France Telecom and Orascom Telecom submit the main terms of their agreements on Mobinil and ECMS to the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority

Paris, Following the announcement made on 14 April 2010, France Telecom and Orascom Telecom submitted today to the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority the main terms of the agreements on Mobinil and ECMS signed between them.
The content of this submission can be found below. The parties are still finalising certain technical elements.

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submission
1. Maintaining the partnership between France Telecom group and Orascom Telecom group, and subject to paragraph 4 below, neither Party shall transfer to the other Party any shares in MobiNil for Telecommunications (unlisted) or the Egyptian Company for Mobile Services (listed). The Parties further agreed that Orascom Telecom Holding shall not own or hold, directly or indirectly and/or whether acting in concert, an equity stake in the Egyptian Company for Mobile Services (listed) of more than 20% of the share capital of the latter;
2. Amending and restating the existing shareholders’ agreement between the Parties relating to MobiNil for Telecommunications (unlisted) with a view, in particular, to regulating the governance of MobiNil for Telecommunications and its subsidiaries (the amended and restated shareholders’ agreement to cancel and supersede the existing shareholders’ agreement). France Telecom will fully consolidate the results of MobiNil for Telecommunications and its subsidiaries in its consolidated financial statements and Orascom Telecom Holding will consolidate its participation through the equity method;
3. Granting Orascom Telecom Holding certain rights in the amended and restated shareholders’ agreement with respect to the approval of material decisions and operational matters;
4. Granting Orascom Telecom Holding in the amended and restated shareholders’ agreement the option to put its shares in MobiNil for Telecommunications (unlisted) together with its shares in the Egyptian Company for Mobile Services (listed) to the France Telecom Group (i) during the period from September 15 through November 15, 2012, and (ii) during the period from September 15 through November 15, 2013, as well as (iii) at anytime until November 15, 2013 in a limited number of deadlock situations on some material decisions, and subject to certain conditions. In the event of the exercise of the put option, the price per the Egyptian Company for Mobile Services (listed) share (“ECMS P”) which has been agreed between the Parties will increase over time from EGP 221.7 as of closing up to EGP 248.5 as of end 2013, to be converted in EUR at a fixed EUR/EGP exchange rate of 7.53. The price per MobiNil for Telecommunications (unlisted) share will be computed as ECMS P multiplied by the total number of ECMS shares held by MobiNil for Telecommunications (unlisted) in the Egyptian Company for Mobile Services (listed) and divided by the total number of MobiNil for Telecommunications (unlisted) shares;
5. The continuation of the Parties in rendering technical support and management services to the Egyptian Company for Mobile Services (listed) according to the two existing management agreements with the Parties, which were ratified to the General Assembly of the Company, and whereby each Party receives a fee equal to 0.75% of the total revenues of the Company (excluding equipment sales and sales taxes);
6. The agreement in principle of the Parties on the acquisition by the Egyptian Company for Mobile Services of Link Dot Net S.A.E and Link Egypt S.A.E, a leading Egyptian ISP, for total consideration calculated on the basis of an aggregate enterprise value of USD 130,000,000, subject to obtaining the approval of the competent corporate bodies (general assemblies and/or boards of directors) and completing the necessary procedures in accordance with applicable laws and regulations; and
7. In consideration for the settlement of all disputes between the Parties, whether in Egypt or abroad, as well as the undertakings and obligations of Orascom Telecom Holding under the Agreements, the termination of the existing shareholders’ agreement, the execution of the amended and restated shareholders’ agreement, and the full consolidation by France Telecom of the results of MobiNil for Telecommunications and its subsidiaries, the France Telecom Group will pay to the Orascom Telecom Group a global settlement fee of USD 300,000,000. Such fee shall be payable upon the entry into force of the amended and restated shareholders’ agreement and the settlement agreement.