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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment
No. 3)*
TURKCELL ILETISIM HIZMETLERI A.S.
Ordinary Shares, nominal value TRY 1.000 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
900111204
Franz Wolf
Suite 2, 4 Irish Place
Gibraltar
+350 41977
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
Receive Notices and Communications)
January 28, 2008
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the
acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of
§§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. o
Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of
the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are
to be sent.
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting persons initial
filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent
amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover
page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be
filed for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Act) or
otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all
other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not
required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.
SEC 1746 (3-06)
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NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS.
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only).
Alfa Telecom Turkey Limited |
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British Virgin Islands
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SOLE VOTING POWER |
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) |
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SCHEDULE 13D
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NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS.
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only).
Alfa Finance Holdings S.A. |
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Luxembourg
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SCHEDULE 13D
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NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS.
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only).
OOO ALTIMO |
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Russian Federation
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SCHEDULE 13D
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NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS.
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only).
Altimo Holdings & Investments Limited |
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British Virgin Islands
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NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS.
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only).
CTF Holdings Limited |
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NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS.
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only).
Crown Finance Foundation |
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SCHEDULE 13D
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Introductory Statement.
This Amendment No. 3 on Schedule 13D (this Amendment) supplementally amends the initial statement
on Schedule 13D, filed December 5, 2005, by Cukurova Telecom Holdings Limited, Alfa Telecom Turkey
Limited, Alfa Finance Holdings S.A., CTF Holdings Limited, and Crown Finance Foundation, as amended
by Amendment No. 1 on Schedule 13D, filed August 15, 2006, by Cukurova Telecom Holdings Limited,
Alfa Telecom Turkey Limited, Alfa Finance Holdings S.A., OOO Altimo, Altimo Holdings & Investment
Limited, CTF Holdings Limited, and Crown Finance Foundation, and Amendment No. 2 on Schedule 13D,
filed December 3, 2007, by Alfa Telecom Turkey Limited, Alfa Finance Holdings S.A., OOO Altimo,
Altimo Holdings & Investment Limited, CTF Holdings Limited, and Crown Finance Foundation (as
amended, the Existing Statement and together with this Amendment, the Statement). Except as
provided herein, this Amendment does not modify any of the information previously reported in the
Existing Statement. Capitalized terms not defined in this Amendment have the meanings given them
in the Existing Statement.
Item 1. Security and Issuer.
This Statement on Schedule 13D relates to ordinary shares, TRY 1.000 nominal value per share (the
Shares), of Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. (the Issuer). The address of the principal
executive office of the Issuer is Turkcell Plaza, Mesrutiyet Caddesi No 71, 34430, Tepebasi,
Istanbul, Turkey.
Item 2. Identity and Background
This Amendment is filed on behalf of each of the following persons (collectively, the Reporting
Persons):
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Altimo Holdings & Investments Limited; |
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The agreement between the Reporting Persons relating to the joint filing of this Amendment is
provided at Exhibit A hereto.
The Reporting Persons
Alfa Telecom Turkey Limited (Alfa Telecom Turkey) is a British Virgin Islands company, with its
principal address at Geneva Place, Waterfront Drive, P.O. Box 3469, Road Town, Tortola, British
Virgin Islands. The principal business of Alfa Telecom Turkey is to function as a holding company.
Alfa Telecom Turkey is the holder of 49% of the total outstanding shares in Cukurova Telecom
Holdings Limited (Cukurova Telecom Holdings), a British Virgin Islands Company, which in turn is
the holder of 52.91% of the total outstanding shares in Turkcell Holding A.S. (Turkcell Holding),
a Turkish company, and, as a result of which, and as a result of the terms of the Shareholders
Agreement (as defined, and as further
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described, in Items 5 and 6 of the Existing Statement), Alfa Telecom Turkey may be deemed to be a
beneficial owner of the Shares held by Turkcell Holding. Current information concerning the
identity and background of the directors and officers of Alfa Telecom Turkey is set forth in Annex
A hereto, which is incorporated by reference in response to this Item 2.
Alfa Finance Holdings S.A. (Alfa Finance) is a Luxembourg limited liability company with its
principal address at 3, Bld du Prince Henri, Luxembourg, L-1724. The principal business of Alfa
Finance is to function as a holding company. Alfa Finance is the holder of 50% of the shares of
Alfa Telecom Turkey, and as a result of which, and as a result of the terms of the ATTL
Shareholders Agreement (as defined, and as further described, in Item 6 of this Amendment), may be
deemed to be the beneficial owner of the Shares held by Turkcell Holding. Current information
concerning the identity and background of the directors and officers of Alfa Finance is set forth
in Annex A hereto, which is incorporated by reference in response to this Item 2.
OOO ALTIMO (Altimo Russia) is a Russian company with its principal address at 21 Noviy Arbat
Street, GSP-2, Moscow, Russia 119992. The principal business of Altimo Russia is to manage telecom
related investments of certain of its related companies. Altimo Russia has entered into the
Management Agreement (as defined, and further described, in Item 6 of the Existing Statement) and
as such may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the Shares held by Turkcell Holding. Current
information concerning the identity and background of the directors and officers of Altimo Russia
is set forth in Annex A hereto, which is incorporated by reference in response to this Item 2.
Altimo Holdings & Investments Limited (Altimo Holdings) is a British Virgin Islands company with
its principal address at Trident Chambers, P.O. Box 659, Road Town, Tortola, British
Virgin Islands. The principal business of Altimo Holdings is to act as a holding company. Altimo
Holdings is the sole shareholder of Altimo Russia, and in such capacity, by virtue of the
Management Agreement, may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the Shares held by Turkcell
Holding. Current information regarding the identity and background of the directors and officers
of Altimo Holdings is set forth in Annex A hereto, which is incorporated by reference in response
to this Item 2.
CTF Holdings Limited (CTF Holdings) is a Gibraltar limited liability company with its principal
address at Suite 2, 4 Irish Place, Gibraltar. The principal business of CTF Holdings is to
function as a holding company. CTF Holdings is the majority owner of Cotesmore Holdings Limited, a
Bahamas corporation (Cotesmore), Laketown Services Limited, an Isle of Man corporation
(Laketown), and Bardsley Investment Corp., a British Virgin Islands corporation (Bardsley and,
together with Cotesmore and Laketown, the Holding Companies). Collectively, the Holding
Companies own a majority of the shares of Alfa Finance and Altimo Holdings. As a consequence of
its ownership interests in the Holding Companies, CTF Holdings may be deemed to have the power to
direct the voting of a majority of the shares of Alfa Finance and Altimo Holdings and may therefore
be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the Shares held by Turkcell Holding. Current information
concerning the identity and background of the directors and officers of CTF Holdings is set forth
in Annex A hereto, which is incorporated by reference in response to this Item 2.
Crown Finance Foundation (Crown Finance) is a Liechtenstein foundation with its principal address
at Am Schragen Weg 14, P.O. Box 1618, FL-9490, Vaduz, Liechtenstein. The principal business of
Crown Finance is investment and management of the assets and capital of the foundation. Crown
Finance is the sole shareholder of CTF Holdings and, in
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such capacity, may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the Shares held by Turkcell Holding.
Current information concerning the identity and background of the directors and officers of Crown
Finance is set forth in Annex A hereto, which is incorporated by reference in response to this Item
2.
The Supervisory Board coordinates the strategic development of a group of related entities, often
referred to as the Alfa Group Consortium, which group includes the Reporting Persons. In certain
instances, the Supervisory Board issues recommendations regarding strategic business decisions to
the entities that are members of the Alfa Group Consortium. Current information regarding the
identity and background of the members of the Supervisory Board is set forth in Annex A hereto,
which is incorporated by reference in response to this Item 2.
During the past five years, none of the Reporting Persons and, to the best of the Reporting
Persons knowledge, no other person identified in response to this Item 2 has been (a) convicted in
a criminal proceeding or (b) a party to any civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body
of competent jurisdiction as a result of which it or he or she is subject to a judgment, decree, or
final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to,
federal or state securities laws, or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
No changes.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
The following new paragraphs are added to Item 4 of the Existing Statement:
As described in more detail in Item 4 of Amendment 2 to this Schedule 13D, which is incorporated
herein by reference, on November 29, 2007, Alfa Finance entered into a sale and purchase agreement
(the ATTL Sale and Purchase Agreement) with Nadash International Holdings Inc., a British Virgin
Islands company (Nadash), pursuant to which Alfa Finance agreed to sell to Nadash 50% of the
shares of Alfa Telecom Turkey, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions precedent set out
in the ATTL Sale and Purchase Agreement. The ATTL Sale and Purchase Agreement contemplates that
upon closing of the sale and purchase of the shares of Alfa Telecom Turkey, the subject shares will
be transferred to an escrow agent that will hold legal title to the shares on behalf of Nadash.
Nadash will hold beneficial title to the shares.
On
January 28, 2008, Alfa Finance and Nadash completed the sale and purchase of 50% of the shares
of Alfa Telecom Turkey as contemplated by the ATTL Sale and Purchase Agreement. As a result, legal
title to 50% of the shares of Alfa Telecom Turkey were transferred by Alfa Finance to Sable
Fiduciary Limited, a British Virgin Islands company, acting as the escrow agent as contemplated by
the ATTL Sale and Purchase Agreement and holding such shares for the benefit of Nadash.
In connection with the completion of the transfer of shares in Alfa Telecom Turkey, and as
contemplated by the ATTL Sale and Purchase Agreement, Alfa Finance, Nadash, Sable Fiduciary Limited
(as escrow agent), and Alfa Telecom Turkey entered into a shareholders agreement (the ATTL
Shareholders Agreement) governing the parties rights and obligations of the parties in relation to
Alfa Telecom Turkey. The ATTL Shareholders
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Agreement provides that both Alfa Finance and Nadash will have equal representation on the board of
directors of Alfa Telecom Turkey and further provides that following the sale and purchase of the
shares of Alfa Telecom Turkey contemplated by the ATTL Sale and Purchase Agreement, Alfa Telecom
Turkey will use its reasonable endeavors, to the extent it is legally able to do so, to cause the
appointment of one nominee of each of Alfa Finance and Nadash to the boards of directors of
Cukurova Telecom Holdings, Turkcell Holdings, and the Issuer. The ATTL Shareholders Agreement
provides that, to the extent nominees of each of Alfa Finance and Nadash are placed on the board of
directors of Cukurova Telecom Holdings, Turkcell Holdings, and/or the Issuer, Alfa Finance and
Nadash agree that before any meeting of the boards of directors of such companies, such nominees of
Alfa Finance and Nadash will agree how they will vote in respect of relevant issues at the board of
directors of the relevant company and, to the extent such agreement cannot be reached, will abstain
from voting on the relevant issues.
The ATTL Shareholders Agreement also provides that Nadashs right to receive dividends from Alfa
Telecom Turkey will be limited to the extent that Astelit LLC (Astelit), a Ukrainian company and
an indirect, majority-owned subsidiary of the Issuer, pays a dividend to its shareholders. If any
such dividend is paid by Astelit, Nadash will be entitled to receive a proportionate dividend from
Alfa Telecom Turkey according to the formula set out in the ATTL Shareholders Agreement. Nadash
will have no right to any other dividends or distributions from Alfa Telecom Turkey.
The ATTL Shareholders Agreement also provide that, under certain circumstances set out therein,
Alfa Finance will have an option to repurchase the 50% of the shares of Alfa Telecom Turkey
beneficially owned by Nadash. Likewise, under certain circumstance set out in the ATTL
Shareholders Agreement, Nadash will have an option to require Alfa Finance to repurchase the 50% of
the shares of Alfa Telecom Turkey beneficially owned by Nadash.
A copy of the ATTL Sale and Purchase Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit B and is incorporated
herein by reference. A copy of the ATTL Shareholders Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit C and
is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the ATTL Sale and Purchase
Agreement and the ATTL Shareholders Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in
its entirety by the terms of the ATTL Sale and Purchase Agreement and ATTL Shareholders Agreement,
which are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer
Item 5 is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
The information set forth in Item 2 and Item 6 hereof is hereby incorporated by reference into this
Item 5.
(a) (i) Cukurova Telecom Holdings may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the 1,122,000,000.238
Shares held by Turkcell Holding, representing 51.0% of the issued and outstanding Shares of the
Issuer, by virtue of Cukurova Telecom Holdings ownership of 52.91% of the issued and outstanding
share capital of Turkcell Holding, and each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed the beneficial
owner of the 1,122,000,000.238 Shares held by Turkcell Holding, representing 51.0% of the total
number of Shares outstanding, by virtue of Alfa Telecom Turkeys ownership of 49% of the issued and
outstanding share capital of Cukurova Telecom Holdings and rights that Alfa Telecom Turkey has by
virtue of such
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ownership and the terms of the Shareholders Agreement (as defined, and further described, in Item 6
of the Existing Statement) related to Cukurova Telecom Holdings. Turkcell Holding is the
beneficial owner of the 1,122,000,000.238 Shares held by it, representing 51.0% of the issued and
outstanding Shares of the Issuer.
(ii) Alfa Telecom Turkey, Cukurova Telecom Holdings, and Cukurova Finance International (as defined
in the Existing Statement) have entered into the Shareholders Agreement with respect to Alfa
Telecom Turkeys and Cukurova Finance Internationals ownership interests in Cukurova Telecom
Holdings, as further described in Item 6 of the Existing Statement , which, among other things,
contains a provision requiring that if and to the extent certain persons affiliated with Alfa
Telecom Turkey and/or Cukurova Finance International hold Shares, other than those Shares held
indirectly by Cukurova Telecom Holdings, Alfa Telecom Turkey or Cukurova Finance International, as
applicable, will procure that such Shares are voted as agreed between Alfa Telecom Turkey and
Cukurova Finance International at the board of directors of Cukurova Telecom Holdings. As a
result, the Reporting Persons may be deemed to be part of a group with Cukurova Finance
International within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Reference is made to such statements on Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G as have been or may be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Cukurova Finance International, its parent company
Cukurova Holding A.S. (Cukurova Holding), or any of their affiliates (together, the Cukurova
Parties), for information regarding such entities, their respective beneficial ownership of
Shares, and any changes to such respective beneficial ownership of Shares. To the best of the
Reporting Persons knowledge and according to a statement on Schedule 13D filed by, among other
persons, the Cukurova Parties, on December 5, 2005, and the latest report on Form 20-F for the
period ending December 31, 2006, filed by the Issuer on or about April 23, 2007, the Cukurova
Parties may be deemed to beneficially own the Shares held by Turkcell Holding and may in addition
be deemed to beneficially own 164,240,211.310 Shares (representing 7.47% of the issued and
outstanding Shares) held by Cukurova Holding or its affiliated companies. The filing of this
Statement shall not be construed as an admission that any of the Reporting Persons or any other
person named in Item 2 hereof is the beneficial owner of any Shares held by Cukurova Finance
International, Cukurova Holding, or any of their related persons (other than Turkcell Holding).
To the best of the Reporting Persons knowledge, except for the Reporting Persons and Turkcell
Holding, and other than as noted in Annex A hereto, none of the persons named in response to Item 2
beneficially owns any Shares.
(b) Cukurova Telecom Holdings may be deemed to have the sole power to vote or direct the vote, and
sole power to dispose or direct the disposition of, the 1,122,000,000.238 Shares held by Turkcell
Holding, representing 51.0% of the total number of Shares outstanding, by virtue of Cukurova
Telecom Holdings 52.91% interest in Turkcell Holding. Further, each of the Reporting Persons may
be deemed to have shared power to vote or direct the vote, and shared power to dispose or direct
the disposition of, the 1,122,000,000.238 Shares held by Turkcell Holding, representing 51.0% of
the total number of Shares outstanding. The Reporting Persons share such power to vote or direct
the vote, and to dispose of or direct the disposition of, the Shares held for the account of
Turkcell Holding with Cukurova Finance International by virtue of Alfa Telecom Turkeys and
Cukurova Finance Internationals joint ownership of Cukurova Telecom Holdings (in which Alfa
Telecom Turkey holds a 49% ownership interest and Cukurova Finance International holds the
remaining 51% interest) and the provisions of the Shareholders Agreement. Further, the Reporting
Persons except Alfa
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Telecom Turkey share such power to vote or direct the vote, and to dispose of or direct the
disposition of, the Shares held for the account of Turkcell Holding with Nadash by virtue of Alfa
Finances and Nadashs joint ownership of Alfa Telecom Turkey (in which Alfa Finance holds a 50%
ownership interest and Nadash holds the remaining 50% ownership interest) and the provisions of the
ATTL Shareholders Agreement (as defined in this Statement). The Reporting Persons do not know, or
have reason to know, the information required by Item 2 with respect to Cukurova Finance
International, Cukurova Holding, Nadash, or any of their respective related persons that may be
deemed to share such power with the Reporting Persons. Reference is made to such statements on
Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G as have been or may be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission by such entities for information required by Item 2.
To the best of the Reporting Persons knowledge, other than the Reporting Persons and other than as
noted in Annex A hereto, none of the persons named in Item 2 has the sole or shared power to vote
or direct the voting of, or to dispose or direct the disposition of, any Shares.
(c) To the best of the Reporting Persons knowledge, there have been no transactions effected with
respect to any Shares during the past 60 days by any of the persons named in response to Item 2.
(d) According to a review of the shareholders register of Turkcell Holding, Sonera Holding B.V. is
the holder of 47.09% of the shares of Turkcell Holding, and as such has the right to receive 47.09%
of any dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the Shares held by Turkcell Holding.
(e) Not applicable.
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the
Issuer
Item 6
is supplementally amended as follows: On January 28, 2008, Alfa Finance entered into the
ATTL Shareholders Agreement with Nadash. The description of the ATTL Shareholders Agreement set
forth in Item 4 hereof is hereby incorporated by reference to this Item 6. A copy of the ATTL
Shareholders Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit C and is incorporated herein by reference.
The foregoing description of the ATTL Shareholders Agreement does not purport to be complete and is
qualified in its entirety by the terms of the ATTL Shareholders Agreement, which is incorporated
herein by reference.
Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits
The Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.
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Signature
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of their knowledge and belief, the undersigned
certify that the information set forth in this Amendment is true, complete, and correct.
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/s/ Pavel Nazarian |
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Pavel Nazarian, Director
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Pavel Nazarian, Attorney-in-Fact
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ALTIMO HOLDINGS & INVESTMENTS LIMITED |
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Franz Wolf, Director
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ANNEX A
Directors and Officers of Alfa Telecom Turkey Limited
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Name/Title/Citizenship |
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Principal Occupation |
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Business Address |
Pavel Nazarian
Director
(Russia)
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Director of
headquarters Alfa
Finance Holdings S.A.
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3, Bld du Prince Henri
L-1724
Luxembourg |
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Nikolay Varenko
Director
(Kazakhstan)
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Member of the Board
of Directors, Visor
Holding
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240G Furmanov Street,
Almaty, 050059,
Kazakhstan |
Directors and Officers of Alfa Finance Holdings S.A.
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Business Address |
Petr Aven
Director
(Russia)
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President, OJSC Alfa-Bank
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9 Mashy Poryvaevoy Street,
107078 Moscow, Russia
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Mikhail Fridman
Director
(Russia)
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Chairman of the
Supervisory Board of
Alfa Group
Consortium/Chairman
of the Board of
Directors of OJSC
Alfa Bank
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9 Mashy Poryvaevoy Street,
107078 Moscow, Russia
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David Gould
Director
(United States)
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Deputy Director of
Corporate
Development, Finance
and Control for CTF
Holdings Limited
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6 Sechenovskiy Pereulok,
Building 3, Floor 3,
119034 Moscow, Russia |
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Ildar Karimov
Director/Officer
(Russia)
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Chief Financial
Officer Alfa
Finance Holdings
S.A.
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9 Mashy Poryvaevoy Street,
107078 Moscow, Russia
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German Khan
Director
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Executive Director, OAO
TNK-BP Management
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119019 Moscow, Russia. |
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Alexander Knaster
Director
(United States)
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Chief Executive Officer
Pamplona Capital
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25 Park Lane
London W1K 1RA, U.K. |
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Business Address |
Andrei Kosogov
Director
(Russia)
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Chairman of the
Advisory Committee,
Altimo Holdings &
Investments Limited
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32 Sadovaya Kudrinskaya,
123001 Moscow, Russia |
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Alexey Kuzmichev
Director
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Supervisory Board,
Alfa Group
Consortium
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10th
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121019 Moscow, Russia |
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Pavel Nazarian
Officer (Russia)
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Director of
headquarters Alfa
Finance Holdings
S.A.
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Luxembourg, L-1724 |
Directors and Officers of OOO ALTIMO
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Anna Severinova
General Director
(Russia)
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General Director OOO ALTIMO
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21 Noviy Arbat Street,
GSP-2, Moscow, Russia
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Svetlana Grigoryeva
Chief Accountant
(Russia)
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Chief Accountant OOO ALTIMO
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GSP-2, Moscow, Russia
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Alexey Gavrilov
Acting General Director
(Russia)
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Acting General Director
OOO ALTIMO
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GSP-2, Moscow, Russia
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Geoffrey Piers Hemy,
Director
(United Kingdom)
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Director, Grand Financial Group Limited
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Cassandra Centre, Office 302,
29 Theklas Lyssioti Street,
Limassol, Cyprus |
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Georgia Karydes,
Director
(Cyprus)
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Director, Administrator
of Feldmans Management
(Overseas) Limited
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Block C, Office 704,
Nicosia 1095, Cyprus |
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Olga Kichatova,
Director
(Russia)
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Financial Director of
MRO CTF Consultancy
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6 Sechenovskiy Pereulok,
119034 Moscow,
Russia |
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Leonid Reznikovich,
Chief Executive Officer
(Russia)
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Chief Executive Officer, Altimo
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11 Savvinskaya Nab.,
119435 Moscow, Russia |
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Marina Kushnareva,
Director
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Director, CTF Holdings Limited
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Franz Wolf,
Director
(Germany)
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Director, CTF Holdings Limited
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Suite 2
4 Irish Place, Gibraltar |
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Business Address |
Marina Kushnareva
Director (Russia)
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Director, CTF Holdings Limited
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Suite 2, 4 Irish
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Gibraltar |
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Franz Wolf
Director (Germany)
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Director, CTF Holdings Limited
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Suite 2, 4 Irish
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Gibraltar |
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Christian Rosenow
Director
(Switzerland)
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President of the
Board and CEO of CBR
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Talacker 35, 8001
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Dr. Norbert Seeger
Director
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Attorney,
Law Office of Dr.
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Am Schragen Weg 14,
P.O. Box 1618, FL-9490
Vaduz, Liechtenstein |
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Dr. Christian Zangerle
Director
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Attorney,
Law Office of Dr.
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Am Schragen Weg 14,
P.O. Box 1618, FL-9490
Vaduz, Liechtenstein |
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Members of the Supervisory Board of the Alfa Group Consortium
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Petr Aven
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President, OJSC
Alfa-Bank
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9 Mashy Poryvaevoy Street,
107078 Moscow, Russia
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Alexander Fain
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Chief Executive Officer,
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123610 Moscow, Russia |
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Mikhail Fridman
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Chairman of the
Supervisory Board of
Alfa Group
Consortium/Chairman of
the Board of Directors
of OJSC Alfa Bank
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9 Mashy Poryvaevoy Street,
107078 Moscow,
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Mikhail Gamzin
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Managing Partner, Russian
Technologies
Investment Consultants
Limited (Cyprus)
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Place III, Office 1210,
125047 Moscow, Russia |
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German Khan
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Executive Director,
OAO TNK-BP Management
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119019 Moscow, Russia |
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Lev Khasis
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Alexander Kosiyanenko
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Member of the
Supervisory Board, X5
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127051 Moscow, Russia |
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Andrei Kosogov
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Chairman of the
Advisory Committee,
Altimo Holdings &
Investments Limited
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Member of the
Supervisory Board, Alfa
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10th floor,
office 1046,
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Nigel John Robinson
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Director of Corporate
Development, Finance
and Control, CTF
Holdings Ltd.
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119034, Moscow, Russia |
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Alexey Reznikovich
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Chief Executive Officer, Altimo
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Alexander Savin
(Russia)
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Managing Director, Investitsionnaya Kompaniya A-1
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit A Joint Filing Agreement, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit A to Amendment No. 1
to the Statement on Schedule 13D filed by Cukurova Telecom Holdings Limited, Alfa Telecom Turkey
Limited, Alfa Finance Holdings S.A., OOO ALTIMO, Altimo Holdings & Investments Limited, CTF
Holdings Limited, and Crown Finance Foundation with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
August 15, 2006.
Exhibit B Sale and Purchase Agreement, dated November 29, 2007, between Alfa Finance Holdings S.A.
and Nadash International Holdings Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit B to Amendment
No. 2 to the Statement on Schedule 13D filed by Alfa Telecom Turkey Limited, Alfa Finance Holdings
S.A., OOO ALTIMO, Altimo Holdings & Investments Limited, CTF Holdings Limited, and Crown Finance
Foundation with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 3, 2007.
Exhibit C Shareholders Agreement relating to Alfa Telecom Turkey Limited, dated January 28, 2008,
between Alfa Finance Holdings S.A., Nadash International Holdings Inc., Sable Fiduciary Limited,
and Alfa Telecom Turkey Limited.
Exhibit D A conformed copy of the Power of Attorney authorizing Pavel Nazarian to sign this
Amendment No. 3 on behalf of Alfa Finance Holdings S.A., incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit B to the Statement on Schedule 13D filed by Cukurova Telecom Holdings Limited, Alfa Telecom
Turkey Limited, Alfa Finance Holdings S.A., CTF Holdings Limited, and Crown Finance Foundation with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 5, 2005.
Exhibit E A conformed copy of the Power of Attorney authorizing Franz Wolf to sign this Amendment
No. 3 on behalf of Crown Finance Foundation, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit D to
Amendment No. 2 to the Statement on Schedule 13D filed by Alfa Telecom Turkey Limited, Alfa Finance
Holdings S.A., OOO ALTIMO, Altimo Holdings & Investments Limited, CTF Holdings Limited, and Crown
Finance Foundation with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 3, 2007.