AGM Information • Mar 25, 2025
AGM Information
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Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) (the "Company") held its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") today on March 25, 2025 in Kista, Stockholm. Shareholders were also able to exercise their voting rights by post before the meeting.
The AGM resolved to adopt the Income Statement and the Balance Sheet for the Company as well as the Consolidated Income Statement and the Consolidated Balance Sheet for the Group for 2024.
The proposed dividend of SEK 2.85 per share was approved by the AGM. The dividend will be paid in two installments: SEK 1.43 per share with the record date Thursday, March 27, 2025, and SEK 1.42 per share with the record date Monday, September 29, 2025. Euroclear Sweden AB is expected to disburse SEK 1.43 per share on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, and SEK 1.42 per share on Thursday, October 2, 2025.
The AGM resolved to adopt the Board of Directors' remuneration report for 2024.
The members of the Board and the President were discharged from liability for the financial year 2024.
The AGM elected Board members in accordance with the proposal of the Nomination Committee. Jan Carlson was re-elected as Chair of the Board and Jon Fredrik Baksaas, Börje Ekholm, Eric A. Elzvik, Kristin S. Rinne, Jonas Synnergren, Jacob Wallenberg, Christy Wyatt and Karl Åberg were re-elected as Board members. Christian Cederholm and Marachel Knight were elected as new Board members. It was also noted that the unions have appointed Ulf Rosberg, Annika Salomonsson and Kjell-Åke Soting as employee representatives in the Board of Directors with Frans Frejdestedt, Loredana Roslund and Stefan Wänstedt as deputies.
The AGM resolved on fees to the Board of Directors, in accordance with the Nomination Committee's proposal, entailing a yearly fee of SEK 5,000,000 to the Chair of the Board, and fees of SEK 1,300,000 to each of the other non-employee members of the Board, elected by the AGM. Fees for Committee work to non-employee members of the Committees, elected by the AGM, were approved as follows: SEK 560,000 to the Chair of the Audit and Compliance Committee and SEK 320,000 to each of the other members of the Audit and Compliance Committee, SEK 235,000 to the Chair of the Enterprise Business and Technology Committee and SEK 205,000 to each of the other members of the Enterprise Business and Technology Committee, SEK 225,000 to each of the Chairs of the Finance Committee and the Remuneration Committee, and SEK 200,000 to each of the other members of the Finance Committee and the Remuneration Committee.
The AGM approved the Nomination Committee's proposal that part of the fees to the members of the Board, in respect of their Board assignment (excluding fees for Committee work), may be paid in the form of synthetic shares.
In addition to the fees described above, the AGM resolved, in accordance with the Nomination Committee's proposal, that additional compensation be paid to non-employee Board members elected by the AGM for each physical Board meeting attended in Sweden as follows:
| Residence of Board member | Compensation per meeting |
|---|---|
| Nordic Countries | None |
| Europe (non-Nordic) | EUR 2,000 |
| Outside of Europe | USD 5,000 |
The AGM re-elected Deloitte AB as auditor for the period up until the end of the AGM 2026 and approved the Nomination Committee's proposal for the auditor fees.
Long-Term Variable Compensation Program 2025 (LTV 2025) The AGM resolved to approve the Board of Directors' proposal on:
• implementation of LTV 2025 for the Executive Team, including the President and CEO, and for employees classified as Executives, (currently approximately 200 employees), comprising a maximum of 12.7 million B-shares in Ericsson. "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 vesting period, provided that certain
performance conditions are met and that the participant retains his or her employment. The 12.7 million B-shares covered by LTV 2025 correspond to approximately 0.38 percent of the total number of registered shares of the Company;
The AGM resolved to approve the Board of Directors' proposal on an addition to the terms of LTV I 2023, LTV II 2023, and LTV 2024 to ensure compliance as required. The addition shall be included as a new final paragraph under "Allocation of shares" in the respective program.
The AGM resolved to approve the Board of Directors' proposal on:
The AGM resolved to approve the Board of Directors' proposals on:
The AGM resolved to reject the proposal from a shareholder that the AGM should resolve that Ericsson implement a policy ensuring that executive bonuses are disbursed only after all employees have received cost-of-living and performance based salary increases each year.
There are in total 3,348,251,735 shares in the Company; 261,755,983 A-shares and 3,086,495,752 B-shares, corresponding to in total 570,405,558.2 votes. The Company's holding of treasury stock as of March 25, 2025, amounts to 15,579,561 B-shares, corresponding to 1,557,956.1 votes.
PRESS RELEASE March 25, 2025
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