Ericsson: Increase in the total number of votes in Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, Jun 30 (MARKET WIRE) --

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson confirms that as per June 30, 2009 the
company's share capital is SEK 16,366,758,678 and the total number of
shares is 3,273,351,735, of which 261,755,983 are series A shares and
3,011,595,752 are series B shares. The total number of votes is
562,915,558.2, of which the series A shares represent 261,755,983 votes
and the series B shares represent 301,159,575.2 votes.

The increase in the number of votes is caused by the company having
converted 27,000,000 newly issued series C shares into series B shares,
by virtue of a conversion clause in the articles of association. This is
in accordance with the resolution by the Annual General Meeting 2009 to
expand the treasury stock as part of the financing of Ericsson's
Long-Term Variable Remuneration Program (LTV) 2009. The company currently
holds 84,548,772 shares as treasury stock.

Notes to editors:

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Ericsson is the world's leading provider of technology and services to
telecom operators. Ericsson is the leader in 2G, 3G and 4G mobile
technologies, and provides support for networks with over 1 billion
subscribers and has a leading position in managed services. The company's
portfolio comprises of mobile and fixed network infrastructure, telecom
services, software, broadband and multimedia solutions for operators,
enterprises and the media industry. The Sony Ericsson and ST-Ericsson
joint ventures provide consumers with feature-rich personal mobile
devices.

Ericsson is advancing its vision of "to be the prime driver in an
all-communicating world" through innovation, technology, and sustainable
business solutions. Working in 175 countries, more than 75,000 employees
generated revenue of SEK 209 billion (USD 32.2 billion) in 2008. Founded
in 1876 with the headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, Ericsson is listed on
NASDAQ OMX Stockholm and NASDAQ New
York.

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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 30, 2009, at 10.20 am
CET.

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