Swisscom Buys FastWeb

BERN, Switzerland -- Swisscom is pleased to announce that its bid for Fastweb shares was successful. The acceptance level of its offer is at 80.7%. Together with previously acquired 1.7% of Fastweb shares Swisscom will own 82.4% of Fastweb. The total purchase price is EUR 3.1 billion. Together with the assumed net debt of Fastweb of EUR 1.1 billion the total transaction amounts to EUR 4.2 billion or CHF 6.9 billion. Swisscom plans to finance the transaction through new debt of around CHF 5.9 billion, the proceeds from the sale of Antenna Hungaria of CHF 0.5 billion and the placement of treasury shares for an amount of up to CHF 0.5 billion. As now all conditions set in the offer document have been fulfilled, settlement of the tender offer will take place on 22 May 2007.

"We are very pleased that so many shareholders have accepted our offer", says Carsten Schloter, CEO Swisscom. "We can now start working on our vision of a successful Swiss-Italian partnership". Swisscom thanks Fastweb shareholders, the board of directors and management team as well as Fastweb employees for their cooperation and trust.The offer period for Fastweb shares started on 10 April 2007 and finished on 15 May 2007. Settlement date of the transaction will be 22 May 2007. Swisscom will pay to each shareholder having tendered its Fastweb shares an amount of EUR 47 per share. In total, Fastweb shareholders tendered 64.1 million shares equalling 80.7% of the share capital of Fastweb to Swisscom. The purchase price for the tendered shares will be EUR 3.0 billion (CHF 5.0 billion). Together with 1.4 million shares previously acquired the ownership level stands at 82.4% and the total purchase price will be EUR 3.1 billion (CHF 5.1 billion).

Swisscom AG (NYSE: SCM)