Primus Telecom Declares Special $2.50 Dividend

Primus Telecommunications Group, Incorporated ("PTGi")

, a global facilities-based integrated provider of advanced telecommunications products and services, announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary Primus Telecommunications Holding, Inc. ("PTHI") has completed the exchange of $79,702,709 aggregate principal amount of its 10.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2017 (the "10% Notes") for $86,875,955 aggregate principal amount of its newly-issued 10.00% Senior Secured Exchange Notes due 2017 (the "10% Exchange Notes"), together with accrued but unpaid interest on the exchanged 10% Notes for the period from October 15, 2012 to the exchange date. The terms of the 10% Exchange Notes are substantially similar to those governing the 10% Notes, except that the applicable redemption price of the 10% Exchange Notes