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Millicom International Cellular S.A. is a global telecommunications group with mobile telephony operations in 14 countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia. It also operates cable and broadband businesses in five countries in Central America. The Group’s mobile operations have a combined population under license of approximately 267 million people.

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Millicom statement regarding proposed merger with Telecable Costa Rica

Stockholm, April 29, 2015 – Millicom (Stockholmsbörsen: MIC), today issued the following statement regarding the status of its proposed merger with Telecable Costa Rica which was announced in December 2014.Millicom, trading as Tigo in Costa Rica, has confirmed that its petition to merge with TeleCable Económico TVE, S.A has not been sanctioned by regulators Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (SUTEL). Millicom is now reviewing the information provided by SUTEL including its option to appeal.

Millicom’s Costa Rica subsidiary files application for transaction

Stockholm, 22 December, 2014 – Millicom, the international telecommunications and media company (Stockholmsbörsen: MIC),  has agreed terms and conditions to acquire the business of TeleCable Económico TVE, S.A. and merge the company with its Costa Rican subsidiary. The agreement is subject to regulatory approval.Millicom Cable Costa Rica, S. A., trading as Tigo, has made an application for the agreement to be sanctioned by the Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (SUTEL), the industry regulator. If approved, the new company would have an extended geographical coverage and offer

Merger in Colombia completes to provide a new era of digital choice

Stockholm, 14 August, 2014 – Millicom (Stockholmsbörsen: MIC), the international telecommunications and media company, announced today the completion of the merger of its Tigo mobile business with the cable and fixed line operator UNE, owned by Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM).The merger of the two operations will: · create a business offering a comprehensive range of bundled digital services to millions of households including mobile and fixed telephony, mobile and fixed products · exploit the complementary offerings of Tigo with UNE and its affiliates and · execute a key

Final regulatory approval given to merger with UNE – transaction due to complete shortly

Stockholm, 3 August, 2014 – Millicom (Stockholmsbörsen: MIC), the international telecommunications and media company, announced today that the proposed merger of its Tigo operation in Colombia with UNE has been given the last of the authorities’ regulatory approvals by the country’s Finance Superintendent.Millicom will now work with EPM, the owner of UNE, to complete the transaction and prepare a joint shareholder meeting within the next few weeks. Following the meeting, it intends to announce the directors and officers of the merged company. A further announcement on the effective date

Millicom merger with UNE receives first of three regulatory approvals from Colombian authorities

Stockholm, 16 April, 2014 – Millicom today announced that its proposed merger with UNE in Colombia has been given conditional approval by the country’s regulator for Industry and Commerce, the SIC.The SIC’s approval includes conditions on use of spectrum, the terms of which the company is reviewing. The proposed merger is also being considered by two other regulatory bodies concerned with television (the ANTV) and Finance (SIF) and expects their decisions shortly to enable the transaction to take effect in Q2.

Millicom and EPM finalise merger agreement

· Millicom and EPM have completed the full documentation of the merger agreement for the combination of their Colombian telecommunications and media businesses · The transaction will now be reviewed by the Colombian authorities. Provided this process concludes positively, we expect the transaction to complete by the end of H1 2014 Stockholm, October 1, 2013. Millicom, the international telecommunications and media company (Stockholmsbörsen: MIC) and Empresas Públicas de Medellín E.S.P. (‘EPM’), the largest public service company in Colombia, signed today a final agreement to combine

Millicom and EPM reach principal agreement

· Millicom and EPM conclude principal negotiations on structure and key terms for the combination of Millicom’s Colombian operations with fixed-line company UNE to create an integrated digital player · The combination represents an attractive opportunity to continue Millicom’s strategic transformation into a diversified digital player and to migrate towards the target of doubling revenue by 2017 and increasing profit · The proposed combination is expected to be accretive to Millicom FCF in 2014. Synergies of over $600 million of NPV have been identified · Transaction is subject to

Millicom & EPM in exclusive negotiations for a potential combination of their telecom businesses in Colombia

Stockholm, February 5, 2013 – Millicom International Cellular S.A. (“Millicom”) (Stockholmsbörsen: MIC) announces today that it has entered into exclusive negotiations with EPM regarding the possible combination of their Colombian telecom operations.EPM (Empresas Públicas de Medellín) is an industrial and commercial conglomerate owned by the municipality of Medellín. It is the largest shareholder of UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones (‘UNE’) which provides cable TV and fixed telephony services across the region encompassing Medellín, the second largest city in Colombia. UNE owns 25% of Colombia

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