a5856052.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
December
16, 2008
Date of Report
(Date of Earliest Event Reported)
AUTOLIV,
INC.
(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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001-12933
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51-0378542
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World
Trade Center,
Klarabergsviadukten
70, SE-107 24
Stockholm,
Sweden
(Address of
principal executive offices, including zip code)
+46
8 587 20 600
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
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(Former name
or former address, if changed since last
report)
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Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material
pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
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communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
Item
5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
On December 16,
2008 Autoliv, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that The
Board of Directors has elected Dr. Wolfgang Ziebart to the Board effective
December 16, 2008, temporarily expanding the Board to thirteen members and
that Mr. Per Welin had informed the Board that he will retire at the
2009 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and not seek or accept
re-election.
Item
8.01 Other Events
In the same press
release the Company announced a quarterly dividend of 21 cents per share for the
first quarter of 2009, a decrease from 41 cents for the previous quarter. The
dividend will be payable on Thursday, March 5, 2009, to Autoliv stockholders of
record on the close of business on Thursday February 5, 2009. The Ex-date when
the shares will trade without the right to the dividend will be February
3.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c)
EXHIBITS
99.1 Press
Release of Autoliv, Inc. dated December 16, 2008.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized.
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AUTOLIV,
INC.
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Date
December 17,
2008
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(Registrant)
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/s/Lars A.
Sjöbring
Lars A.
Sjöbring
Vice
President - Legal Affairs,
General
Counsel and Secretary
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