ClearWave Extends Offer to Purchase 186,560 of its Class A Subordinate Voting Shares.AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands -- ClearWave N.V. (or "ClearWave") (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :TIWI TIWI Telesystem International Wireless Incorporated (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) )(TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :TIW) announces that it has given proper notice to the depository to extend its offer to purchase 186,560 of its outstanding Class A subordinate voting shares (the "ClearWave Shares") for CDN (Content Delivery Network) A system of distributed content on a large intranet or the public Internet in which copies of content are replicated and cached throughout the network. $ 16.64 in cash per share (the "Offer"). The Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., Montreal time, on July 15, 2004 unless further extended or withdrawn. The other terms of the Offer remain unchanged. On June 28, 2004, shareholders of ClearWave approved by a majority of the votes cast at a duly convened shareholders meeting, the Offer launched by ClearWave. As of June 30, 2004, 161,236 ClearWave Shares have been tendered under the Offer. This press release is for information purposes only and does not constitute an offer or solicitation with respect to the purchase or sale of any security in Canada, the United States or in any other jurisdiction.Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States or in any other jurisdiction absent registration, qualification by prospectus or an exemption from those requirements. About ClearWave ClearWave owns through a wholly-owned subsidiary, MobiFon Holdings B.V., 63.5% of MobiFon S.A, its operating subsidiary in Romania.ClearWave also owns 27.1% of TIW Czech N.V., the holding company through which it owns 99.9% of Cesky Mobil a.s., its operating subsidiary in the Czech Republic. About TIW TIW is a leading provider of wireless voice, data and short messaging services in Central and Eastern Europe The term "Central and Eastern Europe" came into wide spread use, replacing "Eastern bloc", to describe former Communist countries in Europe, after the collapse of the Iron Curtain in 1989/90. with more than 5.6 million subscribers. TIW operates in Romania through MobiFon S.A. under the brand name Connex and in the Czech Republic through Cesky Mobil a.s. under the brand name Oskar. TIW's shares are listed on NASDAQ ("TIWI") and on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. ("TIW"). www.tiw.ca |
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