STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec. 17, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- In accordance with the approval at the Annual General Meeting of Modern Times Group in May 2003, the nomination group of representatives from the three shareholding families of Stenbeck, Klingspor and von Horn, and the CEO's of the shareholding companies Industriforvaltnings AB Kinnevik and Invik & Co. AB, has informed MTG that the nomination group for the 2004 AGM is being chaired by Cristina Stenbeck. Shareholders who would like to suggest representatives for the MTG Board of Directors can contact: E-mail: agm@mtg.se
Letter: AGM MTG Box 2094 SE-103 13 Stockholm Sweden
The annual general meeting of MTG will be held on Wednesday, 12 May 2004.
MTG is an international media group with operations in more than 30 countries around the world and principal broadcasting businesses in Scandinavia, the Baltic States, Hungary and Russia. MTG is the largest Free-to-air and Pay-TV operator in the Nordic and Baltic regions and the largest commercial radio operator in Northern Europe. MTG's Viasat channels reach over 50 million people in 14 countries every day and MTG Radio's stations reach 2.7 million daily listeners. The Viasat Broadcasting DTH satellite TV platform offers digital multichannel TV packages of 48 own-produced and third party entertainment channels. MTG is a leading European direct response TV network operator, broadcasting home shopping channels into 100 million homes in 52 countries, as well as one of the world's leading originators and producers of Reality TV formats and a global provider of subtitling and dubbing services to the entertainment industry.
Modern Times Group MTG AB class A and B shares are listed on the Stockholmsborsen O-list (symbols: MTGA and MTGB) and MTG ADRs are listed on the Nasdaq National Market (symbol: MTGNY).
This press release contains certain ``forward-looking statements" with respect to our expectations and plans, strategy, management's objectives, future performance, costs, revenues, earnings and other trend information. It is important to note that our actual results in the future could differ materially from those anticipated in forward-looking statements depending on various important factors. Please refer to the documents we have filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including our most recent annual report on Form 20-F, for a discussion of certain of these factors.
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