VimpelCom Receives Key Regulatory Approvals for Combination With Wind Telecom

VimpelCom Ltd. VIP announced today that it has received all the necessary regulatory approvals needed to complete the combination of VimpelCom and Wind Telecom S.p.A..

Final approvals have now been received from the Italian Antitrust Authority, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, the Competition Commission of Pakistan and the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority. The completion of the Transaction remains subject to certain other conditions precedent, such as receipt of funds to finance the Transaction.