elefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson’s (NASDAQ:ERIC, news, filings) Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on March 31, 2020 in Kista/Stockholm.
Dividend
The proposed dividend of SEK 1.50 per share was approved by the AGM. The dividend will be paid in two equal installments; SEK 0.75 per share with the record date Thursday, April 2, 2020, and SEK 0.75 per share with the record date Friday, October 2, 2020. Euroclear Sweden AB is expected to disburse SEK 0.75 per share on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, and SEK 0.75 per share on Wednesday, October 7, 2020.
Adoption of the Profit and Loss Statements and the Balance Sheets
The AGM resolved to adopt the Profit and Loss Statement and the Balance Sheet for the Parent Company as well as the Consolidated Profit and Loss Statement and the Consolidated Balance Sheet for the Group for 2019.
Discharge from liability
The members of the Board of Directors and the President were discharged from liability for the financial year 2019.
Board of Directors
The AGM elected Board members in accordance with the proposal of the Nomination Committee. Ronnie Leten was re-elected as Chair of the Board and Jon Fredrik Baksaas, Jan Carlson, Nora Denzel, Börje Ekholm, Eric A. Elzvik, Kurt Jofs, Ronnie Leten, Kristin S. Rinne, Helena Stjernholm and Jacob Wallenberg were re-elected as Board members. It was also noted that the unions have appointed Torbjörn Nyman, Kjell-Åke Soting and Roger Svensson employee representatives in the Board with Per Holmberg, Anders Ripa and Loredana Roslund as deputies.
Board of Directors’ Fees
The AGM resolved on fees to the Board of Directors, in accordance with the Nomination Committee’s proposal. Yearly fee to the Chair of the Board of SEK 4,075,000, and fees to other non-employee members of the Board, elected by the AGM, of SEK 1,020,000 each. Fees for Committee work to non-employee members of the Committees, elected by the AGM, were approved as follows: SEK 400,000 to the Chair of the Audit and Compliance Committee and SEK 250,000 to each of the other members of the Audit and Compliance Committee, SEK 200,000 to each of the Chairs of the Finance Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Technology and Science Committee, and SEK 175,000 to each of the other members of the Finance Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Technology and Science Committee.
The AGM approved the Nomination Committee’s proposal to enable payment of part of the fees to the members of the Board for the Board assignment, in the form of synthetic shares.
Auditor
The AGM elected Deloitte AB as new auditor for the period up until the end of the AGM 2021.
Guidelines for remuneration to Group Management
The AGM resolved to approve the guidelines for remuneration to Group Management, in accordance with the Board of Directors’ proposal.
Long-Term Variable Compensation Program (LTV)
Long-Term Variable compensation program 2020 (LTV 2020)
In accordance with the Board of Directors’ proposals, the AGM resolved on implementation of LTV 2020 for the members of the Executive Team (currently 15 individuals), comprising a maximum of 2.5 million B-shares in Ericsson. Awards of “Performance Share Awards” will be granted free of charge entitling the participant to receive a number of shares, free of charge, following the expiration of a three-year period, provided that certain performance conditions are met and that the participant retains his or her employment. The performance conditions are based on TSR (total shareholder return) development during a three-year period (absolute TSR-development and relative TSR-development) and a one-year group operating income target for 2020. All targets have a three-year vesting period. The Company has approximately 3.3 billion shares in issue. The 2.5 million B shares covered by LTV 2020 correspond to approximately 0.1 percent of the total number of outstanding shares.
Furthermore, the AGM resolved to approve the Board of Directors’ proposal to hedge the company’s undertakings under LTV 2020 through an equity swap agreement with a third party.
Transfer of treasury stock for previously resolved LTV programs
The AGM resolved to approve the Board of Directors’ proposal on transfer of no more than 4.4 million treasury shares to employees under the previously resolved and ongoing Long-Term Variable Compensation Programs 2018 (“LTV 2018”) and 2019 (“LTV 2019”) and no more than 1.6 million treasury shares on an exchange to cover certain expenses, mainly social security charges in relation to LTV 2018 and LTV 2019.
The AGM resolved to approve the Board of Directors’ proposal on transfer of not more than 4,471,700 shares of series B on Nasdaq Stockholm prior to the AGM 2021 to cover certain expenses, mainly social security charges, which may occur in relation to previously resolved and ongoing LTV programs; LTV 2016 and LTV 2017.
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