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G2 Information Regarding Members of the Board of Directors and Group Management
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Disclosure Of Information About Board Of Directors And Group Management [Abstract]  
G2 Information regarding members of the Board of Directors and Group management
 
LOGO  
Information regarding members of the Board of Directors and Group management
 
Remuneration to the Board of Directors
 
 
Remuneration to members of the Board of Directors
SEK     Board fees      
Number of
synthetic
shares/portion
of Board fee 
4)
  
 
 
 
    
Value at
grant date of
synthetic
shares
allocated
in 2023 
4)
  
 
 
 
 
 
    
Number of
previously
allocated
synthetic
shares
outstanding
  
 
 
 
 
 
    
Net change
in value of
synthetic
shares
  
 
 
 
1)
 
    
Committee
fees
  
 
    
Total fees
paid in cash
  
 
2)
 
    
Total
remunera-
tion 2023
  
 
 
    
Total
remunera-
tion 2022
  
 
 
                   A            B            C     (A+B+C)         
Board member
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Jan Carlson
     4,500,000       –       –       34,041       –837,475       420,000       4,920,000       4,082,525       –218,839  
Jacob Wallenberg
     1,140,000       –       –       34,041       –837,475       185,000       1,325,000       487,525  
  –493,839  
Börje Ekholm
     –  
  –       –       –       –       –       –       –  
  –  
Carolina Dybeck Happe
     1,140,000       –       –       10,003       –166,650       –       –       –166,650       609,182  
Christy Wyatt
     1,140,000       –       –       –       –       185,000       1,325,000       1,325,000       –  
Eric A. Elzvik
     1,140,000       –       –       11,345       –279,111       495,000       1,635,000       1,355,889       983,791  
Helena Stjernholm
     1,140,000       –       –       22,693       –558,274       185,000       1,325,000       766,726       97,535  
Jon Fredrik Baksaas
     1,140,000       –       –       25,391       –619,545       495,000       1,635,000       1,015,455       –214,424  
Jonas Synnergren
     1,140,000       –       –       –       –       470,000       1,610,000       1,610,000       –  
Kristin S. Rinne
     1,140,000       –       –       16,913       –458,693       370,000       1,510,000       1,051,307       305,308  
Kurt Jofs
5)
     –       –       –       11,427       –239,336       –       –       –239,336       1,275,090  
Nora Denzel
5)
     –       –       –       11,345       –279,111       –       –       –279,111       688,791  
Ronnie Leten
5)
     –       –       –       63,985       –1,784,460       –       –       –1,784,460       2,258,226  
Employee Representatives
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Kjell-Åke Soting
     54,750       –       –       –       –       22,200       76,950       76,950       58,500  
Annika Salomonsson
6)
     54,750       –       –       –       –       14,400       69,150       69,150       28,500  
Ulf Rosberg
7)
     54,750       –       –       –       –       9,000       63,750       63,750       43,500  
Loredana Roslund (deputy)
     54,750       –       –       –       –       –       54,750       54,750       43,500  
Frans Frejdestedt (deputy)
8)
     29,250       –       –       –       –       –       29,250       29,250       –  
Stefan Wänstedt (deputy)
8)
     29,250       –       –       –       –       –       29,250       29,250       –  
Torbjörn Nyman
9)
     25,500       –       –       –       –       11,700       37,200       37,200       66,000  
Anders Ripa
10)
     23,250       –       –       –       –       6,900       30,150       30,150       55,500  
Total
  
 
13,946,250
 
  
 
–
 
  
 
–
 
  
 
241,184
 
  
 
–6,060,130
 
  
 
2,869,200
 
  
 
15,675,450
 
  
 
9,615,320
 3)
 
  
 
5,586,321
 
 
1)
 
The difference in value as of the time for payment, compared to December 31, 2022, for synthetic shares allocated in 2018 (for which payment was made in 2023). The difference in value as of December 31, 2023 compared to December 31, 2022, for synthetic shares allocated in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. Calculated on a share price of SEK 63.11. The value of synthetic shares allocated in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 includes respectively SEK 1.50, SEK 2.00, SEK 2.50 and SEK 2.70 per share in compensation for dividends resolved by the Annual General Meetings 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, and the value of the synthetic shares allocated in 2018 includes dividend compensation for dividends resolved in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
2)
 
Committee fee and cash portion of the Board fee.
3)
 
Excluding social security charges in the amount of SEK 2,077,206.
4)
 
None of the Board members participated in the synthetic share program during 2023.
5)
 
Resigned from the Board of Directors in connection with the AGM held on March 29, 2023.
6)
 
Appointed employee representative Board member as of July 31, 2023, previously deputy employee representative Board member.
7)
 
Appointed employee representative Board member as of July 4, 2023, previously deputy employee representative Board member.
8)
 
Appointed deputy employee representative Board members as of September 1, 2023.
9)
 
Resigned as employee representative Board member as of July 31, 2023.
10)
 
Resigned as employee representative Board member as of July 4, 2023.
 
Comments to the table
–
The Chair of the Board was entitled to a Board fee of SEK 4,500,000.
–
The other Directors elected by the Annual General Meeting were entitled to a fee of SEK 1,140,000 each.
–
The Chair of the Audit and Compliance Committee was entitled to a fee of SEK 495,000 and the other non-employee members of the Audit and Compliance Committee were entitled to a fee of SEK 285,000 each. The Chairs of the Finance, Remuneration and Enterprise Business and Technology Committees were entitled to a fee of SEK 210,000 each and the other non-employee members of these Committees were entitled to a fee of SEK 185,000 each.
–
Members of the Board, who are not employees of the Company, have not received any remuneration other than the fees and synthetic shares as above. None of the Directors have entered into a service contract with the Parent Company or any of its subsidiaries, providing for termination benefits.
–
Members and deputy members of the Board who are Ericsson employees received no remuneration or benefits other than their entitlements as employees and a fee to the employee representatives and their deputies of SEK 2,250 per attended Board meeting and SEK 1,800 per attended Committee meeting.
–
The Annual General Meeting 2023 resolved that non-employee Directors may choose to receive the Board fee (i.e., exclusive of Committee fee) as follows: i) 25% of the Board fee in cash and 75% in the form of synthetic shares, ii) 50% in cash and 50% in the form of synthetic shares, or iii) 75% in cash and 25% in the form of synthetic shares. Directors may also choose not to participate in the synthetic share program and receive 100% of the Board fee in cash. Committee fees are always paid in cash.
If the Board members would have chosen synthetic shares, the number of synthetic shares allocated would have been based on a volume-weighted average of the market price of Ericsson’s Class B shares on Nasdaq Stockholm during the
five trading days
immediately following the publication of Ericsson’s
 
interim report for the first quarter 2023; SEK 55.34. The number of synthetic shares would then have been rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares.
The synthetic shares are vested during the Directors’ term of office and the right to receive payment with regard to the allocated synthetic shares occurs after the publication of the Company’s year-end financial statement during the fifth year following the Annual General Meeting, which resolved on the synthetic share program, i.e., in 2028. The amount payable shall be determined based on the volume-weighted average price for Ericsson’s Class B shares on Nasdaq Stockholm during the five trading days immediately following the publication of the year-end financial statement.
Synthetic shares were allocated to members of the Board for the first time in 2008 and have been allocated annually since then on equal terms and conditions. Payment based on synthetic shares allocated in 2018 occurred in 2023. The amounts paid in 2023 under the synthetic share programs were determined based on the volume-weighted average price for Ericsson’s Class B shares on Nasdaq Stockholm during the five trading days immediately following the publication of the year-end financial statements for 2022: SEK 59.91 and totaled SEK 6,350,763, excluding social security charges. The payments made do not constitute a cost for the Company in 2023. The Company’s costs for the synthetic shares have been disclosed each year and the net change in value of the synthetic shares for which payment was made in 2023, is disclosed in the table above “Remuneration to members of the Board of Directors”.
The value of all outstanding synthetic shares fluctuates in line with the market value of Ericsson’s Class B share and may differ from year to year compared to the original value on their respective grant dates. The change in value of the outstanding synthetic shares is established each year and affects the total recognized costs that year. As of December 31, 2023, the total outstanding number of synthetic shares under the programs is 241,184 and the total accounted debt is SEK 16,690,551.
Remuneration to the Group management
The Company’s costs for remuneration to the Group management are the costs recognized in the income statement during the financial year. These costs are disclosed under Remuneration costs below.
Costs recognized during a financial year in the income statement are not fully paid by the Company at the end of the fiscal year. The unpaid amounts that the Company has in relation to the Group management are disclosed under Outstanding balances.
Remuneration costs
The total remuneration to the President and CEO and to other members of the Group management, consisting of the Executive Team (ET), includes fixed salary, short- and long-term variable compensation, pension and other benefits. These remuneration elements are based on the guidelines for remuneration to Group management (the Guidelines) as approved by the Annual General Meetings (AGM) of shareholders held in 2020 and 2023.
 
Remuneration costs for the President and CEO and other members of the Executive Team (ET)
SEK   President
and CEO 2023		     President
and CEO 2022		     President
and CEO 2021		     Other
members
of ET 2023 
3)
     Other
members
of ET 2022 
3)
     Other
members
of ET 2021		     Total 2023     Total 2022     Total 2021  
Salary
1)
     19,520,568       19,154,852       18,208,859       135,208,734       132,945,295       110,043,431       154,729,302       152,100,147       128,252,290  
Termination benefits
     –       –       –       –       25,503,967       –       –       25,503,967       –  
Annual variable remuneration provision earned for the year     –       –       –       48,399,226       90,908,181       52,507,185       48,399,226       90,908,181       52,507,185  
Long-term variable compensation provision
     31,708,587       41,125,015       43,701,650       30,547,582       43,688,149       48,260,833       62,256,169       84,813,164       91,962,483  
Pension costs
2)
     10,151,804       9,856,121       9,569,049       24,607,643       42,248,588       40,886,802       34,759,447       52,104,709       50,455,851  
Other benefits
     828,287       135,743       555,688       19,575,733       20,167,043       11,199,631       20,404,020       20,302,786       11,755,319  
Social charges and taxes
     19,546,145       22,079,378       22,633,474       45,222,286       60,745,133       57,469,705       64,768,431       82,824,511       80,103,179  
Total
  
 
81,755,391
 
  
 
92,351,109
 
  
 
94,668,720
 
  
 
303,561,204
 
  
 
416,206,356
 
  
 
320,367,587
 
  
 
385,316,595
 
  
 
508,557,465
 
  
 
415,036,307
 
 
1)
 
Includes compensation for unused vacation days.
2)
 
Includes cash payments to the President and CEO in lieu of defined contribution payment in a cost neutral way to Ericsson.
3)
 
Does not include cash compensation paid to Rory Read of MUSD 32.76 in 2022 and 10,64 MSUD in 2023. The total amount was reported separately as ‘Deviations from adopted Guidelines for remuneration to Group Management’ in Remuneration Report 2022 as compensation for acceleration of pre-existing long-term share based variable incentive program of restricted and performance stock units (RSU and PSU) in Vonage.
 
Comments to the table
–
Fredrik Jejdling was appointed Executive Vice President by the Board of Directors effective November 7, 2017. He did not substitute the President and CEO as the deputy to the President and CEO in 2023. Information regarding Fredrik Jejdling is included in the group “Other members of ET.” The details of Fredrik Jejdling’s remuneration in 2023 can be found in the Remuneration report 2023.
–
The group “Other members of ET 2023” comprises the following persons: MajBritt Arfert, Scott Dresser, Erik Ekudden, Moti Gyamlani, Niklas Heuveldop, Chris Houghton, Fredrik Jejdling, Stella Medlicott, Carl Mellander, Nunzio Mirtillo, Per Narvingar, Fadi Pharaon, Rory Read and Åsa Tamsons. In addition, Jenny Lindqvist joined ET on February 1, 2023, and George Mulhern left ET effective November 1, 2023.
–
The group “Other members of ET 2022” comprises the following persons: MajBritt Arfert, Scott Dresser, Erik Ekudden, Niklas Heuveldop, Chris Houghton, Fredrik Jejdling, George Mulhern, Moti Gyamlani, Per Narvingar, Stella Medlicott, Carl Mellander, Nunzio Mirtillo, Fadi Pharaon, Rory Read and Åsa Tamsons. In addition, Xavier Dedullen left ET effective March 21, 2022 and Arun Bansal, Jan Karlsson and Peter Laurin left ET effective June 1, 2022.
–
The group “Other members of ET 2021” comprises the following persons: MajBritt Arfert, Arun Bansal, Xavier Dedullen, Erik Ekudden, Niklas Heuveldop, Chris Houghton, Fredrik Jejdling, Jan Karlsson, Peter Laurin,
  Stella Medlicott, Carl Mellander, Nunzio Mirtillo, Fadi Pharaon and Åsa Tamsons.
–
The salary stated in the table for the President and CEO and other members of the ET includes vacation pay paid during 2023, as well as other contracted compensation expenses in 2023.
–
“Long-term variable compensation provision” refers to the compensation costs for full year 2023 for all outstanding share-based plans.
Outstanding balances
The Company has recognized the following liabilities relating to unpaid remunerations in the balance sheet:
–
Ericsson’s commitments for defined benefit based pensions as of December 31, 2023, for other members of ET under IAS 19 amounted to 2023: SEK 35.4 million, 2022: SEK 37.6 million of which 2023: SEK 28.3 million, 2022: SEK 30.0 million refers to the ITP and early retirement, and the remaining 2023 SEK 7.1 million, 2022 SEK 7.7 million to disability and survivors’ pensions. The President and CEO does not have a Swedish defined benefit based pension plan, hence, Ericsson bears no commitment.
–
For previous Presidents and CEOs, the Company has made provisions for defined benefit pension plans in connection with their active service periods within the Company.