The purchases, made between August 31 and September 4, amounted to a total transaction value of SEK 275.92 million, with the company paying a weighted average of SEK 96.8158 per share.
Ericsson’s buying was heaviest at the beginning of the week. The company acquired 750,000 Class B shares on both August 31 and September 1. It bought another 600,000 shares on September 2, followed by 250,000 on September 3 and 500,000 on September 4.
The daily transaction values ranged from approximately SEK 24.3 million to SEK 72.6 million.
The company’s purchases were carried out on Nasdaq Stockholm by Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE on Ericsson’s behalf.
The latest transactions form part of Ericsson’s SEK 15 billion share buyback programme, announced on April 16, 2026. The programme began on April 23 and is scheduled to continue until March 31, 2027, at the latest.
Ericsson said the programme is intended to support its capital-allocation strategy while allowing the company to repurchase shares over an extended period.
“The Board of Directors intends to propose to the 2027 Annual General Meeting that the repurchased shares, other than those used to fulfil Ericsson’s obligations under its share-related incentive programs, are cancelled,” the company said in its announcement.
Cancellation of the repurchased shares would reduce the number of shares in circulation, excluding those retained for incentive programmes. Such a reduction can increase the proportionate ownership represented by each remaining share and potentially improve per-share financial measures, although the ultimate effect depends on the company’s earnings and other factors.
Following the latest purchases, Ericsson held 105,668,676 Class B shares in treasury.
The company has a total of 3,371,351,735 shares, consisting of 261,755,983 Class A shares and 3,109,595,752 Class B shares.
The latest five-day purchases therefore represent about 0.085% of Ericsson’s total shares outstanding based on the total share count disclosed in the announcement.
Ericsson said the buyback is being conducted under European market-abuse rules and the European Commission’s so-called Safe Harbour Regulation, which provides a regulatory framework for companies conducting share repurchases under specified conditions.
| Date | Aggregated Daily Volume (Shares) | Weighted Average Share Price (SEK) | Total Daily Transaction Value (SEK) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31/08/2026 | 750,000 | 96.6863 | 72,514,725.00 |
| 01/09/2026 | 750,000 | 96.7699 | 72,577,425.00 |
| 02/09/2026 | 600,000 | 96.4085 | 57,845,100.00 |
| 03/09/2026 | 250,000 | 97.0684 | 24,267,100.00 |
| 04/09/2026 | 500,000 | 97.4412 | 48,720,600.00 |
| Total | 2,850,000 | 96.8158 | 275,924,950.00 |
The company’s SEK 15 billion programme remains substantially larger than the purchases made during the latest reporting period. The SEK 275.9 million spent between August 31 and September 4 represents about 1.84% of the programme’s maximum value, leaving roughly SEK 14.72 billion of the announced authorization if no other purchases are taken into account.
The buyback comes as Ericsson continues to manage its capital position amid an evolving global telecommunications market, where operators are balancing investment in 5G, cloud infrastructure and emerging network technologies with pressure on spending and returns.
For shareholders, the scale and duration of the programme make the pace of future repurchases significant. Continued purchases and eventual cancellation of shares could alter the company’s share count and the ownership percentage represented by shares that remain in circulation.
Ericsson’s latest purchases were executed in accordance with Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 on market abuse (MAR) and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052, which sets out the conditions for share buybacks conducted under the Safe Harbour framework.