As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 25, 2007
Registration No. 333-135116
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
LM ERICSSON TELEPHONE COMPANY
(Translation of Registrant’s Name into English)
| Kingdom of Sweden | Telefonplan, SE-126 25 Stockholm, Sweden |
N.A. | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices Including Zip Code) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
ERICSSON INC. STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Ericsson Inc.
Vice President Legal Affairs
6300 Legacy Drive
Plano, Texas 75024
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(972) 583-0572
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copy to:
David Sirignano
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
1111 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20004
Explanatory Note
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement (the “Amendment”) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) is an amendment to the LM ERICSSON TELEPHONE COMPANY (the “Company” or the “Registrant”) Form S-8 Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 19, 2006, Registration No. 333-135116. The purpose of this Amendment is to file as an exhibit the Ericsson Inc. Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”), as amended. In all other material respects this Amended Form S-8 is unchanged from the Form S-8 filed by the Company.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Kingdom of Sweden, on this 25th day of April, 2007.
| TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (publ) |
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| By: | /s/ Karl-Henrik Sundström |
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| Name: | Karl-Henrik Sundström | |||
| Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||
| By: | /s/ Carl Olof Blomqvist |
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| Name: | Carl Olof Blomqvist | |||
| Title: | Senior Vice President | |||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| Name and Signature |
Title |
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| * |
Chairman of the Board | |||||
| Michael Treschow | ||||||
| * |
Deputy Chairman of the Board and Director | |||||
| Sverker Martin-Löf | ||||||
| * |
Deputy Chairman of the Board and Director | |||||
| Marcus Wallenberg | ||||||
| * |
CEO, President, and Director | |||||
| Carl-Henric Svanberg | (Principal Executive Officer) | |||||
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| /s/ Karl-Henrik Sundström |
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||||
| Karl-Henrik Sundström | (Principal Financial Officer) | |||||
| * |
Director | |||||
| Sir Peter L. Bonfield | ||||||
| * |
Director | |||||
| Börje Ekholm | ||||||
| * |
Director | |||||
| Katherine Hudson | ||||||
| * |
Director | |||||
| Ulf J. Johansson | ||||||
| * |
Director | |||||
| Nancy McKinstry | ||||||
| * |
Director | |||||
| Anders Nyrén | ||||||
| * |
Director and Employee Representative | |||||
| Monica Bergström | ||||||
| * |
Director and Employee Representative | |||||
| Jan Hedlund | ||||||
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| * |
Director and Employee Representative | |||||
| Torbjörn Nyman | ||||||
| * |
Deputy Director and Employee Representative | |||||
| Anna Guldstrand | ||||||
| * By: | /s/ Karl-Henrik Sundström |
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| Karl-Henrik Sundström, on this 25th day of April, 2007 | ||||
| Attorney-in-fact | ||||
| Pursuant to the Power of Attorney included as part of the signature page of Form S-8 as filed on June 19, 2006 | ||||
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 4.1 | Ericsson Inc. Stock Purchase Plan, as amended | |
| 4.2 | Amendment One to the Ericsson Inc. Stock Purchase Plan | |
| 4.3 | Articles of Association of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Stockholm (Org. #556016-0680) dated August 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Company’s Form S-8 filed February 14, 2005 (File No. 333-122785)) | |
| 23.1 | Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP | |
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AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
Pursuant to the requirements of Form S-8, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 has been signed below by the undersigned as the duly authorized representative of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson in the United States on this 25th day of April, 2007.
| By: | /s/ John Moore |
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| Name: | John Moore | |||
| Title: | Vice President and General Counsel Ericsson Inc. |
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