Immediate Report - Class action against yes – Update

June 26, 2019

Immediate Report

 

Class action against yes - Update

 

 

Tel Aviv, Israel – June 26, 2019 – Bezeq The Israel Telecommunication Corp., Ltd. (TASE: BEZQ), provides an update today further to the Company's immediate report dated September 3, 2014 and further to section 5.17.1.B of the Chapter on the Description of the Company’s Operations in the 2018 Periodic Report regarding a class action claim together with a certification motion that has been filed with the Tel Aviv-Jaffa District Court (the “Court”) against D.B.S. Satellite Services (1998) Ltd. (yes). The claim concerns allegations that yes had sent its customers advertising messages, allegedly in violation of Section 30A of the Israeli Communications Law, in breach of provisions of yes's license, in breach of yes's agreement with its customers, and allegations of unjust enrichment, negligence and privacy law issues.

An immediate report is hereby submitted that on June 25, 2019, the Company received an update from yes that the Court approved the filing of the claim as a class action on grounds of alleged violation of Section 30A of the Communications Law only. The motion was approved in respect of non pecuniary damages only, and the plaintiffs' arguments regarding monetary damages were dismissed. In addition, the Court ruled that the class action group would include yes customers starting December 1, 2018 (ending on the date of this decision), and who received such alleged advertising messages without prior consent.

yes is studying the decision and will respond in accordance with the dates prescribed by law.

 

  

The above information constitutes a translation of the Immediate Report published by the Company. The Hebrew version was submitted by the Company to the relevant authorities pursuant to Israeli law, and represents the binding version and the only one having legal effect. This translation was prepared for convenience purposes only.

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