SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETTLLP
425 LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10017-3954
(212) 455-2000
FACSIMILE (212) 455-2502
VIA EDGAR | December 12, 2013 |
Cecilia Blye, Chief
Office of Global Security Risk
Division of Corporate Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: | LM Ericsson Telephone Company |
Form 20-F for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2012 |
Filed April 8, 2013 |
Amendment No. 1 to Form 20-F for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2012 |
Filed June 27, 2013 |
File No. 0-12033 |
Dear Ms. Blye:
We are writing on behalf of our client, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (“Ericsson”), in response to your letter dated December 11, 2013 containing comments by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Staff”) with respect to Ericsson’s Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.
As discussed by telephone with Daniel Leslie of the Staff, we confirm that Ericsson intends to provide the Staff with Ericsson’s responses to your letter on or before January 31, 2014.
If you have any questions regarding the foregoing, please contact Rhett Brandon of this firm (rbrandon@stblaw.com, tel. 212-455-3615, fax 212-455-2502).
Very truly yours,
/s/ SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT
cc: | Jan Frykhammar |
Nina Macpherson |
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson |
Daniel Leslie |
Larry Spirgel |
Division of Corporation Finance |
Securities and Exchange Commission |