overall rate of attendance of the members (either personally or by telephone conference) was 95%. The Board of Directors adopted resolutions without holding a meeting in seventeen cases in writing through the procedure of voting by fax as regulated in the Rules of Procedure.

 

The most important issues discussed by the Board of Directors in 2009 were as follows:

 

·                  Monitoring financial and non-financial KPIs;

·                  Decisions on the bonus achievement for the management in 2008 based on recommendation of the Remuneration Committee;

·                  Proposal to the General Meeting on the approval of the Y2008 financial statements, the use of the profit after tax and the dividend;

·                  Proposal to the extraordinary General Meeting regarding the upstream merger of T-Kábel Magyarország Kft. and Dél-Vonal Kft.;

·                  Setting targets for the management for 2010;

·                  Approval of the mid-term strategy and business planning for years 2010-2012;

·                  M&A decisions;

·                  Risk management of Magyar Telekom Group;

·                  Review of the compliance program.

 

The Supervisory Board held 6 meetings in business year 2009 at which the average rate of participation was 77% and adopted written resolutions without holding a meeting in 4 cases.

 

The most important issues discussed by the Supervisory Board in 2009 were as follows:

 

·                  Reports, submissions on the agenda of the General Meeting;

·                  Strategy of the Magyar Telekom Group 2009-2011;

·                  Business Plan of the Magyar Telekom Group 2009-2011;

·                  Reports of the Board of Directors on its key business policy decisions;

·                  Magyar Telekom Group’s Executive Financial Reports;

·                  Reports on the decisions of the Management Committee;

·                  Reports on the activity of the Internal Audit and the Audit Plan of the Internal Audit;

·                  Progress of the Compliance program;

·                  Reports on the acquisition activities of Magyar Telekom Group;

·                  Reports on the activities of the Audit Committee.

 

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4. The presentation of viewpoints considered when evaluating the work of the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board, the executive management, as well as of the different members. Reference to whether evaluation carried out in the relevant period has resulted in any changes

 

The Y2009 self assessment of the Board of Directors is published on the web site of the Company. The self assessment primarily focused on

 

·                  the shareholder relations,

·                  the enforcement of the strategic and business plans of the Company,

·                  compliance and

·                  the assessment of the legal and ethical requirements.

 

Within the framework of the Y2009 performance evaluation of the Supervisory Board the following viewpoints — among others - were taken into account:

 

·                  whether the organization and members of the Supervisory Board, the operation of the Supervisory Board was ensured in business year 2009 as prescribed in the Rules of Procedure of the Supervisory Board;

·                  whether the Supervisory Board, based on its legal status, scope of authorities and responsibilities as included in its Rules of Procedure, properly fulfilled its tasks in business year 2009;

·                  whether the Supervisory Board deems it necessary to take further actions or follow-up steps in the individually assessed cases.

 

Within the framework of the evaluation of the Y2009 performance of the Supervisory Board the following viewpoints were taken into account at the assessment of the individual members and also whether based on these viewpoints their relevant competence was ensured:

 

·                  Dr. László Pap: Independence, expertise in technical — telecommunications technology — field, experience as member of the Audit Committee and as member of the board of directors of an international company.

·                  Dr. János Illéssy: Independence, expertise in technical field and economy, experience as chief financial officer of quoted companies, as member of the Audit Committee.

·                  Dr. Sándor Kerekes: Independence, expertise in economy and business management, experience as member of the Audit Committee.

·                  Konrad Kreuzer: Independence, expertise and experience in law and business affairs.

·                  Attila Csizmadia: Independence, expertise in telecommunications and regulations, experience in economy, finance and regulations, at government bodies, also as member of the EU Governmental Expert Committee for Post and Telecommunications.

·                  Martin Meffert: Expertise in telecommunications and economics, experience in technical field and as country manager of Hungary.

·                  István Koszorú: Experience as employees’ representative, an official and chairman of the Workers’ Council and chairman of the Central Workers’ Council.

·                  György Varju: Experience as employees’ representative and as Chairman of the Workers’ Council and member of the Central Workers’ Council.

·                  Zsoltné Varga: Expertise in the technical field, experience in sales and customer care, as employees’ representative, official of the Workers’ Council and member of the Central Workers’ Council.

 

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5. Report on the operation of different committees, including the introduction of the members of the committees (professional background), the number of meetings held, the number of members attending the meetings, as well as the most important issues discussed at the meetings and the general operation of the committee. If the Board of Directors has passed a resolution on an issue contrary to the recommendations of the audit committee, the presentation of the operations of the Audit Committee shall include that fact (as well as the reasons of the Board of Directors for doing so). It is recommended that reference be made to the company’s website, where the tasks delegated to the committees, the rules of procedure of the committees and the date of appointing the members should be disclosed.

 

Audit committee of Magyar Telekom (“Audit Committee”)

 

Chairman of the Audit Committee:

 

·                  Dr. János Illéssy

 

Members of the Audit Committee:

 

·                  Dr. László Pap

·                  Dr. Sándor Kerekes

 

There is more detailed information on the members of the Audit Committee on the following web site of the Company:

http://www.telekom.hu/investor_relations/corporate_governance/audit_committee

 

The members of the Audit Committee are assigned from April 26, 2007 until May 31, 2010.

 

The purpose of the Committee is, inter alia, to oversee:

 

·                  the integrity of the Company’s financial statements,

·                  the Company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements falling within the scope of authorities and responsibilities of the Committee,

·                  the qualifications and independence of the Company’s independent external auditor,

·                  the performance of the Company’s internal audit function and independent auditors.

 

The Audit Committee acts independently within its scope of authority provided in the Companies Act, in Hungarian Act CXX of 2001 on the Capital Market and in the Articles of Association, and in compliance with the rules and regulations of the Budapest Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), as well as the provisions and rules of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

The Audit Committee held 9 meetings in the previous business year of 2009, with 94% average participation rate. The Audit Committee made further written resolutions without holding a meeting on 21 occasions.

 

The Chief Financial Officer of the Company, the leader of the Internal Audit, the Group Compliance Director, the General Counsel and the representative of the independent external auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers Kft. („PwC”) participated at the meetings of the Audit Committee — except for the discussion of agenda items discussed within the framework of closed meetings by the decision of the Audit Committee.

 

The Company, by the direction of the Audit Committee, has conducted an independent internal investigation with the involvement of an independent outside legal counsel regarding certain contracts and conduct

 

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involving the Company and certain of its affiliates (the “Independent Investigation”). The Audit Committee, in relation to the Independent Investigation has supervised the work of the independent outside legal counsel involved in the Independent Investigation.

 

The Audit Committee, during the supervision of the independent auditor - inter alia - discussed the below subject matters with the auditor:

 

·                  PwC’s internal quality control system, the results of the quality control reviews, and PwC’s independence practices;

·                  formal written statement of PwC specifying its relationship with the Company in accordance with the Securities Acts administrated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission („SEC”), and the requirements of the Independence Standards Board;

·                  Y2008 audit;

·                  independent auditor opinions on the Y2008 Consolidated Financial Statements of Magyar Telekom Group prepared according to the International Financial Reporting Standards („IFRS”) and the Y2008 Annual Report of the Company prepared according to the Hungarian Accounting Standards („HAR”);

·                  audit according to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 („SOX” or „SOX 404”) — Magyar Telekom’s internal controls over financial reporting;

·                  independent auditor’s report on the management’s assessment and on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008;

·                  proposal on the election of the independent auditor and the determination of its remuneration;

·                  enforcement of the professional requirements and conflict of interest stipulations towards the independent auditor;

·                  Y2008 Management Letter and the response of the management of the Company;

·                  Y2009 audit;

·                  specific pre-approval of the audit and audit related services to be provided by PwC.

 

The Audit Committee — inter alia — discussed the below important issues at its meetings:

 

·                  the services of the independent external auditor and their fees;

·                  reports on the activities of the Internal Audit, Audit Plan of the Internal Audit;

·                  reports on the activities of the Group Compliance Director;

·                  Y2008 Consolidated Financial Statements of Magyar Telekom Group prepared according to the IFRS and the Y2008 Annual Report of the Company prepared according to the HAR;

·                  SOX 404 compliance, status of significant SOX compliance deficiencies, Management’s overall assessment of the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting Y2008 (in compliance with SOX 404)

·                  20-F annual report (prepared pursuant to the US Securities and Exchange Act of 1934) of Magyar Telekom Plc. for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2008;

·                  the risk management system of Magyar Telekom Group, quarterly risk management reports;

·                  reports on the acquisition activities of Magyar Telekom Group;

·                  issues pertaining to the Independent Investigation;

·                  adequacy of the remedial actions taken in response to the findings of the Independent Investigation and the implementation of the compliance program;

·                  evaluation of the Y2009 performance of the Audit Committee.

 

In the spring of 2009 the Board of Directors originally made a decision that was contrary to the recommendations of the Audit Committee in connection with a disclosure requested by the Audit Committee with respect to a letter that was sent by the US Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) on February 27, 2009 to the Audit Committee’s legal advisors (the “DOJ letter”) and the steps taken by the Audit Committee in response thereto. The reason given by the Board of Directors for such decision was that, based on external legal advice, it was of the opinion that the DOJ Letter did not contain any new information that would have required disclosure under the relevant Hungarian and US stock exchange regulations. However, following further discussion and review of the matter, the Company made an extraordinary disclosure in connection with the

 

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DOJ Letter on March 18, 2009, prior to the Annual General Meeting of the Company and by doing so the Audit Committee’s request was fully met.

 

The Rules of Procedure of the Audit Committee, approved on February 15, 2008, - including the tasks delegated to the Audit Committee — is accessible on the following web site of the Company:

 

http://www.telekom.hu/static/sw/download/Audit_Bizottsag_Ugyrend_20080215_eng.pdf

 

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Remuneration committee of Magyar Telekom (“Remuneration Committee”):

 

The Remuneration Committee is comprised of three members elected by the Board of Directors. The assignment of the members is the same period as their assignment as members of the Board of Directors.

 

The current members are:

 

·                  Frank Odzuck

·                  Guido Kerkhoff

·                  Dr. Ralph Rentschler

 

The professional experience of the members is accessible in detail on the following web site of the Company: http://www.telekom.hu/investor_relations/corporate_governance/compensation

 

The rules of the operation of the committee is contained in its Rules of Procedure:

http://www.telekom.hu/static/sw/download/JavBizUgyrend_eng.pdf

 

In 2009 the Remuneration Committee held four meetings and two votings by fax.

 

The issues discussed were as follows:

 

·                  February, 2009: assessment of the Y2008 targets of the top management of Magyar Telekom Group and their Y2009 target, labor contract extensions, proposal for Y2006-2008 MTIP payment (participation rate: 100%)

·                  March, 2009: proposal for personnel changes (voting by fax, voting participation rate: 100%)

·                  April, 2009: Y2009 remuneration of the top management of Magyar Telekom Group (voting by fax, voting participation rate: 100%)

·                  May, 2009: proposal for MTIP program starting in Y2009 (participation rate: 100%)

·                  September, 2009: proposal for and appointment of the new chairman of the committee, proposal on appointments according to the organizational changes of Magyar Telekom and specification of the Y2009 targets of the top managers of Magyar Telekom Group (participation rate: 100%)

·                  December, 2009: proposal for the Y2010 targets of the top managers of Magyar Telekom Group (participation rate: 67%).

 

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6. The presentation of the system of internal controls and the evaluation of the activity in the relevant period. Report on the efficiency and effectiveness of risk management procedures. (Information on where the report on internal controls by the Board of Directors may be viewed by shareholders.)

 

The presentation of the system of internal controls, evaluation of the activity in the relevant period.

 

Magyar Telekom, as a company registered in the U.S., is subject to the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. As required by section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the management of Magyar Telekom is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate “internal control over financial reporting” that ensures the reliability of the financial reports. Our system of internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as adopted by the European Union. Our internal control system is based on the method established in “Internal Control—Integrated Framework” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). The management has established and regularly oversees the operation of internal controls over financial reporting that ensure the reliability of the report. The internal control system has been grouped into two levels of documentation:

 

·                      The company-level controls include the following (in line with PCAOB Audit Standard No. 5):

 

·                  controls related to the control environment

·                  controls over management override

·                  the company’s risk assessment process

·                  controls to monitor results of operations

·                  controls to monitor other controls, including the activities of the internal audit function, the Audit Committee and self-assessment programs

·                  controls over the period-end reporting process

·                  policies that address significant business control and risk management practices.

 

·                  Transaction Level Controls describe the controls built into our business processes that have been designed and operated to ensure that material misstatements in each significant financial account and disclosure within the financial statements are prevented or detected in a timely manner.

 

The operation of the internal control system is supported by the independent internal audit function that, beyond tasks regarding the risk based internal audit work plan, contributes to the enhancement of the internal control processes and to the reduction of existing risks through ad-hoc audits. The Supervisory Board and the Audit Committee receives regular reports on the findings of the audits; measures, based on the findings and fulfillment of tasks.

 

In line with the criteria of the adopted internal control framework, management evaluates the effectiveness of internal control system within each financial year. Management’s assessment for 2009 is still in progress, but based on the already available information, we believe that internal control system has been operating effectively to prevent material misstatements in the financial statements.

 

The Company discloses its report on the internal controls with regard to the reliability of financial reports in the 20-F annual report.

 

The management and Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom are committed to conduct all business activities of Magyar Telekom Group according to the highest legal and ethical standards. Based on this commitment the Board of Directors established the Corporate compliance program of Magyar Telekom.

 

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The Corporate compliance program is applicable to all bodies, organizations, employees, advisors, agents, representatives as well as to all persons and organizations that work on behalf of the Company or its subsidiary.

 

The Corporate compliance program of Magyar Telekom ensures that the business activities of the Group are conducted with observing and in compliance with the relevant laws to the outmost extent, according to the highest standards of training and commitment. It requires the realization of guidelines and processes that manage potential compliance risks and implement specific processes in order to report, investigate, monitor and correct suspected or actual lack of compliance.

 

Risk management policies

 

Our risk management includes identification, assessment and evaluation of risks, development of necessary action plans, as well as monitoring of performance and results. For risk management to be effective, we must ensure that management take business decisions with full understanding of all relevant risks.

 

In 1999, we established a formal risk management system. This system has been operating in an integrated way with the risk management system of Deutsche Telekom since 2002.

 

All material risks related to material internal and external operations, financial and legal compliance and certain other risks are evaluated and managed by a well-defined internal mechanism. A risk management manual and an internal regulation on risk management were prepared. A risk management course was developed for employees responsible for risk management in all organizational areas. Risk items affecting our operations are reviewed quarterly throughout the group. All of our units, departments, subsidiaries and other organizations are obliged to identify and report their operational risks on a quarterly basis. After evaluation of these risks, results are reported to our management, the Board of Directors, the Disclosure Committee, the Audit Committee and to Deutsche Telekom.

 

Following the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, we decided to enhance our risk management procedures. As this new law requires prompt disclosure of all risk items influencing investors’ decisions, we complemented our quarterly risk reporting system with a continuous reporting procedure which requires all the organizations of the group to report on a real-time basis any new material fact, information or risk that comes to their knowledge. Information thus submitted is monitored by the risk management area and CFO is notified when a new material risk or information is identified.

 

There is an effective internal regulation at the Company that covers the responsibilities of each employee in risk monitoring and management. We introduced the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, our enhanced reporting and corporate governance obligations and the enhanced risk reporting procedures to our colleagues through e-learning. The personnel scope of the training covered all employees.

 

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7. Information on whether the auditor has carried out any activities not related to auditing

 

Based on the effective Pre-approval Policy of the Audit Committee the independent external auditor — upon the general pre-approval or the specific pre-approval of the Audit Committee — provided the below service for the Company in Y2009 besides the audit type of services:

 

·                  audit related services,

·                  training service.

 

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8. A detailed presentation of the company’s disclosure policy, and its policy on trading by insiders

 

Disclosure policy of the Company

 

It is Magyar Telekom’s policy that all disclosures made by the Company to its shareholders or the investment community should be accurate and complete, and fairly present the Company’s financial condition and results of operations in all material respects, and such disclosures should be made on a timely basis as required by applicable laws and requirements of the Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) the NYSE, the SEC and the Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority (“HFSA”).

 

The controls and procedures currently used by the Company are designed to ensure that: information required by BSE, NYSE, SEC and HFSA to be disclosed by the Company (Annual and Quarterly Reports, Registrations Statements, 20-F Filings and 6-K Submissions) as well as any and all other written information that the Company discloses from time to time to the investment community (presentations to rating agencies and information contained on the Magyar Telekom website for investors: www.telekom.hu) is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported accurately and on a timely basis as well as that the information is collected and transferred to the management to ensure that timely decisions are made on the disclosure.

 

Since July 3, 2003 a Disclosure Committee has been operating at the Company the tasks of which include — among others — to elaborate and monitor processes and control procedures described above. The Disclosure Committee is comprised of such managers who are jointly well informed on the significant and complex aspects of the business and financial activities as well as the risks of the Company.

 

The Disclosure Committee of the Company supports the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer in fulfilling their respective duties, i.e. to have an oversight on the processes ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of disclosures.

 

An external legal firm is retained by the Company as an advisor to monitor the changes of SEC and NYSE rules and to notify the Company if such changes occur. Within the framework of an internal audit the Company reviews its disclosure processes each year.

 

Policy in connection with the prohibition of insider trading

 

The shares of Magyar Telekom are traded on both the Budapest Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange. Therefore, the trading of Magyar Telekom securities is regulated by the Hungarian legislation and government (including the Hungarian FSA) as well as the United States legislation and government (including SEC).

 

With the aim of ensuring compliance with the requirements of the legal environment Magyar Telekom created its own regulation which applies to all organizations of Magyar Telekom and those affiliated companies in which Magyar Telekom has 25% or more direct or indirect ownership or voting rights.

 

The Hungarian securities laws and United States federal and state securities laws prohibit: (a) the direct or indirect purchase or sale of securities while in possession of inside information and (b) the disclosure of inside information to others who then trade in securities (hereinafter: tip or tipping).

 

The regulation defines insider information, insider trading as well as the scope of insider persons.

 

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Magyar Telekom does encourage investment in Magyar Telekom securities by its employees and directors. However, it states some general trading guidelines as well as specific restrictions regarding the timing of trading in Magyar Telekom securities.

 

Trading guidelines:

 

·                  Magyar Telekom strongly recommends that all insider persons refrain from any transactions in Magyar Telekom securities other than during the period beginning on the commencement of the third (3rd) trading day following the release of quarterly or annual financial results and ending ten calendar days later (so called „window period”).

·                  The safest period for trading in Magyar Telekom securities, assuming the absence of inside information, is generally the first few days of the window period. Periods other than window periods are more highly sensitive for transactions in Magyar Telekom securities from the perspective of compliance with applicable securities laws. However, trading in Magyar Telekom securities during a window period should not be considered a “safe harbor.”

·                  Even after inside information is disclosed, sufficient time must pass to permit the market and outside investors to digest the information and make investment decisions before insider persons can trade in Magyar Telekom securities. Even during a window period, any person possessing inside information may not engage in any transactions in Magyar Telekom securities until the commencement of the third trading day after inside information is publicly disclosed.

·                  Regulatory authorities scrutinize securities trading with special attention. Consequently, before trading in Magyar Telekom securities, you should carefully consider how the authorities, in the future, might view your concluded transactions with special attention.

·                  Every insider person has the individual responsibility to comply with the relevant internal rules, regardless of whether Magyar Telekom has recommended a window period to that insider person or any other insider person. The guidelines set forth in Magyar Telekom’s internal rules are guidelines only, and appropriate judgment should be exercised in connection with any transaction in Magyar Telekom securities.

·                  An insider person may, from time to time, have to forego a proposed transaction in Magyar Telekom securities even if he or she planned to make the transaction before learning of the inside information and even though the insider person believes he or she may suffer an economic loss or forego anticipated profit by waiting.

 

In addition to the aforementioned trading guidelines the internal rule also states that specific restriction periods, which are prescribed in the Capital Markets Act also apply to specific categories of insider persons described therein.

 

Magyar Telekom in its internal rules draws the attention that insider persons, in addition to being forbidden from using inside information to trade in securities for their own advantage, are also prohibited from tipping inside information to an outsider (any person other than a Magyar Telekom employee, officer or director, and includes friends, business associates, spouses or family members), who then trades on that information.

 

In certain cases transactions must be immediately announced to the authority or to the public by the insider person and/or by the issuer. In order to support compliance with the announcement obligations insider persons shall without delay fill in and send a form if they concluded a transaction with Magyar Telekom shares and Magyar Telekom shall file the necessary announcements and disclosures on behalf of certain insider persons.

 

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9. A detailed demonstration of the methods of exercising shareholders’ rights

 

The holder of each Series “A” Share shall be entitled to one vote at the General Meeting of the Company and to all such rights attributed to such shareholder by the Companies Act or the Articles. The owner of the security — unless the contrary is proved — shall be the person on whose account the security is registered. The transfer of registered or interim share certificates shall be effective with respect to the Company when the name of the new owner of the shares has been entered in the shareholders’ register.

 

The Board of Directors of the Company through the registrar assigned by the Board according to Section 202 (2) of the Act, maintains a shareholders’ register of the holders of registered shares (including holders of interim share certificates or preliminary share certificates) and shareholders’ proxies by the class of shares, in which the name - in case of a joint representative the relevant data of the joint representative respectively - and address (seat) of each shareholder (shareholder’s proxy) as well as the shareholding of each shareholder by the share series is recorded. The Company maintains a computerized shareholders’ register.

 

Whenever a dividend or interim dividend is declared by the General Meeting, shareholders shall be entitled to such dividend or interim dividend in proportion to the nominal value of their shares.

 

In the event of dissolution of the Company, the assets of the Company shall be distributed, after satisfying creditors, among all of the shareholders of the Company, such distribution to occur in accordance with the ratio of the nominal value of each shareholder’s shares to the total registered capital of the Company.

 

Shareholders whose names have not been entered into the shareholders’ register and shareholders who acquired their shares in violation of the restrictions in the Articles pertaining to the transfer and the acquisition of shares shall not be allowed to exercise their rights attached to such shares vis-á-vis the Company.

 

If the General Meeting establishes that the company has made profit and determines that dividends should be paid, only those shareholders or shareholder representatives shall be entitled to such dividends who are owners with respect to the record date of identification of beneficial owner and the statutory required data of which are available for the payment of dividends.

 

The General Meeting shall be convened if shareholders representing at least five percent of the votes request the Board of Directors in writing to convene the General Meeting, stipulating the reason for and the object of their request. The court of registration shall convene the General Meeting if the convocation of the General Meeting is requested in compliance with the above outlined procedure and the Board of Directors fails to act within a period of 30 days or fails to convene the General Meeting within the shortest notice period required by the law or the Articles after such action.

 

Each shareholder has the right to attend the General Meeting, request information and comment on issues at the General Meeting. Holders of voting shares have the right to make proposals and to vote.

 

The Board of Directors shall provide the necessary information to any shareholder with respect to any matter on the agenda of the General Meeting upon the request of such shareholder submitted in writing to the Board of Directors at least 8 days prior to the General Meeting. The Board of Directors may refuse to provide such information only if that would violate a substantial business interest or business secret of the Company. As part of the rights of shareholders to information shareholders may not have access to the business books and other business documents of the Company.

 

The condition of participating at the General Meeting is that the shareholder or the nominee (except proxy holders acting on the basis of the authorization of the shareholder issued in the form of a public instrument or a private document of full probative force) is registered as such in the shareholders’ register at least six (6) working days prior to the date of the General Meeting.

 

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The detailed rules of exercising shareholder’s rights are contained in the Articles of Association of the Company that is available on the web site of the Company:

 

http://www.telekom.hu/static/sw/download/alapszabaly_20090629_eng.pdf

 

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10. A brief presentation of rules on the conducting of the General Meeting

 

The General Meeting is the highest decision-making body of the Company, comprised of all of the shareholders. The decisions of the General Meeting, which are referred to as resolutions, are binding upon the shareholders, the other organs and the officers of the Company.

 

The Company shall hold an Annual General Meeting at least once each year (the “Annual General Meeting”) where the report of the Company, prepared according to the Accounting Act, is approved. The Annual General Meeting shall occur no later than four months immediately subsequent to the business year in question. In addition to the Annual General Meeting, the Company may hold extraordinary General Meetings at any time, if necessary.

 

Notice of each General Meeting of the Company — unless otherwise provided by the Companies Act - shall be published in the manner stipulated by the applicable law and the Articles for the publication of the Company’s notices and advertisements at least 30 days prior to the date of such General Meeting. The public notice of the General Meeting of the Company shall be published by the body responsible for the convocation of the General Meeting either by law or by the Articles.

 

The General Meeting shall be properly constituted with a quorum if shareholders representing more than half of the shares carrying voting rights at such General Meeting are present in person or by proxy - within 60 minutes of the time stipulated in the public notice convening the General Meeting. A second General Meeting convened and held on the same day and within two hours from the time of the original General Meeting without a sufficient number of shares present to constitute a quorum shall have a quorum for the purposes of considering items on the agenda of the postponed General Meeting regardless of the voting rights represented at such meeting.

 

Votes for or against a proposed resolution or amendment cast in accordance with the provisions of the Articles shall be regarded as votes duly cast. Abstentions shall not be considered as votes duly cast. The General Meeting shall adopt its resolutions by a simple majority vote except for resolutions on issues listed in the Articles in Section 6.2. (a)-(f), (k), (m), (p), (q) and (t), which shall require at least a three-quarters majority of the votes cast. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the General Meeting decides to override a resolution of the Board of Directors, such shareholders resolution shall be binding only if a three-quarter majority of the votes of the shareholders that are present vote in favor of such a resolution.

 

The detailed rules of conducting the General Meeting are contained in Section 6 of the Articles of Association of the Company that is published on the web site of the Company:

 

http://www.telekom.hu/static/sw/download/alapszabaly_20090629_eng.pdf

 

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11. Remuneration statement

 

Compensation of Board Members, Supervisory Board Members and Audit Committee Members

 

1. Board of Directors

 

·                  The members of the Board of Directors receive a fee

·                  The amount of the fee is determined by the General Meeting

·                  The fee is specified on the basis of domestic benchmark data

·                  The fee can be revised upon the initiative of the Remuneration Committee

·                  Members, elected from the management of the strategic investor, waive their entitlement to the fee whereas members, elected from the management of the Company, offer their fee for charity purposes

·                  The Board of Directors annually assesses its own activity according to predefined criteria (strategy, business performance, compliance, efficiency, dividend policy, information flow). Within the framework of the assessment the individual members’ self assessment is also reviewed according to predefined criteria.

 

2. Supervisory Board

 

·                  The members of the Supervisory Board receive a fee

·                  The amount of the fee is determined by the General Meeting

·                  The fee is specified on the basis of domestic benchmark data

·                  The fee can be revised upon the initiative of the Remuneration Committee

·                  Members, elected from the management of the strategic investor, waive their entitlement to the fee

·                  The Supervisory Board, based on the itemized review of the tasks specified in its Rules of Procedure, concretely assesses the work of the respective year that was carried out to fulfill the tasks contained in the Rules of Procedure and defines those activities that need to be improved. Within the framework of this activity the Supervisory Board assesses the abilities, experience of the individual members that are necessary to perform their respective duties.

 

3. Audit Committee

 

·                  The members of the Supervisory Board receive a fee

·                  The amount of the fee is determined by the General Meeting

·                  The fee is specified on the basis of domestic benchmark data

·                  The fee can be revised upon the initiative of the Remuneration Committee

·                  The Audit Committee, based on the itemized review of the tasks specified in its Rules of Procedure, concretely assesses the work of the respective year that was carried out to fulfill the tasks contained in the Rules of Procedure and defines those activities that need to be improved.

 

According to the resolutions passed on the General Meeting in April 2007 the remuneration of Board Members, Supervisory Board Members and Audit Committee Members at the Company are as follows:

 

The Chairman of the Board of Directors:

HUF 546 000 per month

The Members of the Board of Directors:

HUF 364 000 per month

The Chairman of the Supervisory Board:

HUF 448 000 per month

 

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The Members of the Supervisory Board:

HUF 294 000 per month

The Chairman of the Audit Committee:

HUF 294 000 per month

The Members of the Audit Committee:

HUF 147 000 per month

 

4. Management (the term of “management” means the members of the Management Committee of the Company)

 

·                  With respect to the size of each element of the compensation package the Remuneration Committee submits its proposals in consideration of domestic benchmark surveys.

·                  Final decision is taken by Magyar Telekom’s Board of Directors.

·                  The compensation package is reviewed once each year.

 

The compensation package consists of the following elements:

 

Base wage

Its size varies depending on the incumbent’s position, a fixed wage amount tailored to the individual payable in monthly equal installments.

 

Variable pay

The annual bonus is a specific proportion of the base wage, paid on the basis of the achievement of the individual goals derived from the Magyar Telekom Group strategic goals, specified prior to the given business year. In the case of each individual goal the concrete threshold of under,- and overperformance are also determined and within that the concrete terms of payment are linked to performance targets.

 

The annual targets and the assessment of their performance, are approved by the Board of Directors on the basis of the submission of the Remuneration Committee.

 

Other benefits and perks

Other compensation elements have been designed in consideration of domestic benchmark data with a view to cost efficiency (e.g. cars for personal use, mobile phone, managers’ insurance, etc.)

 

Other benefits and perks have been guided by Magyar Telekom’s Collective Agreement and regulations.

 

The performance of the members of the management are individually assessed each year, on the basis of predefined criteria and processes.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2009, the aggregate compensation of the members of the management was HUF 1043 million.

 

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Corporate Governance Declaration on Compliance with the Corporate Governance Recommendations

 

R 1.1.1        The Managing Body ensured that shareholders received access to information in time to enable them to exercise their rights.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

R 1.1.2        The company applies the “one share - one vote” principle.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

R 1.2.8        The company ensures that shareholders must meet the same requirements in order to attend at the General Meeting.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

R 1.2.9        Items on the General Meeting agenda only include subjects which are correctly detailed and summarized clearly and unambiguously.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

The proposals included the suggestions of the Supervisory Board and a detailed explanation of the effects of the decision.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

Though the General Meeting of the Company did not explain in details the effect of all decisions in case of each resolution but it did so prior to making such resolutions when due to the importance or complexity of the decision it could have an effect on the ongoing processes at the Company.

 

R 1.2.10       Shareholders’ comments on and supplements to the items on the agenda were published at least two days prior to the General Meeting.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

No comments, supplements were received prior to the Y2009 General Meetings.

 

R 1.3.8        Comments on the items of the agenda were made available to shareholders simultaneously with registration at the latest.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

No comments, supplements were received prior to the Y2009 General Meetings.

 

Written comments made on the items on the agenda were published two working days prior to the General Meeting.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

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No comments, supplements were received prior to the Y2009 General Meetings.

 

R 1.3.10       The election and dismissal of executives took place individually and by separate resolutions.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

R 2.1.1        The responsibilities of the Managing Body include those laid out in 2.1.1.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

The Articles of Association and the Rules of Procedure of the Board of Directors set forth that all matters fall into the competence of the Board of Directors (or into that of the Management Committee delegated to it by the Board of Directors) that according to the laws or the Articles of Association do not fall into the exclusive competence of the General Meeting or other corporate body. The list of competences in the Articles of Associations and in the Rules of Procedure of the Board of Directors does not fully cover the list set forth in the explanation of the recommendations.

 

R 2.3.1        The Managing Body held meetings regularly, at times designated in advance.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

The Supervisory Board held meetings regularly, at times designated in advance.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

The rules of procedure of the Managing Body provide for unscheduled meetings and decision-making through electronic communications channels.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

The rules of procedure of the Supervisory Board provide for unscheduled meetings and decision-making through electronic communications channels.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

R 2.5.1        The Management Board of the company has a sufficient number of independent members to ensure the impartiality of the board.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

R 2.5.4        At regular intervals (in connection with the CG Report) the Managing Body requested a confirmation of their independent status from those members considered independent.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

R 2.5.5        At regular intervals (in connection with the CG Report) the Supervisory Board requested a confirmation of their independent status from those members considered independent.

 

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Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

R 2.5.7        The company disclosed on its website the guidelines on the independence of the Managing Body and the Supervisory Board, as well as the criteria applied for assessing independence.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

The Rules of Procedure of the Supervisory Board — that is accessible on the web site of the Company — includes the criteria on independency but as far as the Board of Directors is concerned the Company did not set such independency criteria.

 

R 2.6.1        Members of the Managing Body informed the Managing Body (Supervisory Board/Audit Committee) if they (or any other person in a close relationship to them) had a significant personal stake in a transaction of the company (or the company’s subsidiary).

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

No such personal stake did exist.

 

R 2.6.2        Transactions between board and executive management members (and persons in close relationship to them) and the company (or its subsidiary) were conducted according to general rules of practice of the company, but with stricter transparency rules in place.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

No such transaction took place at the Company in 2009

 

Transactions which according to 2.6.2, fell outside the normal course of the company’s business, and their terms and conditions were approved by the Supervisory Board (Audit Committee).

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

No such transaction took place at Magyar Telekom in 2009.

 

R 2.6.3        Board members informed the Supervisory Board/Audit Committee (Nomination Committee) if they received an offer of Board membership or an offer of an executive management position in a company which is not part of the company group.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

The Company is not aware of such request.

 

R 2.6.4        The Managing Body established its guidelines on information flow within the company and the handling of insider information, and monitored compliance with those guidelines.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

A CEO level internal regulation was issued at the Company on this subject matter.

 

The Managing Body established its guidelines regarding insiders’ trading in securities and

 

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monitored compliance with those guidelines.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

A CEO level internal regulation was issued at the Company on this subject matter.

 

R 2.7.1        The Managing Body formulated remuneration guidelines regarding the evaluation and remuneration of the work of the Managing Body, the Supervisory Board and the executive management.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

The Supervisory Board formed an opinion on the remuneration guidelines.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

The guidelines regarding the remuneration for the Managing Body and the Supervisory Board and the changes in those guidelines were approved by the General Meeting, as a separate item on the agenda.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

R 2.7.2        The Managing Body prepared an evaluation of the work it carried out in the given business year.

The Supervisory Board prepared an evaluation of the work it carried out in the given business year.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

R 2.7.3        It is the responsibility of the Managing Body to monitor the performance of and determine the remuneration for the executive management.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

The frameworks of benefits due to members of the executive management that do not represent normal practice, and the changes in those benefits were approved by the General Meeting as a separate agenda item.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

The members of the management do not have benefits that do not represent normal practice and there were no such events in 2009.

 

R 2.7.4        The structure of share-incentive schemes were approved by the General Meeting.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

The current cash program linked to share performance (MTIP), which is disclosed in our Annual Report, the success criteria of which depends on the share-price of Magyar Telekom has been approved by the Board of Directors.

 

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Prior to the decision by the General Meeting on share-incentive schemes, shareholders received detailed information (at least according to those contained in 2.7.4).

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

The current cash program linked to share performance (MTIP), which is disclosed in our Annual Report, the success criteria of which depends on the share-price of Magyar Telekom has been approved by the Board of Directors.

 

R 2.7.7        The Remuneration Statement was prepared by the company and submitted to the General Meeting.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

The Remuneration Statement includes information about the remuneration of individual members of the Managing Body, the Supervisory Board, and the executive management.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

The Remuneration Statement includes information about the remuneration of individual members of the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board but due to data protection reasons the remuneration data of the management contains aggregate figures.

 

R 2.8.1        The Managing Body or the committee operated by it is responsible for monitoring and controlling the company’s entire risk management.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

The Managing Body requests information on the efficiency of risk management procedures at regular intervals.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

The Managing Body took the necessary steps to identify the major risk areas.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

R 2.8.3        The Managing Body formulated the principles regarding the system of internal controls.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

The Board of Directors regularly assesses and approves the elements of the internal control system, established according to the BÉT Recommendations.

 

The system of internal controls established by the executive management guarantees the management of risks affecting the activities of the company, and the achievement of the company’s performance and profit targets.

 

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

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R 2.8.4        When developing the system of internal controls, the Managing Body took into consideration the viewpoints included in 2.8.4.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

R 2.8.5        It is the duty and responsibility of the executive management to develop and maintain the system of internal controls.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

R 2.8.6        The company created an independent Internal Audit function which reports to the Audit Committee.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

The Internal Audit reported at least once to the Audit Committee on the operation of risk management, internal control mechanisms and corporate governance functions.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

R 2.8.7        The internal audit activity is carried out by the Internal Audit function based on authorization from the Audit Committee.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

As an organization, the Group Audit function is independent from the executive management.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

The Group Audit Directorate is directly reporting to the Chief Executive Officer from an organizational point of view.

 

R 2.8.8        The Internal Audit schedule was approved by the Managing Body (Supervisory Board) based on the recommendation of the Audit Committee.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

R 2.8.9        The Managing Body prepared its report for shareholders on the operation of internal controls.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

In line with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Company’s Management Committee and the Board each year evaluate the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. The report on the evaluation is approved by the Management Committee and the Board. The result of the evaluation is available for shareholders in the Company’s 20-F report within section ‘Controls and procedures’.

 

The Managing Body developed its procedures regarding the receipt, processing of reports on the operation of internal controls, and the preparation of its own report.

 

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Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

Though the Rules of Procedure of the Board of Directors does not explicitly include the task contained in the Recommendations, the Management Committee of the Company and the Board of Directors, in compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, annually assess the efficiency of the internal control environment of the preparation of the financial statement.

 

R 2.8.11       The Managing Body identified the most important deficiencies or flow in the system of internal controls, and reviewed and re-evaluated the relevant activities.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

R 2.9.2        The Managing Body, the Supervisory Board and the Audit Committee were notified in all cases when an assignment given to the auditor may have resulted in significant additional expense, caused a conflict of interest, or affected normal business practices significantly in any other way.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

In view of the fact that Magyar Telekom is also listed on the New York Stock Exchange, in compliance with the extremely strict provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Audit Committee is responsible for the oversight of the work of the independent external auditor of the Company. All audit-relevant and non-audit-relevant services to be performed by the independent external auditor for the Company and their fees are subject to the Audit Committee’s pre-approval in order to ensure that the independent external auditor does not impair his independence from the Company. For this activity the “Pre-approval policy of Magyar Telekom Plc.’s Audit Committee” is applicable.

 

R 2.9.3        The Managing Body informed the Supervisory Board of any assignment given to the external auditor or an external advisor in connection with any event which held significant bearing on the operations of the company.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

The Audit Committee is responsible for the oversight of the work of the independent external auditor of the Company. All audit-relevant and non-audit-relevant services to be performed by the independent external auditor for the Company and their fees are subject to the Audit Committee’s pre-approval in order to ensure that the independent external auditor does not impair his independence from the Company. For this activity the “Pre-approval policy of Magyar Telekom Plc.’s Audit Committee” is applicable.

 

The Managing Body pre-determined in a resolution what circumstances constitute “significant bearing”.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

The Audit Committee is responsible for the oversight of the work of the independent external auditor of the Company. All audit-relevant and non-audit-relevant services to be performed by the independent external auditor for the Company and their fees are subject to the Audit Committee’s pre-approval in order to ensure that the independent external auditor does not impair his independence from the Company. For this activity the “Pre-approval policy of Magyar Telekom Plc.’s Audit Committee” is applicable.

 

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R 3.1.6        On its website, the company disclosed duties delegated to the Audit Committee, the Nomination Committee and the Remuneration Committee, as well as the committees’ targets, rules of procedure, composition (indicating the name, brief biography and the date of appointment of members).

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

There is no Nomination Committee operating at the Company but as far as the other bodies are concerned the information is available on the web site of the Company.

 

R 3.2.1        The Audit Committee monitored the efficiency of risk management, the operation of internal controls, and the activity of the Internal Audit.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

R 3.2.3        The Audit Committee received accurate and detailed information on the work schedule of the Internal Auditor and the independent auditor, and received the auditor’s report on problems discovered during the audit.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

R 3.2.4        The Audit Committee requested the new candidate for the position of auditor to submit the disclosure statement according to 3.2.4.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

R 3.3.1        There is a Nomination Committee operating at the company.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

Certain tasks and competences — that in line with the Recommendations are the competences of the Nomination Committee — are delegated to other bodies, for example the Remuneration Committee makes a proposal on the conclusion and modification of the work contract of the CEO.

 

R 3.3.2        The Nomination Committee provided for the preparation of personnel changes.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

There is no Nomination Committee at the Company.

 

The Nomination Committee reviewed the procedures regarding the election and appointment of members of the executive management.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

There is no Nomination Committee at the Company.

 

The Nomination Committee evaluated the activity of board and executive management members.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

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There is no Nomination Committee at the Company.

 

The Nomination Committee examined all the proposals regarding the nomination of board members which were submitted by shareholders or the Managing Body.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

There is no Nomination Committee at the Company.

 

R 3.4.1        There is a Remuneration Committee operating at the company.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

R 3.4.2        The Remuneration Committee made a proposal for the system of remuneration for the boards and the executive management (individual levels and the structure of remuneration), and carries out its monitoring.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

R 3.4.3        The remuneration of the executive management was approved by the Managing Body based on the recommendation of the Remuneration Committee.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

The remuneration of the Managing Body was approved by the General Meeting based on the recommendation of the Remuneration Committee.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

The Remuneration Committee also monitored the share option, cost reimbursement and other benefits in the remuneration system.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

R 3.4.4        The Remuneration Committee made proposals regarding remuneration guidelines and the remuneration of individual persons.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

The Remuneration Committee reviewed the terms and conditions of contracts concluded with the members of the executive management.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

The Remuneration Committee ascertained whether the company fulfilled its disclosure obligations regarding remuneration issues.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

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Currently the Remuneration Committee does not have such duty.

 

R 3.4.7        The majority of the members of the Remuneration Committee are independent.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

There is one independent member among the members of the 3-member Remuneration Committee.

 

R 3.5.1        The Managing Body disclosed its reasons for combining the Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

The Remuneration and Nomination Committees are not combined at the Company (there is no Nomination Committee at the Company).

 

R 3.5.2        The Managing Body carried out the duties of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees and disclosed its reasons for doing so.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

There is a separate Remuneration Committee at the Company the members of which were elected by the Board of Directors from among its own members.

 

R 4.1.1        In its disclosure guidelines, the Managing Body established those principles and procedures which ensure that all relevant information about the operations of the company and circumstances influencing its share price are disclosed and made available accurately, in a timely fashion and in full.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

Currently there are no disclosure guidelines at the Company. The Company issued internal regulations regarding the Disclosure Committee and disclosure processes. The tasks of the individual organizational units regarding disclosure are contained in the relevant internal regulation.

 

R 4.1.2        The company ensured in its disclosure activities that all shareholders and market participants were treated equally.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

R 4.1.3        The company’s disclosure guidelines include the procedures governing electronic, on-line disclosure.

Yes (Complies)                                                         No (Please explain)

 

Currently there are no disclosure guidelines at the Company (please see the explanation at R.4.1.1.)

 

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The company develops its website taking into consideration disclosure guidelines and the provision of information to investors.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 4.1.4                                     The Managing Body assessed the efficiency of disclosure processes.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The efficiency of disclosure processes is monitored by the Audit Committee and the Supervisory Board.

 

R 4.1.5                                     The company published its corporate events calendar on its website.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 4.1.6                                     In the annual report and on the website of the company, the public was informed about the company’s corporate strategy, its main business activities, business ethics and its policies regarding other stakeholders.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 4.1.8                                     In the annual report the Managing Body disclosed the character and size of any other assignments given by the company or its subsidiaries to the auditing firm responsible for auditing the financial statements.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 4.1.9                                     In the annual report and on the website the company discloses information on the professional career of the members of the Managing Body, the Supervisory Board and the executive management.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 4.1.10                               The company provided information on the internal organization and operation of the Managing Body and the Supervisory Board and on the criteria considered when evaluating the work of the Managing Body, the executive management and the individual members thereof.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 4.1.11                               In the annual report and in the Remuneration Statement on the company’s website, the company informed the public about the applied remuneration guidelines, including the remuneration and fees provided for members of the Managing Body, the Supervisory Board and the executive management.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 4.1.12                               The Managing Body disclosed its risk management guidelines, including the system of internal controls, the applied risk management principles and basic rules, as well as information about

 

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major risks.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The risk management guidelines of the Company were published by the management and not by the Board of Directors on the web site of the Company under “Investor relations/Corporate Governance/Corporate governance documents” menu item. The main risks are discussed in details in Item 3 of the 20-F report (Risk Factors).

 

R 4.1.13                               In order to provide market participants with information, the company publishes its report on corporate governance at the same time that it publishes its annual report.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 4.1.14                               The company discloses its guidelines governing insiders’ trading in the company’s securities on its website.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

The company published in the annual report and on its website ownership in the company’s securities held by the members of the Managing Body, the Supervisory Board and the executive management, as well as any interests held in share-incentive schemes.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

R 4.1.15                               In the annual report and on its website, the company disclosed any relationship between members of the Managing Body and the executive management with a third party, which might have an influence on the operations of the company.

Yes (Complies)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            No (Please explain)

 

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Level of compliance with the Suggestions

 

The company should indicate whether the relevant suggestion of the CGR is applied or not (— Yes / No)

 

S 1.1.3

 

The company has an investor relations department.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.2.1

 

The company published on its website the summary document regarding the conducting of the General Meeting and the exercise of shareholders’ rights to vote (including voting via proxy)

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.2.2

 

The company’s articles of association are available on the company’s website.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.2.3

 

The company disclosed on its website information according to 1.2.3 (on the record date of corporate events).

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.2.4

 

Information and documents according to 1.2.4 regarding General Meetings (invitations, proposals, draft resolutions, resolutions, minutes) were published on the company’s website.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.2.5

 

The General Meeting of the company was held in a way that ensured the greatest possible shareholder participation.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.2.6

 

Additions to the agenda were published within 5 days of receipt, in the same manner as the publication of the original invitation for the General Meeting. (There were no motions to amend the agenda items)

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.2.7

 

The voting procedure applied by the company ensured unambiguous, clear and fast decision-making by shareholders.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S1.2.11

 

At the shareholders’ request, the company also provided information on the General Meeting electronically.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.3.1

 

The identity of the chairman of the General Meeting was approved by the company’s General Meeting prior to the discussion of the items on the agenda. (The Articles of Association of the Company — that is approved by the General Meeting — determines that the Chairman of the General Meeting shall be the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the person nominated by the Board of Directors without a separate voting.)

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.3.2

 

The Managing Body and the Supervisory Board were represented at the General Meeting.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.3.3

 

The company’s articles of association render possible that at the initiation of the chairman of the Managing Body or the shareholders of the company, a third party be invited to the company’s General Meeting and be granted the right of participation in the discussion of

 

Yes / No

 

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the relevant items on the agenda. (Though the Articles of Association of the Company does not contain a specific provision on this matter the practice is that the Company does not exclude the participation of third parties at the General Meeting.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.3.4

 

The company did not prevent shareholders attending the General Meeting from exercising their rights to request information, make comments and proposals, and did not set any pre-requisites to do so.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.3.5

 

The company published on its website within three days its answers to those questions which it was unable to answer satisfactorily at the General Meeting. Where the company declined to give an answer it published its reasons for doing so. (The Company published the answer to unanswered question on April 20, 2009 following the General Meeting.)

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.3.6

 

The chairman of the General Meeting and the company ensured that in answering the questions raised at the General Meeting, national laws and regulations of the Stock Exchange pertaining to disclosure were complied with.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.3.7

 

The company published a press release and held a press conference on the decisions passed at the General Meeting.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S1.3.11

 

The company’s General Meeting decided on the different amendments of the articles of association in separate resolutions.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S1.3.12

 

The minutes of the General Meeting containing the resolutions, the presentation of draft resolutions, as well as the most important questions and answers regarding the draft resolutions were published by the company within 30 days of the General Meeting. (The minutes of the annual general meeting were published on April 30, 2010, however, the minutes of the extraordinary general meeting were published on August 19, 2009, i.e. not within 30 days.)

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.4.1

 

The dividend was paid within 10 days to those shareholders who had provided all the necessary information and documentation.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 1.4.2

 

The company disclosed its policy regarding anti-takeover devices. (No such policy was elaborated by the Company.)

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 2.1.2

 

The rules of procedure define the composition of the Managing Body and all procedures and protocols for the preparation and holding of meetings, the drafting of resolutions and other related matters.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 2.2.1

 

The rules of procedure and the work schedule of the Supervisory Board gives a detailed description of its operation and duties, as well as procedures and processes which the Supervisory Board followed.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 2.3.2

 

Board members had access to the proposals of a given meeting at least five days prior to

 

Yes / No

 

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the board meeting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S 2.3.3

 

The rules of procedure regulate the regular or occasional participation at board meetings of persons who are not members of the boards.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 2.4.1

 

The election of the members of the Managing Body took place in a transparent way, information on candidates was made public at least five days prior to the General Meeting.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 2.4.2

 

The composition of boards and the number of members complies with the principles specified in 2.4.2.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 2.4.3

 

Newly elected, non-executive board members were able to familiarize themselves with the structure and operations of the company, as well as their duties as board members through a tailored induction program.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 2.5.2

 

The separation of the responsibilities of the Chairman of the Managing Body from those of the Chief Executive Officer has been outlined in the basic documents of the company.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 2.5.3

 

The company has published a statement about the means it uses to ensure that the Managing Body gives an objective assessment of the executive management’s work where the functions of Chairman and CEO are combined.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 2.5.6

 

The company’s Supervisory Board has no member who held a position in the Managing Body or the executive management of the company in the three years prior to his nomination.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 2.7.5

 

The development of the remuneration system of the Managing Body, the Supervisory Board and the executive management serves the strategic interests of the company and thereby those of the shareholders.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 2.7.6

 

In the case of members of the Supervisory Board, the company applies a fixed amount of remuneration and does not apply a remuneration component related to the share price.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 2.8.2

 

The Managing Body developed its risk management policy and regulations with the cooperation of those executives who are responsible for the design, maintenance and control of risk management procedures and their integration into the company’s daily operations.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S2.8.10

 

When evaluating the system of internal controls, the Managing Body took into consideration the aspects mentioned in 2.8.10.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S2.8.12

 

The company’s auditor assessed and evaluated the company’s risk management systems and the risk management activity of the executive management, and submitted its report on the matter to the Audit Committee.

 

Yes / No

 

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S 2.9.1

 

The rules of procedure of the Managing Body, the Supervisory Board and the committees cover the procedure to be followed when employing an external advisor.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 2.9.4

 

The Managing Body may invite the company’s auditor to participate in those meetings where it debates General Meeting agenda items.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 2.9.5

 

The company’s Internal Audit function co-operated with the auditor in order to help it successfully carry out the audit.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 3.1.2

 

The chairmen of the Audit Committee, Nomination Committee, Remuneration Committee (and any other committees operating at the company) regularly inform the Managing Body about the meetings of the committee, and the committees prepared at least one report for the Managing Body and the Supervisory Board in the given business year. (There is no Nomination Committee at the Company the answer was provided with regard to the other bodies.)

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 3.1.4

 

The company’s committees are made up of members who have the capabilities, professional expertise and experience required to perform their duties.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 3.1.5

 

The rules of procedure of committees operating at the company include those aspects detailed in 3.1.5.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 3.2.2

 

The members of the Audit Committee were fully informed about the accounting, financial and operational peculiarities of the company.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 3.3.3

 

The Nomination Committee prepared at least one evaluation for the chairman of the Managing Body on the operation of the Managing Body and the work and suitability of the members of the Managing Body. (There is no Nomination Committee at the Company.)

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 3.3.4

 

The majority of the members of the Nomination Committee are independent. (There is no Nomination Committee at the Company.)

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 3.3.5

 

The rules of procedure of the Nomination Committee includes those details contained in 3.3.5. (There is no Nomination Committee at the Company.)

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 3.4.5

 

The Remuneration Committee prepared the Remuneration Statement.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 3.4.6

 

The Remuneration Committee exclusively consists of non-executive members of the Managing Body.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 4.1.4

 

The disclosure guidelines of the company at least extend to those details contained in 4.1.4.

 

Yes / No

 

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The Managing Body informed shareholders in the annual report on the findings of the investigation into the efficiency of disclosure procedures.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S 4.1.7

 

The company’s financial reports followed IFRS guidelines.

 

Yes / No

 

 

 

 

 

S4.1.16

 

The company also prepares and releases its disclosures in English.

 

Yes / No

 

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Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

 

Submission and resolution proposal

to the General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

Subject:

Decision on granting relief from liability to the members of the Board of Directors

 

Budapest, April 7, 2010

 



 

According to Section 30 (5) of the Companies Act, the Articles of Association may contain provisions for the general meeting to put on the agenda the evaluation of the work of the senior officers in the previous financial year and to decide on granting relief from liability to the senior officers. According to Section 6.2 (r) of the Articles of Association, decision on granting liability relief is within the exclusive authority of the General Meeting.

 

Resolution proposal:

 

The General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc. - having evaluated the work in the previous financial year of the Board members of the Company - hereby decides to grant the relief from liability for the members of the Board of the Company with respect to the 2009 business year in accordance with Section 30 (5) of the Companies Act. By granting this relief, the General Meeting confirms that the members of the Board have performed their work in 2009 by giving priority to the interests of the Company. The relief from liability granted by this resolution shall be cancelled in the event of a subsequent binding court ruling declaring the information based on which the relief of liability was granted was false or insufficient.

 



 

Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

 

Submission and resolution proposals

to the General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

Subject:                                                   Decision on the amendments of the Articles of Association of Magyar Telekom Plc.: 1.4. Sites and Branch Offices of the Company; 1.6.2. Other activities; 1.8. Legal Succession (1.8.4. and 1.8.5.); 2.4. Transfer of Shares (b), (c); 5.1. Mandatory Dissemination of Information; 6.2. Matters within the Exclusive Scope of Authority of the General Meeting (l); 6.3. Passing Resolutions; 6.6. Occurrence and Agenda of a General Meeting; 6.8. Notice of General Meetings; 6.9. Supplements of the agenda of a General Meeting; 6.11. Quorum; 6.12. Opening the General Meeting; 6.14. Election of the Officials of the General Meeting; 6.18. Passing Resolutions; 6.19. Minutes of the General Meeting (6.19.1.); 7.2. Members of the Board of Directors; 7.4.1. The Board of Directors (l), 8.2 Members of the Supervisory Board (8.2.1.); 15.5. Miscellaneous

 

Budapest, April 7, 2010

 



 

Resolution proposal:

 

The Board of Directors proposes the modification of the Articles of Association of Magyar Telekom Plc. according to the Annex enclosed to this resolution proposal and submits it to the Annual General Meeting of the Company for approval.

 



 

According to Section 231 (2) of the Companies Act and Section 6.2. (a) of the Articles of Association the decision on the amendment of the Articles of Association falls into the exclusive scope of authority of the General Meeting of the Company.

 

The reasons for the modification of the Articles of Association of Magyar Telekom Plc. are as follows:

 

1.                   Due to the change of the sites and branch offices of the Company the following sites and branch offices have to be deleted from Section 1.4. of the Articles of Association.

 

(a) Sites of the Company:

1117 Budapest, Gábor Dénes u. 2.

1013 Budapest, Krisztina krt. 32.

1107 Budapest, Bihari u.6.

1117 Budapest, Magyar tudósok krt.9.

1073 Budapest, Dob u. 76-78.

1051 Budapest, Petőfi Sándor u. 17-19.

1117 Budapest, Kaposvár u. 5-7

1117 Budapest, Budafoki u. 103-107

1107 Budapest, Száva u. 3-5.

1089 Budapest, Baross u. 133.

1133 Budapest, Kórház u. 6-12.

1152 Budapest, Szilaspark u. 10.

1182 Budapest, Üllői út 661.

1148 Budapest, Örs vezér tere 48.

1033 Budapest, Vöröskereszt u. 11.

 

(b) Branch Offices of the Company:

4026 Debrecen, Bethlen u. 1.

3525 Miskolc Régiposta u. 9.

9400 Sopron, Széchenyi tér 7-10.

7601 Pécs, Rákóczi út 19.

8174 Balatonkenese, Parti sétány 51.

6722 Szeged, Tisza Lajos krt. 41.

5600 Békéscsaba, Andrássy u. 44.

5600 Békéscsaba, Andrássy u. 51.

6721 Szeged, Csongrádi sgt. 12.

6723 Szeged, Etelka sor 1.

2030 Érd, Bajcsy Zsilinszky u. 158.

2500 Esztergom, Aradi vértanúk tere 2.

 

Resolution proposal:

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 1.4. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

2.                   Due to the introduction of the 2008 TEÁOR codes, some technical corrections have been made in Section 1.6.2. (Other activities) in the Hungarian version of the Articles of Association concerning the names of activities enlisted as in some cases the name of the activity in the Articles of Association was different from the names specified in the Company Registry. (In the unofficial English translation of the Articles of Association the names of the activities are correct, so they remain unchanged.)

 

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The Company plans to sell electric power and natural gas and filed the necessary request for licence to the Hungarian Energy Office. Due to this it is necessary to supplement the scope of activities in the Articles of Association of the Company with 35.14’08 Trade of electricity and 35.23’08 Trade of gas through mains.

 

It is necessary to supplement the scope of activities in the Articles of Association of the Company with 80.10 ‘08 Private security activities as a further activity regarding the ability of invoicing on security protection services provided by Magyar Telekom Plc. for real estates used jointly by Magyar Telekom Plc. and by its subsidiaries and other external companies.

 

1.6.2. Other activities:

 

Activities regarding to technical correction only in the Hungarian Articles (while in the unofficial English translation of the Articles of Association the names of the activities remain unchanged).

 

26.30’08 HiradásHíradás-technikai berendezés gyártása

41.10’08 Épületépítési project projekt szervezése

41.20’08 Lakó- és nem lakó terület épület előkészítéseépítése

42.22’08 Elektromos, híiradás-technikai célú közmű építése

45.11’08 Személygépjármű-, könnyűgépjármű-kereskedelmekereskedelem

45.19’08 Egyéb gépjármű-kereskedelmekereskedelem

46.52.’08 Elektronikus, hiíradás-technikai berendezés és alkatrészei nagykereskedelme

47.54’08 Villamos háztartási készülék kiskereskedelme

55.20’08 Üdülési, egyéb átmeneti szálláshely -szolgáltatás

56.10.’08 Éttermi-, mozgó vendéglátás

59.20’08 Hangfelvétel készítése, kiadása

60.10’08 Rádió műsor-szolgáltatás

62.03’08 Számítógép-üzemeltetés

63.11’08 Adatfeldolgozás, web-hosztingi szolgáltatás

63.12’08 Világháló-portáli szolgáltatás

63.99’08 M.n.s. egyéb információs szolgáltatás

68.31’08 Ingatlanügynökségi tevékenység

71.12’08 Mérnöki tevékenység, műszaki tanácsadás

72.19’08 Egyéb természettudományi , műszaki kutatás, fejlesztés

73.12’08 Médiareklámtevékenység

85.60’08 OktatásiOktatást kiegészítő tevékenység

 

The scope of activities is supplemented with the activity as follows:

35.14 ‘08 Trade of electricity

35.23 ‘08 Trade of gas through mains

80.10 ‘08 Private security activities

 

Resolution proposal:

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 1.6.2. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

3.                   Section 1.8. (Legal Succession) of the Articles of Association sets out the legal succession procedures due to earlier transformations of the Company. The transformation decided and approved by the Extraordinary General Meeting held on June 29, 2009 (Sections 1.8.4 and 1.8.5. of the Articles of Association) was registered by the Court of Registration with the effect as of September 30, 2009. In order to complete the

 

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descriptions it is necessary to include the date of the merger of the merging companies in the text.

 

Sections 1.8.4. and 1.8.5. of the Articles of Association are supplemented as follows:

 

1.8.4. Magyar Telekom Távközlési Nyilvánosan Működő RészvénytársaságTelecommunications Public Limited Company is the general legal successor of T-Kábel Magyarország Kábeltelevíziós Szolgáltató Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság (registered seat: 1089 Budapest, Baross u. 133.,  Cg.Corporate Registry No..: 01-09-674638) that was merged into the Company on September 30, 2009.

 

1.8.5. Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company Távközlési Nyilvánosan Működő Részvénytársaság is the general legal successor of Dél-Vonal Informatikai Fejlesztő és Szolgáltató Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság (registered seat: 1089 Budapest, Baross u. 133., Cg. Corporate Registry No.: 01-09-908030) that was merged into the Company on September 30, 2009.

 

Resolution proposal:

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 1.8.4. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

Resolution proposal:

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 1.8.5. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

4.                   Section 2.4. (Transfer of Shares) b) is deleted to be more precisely align and harmonized with the provisions of the Companies Act. The numbering of the following Subsections and the references to these Subsections in Section 2.4.(e) change accordingly. Further, the reference in Section 2.4.(c) of the Articles of Association to Section 2.4.(b) shall be deleted and it is amended to be more precisely align and harmonized with the provisions of the Companies Act.

 

(b) The consent of the shareholders holding at least a simple majority of the outstanding voting stock of the Company (excluding the shares the acquisition of which is subject to such approval under this section) shall be required to approve the acquisition, directly or indirectly, of the shares of the Company which, on a cumulative basis, would result in any person, or persons acting in concert (by virtue of agreement, ownership or otherwise), holding 10% or more, directly or indirectly, of the outstanding voting stock of the Company. The foregoing notwithstanding, no consent shall be required for: (i) acquisitions directly from the persons holding 10% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting stock as at September 29, 1997 (Existing Shareholders), (ii) acquisitions directly from the transferees of the Existing Shareholders, (iii) acquisitions by an internationally recognised underwriter acquiring the Company’s shares for the exclusive purpose of distributing such shares in a public offering, (iv) acquisitions by depositories for the Company’s shares or certificates representing such shares appointed by the Company (but only (a) to the extent that the acquisition of such shares by the person or persons ultimately exercising shareholder’s rights attached to the shares held by the depositories do not require the consent set forth in this Section 2.4(b) and (b) on the condition that such depository undertakes to provide the list of such persons to the Company upon request), or (v) direct or indirect sales or transfers of interest in any Existing Shareholder.  No holder of any shares shall exercise any rights in respect of any shares acquired in violation of this Section and the Company shall not register such acquisition in the Shareholders’ Register of the Company.

 

(cb) In the event of transfer of shares the new owner of the share shall notify the registrar as to the transfer within two days upon such event (i.e. transfer of shares to the securities account.)  If the shareholder wishes so the custodian will not announce the said data. The shareholder shall provide evidence that he acquired the shares in accordance with the conditions set forth in these Articles in Section 2.4.b). In the event that the new owner of the shares provides If any request regarding the registration at the registrar is justified by

 

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the appropriate documents, and the Company shall, within a period of fifteen (15) days, examine such documents and decide whether the new owner acquired the shares in accordance with the provisions of these Articles. If the Company establishes that the transfer occurred in violation of the Articles, it shall not register such transfer of shares. The Company shall promptly notify the new owner of its reasoned decision and the new owner shall have the right to request, within thirty (30) days of the rendering of such decision, the competent court to review the decision.

 

Resolution proposal:

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 2.4. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

5.                   Act CXXI of 2009 on the modification of Act IV of 2006 on Business Associations (Companies Act) and Act V of 2006 on Public Company Information, Company Registration and Winding-up Proceedings entered into force on December 11, 2009. According to the modification of the law, limited companies must implement the provisions of the modifications into their Articles of Associations latest until May 31, 2010. Regarding to these provisions some Sections of the Articles of Association must be amended.

 

According to the amended Section 304 (1) of the Companies Act Section 5.1. (Mandatory Dissemination of Information) of the Articles of Association is amended as follows:

 

In accordance with the rules of these Articles governing the publication of notices the draft report financial statements prepared according to the Accounting Act, the summaries of the Board and Supervisory Board reports, the aggregated number of shares and voting rights (including the separate aggregation of the different classes of shares) at the time of convocation  the summary of the submissions regarding the agenda items, the resolution proposals and the extract of the company governance and management report shall be published at least twenty-one15 days prior to the date of the GM.

 

Resolution proposal:

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 5.1. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

6.                   Due to deleting Section 2.4.(b) of the Articles of Association, it is necessary to delete Section 6.2 (Matters within the Exclusive Scope of Authority of the General Meeting) (l)  from the Articles of Association. The numbering of the following Subsections changes accordingly.

 

The following matters shall be within the exclusive scope of authority of the General Meeting: […]

 

(l) decision with respect to an approval pursuant to Section 2.4 (b) of the Articles;

 

Resolution proposal:

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 6.2. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

7.                   Section 6.3 (Passing Resolution) of the Articles of Association in accordance with Section 6.18. of the Articles of Association is amended as follows:

 

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The General Meeting shall adopt resolutions by means of the casting of votes by voting shareholders in the manner stipulated by Sections 6.17. and 6. 18. of these Articles.

 

Resolution proposal:

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 6.3. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

8.                   Section 6.6. (Occurence and Agenda of a General Meeting) of the Articles of Association is amended to be more precisely align with the terminology of the Companies Act.

 

The Company shall hold a General Meeting at least once each year (the “Annual General Meeting”) where the annual balance sheet financial statements prepared according to the Accounting Act of the Company shall be approvedare approved.  The Annual General Meeting shall occur no later than April 30 of the year immediately subsequent to the business year in question.

 

In addition to the Annual General Meeting, the Company may hold extraordinary General Meetings at any time, if necessary.

 

Resolution proposal:

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 6.6. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

9.                   According to the amended Section 303 (4) of the Companies Act Section 6.8. (Notice of General Meetings) of the Articles of Association is amended follows:

 

The public announcement of each General Meeting shall contain:

 

(a) the name and the registered office of the Company;

 

(b) the date and the venue of such General Meeting;

 

(c) the way of holding the General Meeting;

 

(cd) the items on the agenda of such General Meeting;

 

(de) the place and the date of the reconvened General Meeting to be held if the first General Meeting does not have a quorum; and

 

(ef) the conditions for the exercise of the voting rights at such General Meeting set out in the Articles of Association, including the indication of the latest date until the name of the shareholder or the nominee intending to take a part on the general meeting can be registered in the shareholders’ register;

 

(g) the date according to the provisions of Section 304 (2) of the Companies Act and the information concerning the provisions of Section 304 (3) of the Companies Act;

 

(h) the conditions set out in the Articles regarding the exercise of the right to request information and supplement to the agenda of the general meeting;

 

(i) the information related to the date, place and method (including the website of the Company) of the availability of the submissions and resolution proposals on the agenda of the general meeting

 

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Resolution proposal:

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 6.8. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

10.             According to the amended Section 300 (1) of the Companies Act Section 6.9. (Supplements of the agenda of a General Meeting) of the Articles of Association is amended follows:

 

Shareholders representing at least one percent of the votes may, within eight days from the publication of the Announcement on the convocation of the General Meeting, request the Board of Directors in writing to include any issue in the agenda of the General Meeting and submit resolution proposals related to the agenda items.

 

Resolution proposal:

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 6.9. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

11.             According to the amended Section 305 (1) of the Companies Act Section 6.11. (Quorum) of the Articles of Association is amended as follows:

 

The General Meeting shall be properly constituted with a quorum if shareholders representing more than half of the shares carrying voting rights at such General Meeting are present in person or by proxy within 60 minutes of the time stipulated in the public notice convening the General Meeting.  If the General Meeting does not have a quorum, the General Meeting reconvened with the same agenda shall be held after a period of at least ten (10) days after the convocation of the reconvened General Meeting.A second General Meeting convened and held within two hours from the time of the original General Meeting The reconvened General Meeting without a sufficient number of shares present to constitutes a quorum with regard to the agenda items of the original General Meeting shall have a quorum for the purposes of considering items on the agenda of the postponed General Meeting regardless of the voting rights represented atat the reconvened such mMeeting.

 

Resolution proposal:

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 6.11. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

12.             In order to harmonize Section 6.12. (Opening of the General Meeting) of the Articles of Association with Section 6.14. of the Articles of Association Section 6.12. is amended as follows:

 

Either the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the person elected by the General Meeting on the basis of the proposal of the Board of Directors shall open and chair the General Meeting.

The General Meeting shall be opened by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the person designated by the Board of Directors for such purpose and such person shall be the Chairman of the General Meeting. In the absence of such person, any shareholder may make a nomination for the Chairman of the General Meeting.  Nominations shall not be discussed in detail by the General Meeting but the Chairman of the General Meeting shall be elected by simple majority vote by reference to the nominal value of shares held by those present.

 

Resolution proposal:

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 6.12. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

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13.             In order to harmonize Section 6.14. (Election of the Officials of the General Meeting) of the Articles of Association with Section 6.12. of the Articles of Association, so Section 6.14. is amended as follows:

 

The General Meeting shall elect its Chairman the keeper of the minutes, the person who shall certify the minutes, and, in case of non-computerised voting, the tellers, and the Chairman of the General Meeting in case of the proposal of the Board Directors.

 

Resolution proposal:

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 6.14. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

14.             Section 6.18. (Passing Resolutions) of the Articles of Association shall be amended as follows. The amendment shall enter into force following the end of the General Meeting held on April 7, 2010.

· due to the deletion of Section 6.2.(l) and amending the numbering of the following subsections,

· due to regulating the voting ratio in compliance with the Companies Act in case of acquiring treasury shares there is no need for qualified majority therefore the acquisition of treasury shares is deleted from Section 6.18. (6.2. (t)) as a three-quarter majority decision, and

· in line with the Companies Act and in order to be more precisely align with the terminology of the Companies Act the text regarding passing resolutions has been updated.

 

Votes for or against a proposed resolution or amendment cast in accordance with the provisions of these Articles shall be regarded as votes duly cast. Abstentions shall not be considered as votes duly cast.   The General Meeting shall adopt its resolutions by a simple majority vote except for resolutions on issues listed in Section 6.2. (a)-(f), (k), (ml), (po), and (qp)and (t), which shall require at least a three-quarters majority of the votes castof the shareholders present. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the General Meeting decides to override a resolution of the Board of Directors, such shareholders resolution shall be binding only if a three-quarter majority of the votes of the shareholders that are present vote in favour of such a resolution.

Disadvantageous resolutions regarding rights related to a series of shares can only be made by the General Meeting if the shareholders of the affected share series give their separate consent thereto. During this, provisions related to possible limitation or exclusion of share related voting rights — including the exclusion from own shares - shall not apply.

 

Resolution proposal:

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 6.18. of the Articles of Association according to the submission. The amendment shall enter into force following the end of the General Meeting held on April 7, 2010.

 

15.             According to the amended Section 306 (1) of the Companies Act Section 6.19.1. (6.19. Minutes of the General Meeting) of the Articles of Association is amended as follows:

 

6.19.1. Minutes shall be taken of the General Meeting which shall contain:

·                  the business name and registered seat of the Company;

·                  the venue and date and the way of holding of the General Meeting;

 

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·                  information related to ownership-ratio of the share capital represented by the votes;

·                  the names of the Chairman of the General Meeting, the minute keeper, the shareholder certifying the minutes and the tellers;

·                  material events of the General Meeting and the proposals made;

·                  the resolution proposals, the number of votes in favour and against each resolution proposals and the number of abstentions;

·                  the objections of shareholders, members of the Board of Directors or Supervisory Board against a resolution if so requested by the objecting person, and all matters expressly requested by the shareholders, the Chairman of the Supervisory Board or the Auditor.

 

Resolution proposal:

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 6.19.1. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

16.             Section 7.2. (Members of the Board of Directors) of the Articles of Association is amended to ensure more flexible operation of the Company and it is supplemented in accordance with Section 25 (1) as follows:

 

The Board of Directors shall be comprised of a minimum of six (6), and a maximum of eleven (11) members. The members of the Board of Directors shall be elected by the General Meeting. The assignment of the members of the Board of Directors lasts for a term of three years from the date of the annual General Meeting until May, 31 of the third year subsequent to the date of the said General Meeting with the exception, that if the General Meeting in the third year is held prior to May 31 than their assignment lasts until the date thereof. Members of the Board of Directors can be removed or re-elected at any time by the General Meeting. Unless otherwise provided by a separate arrangement, the removal of, or failure to re-elect, a member of the Board of Directors shall not affect the employment rights of such person in respect of the Company where such member of the Board of Directors is also an employee of the Company.

 

The provisions of the relevant act regarding the conflict of interest of the members of the Board of Directors shall apply, except that apply except that the members of the Board of Directors may be executive officers in an other company whose main activity is identical to that of the Company and this shall not constitute a conflict of interest with being a member of the Board of Directors.

 

Resolution proposal:

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 7.2. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

17.             Section 7.4.1. (The Board of Directors) l) of the Articles of Association is amended to be more precisely align with the terminology of the Companies Act as follows.

 

(l) Ensures the purchase of own shares on the basis of the authorization of the General Meeting and shall arranges for the alienation of the Company’s own shares;

 

Resolution proposal:

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 7.4.1. l) of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

18.             Section 8.2.1. (8.2. Members of the Supervisory Board) of the Articles of Association is amended to ensure more flexible operation of the Company.

 

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8.2.1. The Supervisory Board shall be comprised of 3-15 members. The members shall be elected by the General Meeting. The assignment of the members of the Supervisory Board lasts for a term of three years from the date of the annual General Meeting until May, 31 of the third year subsequent to the date of the said General Meeting with the exception, that if the General Meeting in the third year is held prior to May 31 than their assignment lasts until the date thereof.

 

Resolution proposal:

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 8.2.1. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

19.             Due to the amendments accepted by the General Meeting, reference to General Meeting resolution no. 20/2010 (VI.29) is not appropriate any more, therefore Section 15.5. (Miscellaneous) of the Articles of Association is amended as follows:

 

In line with Resolution 20/2009 (VI.29.) of the General Meeting tThis Articles of Association shall supersede and replace the former Articles of Association of the Company. Consequently, on the effective date of this amendment of the Articles, all prior versions of the Articles and all resolutions of the Company inconsistent with these Articles shall have no effect. Issues not regulated herein shall be subject to the provisions of the Companies Act and other relevant laws.

 

Resolution proposal:

The General Meeting approves the amendment of Section 15.5. of the Articles of Association according to the submission.

 

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Unofficial Translation of the Amended and Restated Articles of Association of Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

 

 

The actual changes proposed to the Annual General Meeting for adoption are included with track changes (colored), while technical corrections to improve the English translation compared to the Hungarian version are indicated with underlined / strikethrough text (where applicable).

 



 

Articles of Association of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

 

Contents

 

1. The Company Data

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1.1. The Registered Name of the Company

4

1.2. The Company’s name in English

4

1.3. The Registered Office of the Company

4

1.4. Sites and Branch Offices of the Company

4

1.5. The Duration of the Company

4

1.6. The Scope of Activities of the Company

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1.7. The Company’s Registered Share Capital

7

1.8 Legal Succession

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2. The Shares of the Company

7

2.1. Share Capital

7

2.2. Series “A” Shares

7

2.3. The Nominal Value of Shares and the Certificate issued on the Dematerialized Share

7

2.4. Transfer of Shares

8

2.5. Shareholders’ Register

8

2.6. Interim Share Certificates

9

 

 

3. Payment for shares

9

3.1. Effecting Payment for Shares

9

3.2. Recognition of Payment

9

3.3. Contributions in Kind

9

3.4. Recognition of Contributions in Kind

9

3.5. Delay in Payment for Shares and Contributions in Kind

9

3.6. Full Payment for Shares

9

3.7. Termination of Shareholders’ rights

10

 

 

4. Rights of Shareholders and the Means of Exercising Shareholders’ Rights

10

4.1. Dividends

10

4.2. Distribution of Assets in Case of the Termination of the Company

10

4.3. Voting Rights

10

4.4. Limitation of the Rights of Shareholders

10

4.5. Payment of Dividends

10

4.6. Right to Convene the General Meeting

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4.7. Conditions for a General Meeting resolution resulting in the delisting of shares from the stock exchange

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5. Rights to Information and Closing of the Shareholders’ Register

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5.1. Mandatory Dissemination of Information

11

5.2. Shareholders’ Rights to Information

11

5.3. Closing of the Shareholders’ Register

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6. The General Meeting of the Company

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6.1. Supremacy of the General Meeting

12

6.2. Matters within the Exclusive Scope of Authority of the General Meeting

12

6.3. Passing Resolutions

13

6.4. Right to Convene General Meetings

13

6.5. Notification of the Supervisory Board on the convocation of the General Meeting

13

6.6. Occurrence and Agenda of a General Meeting

13

6.7. Convocation of the General Meeting

13

6.8. Notice of General Meetings

14

6.9. Supplements to the agenda of a General Meeting

14

6.10. Attendance List

14

6.11. Quorum

14

6.12. Opening of the General Meeting

14

6.13. The Chairman of the General Meeting

14

6.14. Election of the Officials of the General Meeting

15

6.15. Order and Discussion of Items on the Agenda

15

6.16. Suspended General Meeting

15

6.17. Voting Procedures

15

6.18. Passing Resolutions

16

6.19. Minutes of the General Meeting

16

6.20. Attendance by Officials of the Company

16

 

 

7. Board of Directors

16

 

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7.1. Status of the Board of Directors

16

7.2. Members of the Board of Directors

16

7.3. Interim Election

17

7.4. Rules of Procedure and Chairman of the Board of Directors

17

7.5. Quorum, Passing Resolutions

18

7.6. Minutes

18

7.7. Resignation, Death

18

7.8. Liability of Directors

18

 

 

8. The Supervisory Board

18

8.1. Status of the Supervisory Board

18

8.2. Members of the Supervisory Board

18

8.3. Duties

19

8.4. Rules of Procedure

19

8.5. Convocation of the General Meeting by the Supervisory Board

20

8.6. Liabilities of Members of the Supervisory Board

20

8.7 Audit Committee

20

 

 

9. The Auditor

22

9.1. Election

22

9.2. Duties of the Auditor:

22

9.3. The rights and the responsibilities of the Auditor

22

9.4. Auditor’s Conflict of Interest

22

 

 

10. Signature on Behalf of the Company

23

 

 

11. Increase in the Registered Capital of the Company

23

11.1. Cases

23

11.2. Subscription preference right

23

11.3. Prohibited Subscription

23

11.4. Private Placement

24

11.5. Conversion of Capital Reserves into Registered Capital

24

11.6. Conditional capital stock increase by means of converting the convertible bonds to stocks

24

 

 

12. Decrease of the Registered Capital of the Company

24

 

 

13. Conflict of Interest

24

 

 

14. Indemnification of Members of the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board

25

14.1. Indemnification

25

14.2. Advancing Expenses

25

14.3. Insurance

25

 

 

15. Other Provisions

25

15.1. Financial Year

25

15.2. Notices

25

15.3. Interest

26

15.4. Modification of Law

26

15.5. Miscellaneous

26

 

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1. The Company Data

 

1.1. The Registered Name of the Company

 

The registered name of the Company is Magyar Telekom Távközlési Nyilvánosan Működő Részvénytársaság

The Company’s abbreviated name is Magyar Telekom Nyrt.

 

1.2. The Company’s name in English

 

The Company’s name in English is Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

The Company’s abbreviated name: Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

1.3. The Registered Office of the Company

 

1013 Budapest, Krisztina krt. 55.

 

1.4. Sites and Branch Offices of the Company

 

(a) Sites of the Company:

 

1117 Budapest, Gábor Dénes u. 2.

1013 Budapest, Krisztina krt. 32.

1107 Budapest, Bihari u.6.

1117 Budapest, Magyar tudósok krt.9.

1073 Budapest, Dob u. 76-78.

1051 Budapest, Petőfi Sándor u. 17-19.

1117 Budapest, Kaposvár u. 5-7

1117 Budapest, Budafoki u. 103-107

1107 Budapest, Száva u. 3-5.

1089 Budapest, Baross u. 133.

1133 Budapest, Kórház u. 6-12.

1152 Budapest, Szilaspark u. 10.

1182 Budapest, Üllői út 661.

1148 Budapest, Örs vezér tere 48.

1033 Budapest, Vöröskereszt u. 11.

 

(b) Branch Offices of the Company:

 

4026 Debrecen, Bethlen u. 1.

3525 Miskolc Régiposta u. 9.

9400 Sopron, Széchenyi tér 7-10.

7601 Pécs, Rákóczi út 19.

8174 Balatonkenese, Parti sétány 51.

6722 Szeged, Tisza Lajos krt. 41.

5600 Békéscsaba, Andrássy u. 44.

5600 Békéscsaba, Andrássy u. 51.

6721 Szeged, Csongrádi sgt. 12.

6723 Szeged, Etelka sor 1.

2030 Érd, Bajcsy Zsilinszky u. 158.

2500 Esztergom, Aradi vértanúk tere 2.

 

1.5. The Duration of the Company

 

The Company is established for an indefinite period of time.

 

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1.6. The Scope of Activities of the Company

 

1.6.1. Main activity:

 

61.10 ‘08

 

Wired telecommunications activities

 

1.6.2. Other activities:

 

18.13 ‘08

 

Pre-press and pre-media services

18.14 ‘08

 

Binding and related services

18.20 ‘08

 

Reproduction of recorded media

26.30 ‘08

 

Manufacture of communication equipment

33.20 ‘08

 

Installation of industrial machinery and equipment

35.11 ‘08

 

Production of electricity

35.14. ‘08

 

Trade of electricity

35.23 ‘08

 

Trade of gas through mains

35.30 ‘08

 

Steam and air conditioning supply

41.10 ‘08

 

Development of building projects

41.20 ‘08

 

Construction of residential and non-residential buildings

42.21 ‘08

 

Construction of utility projects for fluids

42.22 ‘08

 

Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications

42.99 ‘08

 

Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

43.11 ‘08

 

Demolition

43.12 ‘08

 

Site preparation

43.21 ‘08

 

Electrical installation

43.22 ‘08

 

Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

43.29 ‘08

 

Other construction installation

43.99 ‘08

 

Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

45.11 ‘08

 

Sale of cars and light motor vehicles

45.19 ‘08

 

Sale of other motor vehicles

46.14 ‘08

 

Agents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft

46.43 ‘08

 

Wholesale of electrical household appliances

46.49 ‘08

 

Wholesale of other household goods

46.52 ‘08

 

Wholesale of electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts

46.69 ‘08

 

Wholesale of other machinery and equipment

46.90 ‘08

 

Non-specialised wholesale trade

47.19 ‘08

 

Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

47.41 ‘08

 

Retail sale of computers, peripheral units and software in specialised stores

47.42 ‘08

 

Retail sale of telecommunications equipment in specialised stores

47.43 ‘08

 

Retail sale of audio and video equipment in specialised stores

47.54 ‘08

 

Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores

47.59 ‘08

 

Retail sale of furniture, lighting equipment and other household articles in specialised stores

47.61 ‘08

 

Retail sale of books in specialised stores

47.62 ‘08

 

Retail sale of newspapers and stationery in specialised stores

47.63 ‘08

 

Retail sale of music and video recordings in specialised stores

47.65 ‘08

 

Retail sale of games and toys in specialised stores

47.78 ‘08

 

Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores

47.91 ‘08

 

Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

47.99 ‘08

 

Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

52.10 ‘08

 

Warehousing and storage

55.10 ‘08

 

Hotels and similar accommodation

55.20 ‘08

 

Holiday and other short-stay accommodation

55.90 ‘08

 

Other accommodation

56.10 ‘08

 

Restaurants and mobile food service activities

56.21 ‘08

 

Event catering activities

56.29 ‘08

 

Other food service activities

58.11 ‘08

 

Book publishing

58.12 ‘08

 

Publishing of directories and mailing lists

58.13 ‘08

 

Publishing of newspapers

 

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58.14 ‘08

 

Publishing of journals and periodicals

58.19 ‘08

 

Other publishing activities

58.21 ‘08

 

Publishing of computer games

58.29 ‘08

 

Other software publishing

59.20 ‘08

 

Sound recording and music publishing activities

60.10 ‘08

 

Radio broadcasting

60.20 ‘08

 

Television programming and broadcasting activities

61.20 ‘08

 

Wireless telecommunications activities

61.30 ‘08

 

Satellite telecommunications activities

61.90 ‘08

 

Other telecommunications activities

62.01 ‘08

 

Computer programming activities

62.02 ‘08

 

Computer consultancy activities

62.03 ‘08

 

Computer facilities management activities

62.09 ‘08

 

Other information technology and computer service activities

63.11 ‘08

 

Data processing, hosting and related activities

63.12 ‘08

 

Web portals

63.99 ‘08

 

Other information service activities n.e.c.

64.20 ‘08

 

Activities of holding companies

68.20 ‘08

 

Renting and operating of own or leased real estate

68.31 ‘08

 

Real estate agencies

68.32 ‘08

 

Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

69.20 ‘08

 

Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy

70.21 ‘08

 

Public relations and communication activities

70.22 ‘08

 

Business and other management consultancy activities

71.11 ‘08

 

Architectural activities

71.12 ‘08

 

Engineering activities and related technical consultancy

71.20 ‘08

 

Technical testing and analysis

72.19 ‘08

 

Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

72.20 ‘08

 

Research and experimental development on social sciences and humanities

73.11 ‘08

 

Advertising agencies

73.12 ‘08

 

Media representation

74.30 ‘08

 

Translation and interpretation activities

74.90 ‘08

 

Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

77.11 ‘08

 

Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles

77.12 ‘08

 

Renting and leasing of trucks

77.21 ‘08

 

Renting and leasing of recreational and sports goods

77.22 ‘08

 

Renting of video tapes and disks

77.29 ‘08

 

Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods

77.33 ‘08

 

Renting and leasing of office machinery and equipment (including computers)

77.39 ‘08

 

Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

79.11 ‘08

 

Travel agency activities

79.12 ‘08

 

Tour operator activities

79.90 ‘08

 

Other reservation service and related activities

80.10 ‘08

 

Private security activities

80.20 ‘08

 

Security systems service activities

81.10 ‘08

 

Combined facilities support activities

82.11 ‘08

 

Combined office administrative service activities

82.19 ‘08

 

Photocopying, document preparation and other specialised office support activities

82.20 ‘08

 

Activities of call centres

82.30 ‘08

 

Organisation of conventions and trade shows

82.91 ‘08

 

Activities of collection agencies and credit bureaus

82.99 ‘08

 

Other business support service activities n.e.c.

85.32 ‘08

 

Technical and vocational secondary education

 

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85.51 ‘08

 

Sports and recreation education

85.59 ‘08

 

Other education n.e.c.

85.60 ‘08

 

Educational support activities

95.11 ‘08

 

Repair of computers and peripheral equipment

95.12 ‘08

 

Repair of communication equipment

 

1.7. The Company’s Registered Share Capital

 

The share capital of the Company is HUF 104,274,254,300 (that is one hundred and four billion two hundred and seventy-four million two hundred and fifty-four thousand three hundred forint), comprised of HUF 46,008,065,300 (that is forty-six billion eight million and sixty-five thousand three hundred forints) cash contribution and HUF 58,266,189,000 (that is fifty eight billion two hundred and sixty six million one hundred and eighty nine thousand forint) in-kind contribution.

 

1.8 Legal Succession

 

1.8.1. Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company is the general legal successor of T-Mobile Hungary Telecommunications Company Limited by Shares (1117 Budapest, Kaposvár u. 5-7.; Corporate Registry No.: 01-10-042361) that was merged into the Company on February 28, 2006.

 

1.8.2. Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company is the general legal successor in respect of the demerged corporate assets of T-Online Hungary Internet Service Provider Private Company Limited (registered seat: 1117 Budapest, Neumann J. u 1/b.; Corporate Registry No.: 01-10-044389) that was merged into the Company on September 30, 2007.

 

1.8.3. Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company is the general legal successor of EMITEL Telecommunications Company Limited (registered seat: 6722 Szeged, Tisza Lajos krt. 41., Corporate Registry No.: 06-10-000154) that was merged into the Company on September 30, 2007.

 

1.8.4. Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company Távközlési Nyilvánosan Működő Részvénytársaság is the general legal successor of T-Kábel Magyarország Kábeltelevíziós Szolgáltató Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság (registered seat: 1089 Budapest, Baross u. 133., Cg Corporate Registry No.: 01-09-674638) that was merged into the Company on September 30, 2009.

 

1.8.5. Magyar Telekom Távközlési Nyilvánosan Működő RészvénytársaságTelecommunications Public Limited Company shall beis the general legal successor of Dél-Vonal Informatikai Fejlesztő és Szolgáltató Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság (registered seat: 1089 Budapest, Baross u. 133., Cg Corporate Registry No.: 01-09-908030) that was merged into the Company on September 30, 2009.

 

2. The Shares of the Company

 

2.1. The SharesCapital

 

The share capital of the Company in comprised of 1,042,742,543 „A” series “A” registeredordinary shares, each with the face value of HUF 100.

 

The shares of the Company are dematerialized shares.

 

Dematerialized shares are registered shares that have no serial number and the name of the owner as well as other identification data are contained in the securities account.

 

2.2. Series “A” Ordinary Shares

 

The holder of each Series “A” ordinary sShare shall be entitled to one vote at the General Meeting of the Company and to all such rights attributed to such shareholder by Act IV of 2006  on Business Associations (hereinafter: the “Companies Act”) or these Articles.

 

2.3. The Nominal Value of Shares and the Certificate issued on the Dematerialized Share

 

Shares belonging to the same share type shall have the same nominal value.

 

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The security account of the owner of dematerialized shares must include the data specified by the relevant laws:

 

A certificate — which does not qualify as a security - shall be issued on each type of dematerialized share and deposited in the central treasury, bearing the signatures of two members of the Board of Directors.

 

2.4. Transfer of Shares

 

(a) The acquisition and transfer of the dematerialized share shall only be effected through crediting or debiting the securities account. The owner of the security — unless the contrary is proved — shall be the person on whose account the security is registered. The transfer of registered or Interim Share Certificates shall be effective with respect to the Company when the name of the new owner of the shares has been entered in the Shareholders’ Register.

 

(b) The consent of the shareholders holding at least a simple majority of the outstanding voting stock of the Company (excluding the shares the acquisition of which is subject to such approval under this section) shall be required to approve the acquisition, directly or indirectly, of the shares of the Company which, on a cumulative basis, would result in any person, or persons acting in concert (by virtue of agreement, ownership or otherwise), holding 10% or more, directly or indirectly, of the outstanding voting stock of the Company. The foregoing notwithstanding, no consent shall be required for: (i) acquisitions directly from the persons holding 10% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting stock as at September 29, 1997 (Existing Shareholders), (ii) acquisitions directly from the transferees of the Existing Shareholders, (iii) acquisitions by an internationally recognised underwriter acquiring the Company’s shares for the exclusive purpose of distributing such shares in a public offering, (iv) acquisitions by depositories for the Company’s shares or certificates representing such shares appointed by the Company (but only (a) to the extent that the acquisition of such shares by the person or persons ultimately exercising shareholder’s rights attached to the shares held by the depositories do not require the consent set forth in this Section 2.4(b) and (b) on the condition that such depository undertakes to provide the list of such persons to the Company upon request), or (v) direct or indirect sales or transfers of interest in any Existing Shareholder.  No holder of any shares shall exercise any rights in respect of any shares acquired in violation of this Section and the Company shall not register such acquisition in the Shareholders’ Register of the Company.

 

(cb) In the event of transfer of shares the custodian shall notify the registrar as to the transfer. within two days upon such event (i.e. transfer of shares to the securities account). If the shareholder wishes so the custodian will not announce the said data. . The shareholder shall provide evidence that he acquired the shares in accordance with the conditions set forth in these Articles in Section 2.4.b). In the event that the new owner of the shares provides If any request regarding the registration at the registrar is justified by  the appropriate documents, and the Company shall, within a period of fifteen (15) days, examine such documents and decide whether the new owner acquired the shares in accordance with the provisions of these Articles. If the Company establishes that the transfer occurred in violation of the Articles, it shall not register such transfer of shares. The Company shall promptly notify the new owner of its reasoned decision and the new owner shall have the right to request, within thirty (30) days of the rendering of such decision, the competent court to review the decision.

 

(dc) Those shareholders who wish so, shall not be registered in the Shareholders’ Register in addition to those who obtained the shares in violation of laws or this Articles regarding the transfer of shares.

 

(ed) The registrar, except in case set forth in Section 2.4. (cb) and (dc), shall not refuse prompt registry and shall promptly delete such shareholder who wishes so.

 

(fe) If the ownership of the shareholder ceased to exist with the transfer of shares the custodian shall notify the registrar on this fact within two working days upon such event. The registrar, based on the notification, shall promptly incorporate such changes in the Shareholders’ Register.

 

(gf) The shareholder may review the Shareholders’ Register and may request a copy on parts relevant to him from the Board of Directors or from the representative thereof. Such requests shall be met within five days by the registrar. Third parties may review the Shareholders’ Register as well.

 

2.5. Shareholders’ Register

 

2.5.1. The Board of Directors of the Company through the registrar assigned by the Board according to Section 202.§ (2) of the Act, maintains a Shareholders’ Register of the holders of registered shares (including holders of Interim Share Certificates or Preliminary Share Certificates) and shareholders’ proxies by the class of shares, in which the name - in case of a joint representative the relevant data of the joint representative respectively - and address (seat) of each shareholder (shareholder’s proxy) as well as the shareholding of each shareholder by the share series is recorded. The Company maintains a computerized Shareholders’ Register.

 

2.5.2. The registrar, assigned by the Board of Directors of the Company according to Section 202.§ (2) of the Companies Act, fulfils the written requests of the not-yet-registered acquirer or his representative on registering the transfer of shares in the Shareholders’ Register - if it was not requested by the custodian — if the acquirer of the shares or his representative produces the securities account statement under his name that certifies the ownership of the share towards third parties at the time of its issuance and complies with the provisions of Section 2.4 of these Articles.

 

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2.5.3. The condition of participating at the General Meeting is that the shareholder or the nominee (except proxy holders acting on the basis of the authorization of the shareholder issued in the form of a public instrument or a private document of full probative force) is registered as such in the Shareholders’ Register at least six (6) working days prior to the date of the General Meeting. The registry of shareholders in the Shareholders’ Registry may be at the record date of identification of beneficial owner prior to the GM or at the shareholder’s individual request. Those shareholders can exercise their voting rights at the GM who are entered into the Shareholders’ Registry. No entry in the Shareholders’ Register shall be made in the period of six (6) business days prior to the General Meeting.

 

2.5.4. The registrar, assigned by the Board of the Company may refuse the request for registration into the Shareholders’ Register by a person acquiring shares who omits to provide the supporting evidence that such a person is obliged to submit to the Company in accordance with Section 2.4 of these Articles. The registration into the Shareholders’ Register based on untrue, false or misleading statements may be deleted by a reasoned resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

2.6. Interim Share Certificates

 

Upon registration of an increase in the capital of the Company by the Court of Registration, the Company may issue Interim Share Certificates (“ideiglenes részvény”) if the amount of the contribution either undertaken to be acquired or registered by the shareholder until the shares are fully paid. The Interim Shares are securities, subject to the same rules that are applicable to shares. The transfer of Interim Shares are effected when the shareholder is registered in the Shareholders’ Register. Subsequent to the full payment of the share value and the production of new shares, the Board of Directors invalidates the Interim Shares in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act.

 

3. Payment for shares

 

3.1. Effecting Payment for Shares

 

Unless otherwise provided by the resolution of the General Meeting regarding an increase in the Company’s capital,

 

a) in the case of increase of share capital by way of closed issue the subscribers for shares shall be obliged to pay at least 25% of the subscription price

 

b) in the case of increase of share capital by way of the public issue of new shares if the issue price of shares exceeds their face value the subscribers must fully pay the difference to the Company at subscription and provide written proof thereof, within a period of 15 days after the subscription for shares.

 

3.2. Recognition of Payment

 

Unless otherwise provided by the resolution of the General Meeting, cash payment for shares subscribed for shall be recognized when the total amount of the issue price has been credited to the Company’s account with a bank that is registered in Hungary.

 

3.3. Contributions in Kind

 

Subscribers shall be obliged to transfer any asset comprising contribution in-kind to the Company or place such assets at the Company’s disposal before the request for the registration of the Company is filed with the Court of Registration.

 

3.4. Recognition of Contributions in Kind

 

The Board of Directors shall issue a receipt in respect of any contributions in kind.

 

3.5. Delay in Payment for Shares and Contributions in Kind

 

Should a shareholder fail to make the contribution due to be paid to the Company as stipulated by Section 3.6, the Board of Directors shall set a 30-day deadline and call on the shareholder for compliance.”

 

3.6. Full Payment for Shares

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 3.1., each shareholder shall be obliged to pay up the full amount of the issue price of the shares subscribed by it to the Company as per Section 3.2 and 3.2. within one year from the registration date of the capital increase by the Court of Registration, unless the General Meeting provides for a shorter period at the commencement of the subscription period.

 

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Shareholders shall be obliged to pay up the requested amount prior to the expiration of such one year period only if the Board of Directors, acting in accordance with the provisions of these Articles, or the resolution of the General Meeting increasing the capital of the Company, calls upon the shareholders to do so by means of a public announcement.  In such cases shareholders shall perform their obligations to pay up the issue price of shares within the applicable deadline set forth in such notice.  Any notice issued under this paragraph shall be published by the Company in accordance with these Articles governing the publication of notices and advertisements.  The stipulated period for payment shall commence upon the publication of the related notice.

 

Any notice issued under this paragraph shall contain a warning to shareholders of the consequences of delay in payment, non-payment or the failure to make a contribution in kind as set out in Section 3.7.

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 3.7, shareholder rights with respect to shares not fully paid for shall be exercised proportionately to the amount of payment made.

 

3.7. Termination of Shareholders’ rights

 

Should any shareholder fail to observe the deadline set under Section 3.5 herein, his membership (respectively his shareholder rights on the share(s) not paid up) shall cease on the following day and if no other person assumes the obligation of paying his financial contribution, the share capital of the company shall be lowered by the General Meeting by the amount of the financial contribution.

 

The conditions of assuming such obligation shall be determined at the same time when adopting a General Meeting resolution on capital increase, considering the provisions of Section 11 of the Company’s Articles of Association.

 

The defaulting shareholder is entitled to redemption of his paid up financial contribution either when his successor shareholder has paid his financial contribution to the company or after the decrease of the share capital.

 

4. Rights of Shareholders and the Means of Exercising Shareholders’ Rights

 

4.1. Dividends

 

Whenever a dividend or interim dividend is declared by the General Meeting, shareholders shall be entitled to such dividend or interim dividend in proportion to the nominal value of their shares pursuant to Section 4.5. herein.

 

4.2. Distribution of Assets in Case of the Termination Voluntary Dissolution of the Company

 

In the event of voluntary dissolution (végelszámolás) of the Company, the assets of the Company shall be distributed, after satisfying creditors, among all of the shareholders of the Company, such distribution to occur in accordance with the ratio of the nominal value of each shareholder’s shares to the total registered capital of the Company.

 

4.3. Voting Rights

 

Shareholders shall be entitled to voting rights attaching to their shares as described in Section 2 of these Articles.

 

4.4. Limitation of the Rights of Shareholders

 

Shareholders whose names have not been entered into the Shareholders’ Register and shareholders who acquired their shares in violation of the restrictions in these Articles pertaining to the transfer and the acquisition of shares shall not be allowed to exercise their rights attached to such shares vis-á-vis the Company.

 

4.5. Payment of Dividends

 

If the Annual General Meeting establishes that the company has made profit and determines that dividends should be paid, only those shareholders or shareholder representatives shall be entitled to such dividends who are owners with respect to the record date of identification of beneficial owner  and the statutory required data of which are available for the payment of dividends. The record date of identification of beneficial owner shall not be earlier than the fifth stock market trade day subsequent to the date of the General Meeting.

 

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The Company pays the dividends to the shareholders from the date specified by the relevant resolution of the GM via wire transfer. The dividend payment period commences at the date specified by the resolution of the GM that decides on the approval of the report according to the Accounting Act and the use of the profit after tax, however, at least 10 working days must lapse between the first publication of the GM resolution regarding the commencement date of the dividend payment and the first day of paying the dividends.

 

Shareholders may claim dividends during the lapse period specified in the Civil Code (5 years). After that time their claim for dividends will lapse. Dividends not claimed by the shareholders shall be added to the capital reserve of the Company.

 

An interim dividend may be disbursed between the approval of two consecutive reports under the Accounting Act, if on the basis of the interim balance it can be stated that the Company possesses sufficient coverage to pay the interim dividend and that the sum to be paid such payments do not exceed the amount of profits earned after the closing of the books of the financial year to which the last annual report pertains, calculated in accordance with the Accounting Act, orand the amount supplemented with the available profit reserves and the payment of such interim dividends do not result in the company’s equity capital - adjusted in accordance with the Accounting Act - to drop below its registered share capitaldoes not exceed the profit generated since closing the books according to the last business year’s annual report under the Accounting Act plus the unused profit reserve, and subsequent to the said outpayment the own capital of the share company — adjusted according to the Accounting Act— must not fall under the registered capital, and Sthe shareholders undertake to return the interim dividend if later, according to the report under the Accounting Act - and pursuant to the provisionspursuant to Section 223 (1) of the Companies Act on Business Associations concerning the protection of the equityassets of the Company — the law would not allow the outpayment of such dividend.

 

No dividend shall be paid the Company for its own shares, at specifying the amount due to the shareholders entitled to dividends the Company does not take the dividend of own shares into account.

 

4.6. Right to Convene the General Meeting

 

The General Meeting shall be convened if shareholders representing at least five percent of the votes request the Board of Directors in writing to convene the General Meeting, stipulating the reason for and the object of their request.  The Court of Registration shall convene the General Meeting if the convocation of the General Meeting is requested in compliance with the above outlined procedure and the Board of Directors fails to act within a period of 30 days or fails to convene the General Meeting within the shortest notice period required by the law or these Articles after such action.

 

4.7. Conditions for a General Meeting resolution resulting in the delisting of shares from the stock exchange

 

The General Meeting may only make a resolution resulting in the delisting of shares from the stock exchange — including the decision resulting in the delisting a series of shares as a sanction - if any shareholder previously undertakes the obligation to submit a public bid for purchasing the shares in relation to delisting, according to the Regulations of the Budapest Stock Market for Listing, Continued Trading and Disclose.

 

5. Rights to Information and Closing of the Shareholders’ Register

 

5.1. Mandatory Dissemination of Information

 

In accordance with the rules of these Articles governing the publication of notices the draft report financial statements prepared according to the Accounting Act, the summaries of the Board and Supervisory Board reports, the aggregated number of shares and voting rights (including the separate aggregation of the different classes of shares) at the time of convocation  the summary of the submissions regarding the agenda items, the resolution proposals and the extract of the company governance and management report shall be published at least twenty-one15 days prior to the date of the GM.

 

5.2. Shareholders’ Rights to Information

 

Each shareholder has the right to attend the General Meeting, request information and comment on issues at the General Meeting.  Holders of voting shares have the right to make proposals and to vote.

 

The Board of Directors shall provide the necessary information to any shareholder with respect to any matter on the agenda of the General Meeting upon the request of such shareholder submitted in writing to the Board of Directors at least 8 days prior to

 

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the General Meeting. The Board of Directors may refuse to provide such information only if that would violate a substantial business interest or business secret of the Company.

 

As part of the rights of Shareholders to information shareholders may not  have access to the business books and other business documents of the Company.

 

5.3. Closing of the Shareholders’ Register

 

Shareholders, or shareholders’ proxies shall be entitled to exercise their voting rights at any General Meeting if they have been duly registered as owners of shares or shareholders’ representatives in the Shareholders’ Register at least 6 (six) business days prior to such General Meeting.

 

6. The General Meeting of the Company

 

6.1. Supremacy of the General Meeting

 

The General Meeting is the highest decision-making body of the Company.  The decisions of the General Meeting, which are referred to as resolutions, are binding upon the shareholders, the other organs and the officers of the Company.

 

6.2. Matters within the Exclusive Scope of Authority of the General Meeting

 

The following matters shall be within the exclusive scope of authority of the General Meeting:

 

(a) to draw up and amend these Articles, unless otherwise provided by the law;

 

(b) unless otherwise provided by the law, the increase or decrease of the registered capital of the Company;

 

(c) to amend the rights attached to individual series of shares;

 

(d) any merger into, consolidation with another company or de-merger of the Company, or any termination, dissolution, liquidation, or transformation of the Company into another corporate form. In the process of transformation if the Board of Directors prepares the documents necessary for the transformation, the General Meeting of the Company — according to 71 (1) Section of the Companies Act - may adopt a final decision on the transformation with holding only one meeting. In this case, draft transformation asset balance- and asset inventory pertaining to the reference date specified by the Board of Directors, within the preceding six months, and approved by the auditor, shall be presented for the meeting;

 

(e)to decide on the approval of a public offer on own shares;

 

(f) decision on issuing convertible or subscription right bonds, unless otherwise provided by the law;

 

(g)  to elect, remove and determine the remuneration of the members of the Supervisory Board, the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors;

 

(h) to elect, remove and determine the remuneration of the Auditor of the Company and to define the contents of the essential elements of the contract to be concluded with the auditor;

 

(i) to approve the report pursuant to the Act on Accounting, including the company governance and management report and to decide on the utilisation of after-tax earnings;

 

(j) to approve any change in the Company’s registered scope of activities;

 

(k) subject to Section 11.2, to appoint the person(s), pursuant to  Section 251 of the Companies Act, that are authorized to subscribe for shares in any private increase of the Company’s capital;

 

(l) decision with respect to an approval pursuant to Section 2.4 (b) of the Articles;

 

(ml) to approve the registering of the Company’s shares on a stock exchange;

 

(nm) transfer, assignment, lease or the granting of permanent right to the use of, the creation of an encumbrance or security interest in a valuable right enabling the continuation of a specific activity of the Company to another business entity - i.e. rights granted in the Contract that was concluded for the purpose of providing universal electronic telecommunications services pursuant to Articles 117-118 of Act C of 2003 on electronic communications;

 

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(on) transfer of the total or substantial assets of the Company.  For the purposes of this Section “substantial” shall mean the transfer of assets which would render the Company incapable of performing its obligations performing its universal service providing obligations as defined in the Contract regarding the provision of Universal Telecommunications Services;

 

(po) to decide on measures that are capable of disturbing the relevant process in case of obtaining information on a public offer based on and in accordance with a separate Act;

 

(qp) decision on request to delist the Company’s shares from a stock exchange (see Section 4.7.);

 

(rq) to evaluate the work of the members of the Board of Directors in the previous business year, decision on granting relief to the members;

 

(sr) decision on the payment of interim dividends, unless otherwise provided by the law;

 

(ts) decision on the acquisition of the Company’s own shares;

 

(ut) decision on the exclusion of subscription preference right,

 

(vu) decision on any other issue that is referred to the authority of the General Meeting by the  law or these Articles.

 

6.3. Passing Resolutions

 

The General Meeting shall adopt resolutions by means of the casting of votes by voting shareholders in the manner stipulated by Sections 6.17. and 6. 18. of these Articles.

 

6.4. Right to Convene General Meetings

 

(a) The General Meeting shall be convened by persons authorized by the Companies Act and these Articles.

 

(b) In addition to cases stipulated by the Companies Act, the General Meeting also shall be convened:

 

(i) if the number of the members of the Board of Directors falls below six (6);

 

(ii) if the number of the members of the Supervisory Board falls below six (6); and

 

(iii) if the number of the members of the Audit Committee falls below three (3);

 

(iv) if the auditor and the Board fails to conclude the assignment contract regarding the auditing activities within 90 days upon the date of the GM that elects the auditor.

 

6.5. Notification of the Supervisory Board on the convocation of the General Meeting

 

If the General Meeting is convened by the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board shall be informed of the items on the agenda prior to the publication of the notice of the General Meeting and the Supervisory Board may (acting within its statutory scope of activity), within eight days of being so informed, propose that further items be added to the agenda provided that it delivers to the Board draft resolutions proposed by it.  The Board of Directors shall include such items in the agenda and shall publish the related notice accordingly.

 

6.6. Occurrence and Agenda of a General Meeting

 

The Company shall hold a General Meeting at least once each year (the “Annual General Meeting”) where the annual balance sheet financial statements prepared according to the Accounting Act of the Company shall be approvedare approved.  The Annual General Meeting shall occur no later than April 30 of the year immediately subsequent to the business year in question.

 

In addition to the Annual General Meeting, the Company may hold extraordinary General Meetings at any time, if necessary.

 

6.7. Convocation of the General Meeting

 

Notice of each General Meeting of the Company — unless otherwise provided by the Act on Business Associations - shall be published in the manner stipulated by the applicable law and these Articles for the publication of the Company’s notices and advertisements 30 days prior to the date of such General Meeting. The public notice of the General Meeting of the Company shall be published by the body responsible for the convocation of the General Meeting either by law or by these Articles.

 

The members of the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board as well as the Auditor of the Company shall also be notified of the convocation of any General Meeting in writing by registered mail within eight days after the publication of the announcement of such General Meeting.

 

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6.8. Notice of General Meetings

 

The public announcement of each General Meeting shall contain:

 

(a) the name and the registered office of the Company;

 

(b) the date and the venue of such General Meeting;

 

(c) the way of holding the General Meeting;

 

(cd) the items on the agenda of such General Meeting;

 

(de) the place and the date of the reconvened General Meeting to be held if the first General Meeting does not have a quorum; and

 

(ef) the conditions for the exercise of the voting rights at such General Meeting set out in the Article of Association, including the indication of the latest date until the name of the shareholder or the nominee intending to take a part on the general meeting can be registered in the shareholders’ register

 

(g) the date according to the provisions of Section 304 (2) of the Companies Act and the information concerning the provisions of Section 304 (3) of the Companies Act;

 

(h) the conditions set out in the Articles regarding the exercise of the right to request information and supplement to the agenda of the general meeting;

 

(i) the information related to the date, place and method (including the website of the Company) of the availability of the submissions and resolution proposals on the agenda of the general meeting.

 

6.9. Supplements to the agenda of a General Meeting

 

Shareholders representing at least one percent of the votes may, within eight days from the publication of the Announcement on the convocation of the General Meeting, request the Board of Directors in writing to include any issue in the agenda of the General Meeting and submit resolution proposals related to the agenda items.

 

6.10. Attendance List

 

The Company shall draw up an attendance list of shareholders attending the General Meeting. The attendance list shall contain the names of shareholders or their proxies or representatives, their addresses (registered offices), the number of shares of each series held by them and the number of votes that each is entitled to cast.  The attendance list shall be certified by the Chairman of the General Meeting as well as the minute keeper of such meeting.

 

6.11. Quorum

 

The General Meeting shall be properly constituted with a quorum if shareholders representing more than half of the shares carrying voting rights at such General Meeting are present in person or by proxy within 60 minutes of the time stipulated in the public notice convening the General Meeting. If the General Meeting does not have a quorum, the General Meeting reconvened with the same agenda shall be held after a period of at least ten (10) days after the convocation of the reconvened General Meeting.  A second General Meeting convened and held within two hours from the time of the original General Meeting  The reconvened General Meeting without a sufficient number of shares present to constitutes a quorum with regard to the agenda items of the original General Meeting shall have a quorum for the purposes of considering items on the agenda of the postponed General Meeting regardless of the voting rights represented at the reconvened such mMeeting.

 

6.12. Opening of the General Meeting

 

Either the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the person elected by the General Meeting on the basis of the proposal of the Board of Directors shall open and chair the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting shall be opened by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the person designated by the Board of Directors for such purpose and such person shall be the Chairman of the General Meeting. In the absence of such person, any shareholder may make a nomination for the Chairman of the General Meeting.  Nominations shall not be discussed in detail by the General Meeting but the Chairman of the General Meeting shall be elected by simple majority vote by reference to the nominal value of shares held by those present.

 

6.13. The Chairman of the General Meeting

 

The Chairman of the General Meeting:

 

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(a) shall determine the number of shares carrying voting rights represented by shareholders attending the General Meeting and shall determine whether the General Meeting has a quorum;

 

(b) shall arrange for the preparation of the minutes of the General Meeting and the attendance list in accordance with the Companies Act;

 

(c) shall make recommendations for the minute keeper of the General Meeting, for the  shareholder, or  its proxy to certify the minutes, and, in the event of non-computerised voting, for the tellers.  In the event of computerised voting, the Chairman of the General Meeting shall act as teller;

 

(d) shall have the General Meeting adopt the sequence in which items on the agenda, including items duly added to the agenda, shall be discussed;

 

(e) shall chair discussions in the General Meeting and shall grant speakers the right to take the floor in the order corresponding to the sequence of their application for the floor;

 

(f) may stipulate a time limit for contributions to the discussion;

 

(g) shall put issues to a vote in order to adopt resolutions;

 

(h) shall determine the total number of votes cast in respect of, including the number of abstentions, votes for and against, each proposed resolution or amendment;

 

(i) shall state the result of each vote and shall declare the resolution of the General Meeting;

 

(j) shall call for breaks;

 

(k) may propose the suspension of the General Meeting; and

 

(l) shall declare the General Meeting closed if each resolution on the agenda has been voted on.

 

6.14. Election of the Officials of the General Meeting

 

The General Meeting shall elect its Chairman the keeper of the minutes, the person who shall certify the minutes, and, in case of non-computerised voting, the tellers, and the Chairman of the General Meeting in case of the proposal of the Board of Directors.

 

6.15. Order and Discussion of Items on the Agenda

 

By the vote of a simple majority of the holders of voting shares cast at the General Meeting, shareholders may change the order in which items on the agenda are discussed but may not eliminate any item from the agenda.

 

The General Meeting may be suspended on one occasion and it must be resumed within 30 days from the date of the General Meeting.

 

6.16. Suspended General Meeting

 

Stipulations in relation to the originally convened General Meeting shall continue to apply to any suspended General Meeting, provided that it shall be ascertained whether the suspended General Meeting is properly constituted with a quorum. In all other respects, the rules pertaining to the original General Meeting shall be applied, with the exception of those on the convocation of the General Meeting and the election of the officials of the General Meeting.

 

6.17. Voting Procedures

 

6.17.1. At the General Meeting the voting shall be computerised.  The Chairman of the General Meeting may propose that some or all of the items of the agenda be voted upon in lieu of computerised voting by the show of the voting cards.  The Chairman’s motion shall be decided by a simple majority vote of the General Meeting.

 

6.17.2. At the venue of the General Meeting prior to commencement the Company shall issue a voting card or a remote-control for computerised voting (the “voting machine”) to each holder of voting shares after verification that the shareholder is duly registered in the Shareholders’ Register.

 

Voting machines or voting cards shall also be issued at the General Meeting to any shareholder in respect of newly-issued shares who has paid the subscription price in accordance with the resolution of the General Meeting and has been registered in the Shareholders’ Register in connection with a capital increase approved by the General Meeting.  Holders of Interim Share Certificates may exercise their voting rights only in proportion to the consideration already contributed.  If any shareholder fails to meet the above conditions, such a shareholder shall not be issued a voting card or a voting machine.

 

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6.17.3 In the event of computerised voting, the tally of the votes shall proceed electronically.  Prior to the voting taking place, the General Meeting shall be advised by the Chairman or the person designated by him with respect to the technical details of the computerised voting.  The shareholders shall be advised of the results of the vote by the Chairman.

 

6.17.4 In the event of non-computerised voting, each shareholder shall receive a voting card.  Voting cards shall contain the name (business name) of the shareholder or shareholder representative address (seat), as well as the number and series of shares held by such shareholder and the votes such shareholder is entitled to cast.  The voting shall proceed by the show of the voting cards.

 

6.18. Passing Resolutions

 

Votes for or against a proposed resolution or amendment cast in accordance with the provisions of these Articles shall be regarded as votes duly cast. Abstentions shall not be considered as votes duly cast.   The General Meeting shall adopt its resolutions by a simple majority vote except for resolutions on issues listed in Section 6.2. (a)-(f), (k), (ml), (po) and (qp) and (t), which shall require at least a three-quarters majority of the votes cast of the shareholders present. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the General Meeting decides to override a resolution of the Board of Directors, such shareholders resolution shall be binding only if a three-quarter majority of the votes of the shareholders that are present vote in favour of such a resolution.

 

Disadvantageous resolutions regarding rights related to a series of shares can only be made by the General Meeting if the shareholders of the affected share series give their separate consent thereto. During this, provisions related to possible limitation or exclusion of share related voting rights — including the exclusion from own shares - shall not apply.

 

6.19. Minutes of the General Meeting

 

6.19.1. Minutes shall be taken of the General Meeting which shall contain:

 

·                  the business name and registered seat of the Company;

·                  the venue and date and the way of holding of the General Meeting;

·                  information related to ownership-ratio of the share capital represented by the votes;

·                  the names of the Chairman of the General Meeting, the minute keeper, the shareholder certifying the minutes and the tellers;

·                  material events of the General Meeting and the proposals made;

·                  the resolution proposals, the number of votes in favour and against each resolution proposals and the number of abstentions;

·                  the objections of shareholders, members of the Board of Directors or Supervisory Board against a resolution if so requested by the objecting person, and all matters expressly requested by the shareholders, the Chairman of the Supervisory Board or the Auditor.

 

6.19.2. The minutes shall be signed by the minute keeper and the Chairman of the General Meeting and shall be certified by  one shareholder present elected for such purpose.

 

6.19.3.Any shareholder shall have the right to request the Board of Directors to issue a copy or an extract of the minutes of the General Meeting.

 

6.20. Attendance by Officials of the Company

 

The members of the Board of Directors and those of the Supervisory Board as well as the Auditor of the Company shall be invited to attend the General Meeting of the Company and shall respond to questions raised thereat by the shareholders.  The above-mentioned officials of the Company shall have the right to participate in the discussions.

 

7. Board of Directors

 

7.1. Status of the Board of Directors

 

The Board of Directors shall be the management body of the Company and the Board of Directors shall represent the Company with regard to third parties, in court and before other authorities.

 

7.2. Members of the Board of Directors

 

The Board of Directors shall be comprised of a minimum of six (6), and a maximum of eleven (11) members. The members of the Board of Directors shall be elected by the General Meeting. The assignment of the members of the Board of Directors lasts for a term of three years from the date of the annual General Meeting until May, 31 of the third year subsequent to the date of the said General Meeting with the exception, that if the General Meeting in the third year is held prior to May 31 than their assignment

 

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lasts until the date thereof. Members of the Board of Directors can be removed or re-elected at any time by the General Meeting. Unless otherwise provided by a separate arrangement, the removal of, or failure to re-elect, a member of the Board of Directors shall not affect the employment rights of such person in respect of the Company where such member of the Board of Directors is also an employee of the Company.

 

The provisions of the relevant act regarding the conflict of interest of the members of the Board of Directors shall apply, except that the members of the Board of Directors may be executive officers in an other company whose main activity is identical to that of the Company and this shall not constitute a conflict of interest with being a member of the Board of Directors.

 

7.3. Interim Election

 

If before the end of term the General Meeting increases in the number of the membership of the Board of Directors or elects a new Board member of the Board of Directors as a result of an increase in the membership of the Board of Directors, or on removal or becoming incapacitated of a member of the Board of Directors, the term of office of the new, interim such newly elected member shall be identical to the original term of office of the remainder of the Board of Directors.

 

7.4. Rules of Procedure and Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

Subject to the provisions of applicable law and these Articles, the Board of Directors shall draw up its own Rules of Procedure.

 

Member of the Board of Directors shall elect the Chairman of the Board in accordance with the provisions of the Rules of Procedure of the Board of Directors.  The Chairman shall perform such duties as described in the law, these Articles and the Rules of Procedure of the Board.

 

7.4.1. The Board of Directors shall:

 

(a) be responsible for all matters relating to the Company’s management and course of business not otherwise reserved to the General Meeting or to other corporate bodies by these Articles or by the Companies Act;

 

(b) cause a report including the balance sheet and the profit and loss statement of the Company to be prepared pursuant to the Act on Accounting together with the responsible company governance and management report and submit such reports to the General Meeting with a proposal on the utilisation of after-tax earnings;

 

(c) have the books of the Company, including accounting records and the Shareholders’ Register, maintained in compliance with applicable regulations;

 

(d) make such filings with the Court of Registration and publish such information as may be required by applicable law and these Articles;

 

(e) draw up, at the end of each business year, a report for the General Meeting on the management of the Company, the assets of the Company, the financial situation of the Company and the business policy of the Company;

 

(f) adopt an annual business plan which shall contain specific authorisations to management relating to the operation of the business of the Company;

 

(g) have the authority to create committees of the Board consisting exclusively of Board members and to delegate part of its authority to such committees

 

(h) have the authority to create committees of  Board members and non-Board members, to designate the individuals who will serve on these committees, and to delegate authority to such committees;

 

(i) exercise employer’s rights towards the employees of the Company pursuant to the Rules on Organisation and Operation;

 

(j) have the authority to initiate and approve on behalf of the Company any amendment to the contract regarding the provision of the Universal Electronic Telecommunications Services.

 

(k) prepare quarterly reports for the Supervisory Board on the management financial status and the business policy of the Company;

 

(l) Ensures the purchase of own shares on the basis of the authorization of the General Meeting and shall arranges for the alienation of the Company’s own shares

 

(m) decide on such increasing of the registered capital of the Company that is allocated to its scope of authority and the related amendment of the Articles of Association

 

(n) concludes the relevant contract with the auditor to carry out the relevant activities within 90 days upon making the resolution on the election of the auditor by the General Meeting.

 

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7.4.2. Any transaction having a value of USD 100,000 or more between the Company and a controlling shareholder or its parent or subsidiary shall promptly be reported to the Board of Directors.

 

7.5. Quorum, Passing Resolutions

 

(a) The quorum for meetings of the Board of Directors shall be at least six (6) Directors.

 

(b) Each member of the Board of Directors shall have one vote.  The rules of the voting procedure shall be described in details by the Rules of Procedure of the Board of Directors.

 

7.6. Minutes

 

(a) Minutes shall be kept of each meeting of the Board of Directors, in accordance with the provisions of the Rules of Procedure of the Board of Directors.

 

(b) The minutes shall be signed by the Chairman of the meeting of the Board of Directors as well as the keeper of the minutes.  The minutes shall be certified by another participating Director.  The minutes of each meeting shall be distributed to the members of the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Supervisory Board irrespective of whether or not they attended the meeting.

 

7.7.  Resignation, Death

 

If the resignation of a member of the Board of Directors or the death of a member results in a decrease in its membership below six (6), then the Board of Directors shall within the shortest possible time period from the occurrence of such an event convene a General Meeting.  Should the Board of Directors fail to do so, the General Meeting shall be convened by the Supervisory Board.

 

7.8. Liability of Directors

 

The members of the Board of Directors shall act with due care as it is generally expected from persons in such positions and - unless it is otherwise provided in the Act on Business Associations — must give priority to the interest of the company. The members of the Board shall be liable towards the Company pursuant to the general provisions of the civil law in case of causing damage to the Company through breaching the laws, the Articles, the resolutions of the General Meeting and their managerial duties. The indemnification liability of the members of the Board towards the Company is joint and severable according to the provisions of the Civil Code on jointly causing damage. If the damage was caused by the resolution of the management as a body, those members are exempted from such liabilities who did not participate in the voting or voted against the resolution in question.

 

The members of the Board of Directors shall bear unlimited and joint liability for those damages that arise from the announcement of false data, rights or facts to the Company Register or the late announcement of the same in addition to failing to file such announcement at all including where the annual report prescribed in the Accounting Act and the relating business report is drawn up and published not in compliance with the relevant provisions of the Accounting Act.

 

8. The Supervisory Board

 

8.1. Status of the Supervisory Board

 

The Supervisory Board oversees the management of the Company for the General Meeting. Within its scope of authority provided by the statutes, the Supervisory Board may request information from any member of the Board of Directors or from senior officials of the Company and may examine the books and documents of the Company.

 

8.2. Members of the Supervisory Board

 

8.2.1. The Supervisory Board shall be comprised of 3-15 members. The members shall be elected by the General Meeting. The assignment of the members of the Supervisory Board lasts for a term of three years from the date of the annual General Meeting until May, 31 of the third year subsequent to the date of the said General Meeting with the exception, that if the General Meeting in the third year is held prior to May 31 than their assignment lasts until the date thereof.

 

8.2.2. The majority of the members of the acting SB must be independent. The SB member is independent if he has no other legal relationship with the Company than his SB membership.

 

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8.2.3. The SB member shall not be regarded as an independent member, if

 

a) he is an employee or an ex-employee of the Company, in the latter case the conflict of interest exists for five years from the termination of the employment;

b) provides advisory services or other activities as a retained advisor for the Company or its senior managers in return of remuneration;

c) he is a shareholder of the Company who either directly or indirectly owns at least 30% of the votes or is a close relative [Ptk. 685. § (b)],or/ common-law spouse to such person [Ptk. 685. § b);

d) he is a close relative of any - non-independent - executive officer or executive employee of the Companyhe is a close relative to a — non independent — senior manager of the Company;

e) on the basis of his membership in the SB he is entitled to receive remuneration in case of the profitable operation of the Company or receives any other remuneration besides his fee as a SB member from the Company or an affiliated business association to the Company;

f) he is in a legal relationship with a non-independent member of the Company in another business association on the basis of which the non-independent member has controlling or supervisory rights;

g) he is the independent Aauditor of the Company or an employee / partner thereof for three years from the termination of this legal relationship;

h) he is an executive officer or executive employeesenior manager in a business association where the independent Board member is the senior manager of the public company.

 

8.2.4. The employees’ representatives in the Supervisory Board are appointed for election by the Works Council after consultation with the trade unions.

 

8.2.5. If a new member of the Supervisory Board is elected by the General Meeting, oreither as a result of an increase in the membership of the Supervisory Board, or due to the removal or resignation of a member of the Supervisory Board, the term of newly elected members shall be identical to the original term of office of the remainder of the Supervisory Board.

 

8.3. Duties

 

The Supervisory Board shall examine every material report of business policy that is on the agenda of the General Meeting and every submission on issues within the exclusive sphere of authority of the General Meeting. The General Meeting may pass a resolution on a report pursuant to the Accounting Act and the use of the profit after income tax only upon receipt of the written report of the SB. The proposal of the Board of Directors on the payment of dividend and on the company governance and management report can only be submitted to the GM upon the receipt of the prior approval of the SB.  The Chairman (Deputy Chairman), in his absence, a member of the Supervisory Board presents the report of the Supervisory Board during the discussion of the given agenda item.

 

8.4. Rules of Procedure

 

8.4.1. The Supervisory Board acts as a body. The SB elects a chairman (if necessary, a deputy chairman) from among its members. The Supervisory Board sets its own Rules of Procedures, which are approved by the General Meeting.

 

8.4.2. Meetings of the Supervisory Board may be convened by the Chairman of the Supervisory Board. Any member of the Supervisory Board may immediately call a Supervisory Board meeting, stipulating in writing the reason for and the objective of such meeting if the Chairman of the Supervisory Board fails to fulfil such request within 8 days of receipt thereof and does not convene a meeting to a date within 30 days.

 

8.4.3. The Supervisory Board shall have a quorum if 2/3 (two-thirds) of its elected members are present. If the Supervisory Board is comprised of three members or if 2/3 of the members is less than 3 (three) persons, the presence of three members shall be necessary to constitute a quorum. If the number of Supervisory Board members falls below three or there is no one to convene its meeting the Board of Directors shall convoke the General Meeting to restore the proper operation of the Supervisory Board.

 

8.4.4. The meetings of the Supervisory Board shall be chaired by the Chairman of the Supervisory Board.  The Chairman of the Supervisory Board shall appoint the keeper of the minutes and that Supervisory Board member who will certify the minutes of the meeting, will put issues to the vote, and will declare the result of votes.

 

8.4.5. Minutes shall be kept of each meeting of the Supervisory Board, in accordance with the provisions of the Rules of Procedure of the Supervisory Board.

 

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8.5. Convocation of the General Meeting by the Supervisory Board

 

The SB may convene an extraordinary General Meeting with an agenda proposed by itself, if, in its opinion, the activities of the management infringe the Statutes, the Articles of Association or the resolutions passed by the General Meeting; or otherwise interfere with the interests of the Company or its shareholders.

 

8.6. Liabilities of Members of the Supervisory Board

 

The members of the Supervisory Board shall bear unlimited, joint and several liability — according to the provisions of the Civil Code regarding jointly causing damage - for all and any damage caused to the Company by non-compliance with their supervisory obligations, including any infringement of the obligation relating to the preparation and publication of the annual report prescribed in the Accounting Act and the relating business report.

 

8.7. Audit Committee

 

8.7.1.          The General Meeting elects a 3-5 member Audit Committee (AC) from the independent members of the Supervisory Board (SB) for the same period as the membership of the relevant members in the SB. The Audit Committee shall act independently within its scope of authorities provided in the Companies Act and these Articles and in compliance with the rules and regulations of the Budapest Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as well as the provisions and rules of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”).

 

8.7.2.          The purpose of the Audit Committee is, inter alia, to oversee (1) the integrity of the Company’s financial statements, (2) the Company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements falling within the scope of authorities and responsibilities of the Audit Committee, as set forth in detail in Section 8.7.5 below, (3) the qualifications and independence of the Company’s independent external auditor (the “Auditor”) and (4) the performance of the Company’s internal audit function and independent auditors.

 

8.7.3.          Only such SB member can be elected to be an AC member who complies with the independency rules and regulations of the SEC and the NYSE, the Companies Act, the Exchange Act and the Act CXX of 2001 on the Capital Market. At least one member must comply with the SEC requirements on being a financial expert and at least one Audit Committee member must have a qualification in accountancy and/or be a qualified auditor. The Chairman and the financial expert of the Audit Committee is elected by the members of the Audit Committee.

 

8.7.4.          If the number of the AC members falls below three the Board shall convene the GM to restore the proper operation of the body. The Audit Committee shall establish its own Rules of Procedure and its Pre-approval Policy. The Audit Committee’s secretarial tasks shall be performed by its own Secretariat. The Audit Committee shall inform the Supervisory Board about its activity periodically in accordance with its Rules of Procedure.

 

8.7.5.          The Audit Committee shall, in particular, in addition to the scope of competence set forth in Section 311 (2) of the Companies Act:

 

i.

Be directly responsible for the oversight of the work of the Auditor engaged for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or performing other audit, review or attest services for the Company;

ii.

Make recommendations directly to the General Meeting of shareholders with respect to the appointment, compensation and recall of the Auditor;

iii.

Pre-approve the audit and non-audit related services provided by the Auditor to the Company and the related fees, with the exception of fees within the exclusive scope of authority of the General Meeting, to ensure that the Auditor’s independence from the Company is maintained;

iv.

Monitor the reasonableness of audit fees and quality of work performed by the Auditor (e.g. staffing, experience of auditing personnel, man hours expected, timeliness);

v.

Monitor enforcement of the Auditor’s professional requirements and the Auditor’s compliance with the rules regarding conflict of interest, cooperate with the Auditor and, if necessary, propose measures to be taken by the Supervisory Board, the Board of Directors or the General Meeting regarding the Auditor;

vi.

At least annually, and every time before making a proposal with respect to the election of an Auditor, obtain and review a written report from the Auditor describing (a) the internal quality-control procedures of the Auditor’s firm, (b) any material issues raised by the most recent internal quality-control review, or peer review, of the Auditor’s firm, or by any inquiry or investigation by government or professional authorities, within the preceding five years, respecting one or more independent audits carried out by the Auditor’s firm, and any steps taken to deal with any such issues, and (c) all relationships between the Auditor, any of the individuals appointed to undertake audit work for the Company or any of

 

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its affiliates on behalf of the Auditor or any of the partners in the Auditor’s firm or any of their close relatives (as defined in the Hungarian Civil Code)and (i) the Company or any of its affiliates, or (ii) any member of the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board or the Management Committee of the Company or any of its affiliates;

vii.

Review with the Auditor any problems or difficulties regarding the Company’s audit, and the response of the Company’s management to any such problems raised by the Auditor;

viii.

Facilitate the resolution of any disagreement between the Company’s management and the Auditor with respect to financial reporting;

ix.

Determine the circumstances in which, and conditions subject to which, employees and former employees of the Auditor may be hired by the Company or its affiliates;

x.

Review and evaluate (a) financial reports prepared according to the Accounting Act and (b) proposals regarding the acceptance of such reports and the use of after-tax profits prior to their submission to the Supervisory Board;

xi.

Review and evaluate the financial reports prepared according to International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) and the Auditor’s audit report, especially in connection with changes to accounting guidelines or practice of the IFRS, accounting adjustments, profitability preconditions, etc.;

xii.

Meet with the Auditor and the Company’s management to discuss and comment upon the reports referred to in the previous two points;

xiii.

Review and evaluate the Management Letter;

xiv.

Review and evaluate reports to be submitted to the stock exchanges, the SEC and other financial authorities;

xv.

Discuss the Company’s earnings press releases, as well as financial information and earnings guidance provided to analysts and rating agencies;

xvi.

Review and evaluate the internal audit environment, the internal control environment influencing the preparation of financial reports and the processes applied during the preparation of financial reports and, if necessary, propose measures to be taken by the Supervisory Board or the Board of Directors regarding the preparation of financial reports;

xvii.

Review and evaluate the effectiveness of the internal audit function;

xviii.

Review and evaluate the internal audit workplan;

xix.

Review and evaluate the report on the activity of the internal audit function;

xx.

Review and evaluate the first priority (A) internal audit reports on financial subjects;

xxi.

Review, evaluate and, if appropriate, consent to proposals submitted to the Audit Committee by the Board of Directors or the management of the Company in relation to the appointment, compensation and recall of the Group Compliance Director, and oversee the work of the Group Compliance Director in accordance with the scope described in the Group Compliance Manual and the related directives and policies.

xxii.

Review, discuss and comment upon the Company’s policies with respect to risk assessment and risk management;

xxiii.

Establish procedures for (a) the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by the Company regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters and (b) the confidential, anonymous submission by employees of the Company of concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters;

xxiv.

If necessary, conduct an independent internal investigation into (a) agreements of, and/or payments made by, the Company, (b) matters that relate to the accuracy and reliability of the books and records of the Company, (c) matters and suspects identified by the Auditor, the Group Compliance Director and/or the internal audit function, and/or (d) matters that relate to the potential liability of the Company and/or any of its employees or officers under the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Sections 258/B to 258/F of the Hungarian Criminal Code, the Exchange Act, the US Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or (e) any similar legislation in any other relevant jurisdiction;

xxv.

Within the scope of such investigation, (a) inspect, subject to applicable data privacy laws, the books, records, contracts and documents of the Company (including documents in printed and electronic form, including all emails, documents and other data found on the systems and devices of the Company), and (b) interview employees, officers and directors of the Company, or any other third parties, who may have information relevant to the investigation;

xxvi.

If necessary, report, subject to applicable data privacy laws, the facts and circumstances giving rise to, and the findings of, such investigation to the Auditor and to competent law enforcement and regulatory authorities (including, without limitation, the Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority, the SEC, the US Department of Justice and any other authority to whom reporting is necessary under applicable law or otherwise in the interests of the Company);

xxvii.

Depending on the findings of such investigation (a) forward remedial actions proposed by management, outside counsel and/or the Audit Committee to the Board of Directors, (b) review and evaluate the implementation of such remedial actions, (c) report its findings with respect to the implementation of such remedial actions to competent law enforcement and regulatory authorities and (d) report its findings to the Auditor.

 

8.7.6.          The Audit Committee may, if it deems necessary for the fulfillment of its duties, engage external advisor(s). Specifically, the Audit Committee may engage outside counsel and other advisors to conduct independent investigations referred to in Section 8.7.5 above, and to represent the Audit Committee before the authorities.

 

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8.7.7.          The Company shall provide appropriate funding for the following purposes: (a) fees payable to the independent external auditor responsible for preparing and issuing the audit report, performing other audit, review or attest services for the Company, (b) remuneration of external advisors engaged by the Audit Committee and (c) ordinary administrative expenses of the Audit Committee that are necessary or appropriate in carrying out its duties.

 

The Audit Committee shall determine the fees and costs identified in (b) and (c) above at its own discretion, and shall provide the General Meeting with a recommendation with respect to the fees and costs identified in (a) above and within the exclusive scope of authority of the General Meeting.

 

9. The Auditor

 

9.1. Election

 

The Annual General Meeting of the Company appoints the auditor for a specified period not exceeding two years in duration. The auditor’s assignment is deemed accepted if the auditor concludes an assignment contract with the Company within 90 days upon the auditor’s election. If the above deadline lapses without the any result the election of the auditor becomes void and the GM has to elect another auditor.

 

9.2. Duties of the Auditor

 

(a) The Auditor shall be obliged to audit each report prepared pursuant to the Act on Accounting including the balance sheet and profit and loss statement, as well as  every material  report to be submitted to the General Meeting, with regard to the  authenticity of data contained therein and their compliance with  Hungarian statutes in force. The Auditor shall submit a report comprising its findings on such matters to the General Meeting.

 

(b) The Auditor shall provide all necessary professional support to the activities of the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board.

 

9.3. The rights and the responsibilities of the Auditor

 

The Auditor shall have access to all information relating to the activities of the Company.  In connection with the performance of its duties, the Auditor:

 

(a) may request information from the members of the Board of Directors, of the Supervisory Board and from the employees of the Company;

 

(b) may verify and examine the cash in hand, ledgers, the securities portfolio, the inventory, the contracts and the bank account of the Company;

 

(c) shall attend the General Meeting that discusses the report of the Company prepared according to the Accounting Act;

 

(d) if required, may attend the meetings of the Board of Directors and the  Supervisory Board with the right to confer.

 

(e) shall be obliged to inform the Supervisory Board and the Audit Committee  and request the Board of Directors to convene a General Meeting, if:

 

(i) the Auditor becomes aware that a significant decrease in the Company’s assets is expected; or

(ii)the Auditor becomes aware of a fact that entails the liability of the Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board as set forth in the Companies Act.

 

(f) If the General Meeting is not convened or the General Meeting does not pass the resolutions required by the statutes the Auditor shall inform the Court of Registration carrying out legality supervision to this end.

 

9.4. Auditor’s Conflict of Interest

 

The founder, shareholders, members of the Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board and their relatives (Section 685(b) of the Civil Code), their common law spouse or any employee of the Company may not be elected as Auditor at any time during their association with the Company and for a period of three years after such association or employed by the Auditor, or have ownership interests in the Auditor, during the term of their association with the Company and for a period of three years thereafter. Persons included in the register of auditors in accordance with the relevant legal regulations may be elected as an auditor. Further requirements for auditors in terms of qualifications and conduct, and conflict of interest shall be laid down in specific other legislation.

 

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10. Signature on Behalf of the Company

 

(1) The firm shall be bound by the signature of (i) two members of the Board of Directors, or (ii) by a member of the Board of Directors and an employee of the Company authorized for this purpose by two members of the Board of Directors, or (iii) by two employees of the Company authorised for this purpose by two members the Board of Directors.  Such authorized signatories shall jointly sign their full names under the stamped, hand-written, typed or printed name of the company in the same way, that such signature appears in the signature book of the Company deposited with the Court of Registration.

 

11. Increase in the Registered Capital of the Company

 

11.1. Cases of the Increase in the Registered Capital

 

Any increase in the registered capital of the Company shall be implemented in accordance with the resolution of the General Meeting by means of a new issue of new shares either through the public offering or the private placement of shares, by the conversion of the Company’s reserves in excess of the registered capital into authorised capital or through conversion of convertible bonds into shares.

 

The holders of the types or classes of shares which are directly affected by the capital increase, or the holders of shares which are deemed affected by the articles of association is required to vote for the increase of the share capital as a pre-condition for the general meeting resolution adopted for the increase of share capital to take effect. During this, provisions related to possible limitation or exclusion of share related voting rights — including the limitations related to own shares - shall not apply.

 

If the three-quarters majority can not be obtained in case of any share type the proposal on increasing the registered capital must be withdrawn from the agenda. This provision shall be applied properlyas the case may be if the General Meeting authorizes the Board of Directors for such increase.

 

11.2. Subscription preference right

 

11.2.1. Where the share capital is increased by way of contribution of cash, within the company’s shareholders first the holders of shares belonging to the same series of issue, and then the holders of convertible bonds and the holders of bonds with subscription rights in tandem shall be granted preferential rights — in this sequence — for the subscription of shares subject to the conditions laid down in this articles of association.

 

11.2.2. The Company shall inform the shareholders and the holders of convertible bonds and bonds with subscription rights concerning their options and the procedure to exercise the preferential right for the subscription of shares, including the face value or issue price of shares which may be acquired, and the first and last days of the 15 days period during which such right can be exercised.

 

11.2.3. Exercising the subscription or take-over preference rights can be excluded by the General Meeting — on the basis of the written submission of the Board of Directors. In this case the said submission of the Board of Directors must present the reasons of submitting the proposal on excluding subscription preference rights and the planned issuing value of the shares.

 

Content of the submission and its discussion:

 

The Board of Directors shall discuss and decide on the approval of the submission according to the rules set out in its Rules of Procedure than submits it to the General Meeting for approval.

 

The following must be defined in the submission:

 

·      nominal value, pieces and series of the shares,

·      in case of issuing new shares in a closed circle the declaration private placement specifying the person(s) making declaration on undertaking the obligation to take-over of the shares, specifying the person(s) making the declaration,

·      method of the increase of the registered capital,

·      subscription minimum,

·      draft modification of the Articles of Associations,

·      issuance value of the shares and the conditions of their payment,

·      in case of non-cash contributions the data related to their provision,

·      other significant data.

 

11.3. ProhibitedInvalid Subscription

 

Any subscription, by exercise of subscription preference rights, by a shareholder for shares of a Series which  may not be held by such person according to these Articles,  shall not be effective if it violates any provisions of these Articles.

 

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11.4. Private Placement

 

The General Meeting or the Board of Directors with respect to the authorizing resolution of the GM may resolve that new shares to be issued in connection with an increase in the capital of the Company may be subscribed for exclusively by persons, or shareholders stipulated by the resolution of the General Meeting or in accordance with the resolution of the Board of Directors authorising such increase in capital.  If such persons or shareholders determined by the General Meeting or the Board of Directors have not subscribed for the volume of shares appropriate for the subscription minimum by the closing date of the subscription period, the capital increase shall be deemed to have failed.

 

11.5. Conversion of Capital Reserves into Registered Capital

 

The Company may increase its registered capital with its assets above the registered capital or a part thereof if according to the previous year’s report under the Act of Accounting or the interim balance the sufficient coverage of the capital increase is available and subsequent to the capital increase the amount of registered capital does not exceed its own capital, adjusted according to the Act of Accounting. The statement on the availability of the sufficient coverage from the assets above the registered capital, the figures of the annual report and the interim balance can be applied within six months upon the turning date of the above documents.

 

Shares falling on the increased registered capital shall be granted to the shareholders of the share company free of charge, in proportion to the nominal value of the shares of such shareholders.

 

11.6. Conditional capital stock increase in the registered capital by means of converting the convertible bonds to sharestocks

 

11.6.1. The General Meeting may decide on a conditional capital increase through the issue of convertible bonds. Bond owners may apply for bonds against the conditionally increased capital in line with the resolution of the General Meeting. The applications must be forwarded in writing to the Board of Directors with a simultaneous submission of the bonds, identifying the number and face value of the stocks applied for. If the bonds were issued at an amount below the face value or issue price of the shares, simultaneously with their declaration, bond holders shall pay the difference between the face value of the bond and the face value or issue price of the share to the private limited company. Upon the provision of such statement the bond holder shall be entitled to receive share certificates.

 

Specific terms for issuing bonds shall be set forth in a resolution by the General Meeting.

 

11.6.2. The resolution of the General Meeting accepting the conditional capital increase shall specify:

 

a) the method of issuing bonds (closed, public)

b) the number and face value of the bonds to be issued, as well as the value at issue, the series of bonds and the place and time of subscription

c) the terms under which the bonds can be converted into shares and the date

d) maturity of the bond, terms of payment of interest and other yields

e) procedures to be followed in the case of under or over subscription as well as the rules of allocation

f) in case of issuing privately held bonds the persons, the number of bonds that they can subscribe and other features thereof.

 

12. Decrease of the Registered Capital of the Company

 

The Company is entitled to decrease its registered capital.

 

The prevailing rules of decreasing the registered capital are set out in Title 2 and 3 of Chapter X of the Act on Business Associations.

 

The validity of the resolution aiming to decrease the registered capital is subject to the separate consent of the affected series share owners, in each case with three-quarters majority of the votes cast. During this, provisions related to possible limitation or exclusion of share related voting rights — including the limitations related to own shares - shall not apply. If the three-quarters majority can not be obtained, the proposal on decreasing the registered capital must be withdrawn from the agenda.

 

The detailed conditions of exercising shareholder rights must be included in the resolution of the General Meeting regarding the decrease of the registered capital.

 

13. Conflict of Interest

 

Members of the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board and the Auditor, as well as their close relatives defined in Section 685(b) of the Civil Code, or any business entity within which the above persons hold an interest exceeding 10%, may not hold  an

 

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ownership interest exceeding 5% in, be employed by, be officers of or have any contractual arrangement with any business entity  competing with the Company unless it is permitted by the law and the General Meeting grants, with a three-quarter majority voting, an appropriate waiver from the provisions of this paragraph.

 

Members of the Board and the Supervisory Board as well as their close relatives (Section 685 (b) of the Civil Code) may on their behalf and to their benefit conclude agreements with the Company relating to the use of public purpose telecommunications services available to anyone.

 

In compliance with the authorization specified in paragraph (1) of Article 25 of the Act on Business Associations, the members of the Board of Directors and of the Supervisory Board may be elected as executive officer or members of the supervisory board of businesses that pursue activities identical with those of the Company and in which the Company holds at least 25 % ownership stake and/or voting rights.

 

Members of the Board and the Supervisory Board as well as their close relatives (Section 685 (b) of the Civil Code) may on their behalf and to their benefit conclude agreements with the Company relating to the use of public purpose telecommunications services available to anyone. The above provisions are not affecting the rules on the matter included in the Act on Business Associations.

 

14. Indemnification of Members of the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board

 

14.1. Indemnification

 

The Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify any member or former member of the Board of Directors or any member or former member of the Supervisory Board who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal or administrative, by reason of the fact of his current or former position at the Company against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.

 

14.2. Advancing Expenses

 

Expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) incurred by a member of the Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board in defending any civil, criminal or administrative action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such proceedings upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company pursuant to Section 13.1.

 

14.3. Insurance

 

The Company shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a member of the Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, whether or not the Company would have the right to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of Sections 13.1. and 13.2. or any other provisions of law.

 

15. Other Provisions

 

15.1. Financial Year

 

The financial year of the Company shall correspond to the calendar year.

 

15.2. Notices

 

Notices and advertisements of the Company shall be published on the home page of the Company (www.telekom.hu) and in the official publication space of the Budapest Stock Exchange Closed Limited Company (i.e. home page of the Stock Exchange) and the Official Gazette (“Cégközlöny”) in cases required by applicable law.

 

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15.3. Interest

 

The Company shall not be liable for interest on the payment of dividends.

 

15.4. Modification of Law

 

If the provisions of the Companies Act in force at the date of the restating  of these Articles, specifically Part I (General Provisions on Business Associations) and Section X of Part II (Regulations Pertaining to the Various Forms of Business Associations)  are amended the review of these Articles and necessary changes shall be placed on the agenda of the General Meeting to be held immediately after the amendment of the Companies Act, to avoid any violation of the rights of shareholders as a result of the amendment of the Companies Act.

 

15.5. Miscellaneous

 

In line with Resolution 20/2009 (VI.29.) of the General Meeting tThis Articles of Association shall supersede and replace the former Articles of Association of the Company. Consequently, on the effective date of this amendment of the Articles, all prior versions of the Articles and all resolutions of the Company inconsistent with these Articles shall have no effect. Issues not regulated herein shall be subject to the provisions of the Companies Act and other relevant laws.

 

Budapest, April 7, 2010

 

This consolidated version of the Articles of Association reflects the prevailing version of the Articles of Association based on the modifications thereof. This consolidated version of the Articles of Association has been prepared, and the amendments to sections 1.4., 1.6.2., 1.8.4., 1.8.5., 2.4., 5.1., 6.2., 6.3.; 6.6., 6.8., 6.9., 6.11., 6.12., 6.14., 6.18., 6.19.1., 7.2.; 7.4.1. l); 8.2.1. and 15.5. countersigned by:

 

 

 

 

dr. Balázs Máthé

 

Chief Legal Counsel

 

 

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Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

 

Submission and resolution proposal

to the General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

Subject:

Amendment of the Rules of Procedure of the Supervisory Board

 

Budapest, April 7, 2010

 



 

According to Section 34. § (4) of Act IV of 2006 on Business Associations (Companies Act) the Supervisory Board establishes its own Rules of Procedure that is approved by the General Meeting.

 

Taking into account the provisions of the amended Section 304(1) of the Companies Act, it is necessary to amend Sections 5.4. and 5.5. of the Rules of Procedure of the Supervisory Board accordingly. The modifications concerning the Rules of Procedures are indicated with tracks in the text.

 

Resolution proposal

 

The General Meeting approves the amended and restated Rules of Procedure of the Supervisory Board with the modifications set out in the submission.

 



 

AMENDED AND RESTATED RULES OF PROCEDURE

 

OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD OF

 

MAGYAR TELEKOM PLC.

 

April 257, 200810

 



 

1.                                     General Rules

 

1.1.                             The Supervisory Board (hereinafter: SB) supervises the management of Magyar Telekom Nyrt. (“Company”). Within the framework of this activity the SB supervises the control, management and business activities of the Company as well as compliance with the laws and the Articles of Association.

 

The SB carries out its activities pursuant to Act IV of 2006 on Business Associations (hereinafter: “Companies Act” or “CA”), the Articles of Association of Magyar Telekom Nyrt. in force (hereinafter: Articles) and this Rules of Procedure.

 

1.2.                             Within its scope of authority provided by the statutes the SB may request information from the Company’s senior officials and employees; and may examine the books and documents of the Company, if necessary, with the involvement of an advisor. (CA Section 35 (2), Articles: Section 8.1). The information must be provided as requested by the SB within the relevant deadline.

 

2.                                     Organization of the SB

 

2.1.                             The SB consists of 3-15 members. (CA Section 34 (1), Articles 8.2.1.)

 

The members are elected by the annual General Meeting. The assignment of the members of the Supervisory Board lasts for a term of three years from the date of the annual General Meeting until May, 31 of the third year subsequent to their election, however, if the General Meeting in the third year is held prior to May 31, than their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting. (Articles 8.2.1.)

 

2.2.                             The majority of the members of the acting SB must be independent. The SB member is independent if he has no other legal relationship with the Company than his SB membership. (CA Section 310)

 

2.3.                             The SB member shall not be regarded as an independent member, if (CA Section 309 (3))

 

a.               he is an employee or an ex-employee of the Company, in the latter case the conflict of interest exists for five years from the termination of the employment;

 

b.              provides advisory services or other activities as a retained advisor for the Company or its senior managers in return of remuneration;

 

c.               he is a shareholder of the Company who either directly or indirectly owns at least 30% of the votes or is a close relative/common-law spouse to such person [Civil Code, Section 685. § b);

 

d.              he is a close relative to a — non independent — senior manager of the Company;

 



 

e.               he is entitled to receive remuneration in case of the profitable operation of the Company or receives any other remuneration besides his fee as a SB member from the Company or an affiliated business association to the Company;

 

f.                 he is in a legal relationship with a non-independent member of the Company in another business association on the basis of which the non-independent member has controlling or supervisory rights;

 

g.              he is the independent auditor of the Company or an employee/partner of the auditor within three years from the termination of this legal relationship;

 

h.              he is a senior manager in a business association where the independent Board member is the senior manager of the Company.

 

2.4.                             The Works Council - after hearing the opinion of the trade union - nominates for election the employee representatives (CA Section 39 (1); Articles 8.2.4.)

 

At the nomination of the employee representatives of the SB, the Works Council specifies the order of nominees with taking the prevailing number of SB members into account. The members are elected by the annual General Meeting for the same period as the members of the non-employee bodies are elected.

 

2.5.                             SB membership terminates with:

 

·                  expiration of the assignment period;

·                  recall;

·                  resignation;

·                  death;

·                  termination of employment of the employee delegate (the employee delegate can only be recalled by the General Meeting upon the proposal of the Work Council, except if the Work Council does not meet its legal obligations to propose the recall of the delegate or the nomination of a new delegate in spite of the existence of a cause that triggers the recall of such delegate according to the provisions of the Act. (CA Section 39 (6);

·                  the occurrence of any disqualifying event set forth in the CA (the involved SB member shall inform in writing the Chairman of the SB within 15 days of the occurrence of the event);

·                  in other case specified by a separate Act.

 

An SB member may resign at any time, but if the operation of the Company so necessitates, the resignation will only take effect on the sixtieth day from its announcement, except if the General Meeting has already /could have arranged for the selection of the new SB member prior to the expiry of this deadline. Until the resignation’s entry into force the SB member shall participate in making and realizing those decisions that can not be postponed (CA Section 36 (3) 31 (1)-(2)).

 

If the number of the members of the SB falls below the minimum number required by the Articles of Association the SB must notify the Board of Directors that it must convoke the General Meeting to restore the proper operation of the Supervisory Board.

 



 

3.                                     Operation of the SB

 

3.1.                             The SB acts as a body and works according to its annual work plan. The SB holds its meetings as necessary but at least four (4) times per year. At its first meeting the SB elects a chairman (if necessary, a deputy chairman or deputy chairmen from among its members). The SB shall establish its own Rules of Procedure that is subject to the approval of the General Meeting (CA Section 34 (2) (4); Articles 8.4.1.).

 

It may assign certain supervisory tasks to any of its members, or may divide supervisory tasks among its members on a permanent basis (CA Section 35 (1)).

 

3.2.                             The Chairman of the CB convenes the SB meetings.

 

Any SB member, specifying the reason and the purpose, may at any time request in writing to call a meeting, if the Chairman fails to take the necessary steps within eight (8) days upon receipt of such written request and fails to convene such meeting to be held within thirty (30) days. (Articles 8.4.2.).

 

3.3.                             Notice of the meeting shall be sent to the SB members seven (7) days before the date of the meeting by courier (express mail) or electronic mail (with the use of an e-mail attachment encryption program) or telefax to the address or fax number specified by the SB member concerned.

 

If there is no such address the notice shall be sent to the last known address of fax number of the member concerned.

 

The notice shall contain the agenda, venue and date of the meeting.

 

Discussion materials must be attached to the notice in Hungarian or English.

 

3.4.                             The SB meeting has a quorum if 2/3 of the elected members are present. If the Supervisory Board is comprised of three members or if the above mentioned 2/3 of the members is less than three persons the presence of three persons is necessary to constitute a quorum. If the number of the members of the SB falls below 3 or if there is no one to convene a meeting the Board shall convoke the General Meeting in order to restore the proper operation of the SB. (CA Section 34 (2) (5); Articles 8.4.3).

 

3.5.                             If the meeting does not have a quorum it shall be re-convened within 15 days.

 

3.6.                             SB meetings shall be chaired by the Chairman of the SB. The Chairman shall nominate the Minute Keeper and the member who authenticates the Minutes, puts issues on the vote and announces the result of the voting (Articles 8.4.4.).

 

3.7.                             In case of his absence — or if he is prevented - the Chairman shall be substituted by the Deputy Chairman, in case of lacking a Deputy Chairman, the Chairman requests a member to preside over the meeting.

 

3.8.                             The meetings are held in Hungarian and English.

 

Comments made in Hungarian shall be simultaneously translated into English, whereas, comments made in English shall be simultaneously translated into Hungarian.

 



 

3.9.                             The SB passes resolutions by open voting, with simple majority. In the event of a tie vote, the proposal supported by the Chairman, or, in case of his absence, the proposal supported by the Deputy Chairman shall be approved.  If the Chairman (Deputy Chairman) is not present at the meeting a proposal cannot be considered approved in the event of a tie vote, and the item must be discussed again at the next meeting.

 

3.10.                       The members of the SB shall act in person; no representation is permitted (CA Section 34 (3).

 

3.11.                       If any of the members is prevented and there is an appropriate reason, upon the decision of the Chairman (Deputy Chairman, Presiding Chairman) the meeting may be held by means of a conference call, if the communication equipment makes it possible for all members to hear each other simultaneously.

 

Such participation at the meeting is to be considered as presence.

 

3.12.                       The SB may pass resolutions on any issue without holding a meeting if SB Members received the submission requiring a decision beforehand and the majority of the SB members cast their affirmative votes in writing (by fax). Fax voting can be initiated by the Chairman of the SB or if no Chairman is elected yet by any member of the Supervisory Board. The general rules apply to the validity of the resolution. The resolution and its approval by the respective SB Members shall be handled according to the rules on the minutes. If any SB member requests to convoke an SB meeting, the meeting must be held.

 

3.13.                       At the proposal of the Chairman (Deputy Chairman-Presiding Chairman), with a simply majority vote of the members present, a closed meeting may be held. Besides the SB Members only those invited for a given issue may be present at closed meetings.

 

3.14.                       To prepare its position on certain issues the SB may set up committees — comprised from its own members — on a permanent or an ad hoc basis. The rules of procedure of the permanent committee (rules of operation) shall be established by such committee and shall become effective upon its approval by the Supervisory Board. To prepare a position requiring special expertise the SB may commission external experts at the expense of the Company.

 

3.15.                        Permanent invitees to the SB meetings are:

 

·                  the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the member of the Board of Directors appointed by him;

·                  the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee or the member of the Management Committee appointed by them;

·                  head of the Company’s internal audit unit;

·                  general counsel of the Company;

 

3.16.                       Ad hoc invitees to the SB meetings:

 

·                  the auditor of the Company if the SB initiated his hearing at the meeting, or

 



 

·                  if the auditor requests to participate the SB meeting with consultation rights (CA Section 43 (2);

·                  expert, if his invitation is initiated by SB members to the meeting or certain agenda items of the meeting.

 

3.17.                       The SB’s secretarial tasks shall be performed by its own secretariat (“Secretariat”). The administrative - technical conditions required for the operation of the SB (keeping of minutes, interpretation, meeting room, tape recorder, overhead projector, etc.) will be provided by the Secretariat and their costs will be borne by the Company.

 

4.                                     Minutes

 

4.1.                             Minutes of every SB meeting shall be taken in Hungarian that must be translated to English prior to its authentication. Both Minutes shall be authenticated. In case of any conflict between the Hungarian and the English version, the Hungarian version shall prevail.

 

4.2.                             The minutes shall contain:

 

·                  the venue and date of the meeting;

·                  the names of the participants;

·                  the agenda;

·                  the names of the Chairman of the meeting, the Keeper of the Minutes and the Authenticator of the Minutes;

·                  the main issues questioned during the discussion of the individual  agenda items and the answers to such questions;

·                  transcription of individual SB Members’ contributions to the discussion, provided that the respective SB Member requests so;

·                  the resolutions, the number of votes cast for and against the resolutions and the  abstentions;

·                  objections to the resolutions (provided the objecting SB Member requests the objection be entered into the Minutes).

 

4.3.                             At the request of any participant the contributions, opinions and objections shall be recorded in the minutes verbatim.

 

4.4.                             The meetings of the Supervisory Board shall be recorded — unless otherwise decided by the SB - on tape. The Secretariat shall ensure that the recordings are kept in a safe place, at least for 5 (five) years. Such voice recordings shall be confidential, and shall not be disclosed to any person without the Chairman’s consent, other than to current members of the SB, to persons who were members of the SB at the time when a particular recording was made and to persons who attended the meeting of which such recording was made.

 

4.5.                             The minutes are signed by the Chairman and the  Minute Keeper and are certified by an SB member present.

 



 

4.6.                             Following certification the minutes shall be sent in English and Hungarian to all SB members and to persons who were invited to the discussion of specific agenda items. SB members may query the accuracy of the Minutes, including its translation, within fifteen (15) days upon receipt.

 

4.7.                             The authenticated minutes of closed meetings can only be distributed with the consent of the Chairman to other persons than the members of the SB and the invitees to the closed meeting.

 

5.                                     Tasks relating to the General Meeting

 

5.1.                             Members of the SB participate at the General Meeting without the right to vote. (CA Section 34 (3); Articles 6.5, 6.20.)

 

5.2.                             The SB convenes an extraordinary General Meeting if, in its opinion, the activities of the management

 

·                  infringe a statute, the Articles of Association or the resolutions passed by the General Meeting; or

·                  offend the interests of the Company or its shareholders (CA 35 (4); Articles 8.5.)

 

The SB makes a proposal as to the agenda of the extraordinary General Meeting called with the aforementioned purpose.

 

5.3.                             The SB shall examine every important report on the business policy and every submission that is made on matters falling into the exclusive competence of the General Meeting. (CA Section 32 (3), Articles 8.5.) The General Meeting may pass a resolution on the annual report prepared in accordance with the Act on Accounting and the use of the profit after income tax only upon receipt of the written report of the Supervisory Board, whereas the proposal of the Board of Directors on the payment of dividend and the company governance and management report can only be submitted to the GM - simultaneously with the report in accordance with the Act on Accounting — with the prior approval of the SB. (CA Section 35 (3), 220 (3), 312 (3), Articles 8.3).

 

5.4.                             The Board of Directors shall make available to the SB its submissions to the General Meeting at least 2529 days prior to the General Meeting.

 

5.5.                             The SB shall forward its report set forth under Section 5.3. in time to allow the publication of the main data contained in the report within at least fifteen twenty-one (15)(21) days prior to the General Meeting. (CA Section 304 (1); Articles 5.1.)

 

5.6.                             At the General Meeting, the Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the SB - or in case of his absence or prevention the SB member designated by him - verbally presents the report of the SB in full during the discussion of the given agenda item, or, if this is impossible because of the length of the report, he provides a summary of it. (Articles 8.3.)

 



 

6. Tasks related to the management of the Company

 

The Supervisory Board shall review, discuss and evaluate:

 

·                  the quarterly report of the Board of Directors prepared for the SB on the management, the financial status and the business policy of the Company (CA Section 244 (3); Articles 7.4.1 (k);

·                  the annual self-evaluation of the Board of Directors;

·                  matters related to the strategy and business plans of the Company;

·                  remuneration processes employed by the Company;

·                  matters falling into the competence of the Management Committee concerning the most important current issues regarding the operation of the Company.

 

7.                                     Liability of the members of the SB

 

7.1.                             The SB members — According to the provisions of the Civil Code on jointly causing damage - have an unrestricted and joint and several liability towards the Company for damages caused by a breach of their supervisory obligations, including those related to the statement prepared according to the Accounting Act and the related business report as well as their disclosure (CA Section 36. (4); Articles 8.6.).

 

7.2.                             The SB members are obliged to keep in strictest confidence the information obtained by them on the Company’s business (CA Section 36 (3) and 27 (1)) during their membership and at least for five (5) years upon their recall/resign from the said post.

 

8.                                     Conflict of Interest

 

The members of the SB, their close relatives as defined in Section 685. (b) of the Civil Code or any business association in which these persons hold an interest of over 10 percent, may not hold a stake of over 5 percent in, may not be employed by, may not be officials of and may not enter into a contractual agreement with any business association that is a competitor of the Company, except if permitted by law and the General Meeting, with a 3/4 majority, gives exemption from the provisions of this paragraph. (Articles Section 13.)

 

Pursuant to the authorization, set forth in CA Section 25 (1), SB members may be elected to posts or to be Members of Supervisory Boards of such other companies that do similar activity to that of the Company, in which the Company holds at least 25% ownership and/or voting right.

 

Members of the Supervisory Board and their close relatives (Civil Code Section 685 (b)) may on their own behalf and to their benefit conclude agreements with the Company relating to the use of public purpose telecommunications services available to anyone (CA Section 36 (3), 25 (2)). The above rules shall not have an effect on the provisions regarding conflict of interest set forth in the Companies Act and other laws.

 



 

9.                                     Indemnification of SB members

 

9.1.                             Indemnification

 

To the extent permitted by law the Company shall indemnify any present or former member of the Supervisory Board who was or is threatened to be a party to any threatened, pending or concluded civil, criminal or administrative procedure by reason of his above position at the Company for costs (including attorney’s costs) ordered by the court, fines or amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the above proceedings or suits if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, in the case of a criminal proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. (Articles, Section 14.)

 

9.2.                             Advancement of costs

 

The Company may reimburse the costs borne by a member of its Supervisory Board in any civil, criminal or administrative proceeding or action (including reasonable attorney’s fees) to the given person prior to the conclusion of the procedure, if the SB member undertakes to pay back the amount if it is decided that he is not entitled to indemnification by the Company as defined under paragraph 9.1.

 

9.3.                             Insurance

 

The Company has the right to take out and maintain insurance to the benefit of the current and former members of the Supervisory Board in respect of the liability borne by or imputed to them by reason of or in connection with such position, irrespective of whether or not the Company is entitled to indemnify them because of the given liability in accordance with the above 9.1. and 9.2 paragraphs of these Rules of Procedure or the statutes.

 

10.                              Miscellaneous

 

10.1                           The Supervisory Board maintains an orientation program for new members of the Supervisory Board. The orientation program includes comprehensive information about the Company’s business and operations, general information about the Supervisory Board, including a summary of members of the Supervisory Board compensation and benefits and a review of members of the Supervisory Board duties and responsibilities.

 

10.2                           The Supervisory Board maintains a continuing education program for all members of the Supervisory Board. The Supervisory Board recognizes the importance of continuing education for its members and is committed to provide such education in order to improve the performance of the Supervisory Board. It is the responsibility of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board to

 



 

advise the members of the Supervisory Board about their continuing education,  including relevant leading-edge corporate governance issues. The members of the Supervisory Board are encouraged to participate in continuing Supervisory Board member education programs.

 

10.3.                       The SB approves the Internal Audit Work Plan of the Company. A report on internal audit activities must be submitted to the SB meeting on a regular basis.

 

10.4.                       Members of the SB may not be instructed by the members of the Company or his employer with respect to their activities carried out as part of such positions. (CA Section 34 (3)).

 

10.5.                       The senior officials and employees of the Company are obliged, in the course of the supervisory activities of the SB, to supply all information and make the necessary documents and files available to the SB.  If the above persons do not comply with their such obligation the SB shall inform the Board of Directors about such failure without delay.

 

10.6.                       The management of the Company provides the members of the SB the possibility of entering the official premises of the Company to facilitate fulfillment of their tasks.

 

10.7.                       The General Meeting may provide remuneration to the members of the SB.

 

10.8.                       A person elected to be a Supervisory Board member shall, within fifteen (15) days as of acceptance of his new office, inform in writing the business associations where he is already an SB member. (CA Section 36 (3) and 24 (3)). SB members shall notify the SB within fifteen (15) days in the event they are offered a membership in a supervisory board or a board of directors or offered an executive management position at another company and also whether they accepted the position.

 

10.9.                       The employee representative Supervisory Board member shall inform — with the exception of confidential information - the community of employees on the activities of the SB through the Work’s Council. (CA Section 38 (4))

 

11.                              Annual Evaluation of the Supervisory Board

 

The Supervisory Board shall perform an annual comprehensive self-evaluation of its performance.  This self-evaluation should include a review of the Supervisory Board’s contribution as a whole and should specifically review areas in which the Supervisory Board believes a better contribution could be made.  Its purpose is to increase the effectiveness of the Supervisory Board and the evaluation of the individual Supervisory Board members. The Supervisory Board shall meet annually to discuss the results of this critical self-evaluation.

 



 

Final clause

 

This Rules of Procedure was approved by the Annual General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc. with Resolution No. 18/200810 (IV.257.).

 



 

Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

 

Submission and resolution proposals

to the General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

Subject:

Election of Members of the Board of Directors and determination of their remuneration

 

Budapest, April 7, 2010

 

The General Meeting shall elect a new Board of Directors, as the mandate of Magyar Telekom Plc.’s Board of Directors terminates on the day of the AGM, April 7, 2010 in accordance with Sections 7.2. and 7.3. of the Articles of Association.

 

In accordance with the provisions of the Articles of Association the Board of Directors shall comprise minimum of six (6), and a maximum of eleven (11) members. The members of the Board of Directors shall be elected by the General Meeting. The assignment of the members

 



 

of the Board of Directors lasts for a term of three years until May 31 of the third year subsequent to the date of the said General Meeting, provided that if the General Meeting in the third year is held prior to May 31, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The Board of Directors proposes the following persons to be elected by the General Meeting with respect to agenda item no. 11. (Election of Members of the Board of Directors and determination of their remuneration):

 

1.               dr. Ferri Abolhassan

2.               dr. István Földesi

3.               Dietmar Frings

4.               dr. Mihály Gálik

5.               Guido Kerkhoff

6.               Thilo Kusch

7.               Christopher Mattheisen

8.               dr. Klaus Nitschke

9.               Frank Odzuck

10.         dr. Ralph Rentschler

11.         dr. Steffen Roehn

 

Biographies of the candidates:

 

Dr. Ferri Abolhassan (born in 1964) in 1989 joined IBM in California and completed his doctoral work in Research & Development in massive parallel computing. From 1992 to 2000 worked at SAP Retail Solutions as a Sales Director and after as a Managing Director. From 2001 to 2004 he was Co-Chairman and CEO at IDS Scheer AG.  Dr. Ferri Abolhassan at SAP AG was a member of top management, and filled the position of Executive Vice President. In 2008 he joined T-Systems International GmbH, in a position of Member of the Board of Directors T-Systems and Chief Systems Integration.

 

Dr. István Földesi. Dr. Földesi received a degree in economics in 1972 and graduated with a Ph.D. in 1974. He spent twenty years as a diplomat in London, Madrid and Washington D.C. At the end of the 1980s, he served as an advisor to the Prime Minister and participated in round table negotiations resulting in political and economic changes. In 1991, he became an advisor to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”). He has been working as an international business advisor since 1992. From 1994 to 1999, Mr. Földesi was a member of the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom and until 1996 he acted as Chairman of the Board. In 2003, he was reappointed as a member of the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom.

 

Dietmar Frings (born in 1959) degreed in Business and Administration at Federal University for Applied Services in Mainz. From 1982 to 1986 Dietmar Frings worked in managing functions in Regional Office Branches at German Railways (Deutsche Bahn) and from 1986 to 1989 at Federal Ministry of Transport, finally as consultant of the Parliamentary State Secretary. He joined Deutsche Telekom in 1991 as a specialist for Human Resource issues, responsible for HR services, recruitment and organizational change at DT Headquarters. Subsequently, he took on several positions within HR. From 1998 to 2001, he was responsible

 

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for the Labor Relations Management in Germany within the HR Board Member Support Unit. After that, he was the Vice President and Head of the German Employers Association for eight years, at the same time being in charge of International Labor Relations. Dietmar Frings, Vice President and Head of the German Employer Association, has been appointed as Vice President Human Resources Compensation & Benefits and Labor Law, with effect from April 1, 2010. In his new function, he will have the Management responsibility for all international compensation & benefits and labor law issues.

 

Dr. Mihály Gálik. Dr. Gálik is a senior university lecturer with a Ph.D in economics. He spent nearly two decades in the media, working for Hungarian Radio, where he held several positions involving high responsibility, including that of Managing Director. Afterwards, his professional career has been linked to the Budapest University of Economics (currently called Corvinus University of Budapest). For three years, he was a senior lecturer, while in the last twelve years he headed several departments at the university. He is author of some 90 scientific publications including four textbooks. He was also a recipient of the Széchenyi Professor Scholarship (1998-2002). Since January 1, 2008, he has been a Professor and Head of the Media, Marketingcommunication and Telecommunications Department at the Corvinus University of Budapest.

 

Guido Kerkhoff. Mr. Kerkhoff holds a degree in Business Administration from Bielefeld/Saarbrücken, Germany. He started his career in 1995 as a corporate balance sheet and taxation specialist in VEW AG, Dortmund, Germany. In 1996, he moved to Bertelsmann AG, Gütersloh, heading the Group Accounting and Controlling department from 1998. In 2002, he joined Deutsche Telekom’s Finance area at the Headquarters in Bonn. His positions developed over several leading positions to the head of Group Accounting and Controlling. Since March 1, 2009 he has been serving as a member of the Board of Management of Deutsche Telekom AG to manage the subsidiaries in South Eastern Europe.

 

Thilo Kusch. (born in 1965) Mr. Kusch studied communication engineering and business administration at Technische Universität Berlin. From 1989 to 1992, he successfully established and ran his own company selling PCs and PC network to residential and small business customers. From 1992 to 1998, he worked in a leading position in Arthur D. Little’s Telecoms, IT, media and entertainment practice as a management consultant and from 1998 to 2001 he was telecommunications equity analyst with Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein. He joined Deutsche Telekom Group in 2001 as Senior Director in charge of IPO preparations and investor relations for T-Mobile International. Since April 2002 he was a Senior Executive Vice president of Deutsche Telekom, in charge of investor relations. He was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Magyar Telekom in September 2006.

 

Christopher Mattheisen. (born in 1961) Mr. Mattheisen studied economics at Indiana University Bloomington and at Columbia University. He first came to Hungary in 1990 to start a strategic planning and business consulting company. In 1993, in his capacity as a marketing manager of U.S. West International, Mr. Mattheisen helped launch various Hungarian, Polish and Czech mobile service operators. He worked as the marketing and sales director of TMH between 1993 and 1996. Between 1997 and 1999, he ran sales and marketing activities of MediaOne in London and later worked in Britain as a business, sales and marketing director of BT’s Cellnet. In September 2002, Mr. Mattheisen became Chief Officer of Residential Services of Magyar Telekom and in January 2005 Chief Officer of the Wireline Lines of Business (“T-Com”, including Residential Services, Internet and Network divisions). From December 6, 2006, Mr. Mattheisen has been the Chief Executive Officer of Magyar

 

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Telekom, from December 21, 2006 he has been the Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

Dr. Klaus Nitschke was born in Hannover, Germany in 1961. He qualified with a diploma degree at the Cologne University, majoring in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Additionally he achieved a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Boston University and in 1992, a Ph.D degree as „Dr. rer nat.” from the Max-Planck-Institiute in Cologne His career started in 1992 as a Top Management Consultant for „Dicke & Associates Management Consultants” (a McKinsey spin-off company). As one of the shareholders, he participated in 1999 with his partners in the decision to sell the company to Deloitte Consulting, where he continued to work for another year. From 2000 till 2002, he continued his career with Bertelsmann AG as COO of BOL AG (e-commerce book and CD retailer) and as Vice President, responsible for building up a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO). In 2002, Klaus Nitschke joined Deutsche Telekom (DTAG) where he has since had various management positions: He was first assigned as Area Manager for the DTAG central european subsidiaries MT (Hungary), HT (Croatia) and ST (Slovakia). From 2003-2005, as SEVP he lead the Strategy department of DTAG´s fixed line business in Germany. From 2005-2009, he moved as a Managing Director to Berlin, building up a Product & Development unit which was later reintegrated into Deutsche Telekom. Focus of this entity is to this day to develop and run innovative non access internet services.Today, Klaus Nitschke is working in the DTAG General Headquarters. As SVP he is leading the South Eastern European Strategy and in addition, he is acting as Area Manager for the MT Group.

 

Frank Odzuck. (born in 1959) Mr. Odzuck obtained an economist degree in 1983 in Budapest. He was the managing director of the Hungarian operations of Eduscho and Eduscho-Tchibo for 8 years and later the managing director of Nestlé-Schöller Hungary Ltd. Since 2003, he has been the CEO of Zwack Unicum Plc., listed on the Budapest Stock Exchange. The company, producing and marketing a genuine “Hungaricum”, is one of the best-known international companies in Hungary (Underberg, Diageo).

 

Dr. Ralph Rentschler. (born in 1960) After receiving a doctorate degree in economics, Dr. Rentschler worked for four years for Robert Bosch GmbH as an expert advisor on business principles and methods. His areas of responsibility included investment analysis and cost accounting. He was Head of Group Controlling and Planning and Reporting Departments at Carl Zeiss from 1992 to 1997. His areas of responsibility included production and investment controlling, controlling of affiliated companies, M&A and strategic planning. Later he became Commercial Manager of Brand Optics Division at Carl Zeiss, where he managed Accounting, Controlling, Data Processing and Purchasing. Dr. Rentschler joined Deutsche Telekom in 2001 and became CFO of the group wide Fixed Net division With July 2009 Dr. Rentschler has taken over the position as the Financial Director of the new based Board Division Southern and Eastern Europe additionally to his position as the CFO of the fixed net business.

 

Dr. Steffen Roehn. (born in 1964) Dr. Roehn graduated in Physics from the Universities of Kaiserslautern, Karlsruhe and Mainz. In 1991, he achieved a PhD degree at the European research facility CERN (Geneva) and the Imperial College (London). After his graduation, Dr. Roehn acted as consultant for Gemini Consulting, advising the telecommunications and consumer goods industry branches. Subsequently, he was employed as a quality manager by Credit Suisse. In 1996, he moved to the international Diebold Management Consulting, where he became a partner and member of the Board responsible for TIME practice. In January 

 

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2000, he was appointed CEO of the Diebold Group. Dr. Roehn joined Deutsche Telekom in 2000 as IT Director of T-Mobile Deutschland. In 2006 he was appointed Member of the Executive Committee of T-Mobile International. Since May 2009 Dr. Roehn is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Deutsche Telekom Group.

 

Resolution proposal:

 

The General Meeting elects dr. Ferri Abolhassan to the members of the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects dr. István Földesi to the members of the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects Mr. Dietmar Frings to the members of the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting in the third year is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects dr. Mihály Gálik to the members of the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects Mr. Guido Kerkhoff to the members of the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects Mr. Thilo Kusch to the members of the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects Mr. Christopher Mattheisen to the members of the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects dr. Klaus Nitschke to the members of the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects Mr. Frank Odzuck to the members of the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General

 

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Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects dr. Ralph Rentschler to the members of the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects dr. Steffen Roehn to the members of the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting in the third year is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The remuneration of the Board of Directors was last determined in 2007 for Magyar Telekom Plc. The Remuneration Committee makes proposal regarding the remuneration of the Board of Directors for the General Meeting in accordance with Section 2.1. of the Rules of Procedure of the Remuneration Committee.

 

The Remuneration Committee proposes the following resolution proposal to the General Meeting:

 

Resolution proposal:

 

The General Meeting determines the remuneration of the members of the Board Directors as follows:

 

Chairman of the Board Directors:

HUF 546,000 /month

Members of the Board Directors:

HUF 364,000 /month

 

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Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

 

Submission and resolution proposals

to the General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

Subject:

Election of Members of the Supervisory Board and determination of their remuneration

 

Budapest, April 7, 2010

 

The General Meeting shall elect a new Supervisory Board, as the mandate of Magyar Telekom Plc.’s Supervisory Board members terminates on the day of the AGM, April 7, 2010 in accordance with Sections 8.2.1. and 8.2.5. of the Articles of Association.

 

The Supervisory Board shall comprise of 3-15 members. The members shall be elected by the General Meeting. The assignment of the members of the Supervisory Board lasts for a term of three years until May, 31 of the third year subsequent to the date of the said General Meeting provided, that if the General Meeting in the third year is held prior to May 31 then their

 



 

assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting. The majority of members of the Supervisory Board must be independent. A Supervisory Board member is independent if he they have no other legal relationship with the Company than their Supervisory Board membership.

 

The employees’ representatives in the Supervisory Board are appointed for election by the Central Workers’ Council after consultation with the trade unions.

 

The Board of Directors proposes the following persons to be elected by the General Meeting with respect to agenda item no. 12. (Election of Members of the Supervisory Board and determination of their remuneration):

 

1.               dr. János Bitó (independent)

2.               Attila Bujdosó (employees’ representative, upon Central Workers’ Council appointment)

3.               dr. János Illéssy (independent)

4.               dr. Sándor Kerekes (independent)

5.               Konrad Kreuzer (independent)

6.               Tamás Lichnovszky (employees’ representative, upon Central Workers’ Council appointment)

7.               Martin Meffert

8.               dr. László Pap (independent)

9.               dr. Károly Salamon (independent)

10.         Mrs. Zsoltné Varga (employees’ representative, upon Central Workers’ Council appointment)

11.         György Varju (employees’ representative, upon Central Workers’ Council appointment)

 

Biographies of the candidates:

 

Dr. János Bitó (born in 1936) graduated from the faculty of natural sciences at József Attila University of Sciences (Szeged) in 1958, then got a Dr. Rer. Nat. in 1960. In 1967 he gained a PhD, and in 1971 a D. Sc. in technical sciences. He taught in many universities. Between 1971 and 2002 he worked as a technical, research and development director, managing director or chief officer at a number of companies and institutions, and as  senior advisor to the minister in a ministry. He accomplished considerable achievements in robotics, and between 1965 and 2005 in the foundation and introduction of scientific researches and developments in Hungary. He is a member of a number of scientific organizations, he is the member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Committee on Information Science and of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Committee on Automation and Computer Science. He was a member of the board of directors or the supervisory board, or the chairman of the supervisory board, at many companies. At present he is the chairman of the Thesis and Final Examination Board at Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Information Technology Faculty. A lot of publications are connected to his name (articles, university notes, books), he is the owner of many prizes and awards.

 

Attila Bujdosó (born in 1967), holds the highest education: degree in electrical engineering obtained from, BMF Kandó Kálmán Faculty of Electrical Engineering. He has been working at Magyar Telekom — and its legal predecessors — since 1985. Until 1998 he worked as an exchange maintenance technician, then as a technical coordinator, and an administrative

 

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operator. He has been a member of the trade union since 1985. From 2005 until 2007 he was a member of the Workers’ Council and since July 1, 2008 he has been president of the Telecommunications Trade Union.

 

Dr. János Illéssy (born in 1962) is an electric engineer (BME) with an MBA and PhD from the University of Pittsburgh, USA. He spent over 15 years with Pannonplast, a plastics producer listed on the Budapest Stock Exchange, in consultant, controller, Chief Financial Officer and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer positions. Between 2001 and 2003 he worked as CFO of the Hungarian subsidiary bank of BNP Paribas. Between 2004 and 2007 he was the Chief Financial Officer and member of the Board of Directors of Borsodchem. Currently he is the managing director of Lebona Ltd, and teaching Financial Economics at the Institute of International Business Relations and the Business School of Central European University, as adjunct professor.

 

Dr. Sándor Kerekes (born in 1948) holds an MSc in chemistry and economics. He got a PhD Degree in Economics in 1984 and a Doctor of Sciences (top degree awarded by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) in 2003. In 1994 he participated in the Advanced Management Program of Harvard Business School. For 15 years, he was the member or the Chairman of the Board of Directors or Supervisory Boards of various Hungarian mid-size companies. Since 1986, he served as the Head of Department and later as the director of Corvinus University and its legal predecessors. Between 1994-97 and 2002-2006 for 8 years he served as the Dean of Business Administration Faculty of the Corvinus University of Budapest. He is the Director of the Institute of Environmental Sciences of Corvinus University. From 2008 he is the vice rector of academic affairs of CUB. He is the member of the editorial boards of various papers, among them the Economy and Society and the Vezetéstudomány (‘science of management’) and the author of many books and articles.

 

Konrad Kreuzer (born in 1948) is a lawyer with a degree in Business Administration. After serving in various positions at the Universities of Munich and Konstanz and in the Ministry of Domestic Affairs of the State of Bavaria he joined Bayernwerke utilities as a Head of the Department ´Law and Property´. Since 1997 he has been serving E.ON in Hungary as the Chairman of the Board of Directors. His current responsibilities are Legal Affairs, Gas Business and International Affairs. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Západoslovenska energetika, Slovakia.

 

Tamás Lichnovszky (born in 1962), took a degree in communications engineering in 1984 and in engineering management in 2002 in Budapest. He has been working at Magyar Telekom and its legal predecessor in technical and customer service areas since 1990. He has been an elected member of the Workers’ Council since 1998 and is a member of the Central Workers’ Council.

 

Martin Meffert (born in 1960) Holds a degree in telecommunications engineering of the university of applied science in Koblenz, Germany and a degree in economics from the business and administration academy in Koblenz. He started his career in 1985 as a telecommunications network planner and later satellite services specialist in the regional directorate of Deutsche Bundespost in Koblenz. Between 1990 and 1998 he served in the Ministry of Telecommunications in Bonn in the departments for satellite systems and international network projects. From 1999 on he joined the fixed line business of Deutsche Telekom taking care of cooperations and alliance management. Since 2003 he is country manager for Hungary in the head office of T-Home.

 

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Dr. László Pap (born in 1943) graduated from the Technical University of Budapest as a Telecommunications major. He earned his Ph.D. in 1980 and Doctor of Sciences (top degree awarded by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) in 1992. He is a full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He has been a professor of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics since 1992. He was the Head of the Department of Telecommunications at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics from 1992 to 2008, between 2001 and 2004 he was strategic vice rector of the University. He has obtained numerous patents for his inventions. He is Honorary President of the Scientific Society of Telecommunications, a member of the Telecommunications Systems Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, a member of the editorial board of the periodical World of Nature and Wireless Networks, an expert of the Hungarian Space Research Governmental Committee, and the president of the Scientific Committee of Space Research.

 

Dr. Károly Salamon (born in 1954) graduated in 1977 at the Kandó Kálmán College as a bachelor of science of Electrical Engineering, and in 1983 at Eötvös Lóránd University of Sciences as a master of science of Mathematics. He participated at an MBA training at the University of Pittsburgh (USA) in 1991, then he got a PhD at the University of Economics in 1993. Between 1977 and 1995 he worked as a design engineer, then as a development engineer and later as a project leader, and a partner, at different companies. Between 1995 and 2006, he was the chief financial officer, then from 2006 to 2008 the chairman-chief executive officer of Allianz Hungária Biztosító Zrt. At present he is the general director of MIS Ltd. Between 2003 and 2008 he was a member or the chairman of the Board of Directors, or a member of the supervisory board of a number of banks. Since 2006 he is a member of the Board of Directors of the Hungarian Mortgage Bank, and from 2007 a member of the Board of the German - Hungarian Chamber of Commerce.

 

Mrs. Zsoltné Varga (born in 1969) graduated from KTMF (College of Transport and Telecommunications) at Győr in 1991. She has been working for Magyar Telekom (and its legal predecessor) since 1991. From 1991 till 1996, she was employed as an engineer in the technical area; later she was the Head of a T-Pont shop; at present, she works as a quality manager. In 1998, she became an elected member of the Workers’ Council; she is a member of the Central Workers’ Council. Since 2004 she is a member, from 2009 deputy chairwoman of DT’s European Workers’ Council.

 

György Varju (born in 1946) has been working for Magyar Telekom and its legal predecessor since 1977. Until 1998 he acted as an on-site construction manager. In 1993 he was elected to the Workers’ Council; at present he is the Chairman of the Central Workers’ Council.

 

Resolution proposals:

 

The General Meeting elects dr. János Bitó to the members of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects Mr. Attila Bujdosó to the members of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting

 

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is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects dr. János Illéssy to the members of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting in the third year is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects dr. Sándor Kerekes to the members of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects Mr. Konrad Kreuzer to the members of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects Mr. Tamás Lichnovszky to the members of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects Mr. Martin Meffert to the members of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects dr. László Pap to the members of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects dr. Károly Salamon to the members of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects Mrs. Zsoltné Varga to the members of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects Mr. György Varju to the members of the Supervisory Board of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

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The remuneration of the Supervisory Board was last determined in 2007 for Magyar Telekom Plc. Proposal shall be made by the Board of Directors to the General Meeting regarding the remuneration of the Supervisory Board.

 

Resolution proposal:

 

The General Meeting determines the remuneration of the members of the Supervisory Board as follows:

 

 

Chairman of the Supervisory Board:

HUF 448,000 /month

 

Members of the Supervisory Board:

HUF 294,000 /month

 

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Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

 

Submission and resolution proposals

to the General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

Subject:

Election of Members of the Audit Committee and determination of their remuneration

 

Budapest, April 7, 2010

 

The General Meeting shall elect a new Audit Committee, as the mandate of Magyar Telekom Plc.’s Audit Committee members terminates on the day of the AGM, April 7, 2010 in accordance with Sections 8.2.1. and 8.7.1. of the Articles of Association.

 

In accordance with the provisions of the Articles of Association the General Meeting elects a 3-5 member Audit Committee from the independent members of the Supervisory Board (SB) for the same period as the membership of the relevant members in the SB.

 



 

The Board of Directors proposes the following persons to be elected by the General Meeting with respect to agenda item no. 13. (Election of Members of the Audit Committee and determination of their remuneration):

 

1.               dr. János Bitó

2.               dr. János Illéssy

3.               dr. Sándor Kerekes

4.               dr. László Pap

5.               dr. Károly Salamon

 

Biographies of the candidates:

 

Dr. János Bitó (born in 1936) graduated from the faculty of natural sciences at József Attila University of Sciences (Szeged) in 1958, then got a Dr. Rer. Nat. in 1960. In 1967 he gained a PhD, and in 1971 a D. Sc. in technical sciences. He taught in many universities. Between 1971 and 2002 he worked as a technical, research and development director, managing director or chief officer at a number of companies and institutions, and as senior advisor to the minister in a ministry. He accomplished considerable achievements in robotics, and between 1965 and 2005 in the foundation and introduction of scientific researches and developments in Hungary. He is a member of a number of scientific organizations, he is the member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Committee on Information Science and of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Committee on Automation and Computer Science. He was a member of the board of directors or the supervisory board, or the chairman of the supervisory board, at many companies. At present he is the chairman of the Thesis and Final Examination Board at Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Information Technology Faculty. A lot of publications are connected to his name (articles, university notes, books), he is the owner of many prizes and awards.

 

Dr. János Illéssy (born in 1962) is an electric engineer (BME) with an MBA and PhD from the University of Pittsburgh, USA. He spent over a 15 years with Pannonplast, a plastics producer listed on the Budapest Stock Exchange, in consultant, controller, Chief Financial Officer and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer positions. Between 2001 and 2003 he worked as CFO of the Hungarian subsidiary bank of BNP Paribas. Between 2004 and 2007 he was the Chief Financial Officer and member of the Board of Directors of Borsodchem. Currently he is managing director of Lebona ltd, and teaching Financial Economics at the Institute of International Business Relations and the Business School of Central European University, as adjunct professor.

 

Dr. Sándor Kerekes (born in 1948) holds an MSc in chemistry and economics. He got a PhD Degree in Economics in 1984 and a Doctor of Sciences (top degree awarded by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) in 2003. In 1994 he participated in the Advanced Management Program of Harvard Business School. For 15 years, he was the member or the Chairman of the Board of Directors or Supervisory Boards of various Hungarian mid-size companies. Since 1986, he served as the Head of Department and later as the director of Corvinus University and its legal predecessors. Between 1994-97 and 2002-2006 for 8 years he served as the Dean of Business Administration Faculty of the Corvinus University of Budapest. He is the Director of the Institute of Environmental Sciences of Corvinus University. From 2008 he

 

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is the vice rector of academic affairs of CUB. He is the member of the editorial boards of various papers, among them the Economy and Society and the Vezetéstudomány (‘science of management’) and the author of many books and articles.

 

Dr. László Pap (born in 1943) graduated from the Technical University of Budapest as a Telecommunications major. He earned his Ph.D. in 1980 and Doctor of Sciences (top degree awarded by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) in 1992. He is a full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He has been a professor of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics since 1992. He was the Head of the Department of Telecommunications at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics from 1992 to 2008, between 2001 and 2004 he was strategic vice rector of the University. He has obtained numerous patents for his inventions. He is Honorary President of the Scientific Society of Telecommunications, a member of the Telecommunications Systems Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, a member of the editorial board of the periodical World of Nature and Wireless Networks, an expert of the Hungarian Space Research Governmental Committee, and the president of the Scientific Committee of Space Research.

 

Dr. Károly Salamon (born in 1954) graduated in 1977 at the Kandó Kálmán College as a bachelor of science of Electrical Engineering, and in 1983 at Eötvös Lóránd University of Sciences as a master of science of Mathematics. He participated at an MBA training at the University of Pittsburgh (USA) in 1991, then he got a PhD at the University of Economics in 1993. Between 1977 and 1995 he worked as a design engineer, then as a development engineer and later as a project leader, and a partner, at different companies. Between 1995 and 2006, he was the chief financial officer, then from 2006 to 2008 the chairman-chief executive officer of Allianz Hungária Biztosító Zrt. At present he is the general director of MIS Ltd. Between 2003 and 2008 he was a member or the chairman of the Board of Directors, or a member of the supervisory board of a number of banks. Since 2006 he is a member of the Board of Directors of the Hungarian Mortgage Bank, and from 2007 a member of the Board of the German - Hungarian Chamber of Commerce.

 

Resolution proposals:

 

The General Meeting elects dr. János Bitó to the members of the Audit Committee of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects dr. János Illéssy to the members of the Audit Committee of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects dr. Sándor Kerekes to the members of the Audit Committee of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects dr. László Pap to the members of the Audit Committee of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held

 

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prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The General Meeting elects dr. Károly Salamon to the members of the Audit Committee of Magyar Telekom Plc. until May 31, 2013, provided that if the General Meeting is held prior to May 31 of the year in which such mandate expires, then their assignment lasts until the date of the General Meeting.

 

The remuneration of the Audit Committee was last determined in 2007 for Magyar Telekom Plc. Proposal shall be made by the Board of Directors to the General Meeting regarding the remuneration of the Audit Committee.

 

Resolution proposal:

 

The General Meeting determines the remuneration of the members of the Audit Committee as follows:

 

 

Chairman of the Audit Committee:

HUF 440,000 /month

 

Members of the Audit Committee:

HUF 220,000 /month

 

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Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

 

Submission and resolution proposal

to the General Meeting of Magyar Telekom Plc.

 

Subject:

Election of the Company’s Auditor and determination of its remuneration. Designation of the Auditor who will be personally responsible for the audit of the Company and designation of the deputy auditor.

 

Budapest, April 7, 2010

 



 

Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company

Audit Committee

 

Proposal of the Audit Committee of Magyar Telekom Plc.

for the General Meeting of the Company

in relation to the election and determination of the remuneration of the auditor of the
Company,
and the designation of the auditor who will be personally responsible for the audit
of the Company and designation of the deputy auditor

 

The Audit Committee, having reviewed and evaluated the performance, qualifications, internal quality-control system and independence of the independent external auditor of Magyar Telekom Plc. (the “Company”), submits the following resolution proposal to the General Meeting in relation to the election and determination of the remuneration of the independent external auditor of the Company, and the designation of the natural person auditor personally responsible for carrying out the audit and the deputy auditor:

 

“The General Meeting elects as auditor of Magyar Telekom Plc. (the “Company”)

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd. (1077 Budapest, Wesselényi u. 16; company registration number: 01-09-063022; registration number: 001464)

 

personally Márta Hegedűsné Szűcs as registered auditor

Chamber membership number: 006838

Address: 2071 Páty, Várhegyi u. 6.

Mother’s maiden name: Julianna Hliva

 

to perform audit services for the year 2010, i.e. for the period ending May 31st 2011 or if the Annual General Meeting closing the 2010 fiscal year will be held prior to May 31st 2011 then on the date thereof.

 

In the event that Márta Hegedűsné Szűcs is incapacitated, the General Meeting elects Nikoletta Róka (chamber membership number: 005608, mother’s maiden name: Györgyi Soós, address: 1163 Budapest, Gutenberg u. 17.) to act as responsible auditor.

 

The General Meeting approves HUF 89,700,000 + VAT + max 5% related costs + VAT (excluding the audit of internal controls as required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), be the Auditor’s annual compensation, covering the audit of the annual financial statements of the Company prepared in accordance with the Hungarian Accounting Act and also the audit of the annual consolidated financial statements of the Magyar Telekom Group prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).”

 

Budapest, March 5, 2010

 

In representation of the Audit Committee of Magyar Telekom Plc.:

 

Dr. János Illéssy

Chairman of the Audit Committee

 



 

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 Plc.

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

By:

 

Szabolcs Czenthe

 

Director

 

Capital Markets and Acquisitions

 

 

Date: March 18, 2010