Changes in the number of shares and votes in Tele2

Stockholm - Tele2 AB, (Tele2), (NASDAQ OMX Stockholm: TEL2 A and TEL2 B) today
announced that Tele2's total number of Class B shares has increased to
419,966,669 from 419,409,669. The change refers to a new issue of 557,000 Class
B shares in May after the exercise of options to subscribe for shares under an
incentive program 2006.

Each Class A share has ten voting rights and each Class B and Class C share
carries one voting right. The issue of new Class B shares has therefore
increased the total number of voting rights to 629,883,369 (of which
209,916,700 related to Class A shares and 419,966,669 related to Class B shares)
from earlier 629,326,369 (of which 209,916,700 related to Class A shares and
419,409,669 Class B shares) when excluding the 5,798,000 Class C shares held by
Tele2.

Contacts
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 28 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 2009, we had net sales of SEK 39.5 billion and reported an operating
profit (EBITDA) of SEK 9.4 billion.


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