Ericsson's Annual General Meeting 2026

Q: What dividend did Ericsson (ERIC) approve at its March 31, 2026 AGM and when will it be paid?

Ericsson approved a SEK 3.00 per-share dividend paid in two installments. According to the company, SEK 1.50 has record date April 2, 2026 (payment April 9) and SEK 1.50 has record date September 29, 2026 (payment October 2).

Q: How many shares are covered by Ericsson's LTV 2026 program approved on March 31, 2026 (ERIC)?

LTV 2026 covers up to 7.4 million B-shares , roughly 0.22% of registered shares. According to the company, awards vest after three years subject to performance and continued employment, with share transfers and tax-cover arrangements authorized.

Q: How much board compensation did Ericsson (ERIC) approve for the chair and non-employee members at the March 31, 2026 AGM?

The AGM set the chair's yearly fee at SEK 5,200,000 and SEK 1,400,000 for other non-employee directors. According to the company, additional committee and meeting fees were approved and some fees may be paid as synthetic shares.

Q: What potential dilution should investors note from Ericsson's (ERIC) AGM decisions on March 31, 2026?

The AGM authorized transfers totaling up to 22.6 million B-shares across LTV programs and related transfers prior to AGM 2027. According to the company, some vested shares may be retained and sold (up to 70%) to cover tax and social security costs.

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Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) held its Annual General Meeting on March 31, 2026 in Kista.

The AGM approved a SEK 3.00 per-share dividend paid in two installments (record dates April 2 and September 29, 2026), re-elected the board and auditor, approved long-term variable compensation programs covering up to 7.4m and 10.9m B-shares, and authorized share buybacks up to 10% of total shares.

Positive

Dividend SEK 3.00 per share paid in two installments
Authorization to buy back up to 10% of total shares provides capital flexibility
LTV 2026 allocates up to 7.4 million B-shares (≈0.22% of shares) for incentives
Re-election of auditor Deloitte through AGM 2027 ensures audit continuity

Negative

Combined authorized transfers under LTV programs total 22.6 million B-shares, indicating dilution risk
High board chair fee of SEK 5.2m increases fixed governance costs

News Market Reaction – ERIC

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+2.18% News Effect

On the day this news was published, ERIC gained 2.18%, reflecting a moderate positive market reaction.

Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.

Key Figures

Dividend per share: SEK 3.00 per share Dividend installments: SEK 1.50 + SEK 1.50 per share LTV 2026 share pool: 7.4 million B-shares +5 more

8 metrics

Dividend per share SEK 3.00 per share AGM 2026 approved dividend for 2025

Dividend installments SEK 1.50 + SEK 1.50 per share Record dates Apr 2, 2026 and Sep 29, 2026

LTV 2026 share pool 7.4 million B-shares Maximum shares for LTV 2026, about 0.22% of registered shares

LTV 2025 share transfers 10.9 million B-shares Maximum free transfers under amended LTV 2025

Total shares outstanding 3,371,351,735 shares 261,755,983 A-shares and 3,109,595,752 B-shares

Treasury B-shares 38,002,276 B-shares Company treasury stock as of Mar 31, 2026

Treasury votes 3,800,227.6 votes Votes attached to treasury B-shares

Buyback limit Up to 10% of shares Maximum Company holding under new repurchase authorization

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Technical Price $11.05 is trading above the 200-day MA at $9.28, and about 8.82% below the 52-week high.

Peers on Argus

ERIC fell 0.99% with peers also lower: NOK -2.57%, HPE -5.32%, CIEN -11.19%, UI ...

ERIC fell 0.99% with peers also lower: NOK -2.57%, HPE -5.32%, CIEN -11.19%, UI -6.99%, ZBRA -1.99%, indicating a broader sector risk-off tone.

Historical Context

5 past events · Latest: Mar 26 (Positive)

Pattern 5 events

Date	Event	Sentiment	Move	Catalyst
Mar 26	Core network deal	Positive	-1.6%	Multi‑year framework to expand and modernize SoftBank’s 5G core network.
Mar 24	Partnership expansion	Positive	+1.2%	Vonage and ServiceNow deepen integration for voice and AI in workflows.
Mar 13	6G technology showcase	Positive	+0.2%	Showcased AI‑native 6G ecosystem leadership and key chipset partnerships.
Mar 12	Annual report filing	Neutral	+0.2%	Filed Form 20‑F for 2025 and made it available to shareholders.
Mar 11	Product award	Positive	+1.4%	Vonage fraud‑detection solution won a security/compliance innovation award.

Pattern Detected

Recent news has mostly seen price moves align with generally positive headlines, with one notable divergence on a core-network expansion deal.

Recent Company History

Over the last months, Ericsson reported several corporate and technology milestones. These include 6G leadership at MWC 2026, a multi‑year core‑network agreement with SoftBank, and Vonage-related product wins and integrations. Regulatory filings highlighted the Form 20‑F for 2025. Price reactions to these items were usually modest and often positive, though the SoftBank network expansion saw a -1.55% move. Today’s AGM resolutions on dividend, buyback authorization, and long‑term incentives continue this focus on capital returns and strategic execution.

Market Pulse Summary

This announcement details Ericsson’s 2026 AGM decisions, including a SEK 3.00 per-share dividend in ...

Analysis

This announcement details Ericsson’s 2026 AGM decisions, including a SEK 3.00 per-share dividend in two installments, an authorization to repurchase up to 10% of outstanding shares, and updated long-term variable compensation programs covering up to 7.4 million B-shares for LTV 2026. These steps follow earlier news on 6G initiatives, major network agreements, and Vonage product wins. Investors may monitor how buybacks are executed, how IFRS 18 affects performance metrics, and how share-based awards impact dilution over time.

Key Terms

performance share awards, synthetic shares, long-term variable compensation program, vesting period, +1 more

5 terms

synthetic shares financial

"that part of the fees... may be paid in the form of synthetic shares."

Synthetic shares are financial arrangements that give someone the economic benefits of owning a stock—gains, losses and sometimes dividends—without actually owning the company’s legal shares or voting rights. Think of them as a mirror image of real stock created by contracts (like swaps) or derivatives; they matter to investors because they can change apparent supply and demand, mask true ownership, introduce counterparty risk, and affect prices and perceived dilution.

long-term variable compensation program financial

"Long-Term Variable Compensation Program 2026 (LTV 2026) The AGM resolved..."

A long-term variable compensation program is a pay plan that ties a portion of executives’ or employees’ rewards to performance measured over several years, often paid in company stock, stock-based awards, or multi-year cash bonuses. It matters to investors because it shapes management incentives and can encourage decisions that boost or harm long-term shareholder value, while also affecting potential stock dilution and future cash needs—like paying a manager based on the success of multiple future harvests.

vesting period financial

"following the expiration of a three-year vesting period, provided that..."

A vesting period is the set amount of time someone must wait before they fully own granted shares, stock options, or other equity tied to their work or an agreement; ownership increases gradually or in steps during that time. Investors care because vesting determines when insiders or employees can sell shares, which affects future supply of stock, company incentives and executive retention—think of it like unlocking ownership over installments rather than receiving it all at once.

treasury stock financial

"The Company's holding of treasury stock as of March 31, 2026, amounts..."

Treasury stock is shares that a company has bought back from the public and kept in its own control rather than retiring them. Think of it like a company holding its own tickets in a drawer: those shares no longer vote or receive dividends while held, but the company can reissue or retire them later; this reduces the number of shares available to outside investors and can boost per‑share earnings and influence ownership and stock price.

AI-generated analysis. Not financial advice.

03/31/2026 - 12:41 PM

STOCKHOLM, March 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) (the "Company") held its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") today on March 31, 2026 in Kista, Stockholm. Shareholders were also able to exercise their voting rights by post before the meeting.

Adoption of the Income Statements and the Balance Sheets
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 2025.

Dividend
The proposed dividend of SEK 3.00 per share was approved by the AGM. The dividend will be paid in two installments: SEK 1.50 per share with the record date April 2, 2026, and SEK 1.50 per share with the record date September 29, 2026. Euroclear Sweden AB is expected to disburse SEK 1.50 per share on April 9, 2026, and SEK 1.50 per share on October 2, 2026.

Remuneration report
The AGM resolved to adopt the Board of Directors' remuneration report for 2025.

Discharge from liability
The members of the Board and the President were discharged from liability for the financial year 2025.

Board of Directors
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, Christian Cederholm, Börje Ekholm, Eric A. Elzvik, Marachel Knight, Kristin S. Rinne, Jonas Synnergren, Jacob Wallenberg, Christy Wyatt and Karl Åberg were re-elected as Board members. It was also noted that the unions have appointed Ulf Rosberg, Loredana Roslund and Annika Salomonsson as employee representatives in the Board of Directors with Frans Frejdestedt, Andreas Larsson and Stefan Wänstedt as deputies.

Board of Directors' Fees
The AGM resolved on fees to the Board of Directors, in accordance with the Nomination Committee's proposal, entailing a yearly fee of SEK 5,200,000 to the Chair of the Board, and fees of SEK 1,400,000 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 600,000 to the Chair of the Audit and Compliance Committee and SEK 335,000 to each of the other members of the Audit and Compliance Committee, SEK 250,000 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 240,000 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.

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 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 and meeting fees), may be paid in the form of synthetic shares.

Auditor
The AGM re-elected Deloitte AB as auditor for the period up until the end of the AGM 2027 and approved the Nomination Committee's proposal for the auditor fees.

Long-Term Variable Compensation Programs
Long-Term Variable Compensation Program 2026 (LTV 2026)
The AGM resolved to approve the Board of Directors' proposal on:

implementation of LTV 2026 for the Executive Team, including the President and CEO, and for employees classified as Executives (currently approximately 180 employees) comprising a maximum of 7.4 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 7.4 million B-shares covered by LTV 2026 correspond to approximately 0.22 percent of the total number of registered shares of the Company;

transfer of no more than 6.2 million B-shares, free of consideration, to employees covered by the terms of LTV 2026, with an authorization for the Board of Directors to decide to, in conjunction with the delivery of vested shares under LTV 2026, prior to the AGM 2027, retain and sell no more than 70% of the vested B-shares on Nasdaq Stockholm at a price within the, at each time, prevailing price interval for the share, in order to cover for the costs for withholding and paying tax and social security liabilities on behalf of the participants in relation to the Performance Share Awards for remittance to revenue authorities; and

authorization for the Board of Directors to decide to transfer no more than 1.2 million B-shares on Nasdaq Stockholm, prior to the AGM 2027 at a price within the, at each time, prevailing price interval for the share, to cover certain expenses, mainly social security payments.

Amendment of the terms of the Long-Term Variable Compensation Program LTV 2025
The AGM resolved to approve the Board of Directors' proposal on:

an amendment of the terms of LTV 2025 to adapt the terms to the new performance measure that will be used due to the Company's planned implementation of IFRS 18;

transfer of no more than 10.9 million B-shares, free of consideration, to employees covered by the terms of LTV 2025, with an authorization for the Board of Directors to decide to, in conjunction with the delivery of vested shares under LTV 2025, prior to the AGM 2027, retain and sell no more than 70% of the vested B-shares on Nasdaq Stockholm at a price within the, at each time, prevailing price interval for the share, in order to cover for the costs for withholding and paying tax and social security liabilities on behalf of the participants in relation to the Performance Share Awards for remittance to revenue authorities; and

authorization for the Board of Directors to, prior to the AGM 2027, decide to transfer no more than 1.8 million B-shares on Nasdaq Stockholm at a price within the, at each time, prevailing price interval for the share, to cover certain expenses, mainly social security payments.

Authorizations on transfer of treasury stock on an exchange for previously resolved LTV programs I 2023, II 2023 and 2024
The AGM resolved to approve the Board of Directors' proposals on:

authorization for the Board of Directors to decide to, prior to the AGM 2027, transfer of no more than 3.5 million B-shares on Nasdaq Stockholm at a price within the, at each time, prevailing price interval for the share, to cover certain expenses, mainly social security payments, which may occur in relation to the previously resolved and ongoing LTV programs LTV I 2023, LTV II 2023 and LTV 2024; and

authorization for the Board of Directors to decide to, in conjunction with the delivery of vested shares under, LTV I 2023, LTV II 2023 and LTV 2024, prior to the AGM 2027, retain and sell no more than 70% of the vested B-shares on Nasdaq Stockholm at a price within the, at each time, prevailing price interval for the share, in order to cover for the costs for withholding and paying tax and social security liabilities on behalf of the participants in relation to the Performance Share Awards for remittance to revenue authorities.

Purchase of own shares
The AGM resolved to approve the Board of Directors' proposal on authorization for the Board of Directors to, on one or several occasions prior to the AGM 2027, decide on the purchase of the Company's own shares of series B. The number of shares purchased must at no time result in the Company's holding exceeding 10 percent of all the shares in the Company. The purchases are to be made on Nasdaq Stockholm in accordance with the price limitations set out in Nasdaq Nordic Main Market Rulebook for Issuers of Shares. The purpose of the authorization is to give the Board of Directors wider freedom of action in the work with the Company's capital structure and thereby contribute to increased shareholder value, as well as to enable purchases of shares to be used within the framework of the Company's share-related incentive programs.

Shares and votes
There are in total 3,371,351,735 shares in the Company; 261,755,983 A-shares and 3,109,595,752 B-shares, corresponding to in total 572,715,558.2 votes. The Company's holding of treasury stock as of March 31, 2026, amounts to 38,002,276 B-shares, corresponding to 3,800,227.6 votes.

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FAQ

What dividend did Ericsson (ERIC) approve at its March 31, 2026 AGM and when will it be paid?

Ericsson approved a SEK 3.00 per-share dividend paid in two installments. According to the company, SEK 1.50 has record date April 2, 2026 (payment April 9) and SEK 1.50 has record date September 29, 2026 (payment October 2).

How many shares are covered by Ericsson's LTV 2026 program approved on March 31, 2026 (ERIC)?

LTV 2026 covers up to 7.4 million B-shares, roughly 0.22% of registered shares. According to the company, awards vest after three years subject to performance and continued employment, with share transfers and tax-cover arrangements authorized.

What buyback authorization did Ericsson (ERIC) receive at the AGM on March 31, 2026?

The AGM authorized purchases of Ericsson own B-shares up to 10% of total shares prior to AGM 2027. According to the company, purchases must be on Nasdaq Stockholm and follow Nasdaq Nordic price limitations.

How much board compensation did Ericsson (ERIC) approve for the chair and non-employee members at the March 31, 2026 AGM?

The AGM set the chair's yearly fee at SEK 5,200,000 and SEK 1,400,000 for other non-employee directors. According to the company, additional committee and meeting fees were approved and some fees may be paid as synthetic shares.

What potential dilution should investors note from Ericsson's (ERIC) AGM decisions on March 31, 2026?

The AGM authorized transfers totaling up to 22.6 million B-shares across LTV programs and related transfers prior to AGM 2027. According to the company, some vested shares may be retained and sold (up to 70%) to cover tax and social security costs.

Ericsson's Annual General Meeting 2026