0000950103-13-002229.txt : 20130408 0000950103-13-002229.hdr.sgml : 20130408 20130408075616 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950103-13-002229 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 6-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130408 FILED AS OF DATE: 20130408 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130408 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Modern Times Group MTG AB CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001404424 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS [4833] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: V7 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 6-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-54641 FILM NUMBER: 13747350 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: SKEPPSBRON 18 STREET 2: BOX 2094 CITY: 13 STOCKHOLM STATE: V7 ZIP: SE-103 BUSINESS PHONE: 46 8 562 000 50 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: SKEPPSBRON 18 STREET 2: BOX 2094 CITY: 13 STOCKHOLM STATE: V7 ZIP: SE-103 6-K 1 dp37447_6k.htm FORM 6-K
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
FORM 6-K
 
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
8 April, 2013
 
Commission File Number: 000-54641
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MODERN TIMES GROUP MTG AB (publ)
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
 
Skeppsbron 18, P.O. Box 2094, SE-103 13, Stockholm, Sweden
(Address of principal executive offices)
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8 April 2013

CTC Media has announced changes to the company’s Board of Directors

Modern Times Group MTG AB (publ.) (‘MTG’ or ‘the Group’), the international entertainment broadcasting group, has today noted the announcement made by CTC Media regarding changes to the company’s Board of Directors

Lorenzo Grabau has been appointed as a Member and Co-Chairman of CTC Media’s Board of Directors from the closing of the 2013 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 30 April 2013. Mr Grabau is currently a Member of MTG’s Board of Directors. Hans-Holger Albrecht is resigning from CTC Media’s Board of Directors from the same date.

CTC Media has also announced that its Board of Directors recommends that the 2013 AGM elects MTG’s President and Chief Executive Officer Jørgen Madsen Lindemann as one of the new Members of the Board of Directors. MTG’s Chief Financial Officer Mathias Hermansson, who is currently a Member of CTC Media’s Board of Directors, will not stand for re-election to the Board of CTC Media.

CTC Media’s full announcement can be found on the following link: http://ctcmedia.ru/press-center/releases/?id=1289.

CTC Media is the leading independent broadcasting company in Russia. It owns and operates the CTC, Domashny and Peretz television channels in Russia, as well Channel 31 in Kazakhstan and a TV company in Moldova. The international pay-TV version of the CTC channel is available in North America, Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan. CTC Media also has its own TV content production facilities through its subsidiary Story First Production and a number of digital media assets in Russia.
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For further information, please visit www.mtg.se or contact:

Matthew Hooper, Executive Vice President of Corporate Communications
Tel:                                +44 (0) 7768 440 414
Email:                            investor.relations@mtg.se / press@mtg.se


Modern Times Group (MTG) is an international entertainment broadcasting group with operations that span four continents and include free-TV, pay-TV, radio and content production businesses. MTG’s Viasat Broadcasting operates free-TV and pay-TV channels, which are available on Viasat’s own satellite platforms and third party networks, and also distributes TV content over the internet. MTG is also the largest shareholder in CTC Media, which is Russia’s leading independent television broadcaster.

Modern Times Group is a growth company and generated net sales of SEK 13.3 billion in 2012. MTG’s Class A and B shares are listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm’s Large Cap index under the symbols ‘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 08:20 CET on 8 April 2013.

 
 
 
 
SIGNATURES
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
 
MODERN TIMES GROUP MTG AB (publ)
 
(Registrant)
  
         
         
Date: 8 April, 2013
By:
/s/ Jonny Searle  
    Name:  Jonny Searle  
    Title:  General Counsel and Company Secretary