Johan Dennelind appointed President and CEO of TeliaSonera

The Board of TeliaSonera has appointed Johan Dennelind to the position of
President and CEO. Johan Dennelind has extensive experience from various
positions within the telecommunication industry, most recently having served as
CEO of Vodacom International, based in South Africa. Johan Dennelind will take
on his new position on September 1, 2013 and will be available for the company
from July 1, 2013. Per-Arne Blomquist will remain as acting CEO until September
1 and then return to his role as Executive Vice President and CFO of
TeliaSonera.
The recruitment process has been the Board of Directors’ highest priority and
led by the Remuneration Committee consisting of Chairman Marie Ehrling, Olli
-Pekka Kallasvuo and Mats Jansson. The search criteria for the new candidate has
been strong; extensive leadership skills, experience of developing international
corporations in emerging markets as well as a broad knowledge from the
telecommunication industry.

“I am delighted that Johan Dennelind will be joining TeliaSonera. Johan
Dennelind brings with him almost 20 years of experience from the
telecommunication industry and has during his time at Telenor and most recently
at Vodacom proven that he can successfully lead organizations in significant
change processes within an international environment. With Per-Arne Blomquist
now returning to his role as Executive Vice President and CFO we are securing
continuity in the business whilst through Johan Dennelind also providing a fresh
start,” says TeliaSonera’s Chairman, Marie Ehrling.

”I am very proud to have been given this vote of confidence from the Board of
Directors and I am excited about and humble towards this new challenge.
TeliaSonera is today one of Europe’s leading telecom operators with a large
international presence and I look forward to leading the company during the next
phase of development,” says Johan Dennelind, appointed President and CEO of
TeliaSonera.

Press conference
A press conference in English will be held Monday June 17 at 09:30 CET at
TeliaSonera’s Head Office, Stureplan 8, in Stockholm. The press conference will
also be available at www.teliasonera.com and via telephone conference.
TeliaSonera’s Chairman Marie Ehrling, the succeeding President and CEO Johan
Dennelind, and Acting President and CEO, Per-Arne Blomquist will be present at
the press conference.

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webcast and the conference call if you are simultaneously watching and calling
in to the press and analyst conference. You can also listen to the conference
call afterwards until June 24, 2013.

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TeliaSonera AB discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the Swedish
Securities Markets Act and/or the Swedish Financial Instrument Trading Act. The
information was submitted for publication at 8.15 p.m. CET on June 16, 2013.

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30, press@teliasonera.com, visit our
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