Change in the number of shares in Tele2

As of 30 September 2008 the number of shares in Tele2 AB amounts to
449,799,339 shares of which are 38,173,706 Class A shares, with ten
votes each, and 406,677,633 Class B shares and 4,948,000 Class C
shares with one vote each. The total number of votes in the company
amounts to 793,362,693. In September the number of shares in the
company has increased with 850,000 Class C shares and the number of
votes in the company has increased with 850,000.

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Further information can be obtained from:
Lars Torstensson, Investor inquiries, Telephone: +46 702 73 48 79

Tele2 is one of Europe's leading alternative telecom operators.
Tele2's mission is to provide price leading and easy-to-use telecom.
Tele2 always strives to offer the market's best prices. We have 23
million customers in 11 countries. Tele2 offers fixed and mobile
telephony, broadband, 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 2007, we had an operating revenue of SEK 43.4
billion and reported an operating profit (EBITDA) of SEK 6.6 billion.
Please visit us at www.tele2.com.