Tele2 — Capital/Financing Update 2012

Feb 20, 2012

Press release 2012-02-20

Tele2 AB issue Norwegian Bonds

Stockholm - Tele2 AB (Tele2), (NASDAQ OMX Stockholm Exchange: TEL2 A and TEL2 B) announced that Tele2 AB successfully placed two new unsecured bonds in the Norwegian bond market.

Tele2 AB, has closed the books and successfully completed the issuance of NOK 1.3 billion in the Norwegian bond market. The amount is split between a 3 year bond of NOK 300 million priced at NIBOR +1.70 percent and a 5 year bond of NOK 1 billion priced at NIBOR +2.35 percent.

DNB Markets and Swedbank First Securities have acted as Joint Bookrunners for the transactions.

Ondra Partners have acted as financial advisors to Tele2 AB

For further information, contact:

Lars Torstensson, Investor Inquiries, Telephone: +46 702 73 48 79 Pernilla Oldmark, Press Inquiries, Telephone: +46 704 26 45 45

TELE2 IS ONE OF EUROPE'S LEADING TELECOM OPERATORS, ALWAYS PROVIDING THE

BEST DEAL. We have 34 million customers in 11 countries. Tele2 offers mobile services, fixed broadband and telephony, data network services, cable TV and content services. Ever since Jan Stenbeck founded the company in 1993, it has been a tough challenger to the former government monopolies and other established providers. Tele2 has been listed on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm since 1996. In 2011, we had net sales of SEK 41 billion and reported an operating profit (EBITDA) of SEK 10.9 billion.