BUDAPEST - February 23, 2004 - Matáv (NYSE: MTA.N and BSE: MTAV.BU), the leading Hungarian telecommunications service provider, today announced that its subsidiary, Makedonski Telekomunikacii (MakTel) held its Annual General Meeting and among other items it has made a decision on dividend payment in a total amount of MKD 2.5 billion (equalling around HUF 10.7 billion using HUF/MKD rate of 4.26 as of 20 February, 2003).

At MakTel's Annual General Meeting it was decided that the company will pay a dividend of MKD 2.5 billion (HUF 10.7 billion) after the profit of year 2003. According to Macedonian Accounting Standards (MAS), MakTel on a standalone basis recorded a net income of MKD 2.6 billion for the year 2003. (MakTel Group, according to IFRS, recorded a net income of MKD 5.4 billion for the year 2003)

The receivers of the dividend and their shareholdings are Stonebridge Communications AD (51%), the Government of the Republic of Macedonia (47.12%), IFC (1.88%).

Stonebridge is entitled to an amount of MKD 1.3 billion (HUF 5.4 billion) as dividend payment. According to the current ownership structure, Matáv has 89.51% stake in Stonebridge.

The Annual General Meeting also decided on personnel changes in the Board of Directors. Horst Hermann has resigned from his position and Bence Várady-Szabó is released from his position on the expiration of his working contract. The new members of the Board of Directors are Tamás Morvai and Rolf R. Plath.

MakTel, as a legal entity, is the Macedonian parent company of MakTel Group, which is the sole fixed line and the leading mobile operator in Macedonia.

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