As of December 31, 2008 Ericsson had, according to information from the share register kept by Euroclear Sweden AB (formerly VPC AB), a total of 728,333 shareholders. Almost 80 percent of the shares are owned by institutions, Swedish and international. Investor and Industrivärden, two Swedish industrial holding companies with long-term investment cycles, are the largest shareholders with 5.05 and 2.29 percent of the share capital and 19.42 and 13.28 percent of the voting rights, respectively.
A significant number of the shares held by foreign investors are held off record by banks, brokers and/or nominees on behalf of their customers. This means that the actual shareholder is not displayed in the share register and is not included in the shareholding statistics identifying the largest shareholders, e.g. for the purposes of appointing the members to the Nomination Committee.
Ownership Percentage (CAPITAL)
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OUR GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
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