Tele2 AB: Nomination Committee Ahead of the 2016 Annual General Meeting

Regulatory News:

In accordance with the resolution of the 2015 Annual General Meeting, Mike Parton, Chairman of the Board of Directors, has convened a Nomination Committee consisting of members appointed by the largest shareholders in terms of voting interest in Tele2 AB (Tele2), (STO:TEL2B) (STO:TEL2A) (OSE:TLE201).

The Nomination Committee comprises Mike Parton as Chairman of the Board of Directors, Lorenzo Grabau appointed by Investment AB Kinnevik, Mathias Leijon appointed by Nordea Funds, Jonas Eixmann appointed by Andra AP-fonden, and Hans Ek appointed by SEB Investment Management AB.

The four shareholder representatives on the Nomination Committee have been appointed by shareholders that jointly represent approximately 56 percent of the total votes in Tele2. The members of the Nomination Committee will appoint its Chairman at the Nomination Committee’s first meeting.

Information about the work of the Nomination Committee can be found on Tele2’s corporate website at www.tele2.com. Shareholders wishing to propose candidates for election to the Board of Directors of Tele2 should submit their proposal in writing to agm@tele2.com or to legal counsel Pontus Ericson, Tele2 AB (publ), P.O. Box 62, SE 164 94 Kista, Sweden.

TELE2 IS ONE OF EUROPE'S FASTEST GROWING TELECOM OPERATORS, ALWAYS PROVIDING CUSTOMERS WITH WHAT THEY NEED FOR LESS. We have 14 million customers in 9 countries. Tele2 offers mobile services, fixed broadband and telephony, data network services, content services and global M2M/IoT solutions. 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 2014, we had net sales of SEK 26 billion and reported an operating profit (EBITDA) of SEK 5,9 billion.

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