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Feb 09 2012

Egypt's Mobinil: Has No Information About Possible OTMT, FT Sale Talks

Thursday, Feb 09, 2012

DUBAI (Zawya Dow Jones)--Shares of the Egyptian Co. for Mobile Services, or Mobinil , rallied 10% Thursday on speculation that Orascom Telecom Media and Technology, or OTMT, is in talks with France Telecom (FTE) over selling its stake in Mobinil .

"There was no information communicated to us about the matter," Zeyad Mourad, Mobinil 's spokesman told Zawya Dow Jones by telephone. "Nothing formal was sent to us over any changes in the future of Mobinil ."

Mobinil shares closed up 10% at EGP137.89 in Cairo trading Thursday.

Earlier today, analysts at Goldman Sachs upgraded Mobinil to buy from neutral rating citing a significant possibility that OTMT will exercise a put option on Mobinil on Sept. 15, which would lead to a mandatory offer for all Mobinil minorities.

-By Shereen El Gazzar, Dow Jones Newswires; +971 444 61684; Shereen.elgazzar@dowjones.com

Copyright (c) 2012 Dow Jones & Co.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

09-02-12 1417GMT

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