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PRESS RELEASE
March 27, 2019
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Ericssons Annual General Meeting 2019
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericssons (NASDAQ:ERIC) Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on March 27, 2019 in Kista/Stockholm.
Dividend
The proposed dividend of SEK 1 per share was
approved by the AGM. The record day for dividend was set to Friday, March 29, 2019. Payment from Euroclear Sweden AB is expected to take place on Wednesday, April 3, 2019.
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 2018.
Discharge from liability
The members of the Board of Directors and the President were discharged from liability for the financial year 2018.
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 Committees 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.
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