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Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Report 2024 This Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Report is rendered as a separate report added to the Financial Report in accordance with theprevious version of the Annual Accounts Act (SFS 1995:1554, Chapter 6, Section 10 and 11) applied before 1 July 2024. An assurance report fromthe Company’s auditor is appended hereto. Forward-looking statementsThis Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Report includes forward-looking Corporate Responsibility Report and in other documents we file from time totime with our regulators that disclose risks and uncertainties that may affect ourbusiness. Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the forward-looking statementsin this Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Report do not reflect thepotential impact of any divestitures, mergers, acquisitions, or other businesscombinations that have not been completed as of the date of this report. Weexpressly disclaim a duty to provide updates to these forward-looking statements,and the estimates and assumptions associated with them, after the date of thisSustainability and Corporate Responsibility Report, to reflect events or changesin circumstances or changes in expectations or the occurrence of anticipatedevents, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, exceptas required by applicable law or stock exchange regulation. This Sustainabilityand Corporate Responsibility Report includes websites or references to additionalcompany reports. These are intended to provide inactive, textual references only.The information on websites and contained in those reports is not part of thisreport and not incorporated by reference in this report. This Sustainability andCorporate Responsibility Report contains statements based on hypotheticalscenarios and assumptions as well as estimates that are subject to a high levelof uncertainty, and these statements should not necessarily be viewed as beingrepresentative of current or actual risk or performance, or forecasts of expectedrisk or performance. In addition, historical, current, and forward-looking environ-mental and social-related statements may be based on standards for measur-ing progress that are still developing and on internal controls and processes thatcontinue to evolve. While certain matters discussed in this Sustainability andCorporate Responsibility Report may be significant, any significance should not betaken, or otherwise assumed, as necessarily rising to the level of materiality usedfor purposes of complying with Ericsson’s public company reporting obligationspursuant to the US federal securities laws and regulations, even if the report usesthe words “material” or “materiality.” statements, including statements reflecting the Company’s current views relatingto the growth of the market, future market conditions, future events, financialcondition, and expected operational and financial performance, including, inparticular the following:The words “believe,” “expect,” “foresee,” “anticipate,” “assume,” “intend,” “likely,” “projects,” “may,” “could,” “plan,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “will,” “should,” “would,”“predict,” “aim,” “ambition,” “seek,” “potential,” “target,” “might,” “continue,” or,in each case, their negative or variations, and similar words or expressions areused to identify forward-looking statements. Any statement that refers to theCompany’s strategy, future financial performance, expectations, projections orother characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underly-ing assumptions, are forward-looking statements. Such statements are based onmanagement’s expectations as of the date of this report, unless an earlier date isspecified, including expectations based on third-party information and projectionsthat management believes to be reputable.We caution investors that these statements are subject to risks and uncertain- ties many of which are difficult to predict and generally beyond our control thatcould cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those expressedin, or implied or projected by, the forward-looking information and statements.Important factors that could affect whether and to what extent any of our for-ward-looking statements materialize include but are not limited to the factorsdescribed throughout this Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Report.These forward-looking statements also represent our estimates, assumptionsand expectations only as of the date that they were made, and to the extent theyrepresent third-party data, we have not undertaken to independently verify suchthird-party data and do not intend to do so.Given these risks and uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. Readers are urged to carefullyreview and consider the various disclosures made in this Sustainability and Sustainability and integrityfor long-term value creation Ericsson was f