The Latest Breaking News from Ericsson

Europe's leading activist investor Cevian AB pressed Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) to amend its articles to give its Class A shareholders the power to convert their shares into Class B shares, Bloomberg reports. Class A shareholders carry ten times Class B's voting power per share, notes Bloomberg. Cevian holds ~5% of Ericsson's Class…

The U.S. Department of Justice admitted that Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) failed to make adequate disclosures about its operations in Iraq before entering a deferred prosecution agreement in 2019 Bloomberg reports. The DOJ also determined that Ericsson breached the agreement by "failing to make subsequent disclosure" after signing it.  Ericsson's dealings in Iraq came…

Telecoms group’s admission comes days after revelations about alleged bribes given to Islamic State

Citi analyst Andrew Gardiner downgraded Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) to Neutral from Buy, calling the company "uninvestable." The re-rating followed the report of alleged "tens of millions of dollars in suspicious payments" by the telecom company to ISIS over nearly a decade to keep its business in Iraq. Related Content:…