MTG: CHANGE IN NUMBER OF CLASS ‘A' AND ‘B' SHARES AND VOTING RIGHTS

MTG: CHANGE IN NUMBER OF CLASS ‘A' AND ‘B' SHARES AND VOTING RIGHTS

Modern Times Group MTG AB (publ.) (‘MTG'), the international entertainment
broadcasting group, today announced that MTG's total number of Class A shares
has decreased to 7,930,701 from 15,001,201 in September, following the
reclassification of 7,070,500 Class A shares into Class B shares, while the
total number of Class B shares has accordingly increased to 57,959,674 from
50,889,174. MTG also holds a total of 850,000 Class C shares. The total number
of issued MTG shares therefore remains unchanged at 66,740,375, as does the
total share capital at SEK 333,701,875.

Each Class A share has ten voting rights and each Class B and Class C share
carries one voting right. The reclassification of Class A shares into Class B
shares has therefore reduced the total number of voting rights to 138,116,684
from 201,751,184, and to 137,266,684 when excluding the Class C shares held by
MTG.


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For further information, please visit www.mtg.se or contact:

Hans-Holger Albrecht, President & CEO
Tel:	+46 (0) 8 562 000 50
 
Investor & Analyst Enquiries:
Matthew Hooper/ Oscar Hyleen
Tel:	+44 (0) 7768 440 414 / +46 (0) 707 620 024
Email:   investor.relations@mtg.se 
                                                                                
   
Media Enquiries:
Bert Willborg		
Tel:	+44 (0) 791 2280 850
Email:   bert.willborg@mtg.se   	


Modern Times Group is a leading international entertainment broadcasting group
with the second largest geographical broadcast footprint in Europe. MTG's Viasat
Broadcasting is the largest free-TV and satellite premium pay-TV operator in
Scandinavia and the Baltics, and also operates free-TV channels in the Czech
Republic, Hungary, Slovenia Bulgaria, Macedonia and Ghana. MTG's TV assets are
broadcast in a total of 30 countries and are seen by 125 million people. MTG is
also the major shareholder in Russia's largest independent television
broadcaster (CTC Media - Nasdaq: CTCM), and the number one commercial radio
operator in the Nordic and Baltic regions.

Modern Times Group MTG AB Class A and B shares are listed on Nasdaq OMX
Stockholm's Large Cap market (‘MTGA' and ‘MTGB').


The information in this announcement is that which Modern Times Group MTG AB is
required to disclose under the Securities Market Act and/or the Financial
Instruments Trading Act. It was released for publication at 18.00 CET on 30
September 2009.