Notice to the Annual General Meeting of shareholders
The notice to the Annual General Meeting ('AGM') of shareholders 2024 has been published and includes the meeting agenda and information on how shareholders can participate and vote at the meeting.
The AGM was held on Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at 13:00 PM CEST at the Company's premises, Open Box, Grönlandsgatan 8, Kista/Stockholm. Registration to the AGM starts at 12:00 PM CEST. Shareholders are also able to exercise their voting rights by post before the AGM.
The AGM will be conducted in Swedish and simultaneously translated into English.
Notice to the AGM English | Swedish
Registration and notice of participation
Participation in person
Shareholders who wish to attend the meeting venue in person or by proxy must:
- be recorded as a shareholder in the presentation of the share register prepared by Euroclear Sweden AB, concerning the circumstances on Friday, March 22, 2024; and
- give notice of participation to the Company at the latest on Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- by telephone +46 (0)8 402 90 54 on weekdays between 10:00 AM and 16:00 PM CET,
- by post to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, AGM, c/o Euroclear Sweden AB, Box 191, SE-101 23 Stockholm, Sweden,
- by e-mail to GeneralMeetingService@euroclear.com; or
- via Euroclear Sweden AB’s website.
When giving notice of participation, please state name, date of birth or registration number, address, telephone number and number of participating assistants, if any.
Proxy
If the shareholder is represented by proxy, a written and dated power of attorney signed by the shareholder, must be issued for the representative. A power of attorney issued by a legal entity must be accompanied by the entity’s certificate of registration (or a corresponding document of authority). In order to facilitate the registration at the AGM, the power of attorney, certificate of registration and other documents of authority should be sent to the Company to the address above in connection with the notice of participation.
Forms of Power of Attorney English | Swedish
Postal voting
Shareholders who wish to participate in the AGM by postal voting must:
- be recorded as a shareholder in the presentation of the share register prepared by Euroclear Sweden AB concerning the circumstances on Friday, March 22, 2024; and
- give notice of participation no later than Tuesday, March 26, 2024, by casting its postal vote in accordance with the instructions below so that the postal voting form is received by Euroclear Sweden AB no later than that day.
Shareholders can cast their postal votes:
- electronically through verification with BankID on Euroclear Sweden AB’s website.
Such electronic votes must be submitted no later than Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Note that this option is only available for shareholders that are natural persons. Shareholders who have submitted their postal vote electronically can also withdraw their postal vote on Euroclear Sweden AB’s website or - through a form for postal voting. The postal voting form is available here English | Swedish.
Completed and signed forms for postal voting can be sent:
(i) by mail to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, AGM, c/o Euroclear Sweden AB, Box 191, SE-101 23 Stockholm, Sweden, or
(ii) by e-mail to GeneralMeetingService@euroclear.com.
Completed forms must be received by Euroclear no later than Tuesday, March 26, 2024.
The shareholders may not provide special instructions or conditions in the postal vote. If so, the entire postal vote is invalid. Further instructions and conditions may be found in the form for postal voting and here.
If the shareholder submits its postal vote by proxy, a written and dated power of attorney signed by the shareholder must be attached to the postal voting form. If the shareholder is a legal entity, the entity’s certificate of registration (or a corresponding document of authority) shall also be enclosed with the form.
Forms of Power of Attorney English | Swedish
A shareholder who has voted by post may also attend the meeting venue, provided that the notification has been made in accordance with the instructions under the heading Registration and notice of participation – participating in person above.
Nominee-registered shares
In order to be entitled to participate in the AGM, a shareholder whose shares are registered in the name of a nominee must, in addition to giving notice of participation in the AGM, register its shares in its own name so that the shareholder is listed in the presentation of the share register of the Company as of Friday, March 22, 2024. Such re-registration may be temporary (so-called voting rights registration), and request for such voting rights registration shall be made to the nominee, in accordance with the nominee’s routines, at such a time in advance as decided by the nominee.
Voting rights registrations that have been made by the nominee no later than Tuesday, March 26, 2024 will be considered in the presentation of the share register.
Shareholders’ right to receive information at the AGM
The Board of Directors and the President and CEO shall, if any shareholder so requests and the Board of Directors believes that it can be done without material harm to the Company, provide information regarding circumstances that may affect the assessment of an item on the agenda and circumstances that may affect the assessment of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ financial situation and the Company’s relation to other companies within the Group.
Majority requirements
Most resolutions at General Meetings of shareholders are passed by a simple majority, i.e. more than half of the votes cast at the General Meeting. However, the Swedish Companies Act requires qualified majorities in certain cases. For example, resolutions on transfer of treasury stock to employees participating in long-term variable compensation programs must be approved by 90 percent of the votes cast and by 90 percent of the shares represented at the Meeting, and a resolution to amend the Articles of Association must be approved by a two thirds majority.
Information on how your personal data is processed: English | Swedish