Report of Foreign Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 (6-k)
30 June 2022 - 2:09AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report
of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of June 29, 2022
Commission File Number: 001-15094
Mobile TeleSystems Public Joint Stock Company
(Translation of registrant’s name
into English)
4, Marksistskaya Street
Moscow 109147
Russian Federation
(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 ¨
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form
6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ¨
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form
6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ¨
Press Release
MTS Successfully Passes Compliance
Management Surveillance Audit Under ISO
June 29,
2022
MOSCOW,
Russia – Mobile TeleSystems Public Joint Stock Company (“MTS” or “the Company”) (NYSE: MBT; MOEX: MTSS),
Russia’s largest mobile operator and a leading provider of media and digital services, announces that it has reached a major compliance
milestone by successfully passing a surveillance audit as International Compliance Association Risk Management (ICA Risk Management) verified
the effectiveness of MTS compliance management system.
The
auditors recognized that MTS operates in line with international standards on compliance management. As a result of this recognition,
MTS has successfully transferred to a standard “Compliance Management Systems” (ISO 37301:2021, formerly ISO 19600:2014) and
has confirmed its compliance with international standards concerning anti-bribery management systems (ISO 37001:2016).
In
January 2021, MTS started a new three-year recertification audit cycle after receiving its first ICA Risk Management compliance certification
in 2018. The January 2022 Surveillance Audit confirmed that MTS implemented all the recommendations given by the auditors in 2021.
This further reconfirms MTS’s aspiration and long-term commitment to following international expertise and best practice to reinforce
transparency and integrity across the full spectrum of the Company’s activities.
Looking
ahead, the Company remains committed to developing and improving its Unified Compliance System as a part of its compliance strategy, and
to enhancing its sustainability and efficiency in a changing environment.
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For further information, please contact in Moscow:
Investor Relations Department
Mobile TeleSystems Public Joint Stock Company
Tel: +7 495 223 2025
E-mail: ir@mts.ru
Learn more about MTS. Visit the official blog of the Investor Relations
Department at
https://ir.mts.ru/news_and_events/technology_news
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Mobile TeleSystems Public Joint
Stock Company (“MTS” – NYSE: MBT; MOEX: MTSS) is Russia’s largest mobile operator and a leading provider of network-native
digital services. The company offers a full range of solutions for consumers and business customers across wireless and wireline connectivity;
over-the-top, linear, and satellite television; digital-first banking and financial services; as well as unified communications, cloud
computing and IoT. There are more than 88 million mobile subscribers using MTS services across the company’s operations in Russia,
Armenia, and Belarus, including around 80 million subscribers in Russia alone. In addition, MTS has a nationwide network of more than
5,600 owned and franchised retail outlets in Russia, and provides nearly 10 million households with broadband, TV, and/or fixed-line telephone
connectivity. MTS is majority-owned by Sistema PJSFC, a publicly-traded Russian investment company. MTS’s depositary receipts are
listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker MBT and its shares on the Moscow Exchange under the ticker MTSS. For more information,
please visit the company’s Investor Relations website at ir.mts.ru.
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Some of the information in this
press release may contain projections or other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance
of MTS, as defined in the safe harbour provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can identify forward
looking statements by terms such as “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,”
“will,” “could,” “may” or “might,” and the negative of such terms or other similar expressions.
We wish to caution you that these statements are only predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially. We do not undertake
or intend to update these statements to reflect events and circumstances occurring after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence
of unanticipated events. We refer you to the documents MTS files from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically
the Company’s most recent Form 20-F. These documents contain and identify important factors, including those contained in the
section captioned “Risk Factors” that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contained in our projections
or forward-looking statements, including, among others, the severity and duration of current economic and financial conditions, including
the ongoing geopolitical situation relating to the conflict in Ukraine, the expansion of sanctions imposed on the Russian Federation by
the United States, European Union and United Kingdom, volatility in interest and exchange rates (including the decline in the value of
the Russian ruble against the U.S. dollar and the euro), commodity and equity prices and the value of financial assets; the impact of
Russian, U.S. and other foreign government programs to restore liquidity and stimulate national and global economies, our ability to maintain
our current credit rating and the impact on our funding costs and competitive position if we do not do so, strategic actions, including
acquisitions and dispositions and our success in integrating acquired businesses, potential fluctuations in quarterly results, our competitive
environment, dependence on new service development and tariff structures, rapid technological and market change, acquisition strategy,
risks associated with telecommunications infrastructure, governmental regulation of the telecommunications industries and other risks
associated with operating in Russia and the CIS, volatility of stock price, financial risk management and future growth subject to risks.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.
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MOBILE TELESYSTEMS PUBLIC JOINT STOCK COMPANY |
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By: |
/s/ Vyacheslav Nikolaev |
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Name: |
Vyacheslav Nikolaev |
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Title: |
CEO |
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Date:
June 29, 2022 |
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