Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson's (NASDAQ:ERIC) Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
was held on April 11, 2014 in Stockholm.
Dividend
The proposed dividend of SEK 3 per share was approved by the AGM. The record day
for dividend was set to Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Payment from Euroclear Sweden
AB is expected to take place on Wednesday, April 23, 2014.
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 2013.
Discharge from liability
The members of the Board of Directors and the President were discharged from
liability for the fiscal year 2013.
Board of Directors
In accordance with the proposal of the Nomination Committee, Leif Johansson was
reelected Chairman of the Board of Directors. Roxanne S. Austin, Sir Peter L.
Bonfield, Nora Denzel, Börje Ekholm, Alexander Izosimov, Ulf J. Johansson,
Sverker Martin-Löf, Kristin Skogen Lund, Hans Vestberg, Jacob Wallenberg and Pär
Östberg were re-elected to the Board.
Board of Directors' Fees
The AGM resolved, in accordance with the Nomination Committee's proposal, on a
yearly fee to the Chairman of the Board of SEK 3,975,000 (previously SEK
3,850,000), and fees to other non-employed members of the Board, elected by the
AGM, of SEK 950,000 each (previously SEK 900,000 each). Fees for Committee work
to non-employed members of the Committees, elected by the AGM, were approved as
follows (unchanged); SEK 350,000 to the Chairman of the Audit Committee and SEK
250,000 to each of the other members of the Audit Committee, SEK 200,000 to each
of the Chairmen of the Finance and Remuneration Committee and SEK 175,000 to
each of the other members of the Finance and Remuneration 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 PricewaterhouseCoopers AB auditor for the period up until the
end of the AGM 2015.
Guidelines for Remuneration to Group management
In accordance with the Board of Directors' proposal, the AGM resolved to approve
the Guidelines for remuneration to Group management.
Long-Term Variable Remuneration Program (LTV)
In accordance with the Board of Directors' proposals, the AGM resolved as
follows:
LTV 2014 and transfer of treasury stock
* Implementation of LTV 2014, with the same structure as previous programs.
The program comprises in total up to 27.6 million B shares and includes the
Stock Purchase Plan for all employees, the Key Contributor Retention Plan
and the Executive Performance Stock Plan. All plans are based on the
employees' own investment in Ericsson shares. If the shares are retained for
a period of three years and the employment remains, the participants obtain
matching shares from the company. The following performance criteria were
resolved for the Executive Performance Stock Plan 2014; net sales compound
annual growth rate between 2 and 8 percent (2013-2016), operating income
compound annual growth rate between 5 and 15 percent (2013- 2016), and cash
conversion at or above 70 percent annually (2014, 2015 and 2016).
* Transfer of up to 22.8 million B shares during the period November 2014 up
to and including November 2018, free of consideration, to employees covered
by the terms of the LTV 2014.
* Transfer of up to 4.8 million B shares on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm, prior to the
AGM 2015, at a price within the at each time prevailing price interval for
the share, to cover certain expenses, mainly social security charges.
The Company has approximately 3.3 billion shares in issue. The 27.6 million B
shares allocated for LTV 2014 now correspond to less than 1 percent of the total
number of outstanding shares.
Transfer of treasury stock for previously resolved LTV programs
* Transfer of approximately 18.6 million B shares on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm
prior to the AGM 2015 to cover certain expenses, mainly social security
charges, which may occur in relation to the Long-Term Variable Remuneration
Programs 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.
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in 2013 were SEK 227.4 billion (USD 34.9 billion). Ericsson is listed on NASDAQ
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