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Of Financial Statements Important notice IMPORTANT: You must read the following disclaimer before continuing. The following disclaimer applies to the attached offering memorandum (the “Offering Memorandum”), and you are therefore advised to read this disclaimer page carefully before reading, accessing or making any other use of the attached Offering Memorandum. In accessing the attached Offering Memorandum, you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions, including any modifications to them from time to time, each time you receive any information from us as a result of such access. Confirmation of Your Representation: In order to be eligible to view this Offering Memorandum or make an investment decision with respect to the securities offered therein, you must: (i) not be a U.S. person (as defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)), and be outside the United States; or (ii) be a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act). You have been sent the attached Offering Memorandum on the basis that you have confirmed to each of the initial purchasers set forth in the attached Offering Memorandum (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”), being the sender or senders of the attached Offering Memorandum, that either: (A)(i) you and any customers you represent are not U.S. persons; and (ii) the e-mail address to which this Offering Memorandum has been delivered is not located in the United States, its territories and possessions, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia; “possessions” include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands; or (B) you and any customers you represent are qualified institutional buyers and, in either case, that you consent to delivery of the attached Offering Memorandum by electronic transmission. This Offering Memorandum has been sent to you in an electronic form. You are reminded that documents transmitted via this medium may be altered or changed during the process of transmission and, consequently, none of Millicom International Cellular S.A., the Initial Purchasers, any person who controls any Initial Purchaser, or any of their respective subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, employer, employee or agent of theirs, or affiliate of any such person, accepts any liability or responsibility whatsoever in respect of any difference between the Offering Memorandum distributed to you in electronic format and the hard copy version available to you on request from the Initial Purchasers. You are reminded that the attached Offering Memorandum has been delivered to you on the basis that you are a person into whose possession this Offering Memorandum may be lawfully delivered in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which you are located and you may not nor are you authorized to deliver this Offering Memorandum to any other person. You will not transmit the attached Offering Memorandum (or any copy of it or part thereof) or disclose, whether orally or in writing, any of its contents to any other person except with the consent of the Initial Purchasers. Restrictions: Any securities to be issued will not be registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) except to (i) qualified institutional buyers in reliance on the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A or (ii) non-U.S. persons in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S. This communication is directed solely at persons who (i) are investment professionals, as such term is defined in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended, the “Financial Promotion Order”), (ii) are persons falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Financial Promotion Order, (iii) are outside the United Kingdom, or (iv) are persons to whom an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) in connection with the issue or sale of any Notes (as defined in the attached Offering Memorandum) may otherwise be lawfully communicated or caused to be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as “relevant persons”). Any investment or investment activity to which the attached Offering Memorandum relates is available only to relevant persons and will be engaged in only with relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on the attached Offering Memorandum or any of its contents. OFFERING MEMORANDUM NOT FOR GENERAL DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED STATES CONFIDENTIAL Millicom International Cellular S.A. $500,000,000 4.750% Senior Notes due 2020 Millicom International Cellular S.A. (the “Issuer”) is offering $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.750% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Notes”). The Issuer will pay interest on the Notes semi-annually on each May 22 and November 22, commencing on November 22, 2013. The Notes will mature on May 22, 2020. The Issuer may redeem some or all of the Notes at any time prior to May 22, 2017 at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional amounts, if any, to the redemption date and a “make whole” premium and at any time on or after May 22, 2017 at the redemption prices set forth in this offering memorandum plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional amounts, if any, to the redemption date. In addition, at any time on or prior to May 22, 2016, up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes may be redeemed with the net proceeds of certain equity offerings, including certain equity offerings of our subsidiaries or from the sale of certain specified assets at a redemption price equal to 104.750% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional amounts, if any, to the redemption date if at least 65% of the originally issued aggregate principal amount of the Notes remains outstanding. All of the Notes may also be redeemed at 100% of their principal amount plus accrued interest to the redemption date upon the occurrence of certain changes in applicable tax law. Upon the occurrence of certain change of control events and a ratings decline, each holder of the Notes may require the Issuer to repurchase all or a portion of its Notes. The Notes will be senior obligations of the Issuer and will rank pari passu in right of payment with all of the Issuer’s existing and future indebtedness and senior in right of payment with all of the Issuer’s existing and future subordinated indebtedness. There is currently no public market for the Notes. Application has been made to list the Notes on the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and to admit the Notes for trading on the Euro MTF Market; however, this offering memorandum cannot be considered as either a listing document or a prospectus approved by either the Luxembourg Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier or the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. Investing in the Notes involves a high degree of risk. You should consider carefully the risk factors beginning on page 19 of this offering memorandum before investing in the Notes. Price: 99.266% plus accrued interest, if any, from the issue date. The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction. Unless they are registered, the Notes may be offered only in transactions that are exempt from registration under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction. Accordingly, the Notes are being offered and sold only to qualified institutional buyers in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act and to non-U.S. persons in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. For further details about eligible offerees and resale restrictions, see “Transfer Restrictions.” We expect that the Notes will be delivered to investors in book-entry form through The Depository Trust Company, Euroclear and Clearstream on or about May 22, 2013. Interests in each global note will be exchangeable for the relevant definitive notes only in certain limited circumstances. See “Book-Entry, Delivery and Form.” Joint Global Co-ordinators and Joint Bookrunners J.P. Morgan Standard Bank Joint Bookrunner BNP PARIBAS The date of this offering memorandum is May 17, 2013. Central America: South America: Africa: Total population: 39m 63m 186m 288m Guatemala 14m Honduras 8m Nicaragua 6m Senegal 13m Chad 11m Ownership: 55.0% Ownership: 66.7% AMNET Ownership: 100% Ownership: 100% Mobile market position: #1 of 3 Mobile market position: #1 of 4 Ownership: 100% Market position: #2 of 4 Market position: #1 of 3 Customers: 8.3m Customers: 4.9m Operations: cable Customers: 2.7m Customers: 2.0m Operations: mobile, cable Operations: mobile, cable Operations: mobile Operations: mobile El Salvador 6m Ghana 25m Ownership: 100% Ownership: 100% Mobile market position: #1 of 5 Make position: #2 of 3 Customers: 3.3m Customers: 3.2m Operations: mobile, cable Operations: mobile Tanzania 48m Costa Rica 5m Ownership: 100% AMNET Market position: #2 of 7 Ownership: 100% Customers: 6.1m Operations: cable Operations: mobile Colombia 46m Rwanda 12m Ownership: 50% + 1 share Ownership: 87.5% Market position: #3 of 3 Market position: #2 of 3 Customers: 6.0m Customers: 1.5m Operations: mobile Operations: mobile Democratic Republic of Bolivia 10m Paraguay 7m the Congo 76m Mauritius 1m Ownership: 100% Ownership: 100% Ownership: 100% Ownership: 50.0% Market position: #2 of 3 Mobile market position: #1 of 4 Market position: #1 of 6 (KBC region) Market position: #2 of 3 Customers: 2.9m Customers: 4.1m Customers: 2.9m Customers: 0.5m Operations: mobile Operations: mobile, cable Operations: mobile Operations: mobile Information presented is as of March 31, 2013.
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