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Ericsson appoints new Head of Investor Relations and Head of Corporate Communications

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN — (Marketwired) — 05/23/13 — Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC)

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) today announced the appointment of Peter Nyquist
and
Elisabeth Manzi as Head of Investor Relations and Head of the Corporate
Communications team respectively.

Peter Nyquist has a long background in investor relations and financial
communication and since 2006 holds the position as Senior Vice President
Investor Relations and Financial Information at Electrolux.

In his new position, effective during the month of September, he will
report to
Helena Norrman, Head of Group Function Communications with close relations
also
to the CFO office. Nyquist will be part of the Communications Leadership
Team
and succeeds Åsa Konnbjer who has been acting in the role since
February 2013.

Elisabeth Manzi has for the past 13 years held various communications
positions
within Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), most recently as Head of Media
Relations
SAS. In her new position, effective August 1, 2013, she will lead the
Corporate
Communications team within External Communications and report to Ola Rembe,
Head
of External Communications, Group Function Communications. Manzi fills a
vacancy
in the organization.

Helena Norrman says: “Ericsson has a strong communications team in place
already
and I really look forward to strengthening it even further with two new
senior
members to the team. Peter Nyquist brings years of investor relations
experience
with a very strong track record and Elisabeth Manzi gained extensive media
relations experience from her years at SAS.”

NOTES TO EDITORS

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Ericsson is a world-leading provider of communications technology and
services.
We are enabling the Networked Society with efficient real-time solutions
that
allow us all to study, work and live our lives more freely, in sustainable
societies around the world.

Our offering comprises services, software and infrastructure within
Information
and Communications Technology for telecom operators and other industries.
Today
40 percent of the world-s mobile traffic goes through Ericsson networks and
we
support customers- networks servicing more than 2.5 billion subscriptions.

We are more than 110,000 people working with customers in more than 180
countries. Founded in 1876, Ericsson is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.
In
2012 the company-s net sales were SEK 227.8 billion (USD 33.8 billion).
Ericsson
is listed on NASDAQ OMX, Stockholm and NASDAQ, New York stock exchanges.

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Ericsson Corporate Communications
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