Ericsson announces prices for its Bond Exchange Offer
Under the terms of the Exchange Offer, as defined in the Exchange Offer Memorandum dated November 4, 2003, holders of the 6.375% Euro Medium Term Notes maturing May 31, 2006 (the "Notes") will be offered the opportunity to exchange up to EUR 0.5 billion of existing Notes for new Ericsson Exchange Securities.
At 12:00 noon (London time) today, the yield of the DBR 6.25% maturing April 26, 2006 was 2.853%. Based on a previously-announced Exchange Spread of 230 bps, the Exchange Price for the Notes will be 108.488.
At 12:00 noon (London time) today, the yield of the DBR 5.25% maturing January 4, 2011 was 4.024%. Based on a previously-announced New Issue Spread of 285 bps, the New Issue yield would be 6.874% on an annual basis, which equates to 6.760% on a semi-annual basis. This implies a coupon of 6¾% (paid semi-annually) and a New Issue Price of 99.946 for the Ericsson Exchange Securities.
Based on the prices above, investors will be able to exchange their holdings in the Notes for new Ericsson Exchange Securities at an Exchange Ratio of 1:1.0855, as set out in the Exchange Offer Memorandum.
Holders of the existing Notes are asked to submit acceptances via Electronic Acceptance Instruction to the relevant Clearing System no later than 5:00 pm (London time) on November 25, 2003. The settlement date for the Ericsson Exchange Securities is November 28, 2003. Contact details for the Exchange Agent and Dealer Manager appear below.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT
Ericsson Investor Relations
Lotta Lundin
Phone: +46 8 719 6553, +46 730 371 100
E-mail: lotta.lundin@ericsson.com
Ericsson Media Relations
Peter Olofsson,
Phone: +46 8 719 1880, +46 8 719 69 92
E-mail: press.relations@ericsson.com
Dealer Manager: J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd.
Paul Hawker - Liability Management Desk
Phone: +4420 7777 4185
E-mail: paul.hawker@jpmorgan.com
Jonathan Brown - Syndicate Desk
Phone: +4420 7777 1986
E-mail: jonathan.j.brown@jpmorgan.com
Exchange Agent: JPMorgan Chase Bank
Philip Runciman
Phone: +4420 7777 2742
E-mail: phillip.runciman@chase.com
The communication of this document is not being made and the document has not been approved by an authorised person for the purposes of S21 of the Financial Services Act 2000. The Exchange Offer is open only to those persons falling within the definition of Investment Professionals (as defined in article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotions) Order 2001 (the "Order"), and those persons who also fall within Article 43 of the Order.
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