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UnitedGlobalCom Stockholders Approve the Issuance of Shares in Exchange Offer for UGC Europe Shares DENVER, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. ("United" or "the Company") announced that in a special meeting held earlier today, stockholders voted to approve the issuance of United's Class A common stock in its exchange offer for all of the outstanding publicly held shares of UGC Europe, Inc. ("UGC Europe") . Accordingly, the condition to the exchange offer requiring such stockholder approval has been satisfied. United's registration statement on Form S-4 relating to the exchange offer was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on Friday, December 12, 2003. Accordingly, the condition to the exchange offer requiring such registration statement to be effective has been satisfied. The exchange offer remains subject to the other conditions included in the offer described in the offering documents filed with the SEC and mailed to the stockholders of UGC Europe. The exchange offer is scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Thursday, December 18, 2003. Notice For UGC Europe Stockholders United has filed with the SEC an amendment to its Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-109496), and Europe Acquisition, Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary which is offering to exchange the shares of UGC Europe, has filed with the SEC an amendment to its Schedule TO. The Registration Statement was declared effective by the SEC on December 12, 2003. UGC EUROPE STOCKHOLDERS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES ARE URGED TO READ THESE DOCUMENTS AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Materials filed with the SEC are available electronically without charge at an Internet site maintained by the SEC. The address of that site is http://www.sec.gov/ . Documents filed with the SEC may be obtained from United without charge by directing a request to Richard Abbott, Vice President of Finance, UnitedGlobalCom, Inc., 4643 S. Ulster Street, Suite 1300, Denver, CO 80237. About UnitedGlobalCom United is the largest international broadband communications provider of video, voice and Internet services with operations in numerous countries. Based on the Company's operating statistics at September 30, 2003, United's networks reached approximately 12.6 million homes passed and 9 million RGUs, including approximately 7.4 million video subscribers, 717,900 voice subscribers, and 868,000 high speed Internet access subscribers. United's significant and consolidated operating subsidiaries are UGC Europe, Inc. (UGC Europe) (NASDAQ:UGCE), a leading pan-European broadband communications company; and VTR GlobalCom S.A. (VTR), the largest broadband communications provider in Chile; as well as several strategic ventures in video and broadband businesses around the world. Please visit our web site at http://www.unitedglobal.com/ for further information about the company. DATASOURCE: UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. CONTACT: Richard S. L. Abbott, VP, Finance of UnitedGlobalCom, Inc., +1-303-220-6682, Web site: http://www.sec.gov/ Web site: http://www.unitedglobal.com/

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