the uslisted shares of telefon ab lm ericsson eric ericb leaped 33 in premarket trading after the swedenbased communications services company disclosed that it reached an agreement with the us department of justice doj to resolve “noncriminal breaches” of 2019 deferred prosecution agreement dpa which the company entered into to resolve previously disclosed violations of the foreign corrupt practices act fcpa under terms of the agreement ericsson will plead guilty relating to conduct prior to 2017 and pay a fine of about 20673 million the company said the agreement brings the dpa to an end “taking this step today means that the matter of the breaches is now resolved” said ericsson chief executive börje ekholm “this allows us to focus on executing our strategy while driving continued cultural change across the company with integrity at the center of everything we do” the stock has dropped 159 over the past three months through thursday while the sp 500 spx has slipped 22