Cellcom Israel Ltd. Announces Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

NETANYA, Israel, August 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

Cellcom Israel Ltd. CEL announced today that an Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") of Cellcom Israel Ltd. (the "Company") will be held on Wednesday, October 7, 2015, at 4:00 p.m. (Israel time), at the offices of the Company, 10 Hagavish Street, Netanya, Israel. The record date for the Meeting is Thursday, September 3, 2015.

The agenda of the Meeting is as follows: 

(1-2)  re-election of Shlomo Waxe and Ephraim Kunda as directors;    

(3)    approval of an option grant to our CEO, Mr. Nir Sztern;

(4)    approval of the renewal and amendment of our management services agreement with Discount Investment Corporation Ltd.;    

(5)    reappointment of Somekh Chaikin, a member of KPMG International, as our independent auditor; and

(6)    consideration of our audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014.

Quorum 

Two or more shareholders holding in the aggregate at least one-third of the outstanding voting power in the Company, present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote, will constitute a quorum at the Meeting.    

Voting Requirements 

Items 1-2 and 5 require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power in the Company present, in person or by proxy, and voting on the matter.  

Items 3 and 4 require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power in the Company present, in person or by proxy, and voting on the matter, provided that either (i) at least a majority of the shares of non-controlling shareholders and shareholders who do not have a personal interest in the matter voted at the meeting vote in favor of the proposed resolution; or (ii) the total number of shares among the shareholders described in section (i) above voted against the election of the proposed resolution does not exceed 2% of the aggregate voting rights in the Company.

Item 6 will not involve a vote.

Proxy statements and proxy cards for use by shareholders that cannot attend the meeting in person will be sent by mail, on or about September 10, 2015, to the Company's shareholders that hold shares registered with the American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, including shares held via Depository Trust Company (DTC) members other than the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Clearinghouse. Shareholders that hold shares via the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Clearinghouse may access the proxy statement and a form of Hebrew ballot via the following websites: http://www.magna.isa.gov.il and http://maya.tase.co.il.

About Cellcom Israel  

Cellcom Israel Ltd., established in 1994, is the largest Israeli cellular provider; Cellcom Israel provides its approximately 2.848 million subscribers (as at June 30, 2015) with a broad range of value added services including cellular and landline telephony, roaming services for tourists in Israel and for its subscribers abroad, additional services in the areas of music, video, mobile office etc. and most recently - also television over the internet service in Israel, based on Cellcom Israel's technologically advanced infrastructure. The Company operates an LTE 4 Generation and HSPA 3.5 Generation networks enabling advanced high speed broadband multimedia services, in addition to GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks. Cellcom Israel offers Israel's broadest and largest customer service infrastructure including telephone customer service centers, retail stores, and service and sale centers, distributed nationwide. Cellcom Israel further provides through its wholly owned subsidiaries internet connectivity services and international calling services, as well as landline telephone communication services, in addition to data communication services. Cellcom Israel's shares are traded both on the New York Stock Exchange (CEL) and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (CEL). For additional information please visit the Company's website http://www.cellcom.co.il.

Company Contact

Shlomi Fruhling
Chief Financial Officer
investors@cellcom.co.il
Tel: +972-52-998-9755

Investor Relations Contact

Ehud Helft
GK Investor & Public Relations in partnership with LHA
cellcom@GKIR.com
Tel: +1-617-418-3096

SOURCE Cellcom Israel Ltd.