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
July 18, 2018
Commission File Number
000-12033
LM ERICSSON TELEPHONE COMPANY
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Torshamnsgatan 21, Kista
SE-164 83, Stockholm, Sweden
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Announcement of LM Ericsson Telephone Company, July 18, 2018 regarding “Ericsson announces changes to Executive Team”.
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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/ XAVIER DEDULLEN | |
| Xavier Dedullen | ||
| Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer | ||
| By: | /s/ CARL MELLANDER | |
| Carl Mellander | ||
| Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | ||
Date: July 18, 2018
| PRESS RELEASE July 18, 2018 |
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Ericsson announces changes to Executive Team
| • | Jan Karlsson is appointed Senior Vice President, Head of Business Area Digital Services, and member of Ericsson’s Executive Team, effective August 1, 2018 |
| • | Business Area Digital Services is executing on its strategy and tracking towards a turnaround |
| • | Jan Karlsson has been acting in this position since February 1, 2018 |
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) has appointed Jan Karlsson Senior Vice President, Head of Business Area Digital Services, effective August 1, 2018. Effective the same date he will become member of the Ericsson Executive Team.
Börje Ekholm, President and CEO, says: “I am very pleased to welcome Jan as a permanent member to the Executive Team. Under his leadership he has ensured that we have continued to execute on our plans to turn the business around in Digital Services.”
Karlsson has held several executive positions within Ericsson since he joined the company in 2014. Most recently he held the position as Head of Solution Area BSS within Business Area Digital Services. Before joining Ericsson, Karlsson was CEO of DigitalRoute, an independent software vendor focusing on data collection and pre-processing across telco and non-telco verticals.
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