NETANYA, Israel, July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE: CEL) announced today that the 2009 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") of Cellcom Israel Ltd. (the "Company") will be held on September 2, 2009, at 4:00 p.m., (Israel time), at the offices of the Company, 10 Hagavish Street, Netanya, Israel. The record date for the Meeting is August 3, 2009.

The agenda of the Meeting is as follows:

(1) reelection of Ami Erel, Shay Livnat, Raanan Cohen, Avraham Bigger, Rafi Bisker Shlomo Waxe, Haim Gavrieli and Ari Bronshtein as directors and election of Tal Raz as a director;

(2) reappointment of Somekh Chaikin as our independent auditor; and

(3) consideration of our audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2008.

Quorum

Two or more shareholders holding in the aggregate at least one-third of the outstanding voting power in the Company, present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote, will constitute a quorum at the Meeting.

Voting Requirements

Item 1 and Item 2 require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power in the Company present, in person or by proxy, and voting on the matter.

Item 3 will not involve a vote.

About Cellcom Israel

Cellcom Israel Ltd., established in 1994, is the leading Israeli cellular provider; Cellcom Israel provides its approximately 3.208 million subscribers (as at March 31, 2009) with a broad range of value added services including cellular and landline telephony, roaming services for tourists in Israel and for its subscribers abroad and additional services in the areas of music, video, mobile office etc., based on Cellcom Israel's technologically advanced infrastructure. The Company operates an HSPA 3.5 Generation network enabling advanced high speed broadband multimedia services, in addition to GSM/GPRS/EDGE and TDMA networks. Cellcom Israel offers Israel's broadest and largest customer service infrastructure including telephone customer service centers, retail stores, and service and sale centers, distributed nationwide. Through its broad customer service network Cellcom Israel offers its customers technical support, account information, direct to the door parcel services, internet and fax services, dedicated centers for the hearing impaired, etc. As of 2006, Cellcom Israel, through its wholly owned subsidiary Cellcom Fixed Line Communications L.P., provides landline telephone communication services in Israel, in addition to data communication services. Cellcom Israel's shares are traded both on the New York Stock Exchange (CEL) and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (CEL). For additional information please visit the Company's website http://www.cellcom.co.il

    Company Contact
    Shiri Israeli
    Investor Relations Coordinator
    investors@cellcom.co.il
    Tel: +972-52-998-9755

    Investor Relations Contact
    Ehud Helft / Ed Job
    CCGK Investor Relations
    ehud@gkir.com / ed.job@ccgir.com
    Tel: (US) +1-866-704-6710 / +1-646-213-1914

SOURCE Cellcom Israel Ltd.