Report of Foreign Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 (6-k)
21 June 2023 - 1:47AM
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, 2023
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
Announces 2023 AGM Results
June
20, 2023
MOSCOW,
Russia – Mobile TeleSystems Public Joint Stock Company (“MTS” or “the Company”) (MOEX: MTSS), a digital
ecosystem, leading provider of digital and media services and Russia’s largest mobile operator, announces the decisions reached
at the Company’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “AGM”) held in absentia on June 18, 2023.
At
the meeting, the following resolutions were adopted:
· To
approve final annual dividends of RUB 34.29 per ordinary MTS share, or in total RUB 67.2 bn (RUB 67 198 691 575,17), based on the Company’s
full-year 2022 financial results with a record date of June 29, 2023;
| · | To approve the Company’s
Annual Report and Annual Financial Statements, including Profit & Loss Statement; |
| · | To elect the composition
of the MTS Board of Directors consisting of nine members, with vast majority of independent directors; |
| · | To elect the members of
the Company’s Auditing Commission; |
| · | To approve Business Solutions
and Technologies JSC as MTS’s auditor; and |
· To
approve the Regulations on the Board of Directors as amended, and Regulations on Remunerations & Compensations Payable to Members
of the Board of Directors as amended.
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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
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Mobile TeleSystems Public Joint Stock
Company (“MTS” – MOEX: MTSS) is Russia’s ecosystem providing network-native digital services and largest
mobile operator. 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 5,000 owned and franchised retail outlets in Russia, and provides nearly 10 million
clients with broadband, TV, and/or fixed-line telephone connectivity, over 11 million users – with OTT and pay TV services.
The number of ecosystem clients exceeds 13,5 million. MTS’s shares are listed 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 fluctuations of 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 20, 2023 |
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