Tele2 — Share Issue/Capital Change 2009

Aug 31, 2009

Press Release 2009-08-31

Change in the number of shares in Tele2

As of 31 August 2009 the number of shares in Tele2 AB amounts to 446,149,339 shares of which are 38,128,996 Class A shares, with ten votes each, and 402,222,343 Class B shares and 5,798,000 Class C shares with one vote each. The total number of votes in the company amounts to 789,310,303. In August the number of shares in the company has decreased with 3,650,000 shares (i.e. 850,000 newly issued Class C shares minus 4,500,000 Class B shares, which are covered by the reduction of the share capital as previously informed in the interim report January-June 2009) and the number of votes in the company has decreased with 3,650,000, i.e. the 850,000 votes of the newly issued Class C shares minus 4,500,000 votes, which are covered by the reduction of the share capital.

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Further information can be obtained from:

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

Tele2 is one of Europe's leading alternative telecom operators. Tele2's mission is to provide affordable and easy connectivity for everyone at anytime. Tele2 always strives to offer the market's best prices. We have 25.4 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 OMX Nordic Exchange since 1996. In 2008, we had net sales of SEK 39.5 billion and reported an operating profit (EBITDA) of SEK 8.2 billion.