SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
May 31, 2024
Commission File Number 000-12033
LM ERICSSON TELEPHONE COMPANY
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Torshamnsgatan 21, Kista
SE-164 83, Stockholm, Sweden
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Announcement of LM Ericsson Telephone Company, May 31, 2024 regarding “New number of shares and votes in Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson”
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (publ) | ||
| By: | /s/ STELLA MEDLICOTT | |
| Stella Medlicott | ||
| Senior Vice President, | ||
| Chief Marketing and Communications Officer | ||
| By: | /s/ LARS SANDSTRÖM | |
| Lars Sandström | ||
| Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | ||
Date: May 31, 2024
PRESS RELEASE May 31, 2024 |  |
New number of shares and votes in
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
The total number of shares in Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) as of May 31, 2024, amounts to 3,348,251,735, of which 261,755,983 are A shares and 3,086,495,752 are B shares. The total number of votes is 570,405,558.2 of which the A shares represent 261,755,983 votes and the B shares represent 308,649,575.2 votes.
The increase in the number of shares and votes is a result of the company’s issue of 4.1 million C shares completed in May 2024. The C shares have subsequently been repurchased by the company and converted into B shares by virtue of a conversion clause in the articles of association. This is in accordance with the resolution by the AGM 2024 to expand the treasury stock as part of the financing of the Long-Term Variable Compensation Program LTV I 2023 for the company’s executive team. The company currently holds 15,579,561 B shares as treasury stock.
This information is information that Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson is obliged to make public pursuant to the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication at 08.00 CEST on May 31, 2024.
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