Ascent Capital Group Announces New “ASCMQ” Ticker Symbol for Its Series A Common Stock

Ascent Capital Group, Inc. (“Ascent”) today announced that, according to the OTC Markets, the symbol for Ascent’s Series A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, will now be “ASCMQ” instead of “ASCMA” as previously announced.

About Ascent and Monitronics

Ascent Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASCMA) (OTC: ASCMQ, ASCMB) is a holding company whose primary subsidiary is Monitronics, one of the largest home security and alarm monitoring companies in the U.S. Headquartered in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Monitronics secures approximately 900,000 residential and commercial customers through highly responsive, simple security solutions backed by expertly trained professionals. The company has the nation’s largest network of independent authorized dealers – providing products and support to customers in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico – as well as direct-to-consumer sales of DIY and professionally installed products. For more information on Ascent, see http://ir.ascentcapitalgroupinc.com.

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