BERTRANGE, Luxembourg, June 27, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Millicom:
Notice: Is hereby Given that in consideration of the quorum required by the law of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies, as amended (the "Law") and the articles of association of the Company (the "Articles") not having been reached at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the shareholders of the Company held on 31 May 2005, a subsequent Extraordinary General Meeting of the shareholders of the Company (the "Meeting") will be held on July 20, 2005 at 3.00 p.m. Central European time, at the registered office of the Company, i.e. at 75, route de Longwy in L-8080 Bertrange (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg) to consider and vote on the following agenda:
1) To pass a resolution in accordance with the requirements of article 100 of the law of August 10, 1915 on commercial companies as amended.
There is no quorum of presence requirement for the Meeting. The resolution must be adopted by a two-thirds majority of the shares present or represented at the Meeting.
Participation in the Meeting is reserved to shareholders who give notice of their intention to attend the Meeting by mail or return a duly completed proxy form at the following address: Millicom International Cellular S.A., 75, route de Longwy, L-8080 Bertrange, Luxembourg, attention: Ms. Veronique Mathieu, telephone: + 352 27 759 287, fax: + 352 27 759 359, so that it shall be received no later than Friday July 15, 2005, 5:00 p.m. Central European time. Proxy forms are available upon request at Millicom's registered office, at the above address and contact numbers.
Holders of Swedish Depository Receipts wishing to attend the meeting or to be represented at the Meeting by proxy have to request a power of attorney from Fischer Partners Fondkommission AB, P.O. Box 16027, SE-103-21 Stockholm, Sweden, telephone: + 46 8 463 85 00, and send it duly completed to Millicom's address indicated above, so that it shall be received no later than Friday July 15, 2005, 5:00 p.m. Central European time. Holders of Swedish Depository Receipts having registered their Swedish Depository Receipts in the name of a nominee must temporarily register the Swedish Depository Receipts in their own name in the records maintained by VPC AB in order to exercise their shareholders' rights at the Meeting. Such registration must be completed no later than Friday July 8, 2005.
June 14, 2005 The Board of Directors
Millicom International Cellular S.A. is a global telecommunications investor with cellular operations in Asia, Latin America and Africa. It currently has a total of 16 cellular operations and licenses in 15 countries. The Group's cellular operations have a combined population under license of approximately 332 million people.
This press release may contain certain ``forward-looking statements" with respect to Millicom's expectations and plans, strategy, management's objectives, future performance, costs, revenues, earnings and other trend information. It is important to note that Millicom's 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 that Millicom has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including Millicom's most recent annual report on Form 20-F, for a discussion of certain of these factors. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to Millicom on the date hereof. All written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to Millicom International Cellular S.A., any Millicom International Cellular S.A members or persons acting on Millicom's behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the factors referred to above. Millicom does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.
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