Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Investor AB; Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
BWB/Z-7027
On 04.08.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Investor AB (Stockholm / Sweden) intends to increase its current shareholding to more than 25% of the voting rights in Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Stockholm / Sweden).
The proposed transaction concerns mobile connectivity solutions.
ÖNACE- Code: Telecommunications.
K - TELECOMMUNICATION, COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, CONSULTING, COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER INFORMATION SERVICE ACTIVITIES K 61 - Telecommunication, K 61.9 - Other telecommunication activities
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 01.09.2025.
Entrepreneurs whose legal or economic interests are affected by the merger can bring in a written statement at the Federal Competition Authority or the Federal Cartel Prosecutor within 14 days from publication date.
Note: The intervening party has no right to a certain treatment of the statement and will not gain a party position.
Non-prohibition of the merger
The Federal Competition Authority and the Federal Cartel Prosecutor have not applied for examination of the merger by the Cartel Court. The standstill obligation (§ 17 (1) Cartel Act) ends with effect from 02.09.2025 .