Three New Directors Nominated to Board of Millicom

Stockholm, April 17, 2013 – Millicom International Cellular SA, the
international telecommunications and media company (Stockholmsbörsen: MIC)
announced Board changes today to be proposed to its AGM on 28 May 2013.
The Nomination Committee of the Board will propose three new non-executive
Directors for election to the Board of Millicom. The new Board members proposed
are Mr Ariel Eckstein, Mr Lorenzo Grabau and Mr Alejandro Santo Domingo.

Ms Donna Cordner, Mr Anders Kronborg and Mr Dionisio Romero Paoletti have
informed the Nomination Committee of their intention to step down at the
upcoming AGM.

Each new Director brings highly relevant skills and experience as Millicom
becomes a more diversified telecommunications, online and media company offering
products as varied as mobile telephony, cable TV, media content, e-commerce and
mobile financial services. Last month, the company outlined plans to double
revenue by the end of 2017.

Mr Ariel Eckstein

Mr Eckstein, 45, has a strong background in online services, customer experience
and internet start-ups – activities in which the company is developing a growing
interest.

He has been Managing Director for LinkedIn EMEA since March 2011. Prior to his
current role, Mr Eckstein was Managing Director for LinkedIn’s Hiring Solutions
business in EMEA. Before joining LinkedIn, he was Vice President of Business
Expansion for AOL Europe.

Mr Eckstein’s other roles have included Principal with the New York City
Investment Fund, specializing in technology investments, and Chief Operating
Officer of Clickthings, a software company and an Engagement Manager with
Deloitte Consulting.

Mr Eckstein holds a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Tufts
University and an MBA from University of Virginia.

Mr Lorenzo Grabau

Mr Grabau, 48, brings experience from the media and cable sectors as well as
expertise in financial services – each growing areas within Millicom’s product
portfolio.

He has been a Member of the Board of Directors of Modern Times Group MTG AB, of
SoftKinetic BV, a leading gesture recognition technology company, and of Rouge
Partners S.à.r.l., a consumer products investment company since 2011.

Previously, Mr Grabau was a Partner and Managing Director at Goldman Sachs
International in London. He joined the Investment Banking division of Goldman
Sachs in 1994 and during his seventeen years at the firm held various leadership
positions within the Consumer/Retail and Media/Online industry practices as well
as the Financial Sponsors group.

On 8 April 2013 it was announced that he will be appointed as a Non-Executive
Director and co-chair of CTC Media, the leading independent broadcasting company
in Russia and an associated company of Modern Times Group on 30 April 2013. He
has been nominated for election to the Board of Directors of Investment AB
Kinnevik at its AGM on 13 May 2013.

Mr Grabau holds a degree in Economics and Business from La Sapienza University,
Italy.

Mr Alejandro Santo Domingo

Mr Santo Domingo, 36, has considerable experience in the media and online
sectors in Latin America and is highly familiar with businesses across the
continent as a Vice-Chairman of SABMiller plc, one of the world’s leading
brewers. As a Board Director at the drinks company since 2005, he also has
extensive knowledge of commerce in Africa, thereby giving him valuable insight
into mass-market consumer behaviour in the two continents in which Millicom
operates.

He is a Senior Managing Director at Quadrant Capital Advisors Inc., a Venture
Capital and Private Equity investment advisory firm and sits on the Boards of
many of the companies controlled by his family-owned business, the Santo Domingo
Group.

Mr Santo Domingo is Chairman of the Board of Valorem S.A., a company which
manages a diverse portfolio of industrial and media assets in Latin America, and
is a Director of the Board of Caracol Television S.A, Colombia’s leading
broadcaster, El Espectador, a leading Colombian newspaper, Cine Colombia, the
country’s leading film distribution and movie theater company, IST, a leading
Oil and Gas services company and Florida Crystals Corporation.

He is a member of the Board and Treasurer of Aid for AIDS, a member of the Board
of Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Educational Broadcasting
Corporation (WNET Channel Thirteen) and the Wildlife Conservation Society. He is
the Chairman of Alas, a foundation focused on early childhood development a
member of the Board of DKMS, a foundation dedicated to finding donors for
leukaemia patients.

Alejandro Santo Domingo holds a bachelor’s degree in History from Harvard
University.

Cristina Stenbeck, Chairman of the Nomination Committee, commented: "I know the
whole Board will join me in thanking Donna, Anders and Dionisio for their
significant service to Millicom in recent years.

Our new colleagues will offer Millicom valuable input given their respective
expertise and experience across the regions and sectors relevant to Millicom’s
next phase of development.

Alejandro brings a truly unique combination of consumer insights and TMT sector
knowledge from his various investments across our existing and adjacent markets
in Latin America and Africa. Ariel has worked within online businesses for many
years and, as consumers’ lives become more digital and mobile, Ariel will bring
important knowledge of how to leverage our digital and e-commerce investments
across our mobile platform. Finally, Lorenzo has advised a number of the world’s
leading companies on strategy, M&A and partnerships across Millicom’s geographic
footprint.

As Millicom expands its range of value-added services across Latin America and
Africa and embarks on its next phase of growth within mobile data, online, cable
and mobile financial services, we are delighted to be able to nominate such
highly qualified individuals for election to the Board."

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For further information, please visit www.millicom.com or contact:

Investor Relations
Justine Dimovic, Director, Head of Investor Relations
Tel: +352 691 750 479 / investors@millicom.com

Press and Media
Julian Eccles, VP, Corporate Communications
Tel: +44 7720 409374 / press@millicom.com
Notes to Editors

1. The proposal meets the requirements of the Swedish Code of Corporate
Governance for independent members of the Board of Directors. All eight of the
members of the Board are independent in relation to both the company and its
management and five are independent in relation to Millicom’s major
shareholders.

2. The Nomination Committee is comprised of Cristina Stenbeck, on behalf of
Investment AB Kinnevik, Annika Andersson on behalf of Swedbank Robur funds and
William C. Miller on behalf of J.M. Hartwell L.P. The three members in the
Nomination Committee jointly represent more than 40 percent of shareholder votes
in Millicom.

About Millicom

Millicom is a leading telecoms and media company dedicated to emerging markets
in Latin America and Africa. Millicom sets the pace when it comes to providing
digital lifestyle services to the world’s emerging markets, giving access to the
world, primarily through mobile devices. Operating in 15 countries, Millicom
offers innovative and customer-centric products. The Millicom Group employs more
than 10,000 people and provides mobile services, access to the internet, content
and financial services to over 47 million customers. Founded in 1990, Millicom
International Cellular SA is headquartered in Luxembourg and listed on NASDAQ
OMX Stockholm under the symbol MIC. In 2012, Millicom generated revenue of USD
4.81 billion and EBITDA of USD 2.07 billion.

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