Report of Foreign Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 (6-k)
June 22 2022 - 12:15PM
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 22, 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
Announces 2022 AGM Results
June 22,
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 the decisions reached at the Company’s
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “AGM”) held in absentia on June 22, 2022.
At the meeting, the
following resolutions were adopted:
| ● | To
approve final annual dividends of RUB 33.85 per ordinary MTS share, or in total RUB 66.33
bn (RUB 66 334 910 976,95), based on the Company’s full-year 2021 financial results
with a record date of July 12, 2022 and payout to be completed on or before August 16,
2022; |
| ● | To
approve the Company’s Annual Report and Annual Financial Statements, including Profit &
Loss Statement; |
| ● | To
elect to the MTS Board of 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 MTS Charter as revised. |
Biography of a new Board Member
Paul Berriman is an Independent Director
of telecommunications operator Spark New Zealand, as well as an Independent Director and Chairman of the Technical Committee of Rain
Network Holdings (Pty) South Africa. In addition, he serves as a Director of Contactica Ltd. and is an advisor to IX Acquisitions Corp.
and a member of the IT Management Subcommittee of the Hong Kong Management Association. In 2003-2021, he worked as Chief Technical Director
of PCCW and HKT.
Mr. Berriman graduated from the
University of Salford in 1979 with a Bachelor of Electroacoustics and also holds an MBA from the University of Hong Kong.
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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 22, 2022 |
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