Geneva – 18 February 2010

Advanced Digital Broadcast Holdings SA (SIX: ADBN) announced today the closing of its share repurchase programme approved by its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on 26 June, 2009, and launched on 7 September, 2009.

The company has repurchased a total of 619,054 of its own shares, which represents 10.0% of the issued and outstanding company’s share capital, through a dedicated trading line (SIX: ADBNE). The share repurchase program had a limit of 619,054 shares, which was fully achieved.

As of today, the company owns a total of 1,201,517 of its own registered shares, or 19.4% of its issued and outstanding share capital. At the next Annual General Meeting, shareholders of the company will decide on the reduction of the company’s share capital with a total number of 619,054 shares.

This press release and further information on ADB Group can be found on the Group’s website at www.adbholdings.com

For further information please contact:
Tina Nyfors
EVP, Corporate Development
Tel: +41 22 592 8433
Fax: +41 22 592 8432
t.nyfors@adbglobal.com

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About ADB Group (SIX: ADBN)

ADB Group (www.adbholdings.com) was founded in 1995 and is a leading developer of solutions required to view and interact with digital TV broadcast through cable, satellite, terrestrial and IP networks. The Group primarily sells consumer premise devices, including set-top boxes, with over 15 million units deployed since 1997. The development and sales of the Group’s products and services are conducted through ADB (www.adbglobal.com), and Vidiom Systems (www.vidiom.com).

This press release contains forward-looking statements. You are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, among which:

• future developments of the world digital TV market, in particular the future demand for digital TV products in the key markets and from key customers served by our Group;
• pricing pressures, competitive market situation;
• our and the industry’s capability to successfully and timely innovate and develop challenging technology, and our capability to hire and retain high-level employees;
• changes in the exchange rates between the US$ and the main other operating currencies of the Group, including the Euro and the Polish Zloty;
• our ability in an intensive competitive environment, to continue securing orders from existing or new customers and to achieve our pricing expectations for volume supplies of new products in whose development we have or are currently investing;
• the ability of our suppliers to meet our demands for supplies, qualitatively or quantitatively, and to offer competitive pricing;
• our gross margin could vary significantly from expectations based on changes in revenue levels, product mix and pricing, changes in unit costs, and the timing and execution of shipments ramp-ups;
• changes in the economic, tax, social or political environment, including import and other duties, military conflict, terrorist activities, as well as natural events such as severe weather, health risks, epidemics or earthquakes in the countries in which we, our key customers and our suppliers operate;
• our ability to obtain required licenses on third-party intellectual property on reasonable terms and conditions, the impact of potential claims by third parties involving intellectual property rights relating to our business, and the outcome of litigation;
• the results of actions by our competitors, including new product offerings and our ability to react thereto;

Advanced Digital Broadcast Holdings SA undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. Advanced Digital Broadcast Holdings SA reserves the right to amend the information at any time without prior notice.

The information contained in this press release may not be considered as being a substitute for economic, legal, tax or other advice and you are cautioned to base investment decisions or other decisions on the content of this release. You are recommended to consult your investment advisers or other advisers prior to making any decision.