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Item 1. | SECURITY AND ISSUER |
This statement on Schedule 13D (the “Schedule 13D“) relates to the Class B Shares, SEK 5.00 nominal value (the “Class B Shares“) of LM Ericsson Telephone Company, a limited liability company organized under the Swedish Companies Act (the “Issuer“). The principal executive offices of the Issuer are located at Torshamnsgatan 21, Kista, Stockholm, Sweden. |
Item 2. | IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND |
(a) | This Schedule 13D is filed by Cevian Capital II GP Limited, a limited company incorporated under the laws of Jersey (the “Reporting Person“), the general partner of Cevian Capital II Master Fund LP, a Cayman Islands limited partnership (the “Master Fund“) and Cevian Capital II Co-Investment Fund LP, a Cayman Islands limited partnership (the “Co-Investment Fund” and together with Cevian Capital Partners Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Master Fund, the “Cevian Entities“), with respect to the Class B Shares held by each of the Cevian Entities. |
The filing of this statement should not be construed as an admission that the Reporting Person is, for the purposes of Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the beneficial owner of the Class B Shares reported herein. | |
(b) | The principal business address of the Reporting Person is 4 Bond Street, St Helier, Jersey, JE4 5QR, Channel Islands. |
(c) | The principal business of the Reporting Person is to serve as the sole general partner and to act as investment manager to each of the Cevian Entities. |
(d) | The Reporting Person has not, during the last five years, been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors). |
(e) | The Reporting Person has not, during the last five years, been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and, as a result of such proceeding, was, or is subject to, a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws. |
(f) | The Reporting Person is a limited company organized under the laws of Jersey. |
Schedule A attached hereto sets forth the information required by Instruction C of the instructions to Schedule 13D. |