Partner Communications Announces the Approval of the Filing of the Company's 2012 Annual Report (20-F)

ROSH HA'AYIN, Israel --(Business Wire)--

Partner Communications Company Ltd. ("Partner" or "the Company")(Nasdaq:PTNR)(TASE:PTNR), a leading Israeli mobile communications operator, announces that on March 18, 2013, the Company's Board of Directors approved the filing of the Company's 2012 Annual Report on Form 20-F ("2012 20-F"), including the Company's financial statements for 2012, which the Company expects to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today.

In accordance with the Company's press release and immediate report dated September 20, 2012 regarding the Board of Director's resolution to cancel the existing dividend policy for 2012, and to assess dividend distributions (and their scope) from time to time, and following the Company's press release and immediate report dated November 21, 2012, according to which a dividend distribution will be assessed prior to the reporting of the annual financial statements for 2012, no resolution by the Board of Directors was adopted with respect to a dividend distribution prior to the reporting of the annual financial statements for 2012.

For more information see the Company's press releases and immediate reports filed on form 6-K dated September 20, 2012 and November 21, 2012.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Section 21E of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the safe harbor provisions of the US Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "believe", "anticipate", "expect", "intend", "seek", "will", "plan", "could", "may", "project", "goal", "target" and similar expressions often identify forward-looking statements but are not the only way we identify these statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this press release regarding our future performance, plans to increase revenues or margins or preserve or expand market share in existing or new markets, plans to reduce expenses, and any statements regarding other future events or our future prospects, are forward-looking statements.

We have based these forward-looking statements on our current knowledge and our present beliefs and expectations regarding possible future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about Partner, consumer habits and preferences in cellular telephone usage, trends in the Israeli telecommunications industry in general, the impact of current global economic conditions and possible regulatory and legal developments. For further information regarding of some of the risks we face, see "Item 3. Key Information - 3D. Risk Factors", "Item 4. Information on the Company", "Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects", "Item 8. Financial Information - 8A. Consolidated Financial Statements and Other Financial Information - 8A.1 Legal and Administrative Proceedings" and "Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk" in the Company's 2011 Annual Report (20-F) filed with the SEC (News - Alert) on March 22, 2012, as amended on March 26, 2012. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events discussed in this press release might not occur, and actual results may differ materially from the results anticipated. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

About Partner Communications

Partner Communications Company Ltd. ("Partner") is a leading Israeli provider of telecommunications services (cellular, fixed-line telephony and internet services) under the orange™ brand and the 012 Smile brand. The Company provides mobile communications services to over 3 million subscribers in Israel. Partner's ADSs are quoted on the NASDAQ Global Select Market™ and its shares are traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (NASDAQ and TASE: PTNR).

For more information about Partner, see: http://www.orange.co.il/en/Investors-Relations/lobby/