VIENNA: Telekom Austria's shareholders approved a 1 billion-euro ($1.34 billion) rights issue on Thursday backed by the company's two major owners, America Movil and Austria.
The motion was supported by 98.1 percent of shareholders voting at an extraordinary general meeting, at which a new supervisory board dominated by America Movil representatives was also approved.
America Movil has said it wants to use Telekom Austria as a base for further expansion into central and eastern Europe, where Telekom Austria already has operations in six countries including Bulgaria and Croatia.
The capital is intended to reduce Telekom Austria's debt and to give it firepower for acquisitions.
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