STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN — (Marketwire) — 06/29/12 — Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
(NASDAQ: ERIC) confirms that as per June
29, 2012, the company-s share capital amounts to SEK 16,525,258,678 and the
total number of shares is 3,305,051,735, of which 261,755,983 are shares of
series A and 3,043,295,752 are shares of series B. The total number of
votes is
566,085,558.2, of which the series A shares represent 261,755,983 votes and
the
series B shares represent 304,329,575.2 votes.
The increase in the number of shares and votes is caused by the company-s
recent
issue of 31,700,000 shares of series C, which shares have subsequently been
repurchased by the company and converted into shares of series B, by virtue
of a
conversion clause in the articles of association. This is in accordance
with the
resolution by the Annual General Meeting 2012 to expand the treasury stock
as
part of the financing of Ericsson-s Long-Term Variable Remuneration Program
(LTV) 2012. The company currently holds 89,695,956 shares as treasury
stock.
Ericsson discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the
Securities
Markets Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information
was
submitted for publication on June 29, 2012, at 08.00am CET.
Increase in the total number of shares and votes in Telef. LM E:
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Source: Ericsson via Thomson Reuters ONE
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