Proposed appropriation of profits

The Board of Directors proposes that the profits at the disposal of the Annual General Meeting:

profits carried forward

26,553,577,478

and result for the year

4,933,829,124

SEK

31,487,406,602

 

 

be appropriated as follows:

 

a dividend of 4.75 SEK per share to the shareholders

5,958,333,134

profits carried forward

25,529,073,468

SEK

31,487,406,602

The proposed record date for dividends is Friday, April 29, 2022.

The income statements and the balance sheets of the Group and of the Parent Company are subject to the adoption by the Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, April 27, 2022.

The Board of Directors and the President hereby certify that the Annual Report has been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in Sweden, and that the consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the international financial reporting standards referred to in the regulation (EU) no. 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and Council dated July 19, 2002, pertaining to the application of international financial reporting standards. The Annual Report and the consolidated financial statements give a true and fair view of the Parent Company’s and the Group’s financial position and results. The Report of the Directors pertaining to the Parent Company and the Group gives a fair overview of the development of the Parent Company’s and the Group’s operations, financial position and results, and describes the significant risks and uncertainties facing the Parent Company and the companies included in the Group.

Stockholm, March 10, 2022

Johan Molin
Chairman

Jennifer Allerton
Board member

Claes Boustedt
Board member

Marika Fredriksson
Board member

Tomas Kärnström
Board member

Thomas Lilja
Board member

Andreas Nordbrandt
Board member

Helena Stjernholm
Board member

Kai Wärn
Board member

Stefan Widing
Board member
President and CEO

Our auditor’s report was submitted on March 11, 2022
PricewaterhouseCoopers AB

Peter Nyllinge
Authorized Public Accountant
Partner in charge

Anna Rosendal
Authorized Public Accountant