MTG: CHANGE IN NUMBER OF SHARES AND VOTING RIGHTS
Modern Times Group MTG AB (publ.) (`MTG''), the international
entertainment broadcasting group, today announced that MTG's total
number of issued shares has increased to 66,740,375, following the 18
June 2009 issue and repurchase of 370,000 Class C shares. The total
number of Class A shares decreased to 15,001,201 from 15,091,426 in
June, following the reclassification of 90,225 Class A shares into Class
B shares, while the total number of Class B shares increased to
50,889,174 from 50,798,949. Following the issue and repurchase of Class
C shares in June, MTG now holds a total of 850,000 Class C shares. The
total share capital has consequently increased to SEK 333,701,875.
Each Class A share holds ten voting rights and each Class B and Class C
share is entitled to one voting right. The issue of Class C shares and
the reclassification of Class A shares into Class B shares has therefore
decreased the total number of voting rights to 201,751,184 from
202,193,209. The total number of voting rights, when excluding the
shares held by MTG, amounts to 200,901,184.
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For further information, please visit www.mtg.se or contact:
Hans-Holger Albrecht, President & CEO
Tel: +46 (0) 8 562 000 50
Investor & Analyst Enquiries:
Matthew Hooper: +44 (0) 7768 440 414
Email: investor.relations@mtg.se
Media Enquiries:
Bert Willborg +44 (0) 791 2280 850
Email: bert.willborg@mtg.se
Modern Times Group is a leading international entertainment broadcasting
group with the second largest geographical broadcast footprint in
Europe. MTG's Viasat Broadcasting is the largest free-TV and satellite
premium pay-TV operator in Scandinavia and the Baltics, and also
operates free-TV channels in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia
Bulgaria, Macedonia and Ghana. MTG's TV assets are broadcast in a total
of 30 countries and are seen by 125 million people. MTG is also the
major shareholder in Russia's largest independent television broadcaster
(CTC Media - Nasdaq: CTCM), and the number one commercial radio operator
in the Nordic and Baltic regions.
Modern Times Group MTG AB Class A and B shares are listed on Nasdaq OMX
Stockholm's Large Cap market (`MTGA' and `MTGB').
The information in this announcement is that which Modern Times Group
MTG AB is required to disclose under the Securities Market Act and/or
the Financial Instruments Trading Act. It was released for publication
at 18.00 CET on 30 June 2009.
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