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* Ericsson has refinanced its USD 2 billion multi-currency revolving
credit
facility

* Tenor of five years with extension options

* Facility to be used for general corporate purposes

Today, Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) has signed a new USD 2 billion
multi-currency
revolving credit facility and refinanced its credit facility signed in
2007. The
new facility has a tenor of five years, with two extension options of one
year
each, and the facility serves for general corporate purposes.

The refinancing of the credit facility was well received by the banks. With
18
banks participating (both existing banks and new ones), Ericsson has a very
strong and well diversified bank group. All banks that had been invited to
join
the group accepted.

HSBC Bank plc and Nordea acted as coordinators.

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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.

Ericsson-s USD 2 billion credit facility successfully refinanced:

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