MTG: 2009 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

MTG: 2009 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

Modern Times Group MTG AB (publ.) (‘MTG' or ‘the Group'), the international
entertainment broadcasting group, today announced that the 2009 Annual General
Meeting of MTG shareholders, which was held today in Stockholm, voted to support
all of the resolutions proposed to the Meeting.

The Meeting resolved to re-elect Asger Aamund, Mia Brunell Livfors, David
Chance, Simon Duffy, Alexander Izosimov, David Marcus and Cristina Stenbeck as
members of the Board of Directors, and to elect Michael Lynton as a new Board
member. David Chance was re-elected as Chairman of the Board. Pelle Törnberg had
declined re-election to the Board.  

The Meeting discharged the Board of Directors and the CEO from liability for the
full year 2008. 

The Meeting also approved the procedure for the preparation of the election of
the members of the Board of Directors and auditor to the 2010 AGM. The
Nomination Committee will be formed during October 2009 in consultation with the
Company's largest shareholders as at 30 September 2009 and shall consist of at
least three members representing the Company's largest shareholders. The
Nomination Committee's term of office commences at the time of the announcement
of the financial results for the third quarter of 2009, and will end when a new
Nomination Committee is formed.

The Meeting approved the Board of Director's proposal that a dividend of SEK 5
per share be paid to shareholders as at the record date of Thursday 14 May 2009,
and that the remainder of the Group's retained earnings for the year ended 31
December 2008 be carried forward into the Group's accounts for 2009.

The Meeting approved the proposal to amend the Articles of Association, meaning
that a notice of a General Meeting of shareholders shall be published in the
Official Swedish Gazette (Post- och Inrikes Tidningar) as well as on the Group's
website. The resolution is conditional upon the implementation of an amendment
of the Swedish Companies Act, relating to the procedure for convening a General
Meeting.

The Meeting approved the proposed remuneration for the Board of Directors and
the guidelines for the remuneration of senior executives.  

The Meeting approved the Board of Directors' proposal that the Board be able to
pass a resolution on one or more occasions during the period up until the next
Annual General Meeting to repurchase Class A and/or Class B shares, provided
that the Company's holding does not exceed 10 per cent of the total number of
issued shares at any time. Any such repurchase shall be made on the Nasdaq OMX
Stockholm and within the quoted share price spread at the time. Payment for the
shares shall be made in cash.

The Meeting also approved the Board of Directors' proposal that the Board be
able to pass a resolution on one or more occasions during the period up until
the next Annual General Meeting to transfer the Company's own Class A and/or
Class B shares within the quoted share price spread on the Nasdaq OMX Stockholm
in connection with potential acquisitions. This authorisation includes the right
to resolve on the disapplication of the preferential rights of shareholders and
that payment shall be able to be made in forms other than cash. 

The purpose of these authorisations is to provide the Board of Directors with
increased freedom to adapt the Company's capital structure and thereby increase
shareholder value, and/or to finance potential acquisitions.

The Meeting approved the Board of Directors' proposal to adopt a
performance-based incentive plan (the “Plan”). The Plan is proposed to include a
total of approximately 50 senior executives and other key employees, who are
required to own MTG shares in order to participate in the Plan. 

For each share invested under the Plan, participants will be granted retention
rights and performance rights by the Company. Subject to the fulfilment of
certain retention and performance based conditions during the period from 1
April 2009 to 31 March 2012, and provided that the participant remains in the
employment of MTG and retains the invested shares, each retention right and
performance right will entitle the participant to receive one Class B share. 

The retention rights and performance rights are divided into Series A retention
shares and Series B and C performance shares. The number of shares to be
received by exercising these rights depends on the following performance
criteria:

Series A:	Class B share total shareholder return to exceed 0 per cent

Series B:	Normalised return on capital employed (ROCE) of between 13 per cent
and 23 per cent

Series C:	Class B share total shareholder return equivalent to between the
average and ten per cent or above that of the peer group of CME, ITV, M6,
Mediaset, ProSieben, RTL Group, Sky, TF1 and TVN 

The range is set between an “entry level” and “stretch target”, with a linear
interpolation applied between those levels. The entry level must be exceeded for
part of the rights to be exercised. The retention rights and performance rights
only vest if the defined entry level is reached. 

In total, the Plan is estimated to comprise up to 43,225 shares held by
employees, which would entitle participants to rights to up to a maximum of
43,225 retention shares and 217,900 performance shares. The Plan, if granted and
exercised in full, would therefore give rise to a maximum dilution of 0.6 per
cent of the total outstanding number of MTG shares, and 0.2 per cent of the
total number of voting rights.

The objective of the approved Plan is to recruit, retain and reward high
performing and loyal employees; for senior executives and other key employees to
be MTG shareholders; and to drive long-term value creation by linking employee
remuneration to the development of the Group and its share price. 

In order to ensure the delivery of Class B shares to participants, the Meeting
authorised the Board to resolve on a directed issue of Class C shares to Nordea
Bank AB (publ), and authorised the Board of Directors to subsequently resolve to
repurchase the Class C shares from Nordea Bank AB (publ). The Class C shares
will then be held by the Company as treasury shares during the vesting period,
after which the appropriate number of Class C shares will be reclassified as
Class B shares and be delivered to the participants. 

The Meeting also resolved to authorise the Board, during the period up until the
next Annual General Meeting, to increase the Group's share capital by no more
than SEK 1,850,000 by the issue of no more than 370,000 Class C shares, each
with a quota value of SEK 5. The Meeting approved the disapplication of the
shareholders' preferential rights with regard to these Class C shares and that
Nordea Bank AB (publ) shall be entitled to subscribe for the new Class C shares
at a subscription price corresponding to the quota value of the shares. The
purpose of the authorisation and the reason for the disapplication of the
shareholders' preferential rights in connection with the issue of shares is to
ensure delivery of Class B shares to participants under the Plan and to hedge
any social security costs related to the Plan.

The Meeting also resolved to authorise the Board to repurchase its own Class C
shares during the period until the next Annual General Meeting. The repurchase
may only be effected through a public offer directed to all holders of Class C
shares and shall comprise all outstanding Class C shares. The purchase may be
affected at a purchase price corresponding to not less than SEK 5.00 and not
more than SEK 5.10. The total price will not exceed SEK 1,887,000 and payment
for the Class C shares shall be made in cash. The purpose of the repurchase is
to ensure the delivery of Class B shares under the Plan. The Meeting also
resolved that the Class C shares that the Group purchases by virtue of the
authorisation to repurchase its own shares, following reclassification into
Class B shares, may be transferred to participants in accordance with the terms
of the Plan. 

The Meeting approved the Board of Directors' proposal to resolve that holders of
Class A shares shall be entitled to reclassify their Class A shares into Class B
shares at a ratio of one Class A share to one Class B share. Shareholders
wishing to reclassify Class A shares into Class B shares shall apply for
reclassification during the period from 12 May 2009 to 29 May 2009. The
reclassification request may include some or all of the shareholder's Class A
shares and should either state the number of Class A shares to be reclassified,
or the fraction (stated in percentage with no more than two decimals) of the
total number of votes in the company that the Class A shareholder wants to hold
after the reclassification. The application shall be made in writing to the
Board of Directors, which will then handle the issue of reclassification. The
request must be made on a special form which has been sent to holders of Class A
shares whose holdings are registered in their own names well in advance of 12
May 2009. The form has been made available at the Group's head office and on the
Group's website. 

At a statutory meeting of the Board of Directors following the AGM, the Audit
and Remuneration Committees were appointed. Simon Duffy was re-appointed as
Chairman of the Audit Committee, with David Marcus, Alexander Izosimov and
Michael Lynton appointed as Committee members. Asger Aamund was re-appointed as
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, and David Chance, David Marcus and Mia
Brunell Livfors were appointed as Committee Members.


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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 29 countries and reach over 100 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 18.30 CET on 11 May
2009.