SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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F O R M 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of January 2006
INTERNET GOLD-GOLDEN LINES LTD.
(Name of Registrant)
1 Alexander Yanai Street Petach-Tikva, Israel
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
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the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-___________
Internet Gold-Golden Lines Ltd.
6-K Items
1. Press Release re Internet Gold Acquires 51% of Seret, Leading Israeli
Film Portal dated January 17, 2006.
ITEM 1
Press Release Source: Internet Gold
Internet Gold Acquires 51% of Seret, Leading Israeli Film Portal
Tuesday January 17, 1:33 am ET
PETACH TIKVA, Israel, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Internet Gold, (Nasdaq:
IGLD - News) today announced that its fully-owned subsidiary GoldMind has
acquired 51% of the shares of Seret Israel's Movies Portal Ltd., the owner and
operator of seret.co.il, a leading Israeli film portal. The remaining 49% of the
company will continue to be held by the portal's founder.
In operation since 2000 Seret offers comprehensive information to movie fans in
Israel, including current film showing times, professional and peer movie
reviews, Hollywood gossip, chat, multi-player games etc. In addition, the site
allows movie-goers to purchase their tickets online. With about 5 million
page-views in December, the portal's business model includes the sale of online
advertising as well as ticket sale commissions. During December 2005, about 1
million unique users visited the site.
Commenting on the news, Eli Holtzman, CEO of Internet Gold, said, "This
acquisition is a direct continuation of our efforts of the past two years to
establish and expand Internet Gold's positioning as Israel's #1 Internet Media
Group. Internet advertising has grown strongly in the past year and we continue
working on expanding the range of highly-targeted page views that we can offer
our customers. Seret will strengthen our holdings in the area of entertainment
and leisure, a high-growth segment that we believe has only begun to demonstrate
its revenue-generating power."
About Internet Gold
Internet Gold is a group of communications companies that provide Internet
access and related value-added services, international telephony, e-
advertising, content and e-Commerce services throughout Israel under the brand
name "smile". The broad range and popularity of these services have established
Internet Gold as one of Israel's leading Internet Communications groups.
The Internet Gold Group includes four subsidiaries. MSN-Israel, its 50.1% owned
joint-venture with Microsoft Corp. (49.9% owned), provides Microsoft- branded
Search, Instant Messaging, Hotmail and a variety of portal services. Internet
Gold International, a fully-owned subsidiary, provides international Internet
and communication services. GoldMind, a fully-owned subsidiary, provides
value-added services to Internet subscribers. GoldTrade, the Group's fully-owned
e-Commerce subsidiary, operates e-Commerce sites.
For additional information about Internet Gold, please visit its Website at
http://www.igld.com.
Certain statements made herein that use the words "estimate," "project,"
"intend," "expect," "believe" and similar expressions are intended to identify
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements involve known
and unknown risks and uncertainties which could cause the actual results,
performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those
which may be expressed or implied by such statements, including, among others,
changes in general economic and business conditions and specifically, decline in
demand for the Company's services, inability to timely develop and introduce new
technologies, services and applications and loss of market share and pressure on
prices resulting from competition. For additional information regarding these
and other risks and uncertainties associated with the Company's business,
reference is made to the Company's Annual Report filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and its other reports as filed from time to time with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
For further information, please contact:
Marybeth Csaby
KCSA Worldwide
212-896-1236
In Israel:
Meirav Be'eri
Investor Relations
+972-3-516-7620
Internet Gold
Idit Azulay
+972 3 939-9848
idita@co.zahav.net.il
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
INTERNET GOLD-GOLDEN LINES LTD.
(Registrant)
By /s/Eli Holtzman
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Eli Holtzman
Chief Executive Officer
Date: January 17, 2006