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LOGOLOGO

 

March 24, 201727, 2020

Dear Stockholder,

It is my pleasure to invite you to the 20172020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Autoliv, Inc. to be held on Tuesday,Thursday, May 9, 20177, 2020 at The Peninsula Chicago, 108 East Superior Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60611,Westin Book Cadillac Detroit Hotel, 1114 Washington Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan, USA commencing at 9:1:00 a.m.p.m. local time.

Information regarding the matters to be voted upon at this year’s Annual Meeting is describedincluded in the Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and the Proxy Statement.

It is important that your shares are represented at the Annual Meeting. Therefore, please provide your proxy by following the instructions provided in the Proxy Statement and in the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials. This way, your shares will be voted as you direct even if you cannot attend the Annual Meeting.

A public news release announcing voting results will be published after the Annual Meeting.

The Autoliv, Inc. Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 20162019 is being made available to stockholders with this Proxy Statement. These documents are available at www.autoliv.com.

On behalf of the entire boardBoard of directors,Directors, we look forward to seeing you at the Annual Meeting.

 

Sincerely,

LOGO

Jan Carlson

Chairman of the
Autoliv, Inc. Board of Directors
President and Chief Executive Officer


AUTOLIV, INC.

Box 70381SE-107 24

Stockholm, Sweden

 

 

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON MAY 9, 20177, 2020

 

 

TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF AUTOLIV, INC.,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 20172020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Autoliv, Inc. (“Autoliv” or the “Company”) will be held on Tuesday,Thursday, May 9, 20177, 2020 commencing at 9:1:00 a.m.p.m. local time at The Peninsula Chicago, 108 East Superior Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60611,Westin Book Cadillac Detroit Hotel, 1114 Washington Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan, USA to consider and vote upon:

 

 1.

Election of the ten directors to the Board of Directors of Autoliv for terms of office expiring on the date of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 20182021 (see page 4 of the accompanying Proxy Statement).

 

 2.

An advisory resolution to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers (see page 5253 of the accompanying Proxy Statement).

 

 3.An advisory vote on the frequency with which stockholders will vote upon anon-binding resolution to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers in future years (see page 52 of the accompanying Proxy Statement).

4.Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young AB as the Company’s independent auditorsregistered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 20172020 (see page 53 of the accompanying Proxy Statement).

 

 5.4.

Any other business that may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any continuation, postponement or adjournment thereof.

The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on March 13, 201711, 2020 as the record date for the Annual Meeting. All stockholders of record as of the close of business on that date are entitled to notice of, and to be present and vote at, the Annual Meeting and at any continuation thereof.

Attendance at the Annual Meeting will be limited to stockholders of record as of the record date, beneficial owners having evidence of ownership as of the record date, a maximum of one authorized representative of an absent stockholder, and invited guests of management. Any person claiming to be an authorized representative of a stockholder must, upon request, produce written evidence of such authorization.

The meeting will be conducted pursuant to the Company’s Third RestatedBy-Laws and rules of order prescribed by the Chairman of the Annual Meeting.

 

By order of the Board of Directors

of Autoliv, Inc.:

LOGO

Lars SjöbringAnthony Nellis

GroupExecutive Vice President, Legal Affairs,Affairs;

General CounselCounsel; and Secretary


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

   Page No.

INFORMATION CONCERNING VOTING AND SOLICITATION

   1 

Availability of Proxy Materials on the Internet

   1 

General

   1 

Who Can Vote

   1 

Shares Outstanding and Quorum

   1 

How to Vote

   1 

How Your Shares Will Be Voted

   1 

Voting on Matters Not in Proxy Statement

   2 

Revoking Proxies or Changing Your Vote

   2 

Voting Rights of Holders of SDRs

   2 

Non-Voting Shares, Abstentions and BrokerNon-Votes

   2 

Vote Required to Approve Each Proposal at the Annual Meeting

   2 

Principal Executive Offices

   3 

Solicitation of Proxies

   3 

ITEMPROPOSAL 1 - ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

   4 

Nominees for Directors at the 20172020 Annual Meeting

   4 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

   8 

Stockholder Engagement Efforts

   8 

Board IndependenceAutoliv Sustainability Program

   8 

Board Leadership Structure and Risk OversightIndependence

   8 

Retirement Age Policy and Director Tenure

8

Board Leadership Structure and Risk Oversight

9

Board Meetings

   10 

Board Compensation

   10 

Corporate Governance Guidelines and Codes of Conduct and Ethics

11

Policy on Attending the Annual Meeting

11

Related Person Transactions

11

Communicating with the Board

   12 

Committees ofPolicy on Attending the BoardAnnual Meeting

   12 

The Audit CommitteeRelated Person Transactions

   1312 

The Compensation CommitteeAgreements with Stockholders

13

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

13

The Compliance Committee

13

Audit Committee Report

13

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Report

   14 

Communicating with the Board

14

Committees of the Board

15

The Audit Committee

15

The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee Duties, Procedures

15

The Nominating and PoliciesCorporate Governance Committee

   16 

CompensationThe Risk and Compliance Committee Interlocks

16

Audit Committee Report

16

Nominating and Insider ParticipationCorporate Governance Committee Report

   17 

Leadership Development and Compensation Committee ReportDuties, Procedures and Policies

17

The Swedish Corporate Governance Code

17

Forward-Looking Statements

   18 

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANYLeadership Development and Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

   1920 

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENTLeadership Development and Compensation Committee Report

20

The Swedish Corporate Governance Code

20

Forward-Looking Statements

   21 

 

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   Page No.

COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSISEXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY

   22 

IntroductionSECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

22

Our Named Executive Officers in 2016

22

Executive Summary

22

Compensation Philosophy

23

Key Components of Executive Compensation

   24 

Executive Compensation ResponsibilitiesCOMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

   3025 

2016Introduction

25

Our Named Executive Officers in 2019

25

Executive Summary

25

Compensation DecisionsPhilosophy

26

Base Salaries

27

Non-Equity Incentives

28

Equity Incentives

29

Pension / Retirement and Other Post-Employment Benefits

   31 

Results ofSay-on-PayExecutive Compensation Responsibilities

32

Compensation Risk Assessment

33

2019 Executive Compensation Decisions

34

The Peer Groups

35

Decisions for 2019 Compensation

36

2019 Additional Benefits

   37 

Material Changes to 2017Additional 2019 and 2020 Compensation ProgramDecisions

37

Results ofSay-on-Pay

   38 

SummaryMaterial Changes to 2020 Compensation TableProgram

   39 

2016 Grants of Plan-Based Awards TableCurrency for Executive Compensation

   4139 

Outstanding EquitySummary Compensation Table

40

2019 Grants of Plan-Based Awards at 2016 FiscalYear-EndTable

   42 

Option Exercises and Stock Vested During 2016Outstanding Equity Awards at 2019 FiscalYear-End

   43 

Pension Benefits

   4344 

Nonqualified Deferred Compensation

45

Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control

   46 

ITEMPotential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control

46

CEO Pay Ratio

51

PROPOSAL 2 - ADVISORY VOTE TO APPROVE NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION

52

ITEM 3 - ADVISORY VOTE ON FREQUENCY OF STOCKHOLDER VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

52

ITEM 4 - RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

   53 

ITEM 5PROPOSAL 3 - RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

53

DISCRETIONARY VOTING OF PROXIES ON OTHER MATTERS

   5455 

OTHER MATTERS

   5455 

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

54

Stockholder Proposals for 20182020 Annual Meeting

   55 

 

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20172020 PROXY STATEMENT AT A GLANCE

The following executive summary is intended to provide a broad overview of the items that you will find elsewhere in this Proxy Statement. As this is only a summary, we encourage you to read the entire Proxy Statement for more information about these topics prior to voting at the Annual Meeting.

 

Annual Meeting of Stockholders

 

Time and Date:  

Tuesday,Thursday, May 9, 2017; 9:7, 2020; 1:00 a.m.p.m. local time

Location:  

The Peninsula Chicago, 108 East Superior Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60611Westin Book Cadillac Detroit Hotel, 1114 Washington Blvd., Detroit, Michigan, 48226 USA

Record Date:  

Stockholders as of the close of business on March 13, 201711, 2020 are entitled to vote.

Admission:  

Please see the instructions on page 1 of this Proxy Statement.

 

Meeting Agenda and Voting Matters
Proposal  

Board’s Voting

Recommendation

  Page
Reference
1.    Election of Directors  FOR EACH NOMINEE  

4

2.    Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation  FOR  

52

53

3.    Advisory Vote on Frequency of Future Advisory Votes to Approve        Executive Compensation

EVERY ONE YEAR

52

4.    Ratification of Independent AuditorsRegistered Public Accounting Firm

Appointment

  FOR  

53

– PROPOSAL 1 –

 

Director Nominees for ElectionDirector Nominees for ElectionDirector Nominees for Election
 
Name Age  Director 
Since 
 Independent  Committees   Other Current 
Public Co.
Boards
 Age    Director   
Since   
 Independent  Committees Other Current 
Public Co.
Boards

Robert W. Alspaugh

 70  2006  Yes AC (Chairman), CPC 3

Mikael Bratt

 53    2018    No  - 0

Jan Carlson

 56  2007  No - 2 59    2007    No  - 2*

Aicha Evans

 48  2015  Yes AC, CC 0

Hasse Johansson

 70    2018    Yes  AC, RCC 4

Leif Johansson

 65  2016  Yes CC, NCG 3 68    2016    Yes  LDCC, NCGC (Chair) 1

David E. Kepler

 64  2015  Yes AC, CPC 2 67    2015    Yes  AC, RCC (Chair) 2

Franz-Josef Kortüm

 66  2014  Yes NCG 1 69    2014    Yes  NCGC 0

Min Liu

 40    2019    Yes  AC, LDCC 0

Xiaozhi Liu

 61  2011  Yes CC, NCG 1 64    2011    Yes  LDCC, NCGC 2

James M. Ringler

 71  2002  Yes CC (Chairman), NCG 4 74    2002    Yes  LDCC (Chair), NCGC 4

Kazuhiko Sakamoto

 71  2007  Yes CPC (Chairman) 0

Wolfgang Ziebart

 67  2015  Yes AC, CPC 2

Ted Senko

 64    2018    Yes  AC (Chair), RCC 0

 

AC: Audit Committee

  CC:LDCC: Leadership Development and Compensation Committee

NCG:NCGC: Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

  CPC:RCC: Risk and Compliance Committee
NOTE: The current Chairman of the NCG(*)

Mr. Carlson is not standing forseekingre-election pursuant to our director retirement policy. See page 4 for more details.the Borg Warner, Inc. Board of Directors in 2020 thereby reducing this to two (2) effective May 2020.

The Company amended its Restated Certificate of Incorporation in May 2014 to declassify the Board and provide for the annual election of directors. The amendmentsphase-in the declassification and beginning with this 2017 annual meeting of stockholders all directors will be elected forone-year terms.

 

Attendance:

  Each director serving in 2016nominee attended at least 80% of the aggregate number ofapplicable Board and applicable Committee meetings in 2016.2019.

Governance Highlights:

  

   10 Independent Directors in 2016   8 independent directors serving until the Annual Meeting

   Lead Independent Lead Director of the Board

   Board committees composed entirely of independent directors

   Directors elected forone-year Recent Declassificationterms

   Average tenure of the current Board is 6.2 years, with four newly appointed directors within the last three years

   Diverse Board in terms of background,director backgrounds, professional experienceexperiences, and skills

   Annual Board and Committee Self-Evaluationscommittee self-evaluations

   Non-management directors meet in executive session at least four times a year without management present

   Audit, Nominating and Corporate Governance and Compensation Committees are composed entirely of independent directors

   Stock Ownership Guidelines for Directors and Executive Officers



   Risk   Compliance, operational, and cybersecurity risk oversight by full Board and Committees

   Company policy against hedging, short-selling, and pledging by Executive Officers and Directors

Sustainability Highlights:

   Became a signatory of United Nations Global Compact

   Rolled out the new sustainability strategy into all divisions and functions

   More than 30,000 lives saved by our products

   Continued to participate in several collaborations in traffic safety, with a special focus on vulnerable road user protection and countries with a high number of traffic-related deaths

   Made good progress towards our Health & Safety incident and severity rate interim targets

   Established action plans to drive progress towards our new environmental targets

   Advanced in further integrating sustainability into our supply chain management




– PROPOSAL 2 –

 

Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation

We are requesting that our stockholders approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our Named Executive Officers as disclosed in this Proxy Statement. This proposal was supported by approximately 81.8%83.9%, 78.2%83.5%, and 86.6%81.8% of the votes cast in each of 2016, 20152019, 2018, and 2014,2017, respectively. Please see the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, Summary Compensation Table, and other tables and disclosures beginning on page 2225 of this Proxy Statement for a full discussion of our executive compensation program. The table below highlights the 20162019 total direct compensation for each Named Executive Officer:(1)Officer.

 

Named Executive Officer 

Salary ($)(2)

 Annual
Bonus ($)(2)
 

Stock

Awards ($)

Jan Carlson

 1,376,766 1,474,427 938,247

Mats Backman

 381,074 265,799 234,871

Mikael Bratt

 439,701 306,691 234,871

Steven Fredin

 578,240 403,322 351,545

Lars Sjöbring

 655,000 355,338 351,545
Named Executive Officer  Salary ($)(1)  

Annual

Bonus ($)(1)

  Stock Awards
($)

Mikael Bratt

  1,041,649  380,349  550,035

Christian Hanke(2)

  265,615  49,333  79,169

Brad Murray

  418,240  141,156  199,956

Daniel Garceau(3)

  517,202  174,556  199,956

Jordi Lombarte

  442,900  116,261  199,956

Michael Hague(4)

  559,627  0  199,956

Mats Backman(5)

  214,444  0  0

 

(1)With the exception of Messrs. Melzer, Nilsson and Wallin, who are Named Executive Officers, but whose service with the Company ended during 2016.

(2)For currency exchange rates used, see footnote 1 to the Summary Compensation Table on page 3940 of this Proxy Statement.

Compensation Governance Highlights

The Compensation Committee is composed solely of independent directors.

 

(2)

Not an executive officer as of March 2, 2020.

(3)

Mr. Garceau gave notice to the Company that he intends to resign effective no later than August 10, 2020.

(4)

Not an executive officer as of April 12, 2019.

(5)

Not an executive officer as of February 28, 2019.



Compensation Governance Highlights

 The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee is composed entirely of independent directors.

We have stock ownership guidelines for our executive officers, including the named executive officers, and our independentnon-employee directors.

 

 

The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee reviews total compensation calculations in connection withwhen making compensation decisions.

 

 In 2019, we implemented performance shares as part of our compensation program. Performance shares are 75% of the value of long-term equity incentive grants to executives.

Our equity plan prohibits the repricing of stock options without stockholder approval.

 

The change in control definition contained in our equity plan is not a “liberal” definition that would be activated on only stockholder approval of a transaction.

We have a compensation recoupment policy that complies with and goes beyond the parameters described in the Dodd-Frank Act, requiring current and former executives to returnunder which our Board may recoup certain incentive compensation that is subsequently determined not to have been earned.

earned by current and former executives.

 

The exercise price of options historically granted under our equity plan is never less than the fair market value (as defined in our equity plan) of our stock on the date of grant.

 

 

If and when they are offered,All current NEOchange-in-control severance agreements (for executives hired in 2011 and after) will include double-triggerchange-in-control severance benefits, rather than modified single-trigger arrangements.

 

 

The Compensation Committee approved a new long-term equity incentive program implemented in 2016, pursuant to which it granted performance shares that will vest based on the Company’s achievement of specified targets over a three-year performance period for the Company’s compound annual growth rate for sales and the Company’s compound annual growth rate for earnings per share relative to compound annual growth rate for Global Light Vehicle Production reported by IHS.

No U.S. tax code §280G excise tax “gross ups.”

 

 

We doThe change in control definition contained in our equity plan is not provide U.S. tax code Section 280G excise tax “gross ups.”

a “liberal” definition that would be activated on only stockholder approval of a transaction.
 

 

– PROPOSAL 3 –

 

Advisory Vote on Frequency of Stockholder Vote on Executive Compensation

We are requesting that our stockholders express their preference on the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of our Named Executive Officers. Stockholders may indicate whether we should hold future advisory votes on executive compensation every one year, two years or three years. The Board’s recommendation is that this vote be held every one year.




– PROPOSAL 4 –

Ratification of Appointment of Independent AuditorsRegistered Public Accounting Firm Appointment

We are requesting that our stockholders ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young AB as our independent auditorsregistered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.2020. Fees paid to our independent auditorsregistered public accounting firm over the past two years were as follows:

 

Type of Fees

(Dollars in millions)

  2016   2015   2019   2018 

Audit Fees

  $9.849   $7.288   $8.263   $9.117 

Audit-Related Fees

  $0.358   $0.182   $0.179   $6.833 

Tax Fees

  $0.082   $0.030   $0.203   $0.257 

All Other Fees

   —      —     $0.008   $0.007 

Total

  $10.289   $7.500   $8.653   $16.214 



AUTOLIV, INC.

Box 70381SE-107 24

Stockholm, Sweden

 

 

PROXY STATEMENT

 

 

INFORMATION CONCERNING VOTING AND SOLICITATION

Availability of Proxy Materials on the Internet

Our Board of Directors (the “Board”) made this Proxy Statement and the Company’s Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 20162019 available to you on the Internet or, upon your request, has delivered printed versions of these materials to you by mail, in connection with the Board’s solicitation of proxies for use at our Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to be held on Tuesday,Thursday, May 9, 20177, 2020 commencing at 9:1:00 a.m.p.m. local time at The Peninsula Chicago, 108 East Superior Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60611,Westin Book Cadillac Detroit Hotel, 1114 Washington Blvd., Detroit, Michigan, 48226 USA and at any adjournment thereof (the “2017“2020 Annual Meeting” or the “Annual Meeting”).

General

The date of this Proxy Statement is March 24, 2017,27, 2020, the approximate date on which this Proxy Statement and proxy card are first being mailed and made available on the Internet to stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The Company’s Annual Report on Form10-Kfor the fiscal year ended December 31, 20162019 was first made available to stockholderspublicly filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 23, 2017.21, 2020.

Who Can Vote

You are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting if you were a stockholder of record of our common stock as of the close of business on March 13, 201711, 2020 (the “Record Date”). Each stockholder is entitled to one vote for each share of our common stock held on the Record Date. Our stockholders do not have cumulative voting rights.

Shares Outstanding and Quorum

At the close of business on the Record Date, 88,324,62187,315,512 shares of our common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote and no shares of our preferred stock were outstanding. A majority of the shares of our common stock outstanding on the Record Date, present in person or represented by proxy, will constitute a quorum at the Annual Meeting.

How to Vote

If you are a stockholder of record, you may vote by proxy on the Internet or by telephone by following the instructions provided in the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials sent to you. If you requested printed copies of the proxy materials by mail, or have a printed proxy card, you may also vote by filling out the proxy card and returning it in the envelope provided. You may also vote in person at the Annual Meeting.

If you are a beneficial owner of shares held in “street name,” please refer to the instructions provided by your bank, broker or other nominee for voting your shares. If you wish to vote in person at the Annual Meeting, you must obtain a valid proxy from the organization that holds your shares and have proof of ownership of shares of our common stock as of the Record Date.

How Your Shares Will Be Voted

If you properly complete your proxy card and send it to the Company prior to the taking of the vote at the Annual Meeting, or submit your proxy electronically by Internet or by telephone before voting closes, your proxy

(one of

 

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(one of the individuals named in the proxy card) will vote your shares as you have directed. If you sign the proxy card but do not make specific choices, your proxy will vote your shares as recommended by the Board: (i) to elect the director nominees listed in “Election of Directors,” (ii) to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, (iii) to hold future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers every one year, and (iv)(iii) for the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young AB as the Company’s independent auditorsregistered public accounting firm for the 20172020 fiscal year.

Voting on Matters Not in Proxy Statement

The deadlines have passed for stockholders to (i) nominate directors for election to the Board and (ii) for other stockholder proposals to be brought before the Annual Meeting. Thus, only the Company may (i) substitute director nominees or (ii) bring other business before the Annual Meeting. The Company does not plan to substitute any director nominee, and the Company does not intend to raise any matter other than those described in this Proxy Statement at the Annual Meeting.

However, administrative and similar matters can arise at any Annual Meeting.annual meeting. To address such unforeseen matters, your proxy may exercise his or her discretion and authority to vote on such matters incidentincidental to the conduct of the Annual Meeting only. Note that this authority is limited by applicable law, the proxy rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”),SEC, and the listing rules of the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”).

Revoking Proxies or Changing Your Vote

You may revoke your proxy and change your vote at any time before the taking of the vote at the Annual Meeting. Prior to the applicable cutoff time, you may change your vote on a later date via the Internet or by telephone (in which case only your latest Internet or telephone proxy submitted prior to the Annual Meeting will be counted), by signing and returning a new proxy card with a later date, or by attending the Annual Meeting and voting in person. However, your attendance at the Annual Meeting will not automatically revoke your proxy unless you properly vote at the Annual Meeting or specifically request that your prior proxy be revoked by delivering a written notice of revocation to Autoliv at its mailing address prior to the Annual Meeting.

Voting Rights of Holders of SDRs

Holders of Autoliv’s Swedish Depository Receipts (“SDRs”) are entitled to vote the shares of common stock of the Company underlying their SDRs at the 20172020 Annual Meeting as if they directly held the common stock of the Company. Therefore, each holder of SDRs is entitled to one vote for each share of common stock underlying each SDR held on the Record Date. To have their votes counted at the 20172020 Annual Meeting, SDR holders must give instructions as to the exercise of their voting rights by proxy or attend and represent their shares of common stock of the Company underlying the SDRs at the Annual Meeting in person.

Non-Voting Shares, Abstentions and Broker“Non-Votes”

Shares held by persons attending the Annual Meeting but not voting, shares represented by proxies that reflect abstentions as to a particular proposal, and broker“non-votes” will be counted as present for purposes of determining a quorum. A broker“non-vote” occurs when a nominee holding shares for a beneficial owner has not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner and does not have discretionary authority to vote the shares. Brokers do not have discretionary authority to vote on ItemsProposals 1 2 and 32 set forth below. Brokers generally have discretionary authority to vote on Item 4Proposal 3 set forth below.

Vote Required to Approve Each Proposal at the Annual Meeting

The following summary describes the vote required to approve each of the proposals at the Annual Meeting.

 

 ItemProposal 1:

Directors will be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote thereat. However, pursuant to the Autoliv, Inc. Corporate

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Governance Guidelines, if a director nominee in an uncontested election fails to receive

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the approval of a majority of the votes cast on his or her election by the stockholders, the nominee shall promptly offer his or her resignation to the Board for consideration. A committee consisting of the Board’s independent directors (which will specifically exclude any director who is required to offer his or her resignation) shall consider all relevant factors and decide on behalf of the Board the action to be taken with respect to such offered resignation and will determine whether to accept or reject the resignation. The Company will publicly disclose the Board’s decision with regard toregarding any resignation offered under these circumstances with an explanation of how the decision was reached, including, if applicable, the reasons for rejecting the offered resignation. Abstentions and brokernon-votes will have no effect on the election of directors.

 

 ItemProposal 2:

Thenon-binding resolution to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in this Proxy Statement requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote thereat. Abstentions will have the same effect as a vote against the proposal. Brokernon-votes will have no effect in determining the outcome of the proposal.

 

 ItemProposal 3:Thenon-binding advisory vote on the frequency with which stockholders will vote upon anon-binding resolution to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers in future years requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote thereat. The frequency option that receives the most affirmative votes is the one that will be deemed approved by the stockholders. Abstentions will have the same effect as a vote against the proposal. Brokernon-votes will have no effect in determining the outcome of the proposal.

Item 4:The ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young AB as the Company’s independent auditorsregistered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 20172020 requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote thereat. Abstentions will have the same effect as a vote against the ratification. Although brokers have discretionary authority to vote on the ratification, if a broker submits anon-vote, it will not be counted for purposes of the ratification but will be counted for the purposes of establishing a quorum.

Any other proposal brought before the Annual Meeting (if any) will be decided by a majority of the shares present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on the matter. Consequently, abstentions will have the same effect as a vote against the matter and brokernon-votes will have no effect on determining the outcome of the matter.

Principal Executive Offices

The Company’s mailing address is Box 70381,SE-107 24 Stockholm, Sweden, and its principal executive offices are located at Klarabergsviadukten 70, Section B, 7th floor, Stockholm, SwedenSE-111 64. The Company’s telephone number is +46 8 587 20 600.

Solicitation of Proxies

The Company, on behalf of the Board, is soliciting the proxies and will bear the cost of the solicitation of proxies. In addition to solicitation over the Internet and by mail, the Company will reimburse banks, brokers and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for reasonable expenses incurred in forwarding proxy materials to beneficial owners of our stock and obtaining their proxies. Certain directors, officers and other employees of the Company, not specifically employed for this purpose, may solicit proxies, without additional remuneration, by personal interview, mail, telephone, facsimile or electronic mail. In addition, theThe Company has retained Georgeson LLC to assist in the solicitation of proxies for a fee of $14,500 plus expenses and Euroclear SwedenComputershare AB for a fee of SEK 160,000,105,000, or approximately $17,800,$11,000, plus expenses.

 

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ITEMPROPOSAL 1 - ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

The Company’s Third RestatedBy-Laws (the“By-Laws”) provide that the size of the Board shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by the Board. The Board has currently fixed the size of the Board at eleven. Beginning with the 2017 Annual Meeting, the entire Board will be elected annually by stockholders. In previous years, the Board had been divided into classes, with directors in each class elected for three-year terms on a rotating basis at the annual meeting of stockholders at which the term for their class expired. However, at the 2014 annual meeting of stockholders, stockholders approved amendments to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation to declassify the Board and provide for the annual election of all directors. These amendmentsphased-in the declassification of the Board over a three-year period.ten.

Robert W. Alspaugh,Mikael Bratt, Jan Carlson, Aicha Evans,Hasse Johansson, Leif Johansson, David E. Kepler, Franz-Josef Kortüm, Min Liu, Xiaozhi Liu, James M. Ringler, Kazuhiko Sakamoto and Wolfgang Ziebart,Ted Senko, whose present terms will expire at the time of the Annual Meeting, are nominees for election at the 20172020 Annual Meeting. Ms. Min Liu has been nominated by the Board to be elected at the 2020 Annual Meeting pursuant to the terms of a Cooperation Agreement between the Company and Cevian Capital II GP Limited (“Cevian”), and its affiliates (the “Cooperation Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the Cooperation Agreement, Ms. Liu will offer her resignation from the Board if Cevian no longer owns at least 8% of the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the Company. The Cooperation Agreement is described in further detail in the section entitled “Agreements with Stockholders—Cooperation Agreement with Cevian Capital II GP Limited” below.

If elected, all of the above nominees would serve until the 20182021 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier retirement, resignation, disqualification, removal or death. Mr. George Lorch, a current director, has reached the mandatory retirement age set forth in the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines and is not eligible to stand forre-election to the Board at the 2017 Annual Meeting. Mr. Lorch’s service as a director will end at the 2017 Annual Meeting. Effective immediately following the closing of the polls for the election of directors at the 2017 Annual Meeting, the Board will reduce its size to ten members. If any director nominee should become unavailable for election prior to the Annual Meeting, an event that currently is not anticipated by the Board, either the proxies will be voted in favor of the election of a substitute nominee or nominees proposed by the Board or the number of directors may be reduced accordingly. Each nominee has agreed to serve if elected, and the Board has no reason to believe that any nominee will be unable to serve.

Nominees for Directors at the 20172020 Annual Meeting

Below is a summary presentation of each director nominated for election at the 2017 Annual Meeting.    

Robert W. AlspaughMikael Bratt, age 70,53, has been a director of Autoliv since September 2018 and has served as Autoliv’s President and Chief Executive Officer since June 2006 and is29, 2018. Mr. Bratt previously served asPresident, Passive Safety from May 2016 until his promotion. In September 2019, Mr. Bratt joined the Chairmanboard of directors of Höganäs AB, a private Swedish metal powders company. Prior to joining Autoliv, Mr. Bratt spent approximately 30 years with the Volvo Group, a Swedish multinational automotive manufacturing company, including most recently as EVP Group Trucks Operations, part of the Audit Committeegroup executive management team since 2008, in which role he managed a team of 35,000 people, 50 factories, 60 distribution centers and a memberan annual turnover of the Compliance Committee.approximately $18 billion. Prior to becoming a director of Autoliv, Mr. Alspaugh had a36-year career with KPMG, including serving as the senior partner for a diverse array of companies across a broad range of industries. He has worked with global companies in Europe and Japan, in addition to those headquartered in the U.S. Between 2002 and 2005, whenthis, he served as Chief ExecutiveFinancial Officer of KPMG International, he was responsible for implementing the strategyVolvo Group. Mr. Bratt studied business administration at the University of this global organization, which includes member firms in nearly 150 countries with more than 100,000 employees. Prior to this position, he served as Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of KPMG’s U.S. practice. Mr. Alspaugh also serves on the Boards of Directors of Ball Corporation, Verifone Systems, Inc., and Triton International Ltd, which are all public companies, and DSGI Technologies, Inc., a private company. He graduated summa cum laude from Baylor University in Texas in 1970.Gothenburg, Sweden.

The Board believes Mr. Alspaugh’s technical skills and record of achievement gained through his manyBratt’s years of experience working withinwith Autoliv and the globalautomotive industry, including his current role as President and Chief Executive Officer, and his extensive knowledge of the Company, its operations, business, communityand industry support hisre-election to the Board.

Jan Carlson, age 56, was appointed59, has been a director of Autoliv insince May 2007 after becomingfollowing his appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer of Autoliv on April 1, 2007 andafter serving in various executive positions with the company beginning in 1999. He has been Chairman of the Board since May 2014. Mr. Carlson joined Autoliv in 1999served as President and Chief Executive Officer until resigning upon the completion of Autoliv Electronics and held that position until April 2005, whenthespin-off of Veoneer, Inc. from the Company on June 29, 2018, at which time he became Vice President and Chief Executive of Engineering of Autoliv and a memberVeoneer, Inc. Since the completion of the Company’s Executive Committee.spin-off, Mr. Carlson has also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Veoneer, Inc. Since July 2010 until May 2020 at which time he will not seekre-election, Mr. Carlson has served on the board of directors and compensation committee of BorgWarner Inc., a product leader in highly engineered components and systems for vehicle powertrain applications worldwide. Since 2010, Mr. Carlson has also served on the board of Teknikföretagen (the Association of Swedish Engineering Industries) and Svenskt Näringsliv (the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise). In addition, Mr. Carlson was elected to the Board of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson in February 2017. In addition, Mr. Carlson served on the board of Trelleborg AB in April 2013. Mr. Carlson will not stand forre-election tofrom 2013 through 2017, and served on the board of directors of TrelleborgZenuity AB, in 2017. At the end of Februarya private joint venture owned50-50 by Veoneer, Inc. and Volvo Car Corporation, between April 2017 Mr. Carlson was nominated for election to the board of directors of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson at its annual meeting of shareholders to be held on March 29, 2017.and June 2018. Prior to joining Autoliv, Mr. Carlson was President of Saab Combitech, a division within the Saab aircraft group specializing in commercializing military technologies. Mr. Carlson has a Master of Science degree in Physics and Electrical Engineering from the University of Linköping in Sweden.

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The Board believes that through his many years of experience with Autoliv, including his currentformer role as President and Chief Executive Officer, and the automotive industry in general Mr. Carlson brings extensive

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knowledge of the Company, its operations, business, and industry to the Board, which support hisre-election to the Board.

Aicha EvansHasse Johansson,, age 48,70, has been a director of Autoliv since February 2015,March 2018 and is a member of the Audit Committee and CompensationRisk and Compliance Committee. Ms. Evans isSince 2010, Mr. Johansson has been managing director of Johansson Teknik & Form AB, a technology consulting company which he founded. From 2001 to 2009, Mr. Johansson was the Executive Vice President of Research & Development at Scania, a major automotive industry manufacturer of heavy trucks, buses, and other commercial vehicles. Prior to his time at Scania, Mr. Johansson worked for nearly 20 years at Mecel AB, an automotive software and systems development company heco-founded and in 1994 became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delphi Corporation. Mr. Johansson currently senior vice president and general managerserves as a member of the Communicationsboards of directors of Electrolux AB, PowerCell Sweden AB, DevPort AB, and Devices Group at Intel Corporation. In this role, sheSwedish Electromagnet Investment AB, which are all Swedish public companies. Additionally, Mr. Johansson is responsible for driving wireless engineering for multi-comm products and Intel platforms, including modems, RF,Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, NFC, FM, LTE, WLAN/WWAN as well as emerging wireless technologies. Previously, she was the general managera member of the Intel Mobile Wireless Platform ResearchBusiness Executives Council of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. Mr. Johansson holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden and Development Group, where she managed the engineering, software, hardware, strategic planning,holds more than 20 patents in combustion engine control and product test teams responsible for providing wireless connectivity ingredients and solutions for all Intel platforms. Prior to Intel, Ms. Evans spent 10 years in various engineering management positions at Rockwell Semiconductors, Conexant and Skyworks. Ms. Evans received a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from The George Washington University.automotive electronics.

The Board believes that Ms. Evans brings to the Board valuableMr. Johansson’s prolific technical background in automotive and other industries, combined with his extensive board experience, gained through service in senior management positions in a number of technology and software companies and extensive knowledge of the technology industry. Her skills and knowledge from within this industry support herhisre-election to the Board.

Leif Johansson, age 65,68, has been a director of Autoliv since February 2016, and is a member of the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee and Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. From 1997 to 2011, Mr. Johansson served as President and Chief Executive Officer of The Volvo Group. Before joining Volvo, Mr. Johansson held various positions at AB Electrolux, and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer from 1994 to 1997. Mr. Johansson is the Chairman of the Board of Astra Zeneca PLC, a position he has held since June 2012, and he previously served as Chairman of the Board of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson sincebetween 2011 and Chairman of the Board of Astra Zeneca PLC since 2012.March 2018. In addition to his service on public company boards, Mr. Johansson is a board member of Ecolean AB the Chairman(a private corporation), a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Science, a board member of the European Round Table of Industrialists, a board member of The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, a Delegate of the China Development Forum, and a member of the BoardCouncil of Advisors of the Boao Forum for Asia and a member of the Advisory Boards of the Mayor of Beijing and of the Governor of Jiangsu.Asia. Mr. Johansson holds a Master of Science in Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden.

The Board believes that Mr. Johansson’s extensive executive and directorial experience on several international companies in the automotive, manufacturing and technology industries, combined with the knowledge gained through his service on various industry, economic and advocacy organizations, support hisre-election to the Board.

David E. Kepler, age 64,67, has been a director of Autoliv since February 2015 and is a member of the Audit Committee and Chair of the Risk and Compliance Committee. Mr. Kepler was an Executive Vice President of the Dow Chemical Company, a multinational specialty chemical, advancedperformance materials, agrosciences and plastics company, from March 2008 through January 2015, and in this position held the roleroles of Chief Sustainability Officer and Chief Information Officer. Mr. Kepler joined Dow in 1975 and was appointed its Vice President and CIO in 1998, Corporate Vice President in 2001, assumed responsibility for Business Services in 2004, and was appointed SeniorExecutive Vice President in 2006.2008. He has also been a member of the boards of directors of TD Bank Group since December 2013 and Teradata Corporation since November 2007. Mr. Kepler graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, and serves as a trustee of the University.

The Board believes that Mr. Kepler’s executive experience as the chief information officer of a global company with additional expertise in corporate sustainability initiatives and risk management, and stature as a recognized leader in the area of cyber-security are all qualities that support hisre-election to the Board.

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Franz-Josef Kortüm, age 66,69, has been a director of Autoliv since March 2014 and is a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Prior to joining Autoliv, Mr. Kortüm was Chief Executive Officer of Webasto SE, a producer of automobile roof systems and climate control systems for automobiles, boats and other vehicles, from 1998 to 2012, after joining the company in 1994. Mr. Kortüm was Chief Executive Officer of Audi AG from 1993 to 1994 and, prior to joining Audi, had a 16 year16-year career with what is today Daimler AG in a

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variety of positions. In addition to his extensive management experience, Mr. Kortüm has served as Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Webasto SE since 2013 and as its Chairman since 2018 until August 2019, as a Member of the Advisory Board of Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG since 2005 and as its Chairman since 2013, as a Member of the Supervisory Board of Wacker Chemie since 2003, and as a Member of the Supervisory Board of Schaeffler AG from 2010 to March 2014. From 2004 to 2012, Mr. Kortüm was a Member of the Managing Board of the VDA (German Association of the Automotive Industry). Mr. Kortüm has anMBA-equivalent degree in Business Administration from the University of Regensburg in Germany.

The Board believes that Mr. Kortüm brings a breadth of knowledge and skills related to the automotive industry to the Board. In addition, his corporate governance experience gained through his service on other boards support hisre-election to the Board.

Min Liu, age 40, has been a director of Autoliv since May 2019 and is a member of the Audit Committee and the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee. Sheis a Vice President of Cevian Capital AG, an affiliate of Cevian Capital II GP Limited (“Cevian”). Since September 2015, Ms. Liu has been responsible for fundamental research on a variety of European companies in her role at Cevian. Prior to this role, Ms. Liu held several positions of increasing responsibility with The Boston Consulting Group, a global management consulting firm, in Germany between September 2004 and July 2015. Last serving as Principal, she led multiple projects in a broad set of industries, including the automotive sector. Ms. Liu has an MBA from Stanford University in addition to bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business information technology from Goettingen University.

The Board believes that Ms. Liu’s financial expertise and exposure to a wide variety of large, global industrial companies through her investment research and management experience support herre-election to the Board.

Xiaozhi Liu, age 61,64, has been a director of Autoliv since November 2011 and is a member of the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. In April 2019, Dr. Liu joined the boards of directors of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV and Johnson Matthey PLC. She previously served as an independent director of Fuyao Glass Industry Group, a public company listed in Shanghai and Hong Kong, from October 2013 until October 2019. Dr. Liu began her career in the automotive industry in General Motor’s (“GM”) Delphi operations and has since worked in various executive positions in Germany, China and the U.S., where she rose to the position of Director of Electronics, Controls & Software for GM in Detroit, Chief Engineer and Chief Technology Officer of GM in China and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GM Taiwan. Between 2005 and 2006, she was the Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co. Ltd., a public company listed in Shanghai, and was elected as an independent director of Fuyao Glass Industry Group in October 2013. In 2007, she became the President and Chief Executive Officer of NeoTek China, a supplier of automotive chassis and transmission parts, and served as Chairman of the company’s board of directors from 2008 through 2011. In 2009, she founded, and is the Chief Executive Officer of, her own company, ASL Automobile Science & Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., which introduces and implements globally advanced technologies to Chinese companies. She has a Ph.D. and master’s degree in Chemical Engineering and Electrical Engineering, respectively, from Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen-Nuremburg, Germany and a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Jiaotong University in Xian, China.

The Board believes that Dr. Liu brings a unique and valuable set of skills to the Board, based on a combination of her global experience in engineering and technology in Asia, North America and Europe with her extensive management experience in the automotive industry. Dr. Liu’s knowledge and experience supports herre-election to the Board.

James M. Ringler, age 71,74, has been a director of Autoliv since January 2002 and is the ChairmanChair of the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee and a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Ringler has also been the Lead Independent Director since May 2017. He was, prior to his retirement, Vice Chairman of Illinois Tool Works Inc. between 1999 and 2004. Prior to joining Illinois Tool Works, Mr. Ringler was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Premark International, Inc., which merged with Illinois Tool Works in 1999. Mr. Ringler joined Premark in 1990 and served as its Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer prior to becoming the Chief Executive Officer in 1996. He serves on the Boards of Directors of Dow Chemical Company,the following public companies: Veoneer (since June 2018), TechnipFMC plc and(since January 2017), JBT Corporation (since June 2008), and he is the Chairman ofTeradata Corporation (since September 2007; was chairman from 2007 until January 2019). Mr. Ringler previously served on the Board of Teradata Corporation.Directors of DowDuPont Inc. from 2001 until his retirement in March 2019. He is also a

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member of the board of directors of Reynolds Metals Company, a private company. Mr. Ringler holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and an M.B.A. degree in Finance from the State University of New York.

The Board believes that Mr. Ringler’s business and management experience in multiple executive positions at Premark International, Inc. and Illinois Tool Works and his deep knowledge of corporate governance gained through his extensive service on the boards of directors of public companies in a wide variety of industries support Mr. Ringler’sre-election to the Board.

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Kazuhiko SakamotoThaddeus J. “Ted” Senko, age 71,64, has been a director of Autoliv since August 2007March 2018 and is the Chairman of the Compliance Committee. During 2016, Mr. Sakamoto was appointed to as an outside auditor of Zenitaka Corporation, amid-sized construction company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Since 2012, Mr. Sakamoto has been an advisor at Pasona Inc., a leading human resources provider in Japan. Mr. Sakamoto was previously a Counselor of Marubeni Construction Material Lease Co. Ltd., a company affiliated with Marubeni Corporation, which is one of Japan’s leading general trading houses, operating import, export, offshore trading and investment activities in various business fields. He was Senior Executive Vice President of Marubeni Corporation from 2006 through 2008. During his nearly40-year career with Marubeni Corporation, Mr. Sakamoto has held several key positions such as President and Chief Executive Officer of Marubeni America Cooperation. Mr. Sakamoto previously served on the Boards of Directors of Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc. and Helena Chemical Company. He graduated from the Keio University in 1968 and attended the Harvard University Research Institute for International Affairs in 1991-1992.

The Board believes that Mr. Sakamoto’s extensive business experience in both Asia and North America brings a unique perspective and valuable set of skills that support Mr. Sakamoto’sre-election to the Board.

Wolfgang Ziebart, age 67, has been a director of Autoliv since December 2015, and is a memberChair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Risk and Compliance Committee. Dr. Ziebart was previously a directorPrior to joining the Autoliv Board of Autoliv from December 2008 through August 2013,Directors, Mr. Senko had an extensive career at which time he resigned in order to focus on a new position as Director Group Engineering with Jaguar Land Rover,KPMG LLP, a multinational automotive company, a roleprofessional services and accounting firm, from 1978 to 2017, providing enterprise risk management, compliance, and audit services to various public companies. At KPMG, he held until March 2015. Dr. Ziebart had a distinguished career within BMW beginningserved as Audit Partner and SEC Reviewing Partner for eight years, Chief Audit Executive for four years, Global and National Partner in 1977 which took him toCharge of Internal Audit, Risk & Compliance Services for eight years, and Global Engagement Partner and Client Services Partner for seven years. Mr. Senko served on the Board of Management, where he was responsible for R&DDuquesne University, a private university with approximately 10,000 students, from 2007 to 2016, chairing the Audit and Purchasing. In 2000, he became a Member of the Management Board of Continental AG, a major automotive supplier listedFinance Committee and serving on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Between 2004Executive and 2008, he was President and CEO of Infineon Technologies AG, a global semiconductor and system solutions provider listedUniversity Advancement Committee. Mr. Senko continues to serve on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Dr. Ziebart is presently employed by Jaguar Land Rover inuniversity’s Business Advisory Council. Mr. Senko received a consulting role related to vehicle development. Dr. Ziebart also serves on the Supervisory Board of ASML and is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Nordex SE. Dr. Ziebart holds a doctoratebachelor’s degree in mechanical engineeringbusiness administration from Duquesne University.

The Board believes Mr. Senko’s financial, regulatory and risk expertise, experience in various auditing leadership roles and exposure to a wide variety of large audit clients within the Technical University of Munich in Germany.

Dr. Ziebart’s extensive knowledge of the automotive industry gained through his years of experience, including his particular experience and skills with engineering and development, supportsglobal business community support hisre-election to the Board.

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” EACH NOMINEE.

 

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Stockholder Engagement Efforts

The Company engages with the Company’s stockholders throughout the year to ensure that management and the Board understand and consider the issues that matter most to them, to solicit their views and feedback on various matters, and to provide perspective on the Company’s policies and practices. During 2016,2019, members of the Company’s management met with certain of the Company’s stockholders to listen to stockholderstheir concerns and discuss a variety of topics, including performance, strategy, capital allocation, corporate governance, compensation, performance, strategyenvironmental and sustainability efforts and other matters.

Autoliv Sustainability Program

Autoliv’s business is guided by our vision of Saving More Lives. Our products save over 30,000 lives a year and prevent ten times as many severe injuries. Our goal is to increase the number of lives saved to 100,000 a year by 2030. Our vision directly supports the UN Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good health and well-being, and its target of halving global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents by 2030. In addition, the Company is committed to sound and ethical business practices that align with the goals and needs of our employees and the communities in which we operate, including limiting our environmental impact particularly by reducing energy and water consumption, waste, and emissions. As a reflection of the importance of these matters, we assign oversight responsibility for sustainability to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Company also publishes an annual report describing our sustainability goals, practices and performance, in the areas of life-saving innovations, environment, health and safety of our employees, business ethics and supply chain. Our annual sustainability reports are publicly available on our website at https://www.autoliv.com/sustainability/sustainability-report.

Board Independence

The Board believes that generally it should have no fewer than seven and no more than eleven directors. The Board currently consists of eleventen members.

The Board has determined that all of the director nominees, except Mr.Messrs. Bratt and Carlson, are independent directors under the applicable rules of the NYSE, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC. In making its independence determinations, the Board reviewed (i) information regarding relevant relationships, arrangements or transactions between the Company and each director or parties affiliated with such director, (ii) Company records and (iii) publicly available information. In this regard,Mr. Bratt is not independent because he is a current officer of the Board consideredCompany, and Mr. Carlson is not independent because he served as an officer of the following relationships:

Jaguar Land Rover, a multinational automotive company, where Dr. Ziebart serves as a technical design director, purchases products from the Company in the ordinary course of business; and

Intel Corporation, a semiconductor manufacturing company, where Ms. Evans serves as senior vice president and general manager of the communications and devices group, supplies products to the Company in the ordinary course of business.

In both of these cases, the amounts received from Jaguar Land Rover and the amounts paid to Intel Corporation did not exceed the greater of $1 million or 2% of such company’s consolidated gross revenues. Based on the foregoing, the Board concluded that neither Dr. Ziebart nor Ms. Evans directly or indirectly has a material interest in the respective transactions with Jaguar Land Rover or Intel Corporation, respectively. last three years.

The Board has also determined that none of the independent directors has a relationship with the Company other than as a director and/or a stockholder of the Company.

Retirement Age Policy and Director Tenure

It is the general policy of the Company that a director who has attained the age of 75 years during his or her term will not stand forre-election at the next annual meeting of stockholders.

For each director nomination recommendation, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers the issue of continuing director tenure and takes steps as may be appropriate to ensure that the Board maintains an openness to new ideas and a willingness to criticallyre-examine the status quo. An individual director’s repeated nomination is dependent upon such director’s performance evaluation, as well as a suitability review, each to be conducted by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee regarding each director nomination recommendation. The average tenure of the Board is 6.2 years and the median tenure is 4 years, with four newly appointed directors within the last three years.

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LOGO

Board Leadership Structure and Risk Oversight

Board Leadership

The Board is responsible for selecting the Company’s Chairman of the Board (the “Chairman”) and Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”). TheBy-Laws and the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines do not require the separation of the positions of the Chairman and the CEO. The Corporate Governance Guidelines permit the Board to determine the most appropriate leadership structure for the Company at any given time and give the Board the ability to choose a Chairman that it deems best for the Company.

The Board periodically evaluates the Company’s leadership structure and determines whether combining or separating the roles of CEO and Chairmanto determine what structure is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders based on the current circumstances existing atand needs of the time. For several years, the Company had separated the positions ofCompany.

The Board currently has anon-independent,non-CEO Chairman and a Lead Independent Director. The CEO and Chairman and had an independent Chairman, although the Board has utilized different structures in the past, including having one person serveroles have been separated since June 2018 when Mr. Carlson stepped down as CEO of Autoliv to become the CEO of Veoneer. The Board determined in 2018 that a separate Chairman and the Chairman or having anon-independent Chairman withCEO and a lead director.

In May 2014, the Board appointed Janindependent director, with Mr. Carlson to serve as the Chairman, in addition to his role as CEO. The Board believes the combined role of CEO and Chairman under Mr. Carlson iswas the appropriate leadership structure for the Company at this time. CombiningCompany. The Board continues to believe it is in the CEO and Chairman roles underCompany’s best interests for Mr. Carlson provides efficient and effective decision-making and unified leadership for the Company, with a single person setting the tone for management of the Company. Mr. Carlson is well-suited to serve in theas Chairman role because his familiarity with the Company’s business enables him to effectively lead the Board in its discussion, consideration,

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and execution of the Company’s strategy.

The Board believes that combining the CEO and Chairman roles underhaving Mr. Carlson facilitates the flow of information between the Board and the Company’s management and better enables the Board to fulfill its oversight role.

serve as aIn considering its leadership structure, the Board believes that the combined roles ofnon-independent Chairman and CEO areis appropriately balanced by the designation of a Lead Independent Director. In May 2014,2019, the Board appointed George A. LorchJames M. Ringler as the Lead Independent Director to serve as the principal liaison between the Chairman and the other independent directors and to provide independent leadership of the Board’s affairs on behalf of the Company’s stockholders. Mr. Lorch wasre-appointed to this position in May 2016. Mr. LorchRingler presides over the executive sessions of the independent directors. Upon the ending of Mr. Lorch’s service as a director at the 2017 Annual Meeting, the Board will appoint a new Lead Independent Director. The duties of the Lead Independent Director include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following:

 

  

Presides at all meetings of the Board at which the Chairman is not present, including chairing executive sessions of thenon-management independent directors;

 

  

Serves as liaison between the independent andnon-management directors and the Chairman;

 

  

Has the authority to call meetings of the independent andnon-management directors;

 

  

Approves meeting agendas of the full Board after they are prepared by the Chairman, assures that there is sufficient time for discussion of all agenda items, and facilitates approval of the number and frequency of Board meetings;

 

  

Is regularly apprised of inquiries from stockholders and involved in correspondence responding to these inquiries when appropriate, and if requested by stockholders, ensures that he or she is available, when appropriate, for consultation and direct communication;

 

  

Assists the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee in its annual evaluation of the CEO’sChairman’s effectiveness, as Chairman and CEO, including an annual evaluation of his or her interactions with the directors and ability to provide leadership and direction to the full Board; and

 

  

Approves information sent to the Board, including the quality and timeliness of such information.

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Risk Oversight

The Board is responsible for the oversight of risk management of the Company with various aspects of risk oversight delegated to its committees. The Audit Committee is responsible for monitoring financial risk and discussing risk oversight and management as part of its obligations under the NYSE’s listing standards. The Audit Committee is also receives enterprise risk management reports from management on a regular basis.responsible for reviewing the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, including those related to internally and externally disclosing cybersecurity risks and incidents. The Risk and Compliance Committee is responsible for monitoring legal and regulatory risks as well as ethical and other compliance risks.risks, including those related to ethics practices and information technology and security. The Risk and Compliance Committee periodically receives reports from and reviews with management the Company’s risk management program. The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee oversees the Company’s succession planning programs and policies related to recruiting, retaining, and developing management. The Risk and Compliance Committee is responsible for coordinating with the Audit Committee and the Compliance Committee regularly coordinate oversight of risks identified in the enterpriseother Board committees to discuss matters pertaining to risk management reports.oversight. In its meetings, the Board receives reports from various Board committees and management, including the CEO, the CFO, and the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”)General Counsel regarding the main strategic, operational, and financial risks the Company is facing and the steps that management is taking to address and mitigate such risks. Additionally, the Board will receive periodic risk-related updates from other members of management as necessary.

The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee has reviewed with management the design and operation of our incentive compensation arrangements for senior management, including executive officers, for the purpose of determiningto determine whether such programs might encourage inappropriate risk-taking that could have a material adverse effect on the Company. The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee considered, among other things, the features of the Company’s compensation program that are designed to mitigate compensation-related risk, such as the performance objectives and target levels for incentive awards (which are based on overall Company performance), and the Company’s compensation recoupment policy. The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee concluded that any risks arising from the Company’s compensation plans, policies and practices are not reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company.

For additional information regarding compensation risk, see page 33 of this Proxy Statement.

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Board Meetings

The Board met fivefour times during the year ended December 31, 2016.2019. The Board also acted by written consent once during the year. All directors serving during 20162019 participated in at least 80% of the total number of meetings of the Board and committees on which they served. Following each of the meetings of the full Board, the independent directors met in executive session without management participating, for a total of fivefour times in 2016.2019.

Board Compensation

Directors who are employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries do not receive separate compensation for service on the Board or its committees.Non-employee directors receive an annual board retainer, which is higher for anon-employee Chairman of the Board, andBoard. The committee chairs and the Lead Independent Director receive compensation in addition to the retainer for their commitments.

Effective for 2016, the Board amended the Director Compensation Policy to (i) increase the annual base retainer, lead director annual supplemental retainer, and the Audit Committee chair annual supplemental retainer to $240,000, $40,000 and $30,000, respectively, and (ii) provide thatone-half of the annual retainer for ournon-employee directors will be paid in fully-vested shares of our common stock at the beginning of the year following the year of service. The Board also revised thestandardnon-employee director stock ownership policy to require eachnon-employee director to acquire and hold shares of our common stock in an amount equivalent to three times the director’s annual base retainer. Directors have six years to reach the new ownership requirements. Any newly-appointed or electednon-employee director will have until January 1 of the seventh year after the date suchnon-employee director is appointed or elected, as applicable, to reach the minimum ownership requirements. The following table summarizes the 2016 director compensation structure, as compared to 2015:

Annual Base Retainer

   2015    2016 

AllNon-Employee Directors other than Chairman

  $220,000   $240,000 

Non-employee Chairman

  $390,000   $390,000 

Lead Independent Director Annual Supplemental Retainer

  $30,000   $40,000 

Committee Chair Annual Supplemental Retainers

          

Audit Committee

  $20,000   $30,000 

Compensation Committee

  $20,000   $20,000 

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

  $20,000   $20,000 

Compliance Committee

  $20,000   $20,000 

Non-employee directors can elect to defer payment of apre-determined percentage of their compensation under the Autoliv, Inc. 2004Non-Employee Director Stock-Related Compensation Plan. In 2016, none of the directors elected to defer any of their compensation.

Effective forbeginning with 2017 service, the Board has amended the Director Compensation Policy primarily to (i) provide for payments in advance, rather than in arrears, for a service year that runs from annual meeting to annual meeting, and (ii) provide thatone-half of the annual retainer will be paid in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs), rather than fully-vested shares of stock, which RSUs will be granted on the date of the annual meeting and will vest on the earlier of (a) date of the next annual meeting, or (b) theone-year anniversary of the grant date. In addition, the Board revised thenon-employee director stock ownership policy to require eachnon-employee director to acquire and hold shares of the Company’s common stock in an amount equivalent to five times the cash component of the annual Board retainer (as opposed to three times the annual base retainer as a whole), with five years for the existing directors to reach the new ownership requirements. Compensation levels for 2017 service remain unchanged from 2016 levels, as described above.

 

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Compensation levels for thenon-employee directors elected in 2019 remain unchanged from 2017 levels and is as follows:

Annual Base Retainer (paid half in cash and half in RSUs)

     

AllNon-Employee Directors

  $240,000 

Annual Supplemental Retainers (paid half in cash and half in RSUs)

     

Non-Employee Chairman

  $150,000 

Annual Supplemental Retainers (paid in cash)

     

Lead Independent Director

  $40,000 

Audit Committee Chair

  $30,000 

Leadership Development and Compensation Committee Chair

  $20,000 

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Chair

  $20,000 

Risk and Compliance Committee Chair

  $20,000 

For thenon-employee directors elected in 2020, the 2020-2021 service year annual base retainer will be raised to $260,000 with $120,000 paid in cash and $140,000 in RSUs. There are no other changes to the compensation levels for thenon-employee directors.

Non-employee directors can elect to defer payment of apre-determined percentage of their equity compensation under the Autoliv, Inc. 2004Non-Employee Director Stock-Related Compensation Plan. In 2019, none of the directors elected to defer any of his or her equity compensation.

The following table sets forth the compensation that ournon-employee directors earned during the year ended December 31, 20162019 for services rendered as members of the Board:Board.

2019 Director Compensation

 

Name

  Fees Earned or
Paid in

Cash ($)(1)
  Stock
Awards ($)(2)
  All Other
Compensation ($)(2)
  Total ($)(1)(2)  Fees Earned or
Paid in
Cash ($)(1)
  Stock
Awards ($)(2)(3)
  Total ($)(1)(2)

Robert W. Alspaugh

  150,000  -  120,000  270,000

Aicha Evans

  120,000  -  120,000  240,000

Jan Carlson

  195,000  195,000  390,000

Hasse Johansson

  120,000  120,000  240,000

Leif Johansson

  100,000  -  100,000  200,000  140,000  120,000  260,000

David Kepler

  120,000  -  120,000  240,000  140,000  120,000  260,000

Franz-Josef Kortüm

  120,000  -  120,000  240,000  120,000  120,000  240,000

Min Liu

  70,000  120,000  190,000

Xiaozhi Liu

  120,000  -  120,000  240,000  120,000  120,000  240,000

George A. Lorch

  180,000  -  120,000  300,000

James M. Ringler

  140,000  -  120,000  260,000  180,000  120,000  300,000

Kazuhiko Sakamoto

  140,000  -  120,000  260,000

Wolfgang Ziebart

  120,000  -  120,000  240,000

Ted Senko

  150,000  120,000  270,000

 

(1)

The cash portion of director compensation is set in USD and converted to each director’s local currency, as applicable, at the then-current exchange rate on the quarterly date of payment. Reflects compensation earned for the calendar year.

 

(2)On February 15, 2016, thenon-employee directors were granted fully-vested shares of the Company’s common stock as payment ofone-third of the 2015 annual retainer,

Reflects the grant date fair value calculated in accordance with FASB Topic 718 of 861 restricted stock units granted on May 7, 2019, which was includedrestricted stock units will vest in one installment on the director compensation table in our 2016 proxy statement. Regarding 2016 service, eachnon-employee director will receive his or her grant of fully-vested sharesearlier of the Company’s common stock as payment ofone-halfdate of the 2016next annual retainer at the 2017 Annual Meeting in ordermeeting of stockholders or May 7, 2020, subject to transition to the new payment schedule described immediately above.Non-employee directors will also receive the advance RSU grant for 2017 service at the 2017 Annual Meeting. In order to accurately reflect the compensation thenon-employee directors received for services rendered duringdirector’s continued service on the year endedvesting date, subject to certain exceptions.

(3)

As of December 31, 2016, we have included in the “All Other Compensation” column the cash2019, each of ournon-employee independent directors held 1,633 unvested RSUs, including dividend equivalent of the fully-vested stock grant that will be made at the 2017 Annual Meeting.rights (reflects whole numbers only).

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Corporate Governance Guidelines and Codes of Conduct and Ethics

The Board has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines to guide the Board in the exercise of its responsibilities. The Board has also adopted a Code of Conduct and Ethics for Directors to assist the individual directors in fulfilling their duties as members of the Board. Since 1998, the Company has also had Standards of Business Conduct and Ethics that apply to all employees of the Company and a Code of Conduct and Ethics for Senior Officers (the Code of Conduct and Ethics for Directors, Code of Conduct and Ethics for Senior Officers and Standards of Business Conduct and Ethics are collectively referred to herein as the “Codes”adopted:

Corporate Governance Guidelines to guide the Board in the exercise of its responsibilities.

Standards of Business Conduct and Ethics that apply to all employees of the Company and to members of the Board (the “Code”).

The Company has also adopted a written policy regarding related person transactions (the “Related Person Transactions Policy”), which is part of the Standards of Business Conduct and Ethics.Code. The Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines, the Codes and the Related Person Transactions Policy, and any amendments or waivers related thereto, are posted on the Company’s website at www.autoliv.com – About Us – Governance – Ethics and Policies, and can also be obtained from the Company in print by request using the contact information below.

Policy on Attending the Annual Meeting

Under the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines, the Company’s policy is for all directors to attend the Annual Meeting. All current directors participated in the 20162019 annual meeting of stockholders.

Related Person Transactions

As a general matter, the Company prefers to avoid related person transactions (as defined below). The Company recognizes, however, that certain related person transactions may not be inconsistent with the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. The Company’s policy is that all related person transactions must be reviewed and approved or ratified by the Audit Committee or, in certain circumstances, its Chairman.the Audit Committee Chair. As provided in the Related Person Transactions Policy, a “Related Person Transaction” is a transaction, arrangement or relationship (or any series of similar transactions, arrangements or relationships) in which the Company

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(including (including any of its subsidiaries) was, is or will be a participant and in which any “Related Person” (as defined in the Related Person Transactions Policy) had, has or will have a direct or indirect interest. In determining whether to approve a related person transaction, the Audit Committee considers all of the known relevant facts and circumstances, including the benefit of the transaction to the Company, the terms of the agreement with the Related Person, the possible impact on a director’s independence, the availability of other sources for goods or services comparable to those provided by the Related Person, and any other information regarding the transaction or the Related Person that may be material.

Transactions with Veoneer relating to theSinceSpin-Off

On June 29, 2018, Autoliv completed thespin-off of its former Electronics business, Veoneer, Inc. (“Veoneer”) to the beginningCompany’s stockholders, resulting in Autoliv and Veoneer being two independent, publicly-traded companies. As discussed above, Mr. Carlson, who was the CEO of 2016, no transactions took place or are currently proposed thatAutoliv prior to thespin-off, is now anon-employee director and the Chairman of the Board of the Company determined toand is also the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Veoneer. Since Mr. Carlson is a related person of the Company, certain transactions between the Company and Veoneer are considered related person transactions that were approved by the Audit Committee and require disclosure underpursuant to Section 404(a) of RegulationS-K.

Relating to thespin-off and the internal reorganization of Autoliv that was completed in advance of thespin-off to transfer the Electronics business to Veoneer, the Company entered into several agreements with Veoneer that were approved or ratified by the Audit Committee. When reviewing these transactions, in addition to considering Mr. Carlson’s positions with Autoliv and Veoneer, the Audit Committee also considered (i) the amounts involved, to the extent quantifiable, (ii) the benefits to Autoliv of the transactions (iii) the lack of availability of other sources of comparable products or services, and (iv) that, due to the nature of thespin-off, the transactions are not comparable to the terms available to unaffiliated entities or persons.

Distribution Agreement: Relating to the internal reorganization, Autoliv and Veoneer entered into a Master Transfer Agreement, which was amended and restated effective as of thespin-off (the “Distribution Agreement”). The Distribution Agreement governs certain transfers of assets and assumptions of liabilities by each of Veoneer and Autoliv and the settlement or extinguishment of certain liabilities and other obligations among the companies.

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Substantially all of the assets and liabilities associated with the separated Electronics business were retained by or transferred to Veoneer or its subsidiaries and all other assets and liabilities were retained by or transferred to Autoliv or its subsidiaries. The Distribution Agreement also provided the principal corporate transactions required to effect thespin-off, certain conditions to thespin-off and provisions governing the relationship between us and Autoliv with respect to and resulting from the completion of thespin-off. The Distribution Agreement also provides for indemnification obligations designed to make the Company financially responsible for substantially all liabilities that may exist relating to its business activities, whether incurred prior to or after the completion of the internal reorganization, as well as those obligations of Autoliv assumed by us pursuant to the Master Transfer Agreement; provided, however, certain warranty, recall and product liabilities for Electronics products manufactured prior to the completion of the internal reorganization were retained by Autoliv and Autoliv will indemnify Veoneer for any losses associated with such warranty, recall, or product liabilities. At December 31, 2019, Autoliv’s indemnification liabilities under the Distribution Agreement are approximately $8 million.

Employee Matters Agreement: The Employee Matters Agreement governs Autoliv’s and Veoneer’s compensation and employee benefit obligations with respect to the current and former employees andnon-employee directors of each company. Autoliv will be responsible for liabilities associated with Autoliv allocated employees and liabilities associated with former employees and Veoneer will be responsible for liabilities associated with Veoneer allocated employees, but Autoliv will retain and continue to be responsible for certain post-retirement liabilities relating to plans sponsored by Autoliv. The Employee Matters Agreement provided for the conversion of the outstanding awards granted under the Autoliv equity compensation programs into adjusted awards relating to both shares of Autoliv and Veoneer common stock.

Tax Matters Agreement: The Tax Matters Agreement governs the respective rights, responsibilities and obligations of Autoliv and Veoneer with respect to tax liabilities and benefits, tax attributes, tax contests and other tax sharing regarding U.S. federal, state, local and foreign income taxes, other tax matters and related tax returns. The agreement also specifies the portion, if any, of this tax liability for which Veoneer will bear responsibility and provides for certain indemnification provisions with respect to amounts for which they are not responsible. In addition, under the agreement, each party is expected to be responsible for any taxes imposed on Autoliv that arise from the failure of the Spin-offs and certain related transactions to qualify as atax-free transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Transition Agreements. Autoliv and Veoneer entered into multiple agreements to provide each other with certain ongoing services for a limited amount of time following the completion of thespin-off. The Amended and Restated Transition Services Agreement provides that certain finance, information technology, human resources, facilities and other services will be provided between Autoliv and Veoneer for a limited time to help ensure an orderly transition following thespin-off. Each party will pay the other for any such services utilized at agreed amounts as set forth in the agreement. The services will terminate no later than April 1, 2020. Autoliv and Veoneer also entered into several Reseller Agreements to facilitate Veoneer’s ongoing use of critical assets such as leased facilities and intellectual property and transition the supply of products to customers who require involved processes to change suppliers. In 2019, Autoliv paid Veoneer an aggregate of $1.0 million for services provided under the Amended and Restated Transition Services Agreement and Veoneer paid Autoliv an aggregate of $6.0 million for services provided under the Amended and Restated Transition Services Agreements and the reseller agreements. Autoliv and Veoneer also entered into software sublicenses, a transitional trademark license and multiple lease guarantees to facilitate the transition following the completion of thespin-off.

Supply/Service Agreements. We entered into certain direct purchase and applications engineering agreements with Veoneer after thespin-off. In 2019, Autoliv paid Veoneer an aggregate of approximately $0.1 million for engineering services and $73.4 million for products (not including products sold through reseller agreements referenced above), and Veoneer paid Autoliv an aggregate of approximately $2.2 million for engineering services, under these commercial agreements.

Sublease Agreement: A subsidiary of Veoneer has subleased office space from a Company subsidiary under an agreement approved by the Company’s Audit Committee. The estimated value of this sublease to the Company is approximately $318,000 over the duration of the term based on current exchange rates between the US Dollar and the Swedish krona.

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Agreements with Stockholders

Cooperation Agreement with Cevian

On March 1, 2019, the Company entered into a Cooperation Agreement (the “Cooperation Agreement”) with Cevian Capital II GP Limited (“Cevian”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to nominate Ms. Liu for election to the Board at the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders. The Company agreed to nominate Ms. Liu or a replacement designee of Cevian at future annual meetings of Autoliv to elect directors, subject to the terms and conditions of the Cooperation Agreement.

The nomination of Ms. Liu for election at the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders and her inclusion on future slates of directors during the Standstill Period (defined below) is conditioned upon Cevian owning at least 8% of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company. Ms. Liu will offer her resignation from the Board if Cevian no longer owns at least 8% of the then-outstanding shares of common stock of Autoliv.

Under the terms of the Cooperation Agreement, Cevian agreed to certain standstill restrictions including restrictions on Cevian (i) acquiring more than 19.9% of the common stock of Company, (ii) soliciting or granting proxies to vote shares of the Company’s common stock, (iii) initiating stockholder proposals for consideration by the Company’s stockholders, (iv) nominating directors for election to the Board, (v) making public announcements or communications regarding a plan or proposal to the Board, including its management plans, and (vi) submitting proposals for or offers of certain extraordinary transactions involving the Company, in each case, subject to certain qualifications or exceptions.

The foregoing standstill restrictions began upon Ms. Liu’s election to the Board and terminate automatically upon the earliest of (i) 30 days following the time Ms. Liu (or her replacement, as applicable) no longer serves on the Company’s Board, (ii) the fifth business day after Cevian delivers written notice the Company of a material breach of the Cooperation Agreement by the Company if such breach is not cured within the notice period, (iii) the announcement by the Company of a definitive agreement with respect to certain transactions that would result in the acquisition by any person or group of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock, or (iv) the commencement of certain tender or exchange offers which if consummated would result in the acquisition by any person or group of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Standstill Period”). The Cooperation Agreement will terminate upon the expiration of the Standstill Period or any other date established by mutual written agreement of the parties.

The Cooperation Agreement contains mutualnon-disparagement provisions and requires Cevian to keep confidential anynon-public information it receives by reason of Ms. Liu’s role as a director and to abstain from trading in securities in violation of applicable law while in possession of confidential or materialnon-public information. The Cooperation Agreement is governed by Delaware law. The parties agree that any legal action related to the Cooperation Agreement will be brought in the federal or state courts located in Wilmington, Delaware.

Communicating with the Board

Any stockholder or other interested party who desires to communicate with the Board, the lead independent director, or the independent directors regarding the Company can do so by writing to such person(s) at the following address:

Board/Independent Directors

c/o GroupExecutive Vice President Legal, AffairsAffairs; General Counsel; and Secretary

Autoliv, Inc., Box 70381

SE-107 24 Stockholm, Sweden

Phone: +46 8 587 20600

Fax: +46 8 587 20633

E-mail: legalaffairs@autoliv.com

Communications with the Board or the independent directors may be sent anonymously and are not screened. Such communications will be distributed to the specific director(s) requested by the stockholder or interested party, to the Board or to sessions of independent directors as a group.

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Committees of the Board

There are threefour standing committees of the Board: the (i) Audit Committee, the(ii) Leadership Development and Compensation Committee, and the(iii) Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Board has also formed a specialCommittee, and (iv) Risk and Compliance Committee. The Board has determined that all members of the Audit, Compensation, Nominating and Corporate Governance and Compliance CommitteesBoard committees qualify as independent directors under the applicable rules of the NYSE, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC. While no formal policy exists regarding the attendance of the CEO and the Chairman at committee meetings, the practice of the Board is to invitethat the CEO and the Chairman are routinely invited to attend each committee meetingmeetings and excuse them when matters relating to them are discussed.discussed or when the committees go into executive session. The Lead Independent Director is also invited to attend all committee meetings. The following table shows the composition of the committees of the Board:

 

Board Committee Composition
   January 1, 2019 – May 10, 20166, 2019     May 10, 20167, 2019CurrentPresent

Audit Committee

 

Robert W. Alspaugh (C)Ted Senko (Chair)    

Franz-Josef KortümHasse Johansson    

David E. Kepler

 

Robert W. Alspaugh (C)Ted Senko (Chair)

Aicha EvansHasse Johansson

David E. Kepler

Wolfgang ZiebartMin Liu

Leadership Development and Compensation Committee

 

James M. Ringler (C)(Chair)    

Franz-Josef KortümLeif Johansson    

Xiaozhi Liu

George A. Lorch

 

James M. Ringler (C)

Aicha Evans(Chair)

Leif Johansson

Min Liu

Xiaozhi Liu

George A. Lorch

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

 

George A. Lorch (C)Leif Johansson (Chair)    

Franz-Josef Kortüm    

Xiaozhi Liu

James M. Ringler

Kazuhiko Sakamoto

 

George A. Lorch (C)

Leif Johansson (Chair)

Franz-Josef Kortüm

Xiaozhi Liu

James M. Ringler

Risk and Compliance Committee

 

Kazuhiko Sakamoto (C)

Robert W. Alspaugh

David E. Kepler (Chair)    

Hasse Johansson    

Ted Senko    

 

Kazuhiko Sakamoto (C)

Robert W. Alspaugh

David E. Kepler (Chair)

Wolfgang ZiebartHasse Johansson

Ted Senko

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The Audit Committee appoints, subject to stockholder ratification, the Company’s independent auditorsregistered public accounting firm and is responsible for the compensation, retention and oversight of the work of the independent auditorsregistered public accounting firm and for any special assignments given to such auditors. The Audit Committee reviews the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm and considers whether there should be a regular rotation of the independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee also evaluates the selection of the lead audit partner, including their qualifications and performance. The Audit Committee also (i) reviews the annual audit and its scope, including the independent auditors’registered public accounting firm ’ letter of comments and management’s responses thereto; (ii) reviews the performance of the independent registered public accounting firm , including the lead audit partner; (iii) approves anynon-audit services provided to the Company by its independent auditors; (iii)registered public accounting firm; (iv) reviews possible violations of the Company’s business ethics and conflicts of interest policies; (iv)(v) reviews any major accounting changes made or contemplated; (v)(vi) reviews the effectiveness and efficiency of the Company’s internal audit staff; and (vi)(vii) monitors financial risk and discusses risk oversight and management as part of its obligations under the NYSE’s listing standards, includingstandards. The Audit Committee also oversees cybersecurity, receiving enterprise riskregular cybersecurity updates from Autoliv’s management reports from management on a regular basis.team. In addition, the Audit Committee confirms that no restrictions have been imposed by Company personnel on the scope of the independent auditors’registered public accounting firm’s examinations. The Audit Committee is also responsible for the review and approval of related person transactions. Members of this committee are Messrs. Alspaugh (Chairman)Senko (Chair), H. Johansson, Kepler, and Ziebart and Ms. Evans.M. Liu. The Audit Committee met nineeight times in 2016.2019.

The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee advises the Board with respect to the compensation to be paid to the directors and executive officers of the Company and is responsible for both advising the Board with respect toapproving the terms of contracts to be entered into withfor the senior executives of the Company and approving such contracts.Company. The committee also administers the Company’s cash and stock incentive plans and reviews and discusses with management the Company’s Compensation Discussion and Analysis (“CD&A”) included in this Proxy Statement. The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee also assists the Board in developing principles and policies related to management succession and the recruiting, motivation, education, diversity, retention, and ongoing development of senior management. Members of this committee are Messrs.Mr. Ringler (Chairman)(Chair), Mr. L. Johansson, and Lorch, Ms. EvansM. Liu, and Dr. X. Liu. The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee met five times in 2016.2019.

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The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee identifies and recommends individuals qualified to serve as members of the Board and assists the Board by reviewing the composition of the Board and its committees, monitoring a process to assess Board effectiveness, and developing and implementing the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines. The committee also reviews sustainability and corporate responsibility activities for the Company. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider stockholder nominees for election to the Board if timely advance written notice of such nominees is received by the Secretary of the Company at its principal executive offices in accordance with theBy-Laws, a copy of which may be obtained by written request to the Company’s Secretary or on the Company’s website at www.autoliv.com – About Us – Governance – Certificate and Bylaws. Members of this committee are Messrs. Lorch (Chairman)L. Johansson (Chair), Johansson, Kortüm, and Ringler and Dr. X. Liu. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee met four times in 2016.2019.

The Risk and Compliance Committee was formed as a special committee of the Board in June 2011, and was made a standing committee in December 2018, to assist the Board in overseeing the Company’s compliance program with respect to (i) compliance with the laws and regulations applicable to the Company’s business and (ii) compliance with the Company’s Standards of Business Conduct and Ethics and related policies by employees, officers, directors and other agents and associates of the Company that are designed to support lawful and ethical business conduct by the Company and its employees and promote a culture of compliance. The Risk and Compliance committee reviews with and receives reports from management on the Company’s risk framework. The Risk and Compliance Committee also oversees risks relevant to our information technology environment and the investigation of any alleged noncompliance with law or the Company’s compliance programs policies or procedures that is reported to the Risk and Compliance Committee (except any relating to financial compliance, which are overseen by the Audit Committee). Members of this committee are Messrs. Sakamoto (Chairman)Kepler (Chair), Alspaugh, KeplerH. Johansson, and Ziebart.Senko. The Risk and Compliance Committee works closely with the other committees of the Board and has three members that also serve on the Audit Committee, one of which serves as the Chairman.Chair. The Risk and Compliance Committee met four times in 2016.2019.

Audit Committee Report

The Audit Committee of the Board is responsible for providing independent, objective oversight of the Company’s accounting functions and internal controls.

The Audit Committee acts pursuant to a written charter. The committee’s current charter is posted on the Company’s website at www.autoliv.com – About Us – Governance – Board of Directors – Committees and can also be obtained free of charge in print by request from the Company using the contact information below. Each member of the Audit Committee is “independent” as defined in, and is qualified to serve on the committee pursuant to, the rules of the NYSE, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC. Each member is financially literate and possesses accounting or related financial management expertise, and Mr. AlspaughSenko has been determined by the Board to qualify as an “audit committee

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financial expert” as defined by the SEC. Pursuant to the charter of the Audit Committee, no member of the Audit Committee may serve on the audit committee of more than two other public companies unless the Board determines that such simultaneous service would not impair the ability of such Audit Committee member to effectively serve on the Audit Committee. The Board has discussed this simultaneous service with Mr. Alspaugh, including the demands and time commitment attendant to such simultaneous service, and determined that such service would not impair his ability to effectively serve on the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee reviews the Company’s financial reporting process on behalf of the Board. In fulfilling its responsibilities, the Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements contained in the Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 20162019 with the Company’s management and independent auditors.registered public accounting firm. The Company’s management is responsible for the financial statements and the reporting process, including the system of internal controls. The independent auditors areregistered public accounting firm is responsible for expressing an opinion on the conformity of those audited financial statements with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S.

The Audit Committee discussed with the independent auditorsregistered public accounting firm the matters required to be discussed byunder the Statement on AS No. 16, “Communication with Audit Committees,” as amended,as adopted byapplicable auditing standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in Rule 3200T.(“PCAOB”). In addition, the Company’s independent auditorsregistered public accounting firm provided to the Audit Committee the written disclosures required by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’sPCAOB’s applicable requirements regarding the independent auditors’registered public accounting firm’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence. The Audit Committee has discussed with the independent auditorsregistered public accounting firm the independent auditors’registered public

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accounting firm’s independence. The Audit Committee reviews and oversees the independence of the independent auditorsregistered public accounting firm and has concluded that the independent auditors’registered public accounting firm’s provision ofnon-audit services to the Company is compatible with the independent auditors’registered public accounting firm’s independence. In reliance on the reviews and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board (and the Board approved) that the audited financial statements be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016,2019, for filing with the SEC.

The Audit Committee can be contacted regarding accounting, internal accounting controls, or auditing matters as follows:

The Audit Committee

c/o Group ViceMikael Bratt, age 53, has been a director of Autoliv since September 2018 and has served as Autoliv’s President Legal Affairs

and Chief Executive Officer since June 29, 2018. Mr. Bratt previously served asPresident, Passive Safety from May 2016 until his promotion. In September 2019, Mr. Bratt joined the board of directors of Höganäs AB, a private Swedish metal powders company. Prior to joining Autoliv, Inc., Box 70381

SE-107 24 Stockholm, Sweden

Phone: +46 8 587 20 600

Fax: +46 8 587 20 633

E-mail: legalaffairs@autoliv.com

CommunicationsMr. Bratt spent approximately 30 years with the committee are not screenedVolvo Group, a Swedish multinational automotive manufacturing company, including most recently as EVP Group Trucks Operations, part of the group executive management team since 2008, in which role he managed a team of 35,000 people, 50 factories, 60 distribution centers and can be made anonymously. an annual turnover of approximately $18 billion. Prior to this, he served as Chief Financial Officer of the Volvo Group. Mr. Bratt studied business administration at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

The Board believes Mr. Bratt’s years of experience with Autoliv and the automotive industry, including his current role as President and Chief Executive Officer, and his extensive knowledge of the Company, its operations, business, and industry support hisre-election to the Board.

Jan Carlson, age 59, has been a director of Autoliv since May 2007 following his appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer of Autoliv on April 1, 2007 after serving in various executive positions with the company beginning in 1999. He has been Chairman of the committeeBoard since May 2014. Mr. Carlson served as President and Chief Executive Officer until resigning upon the completion of thespin-off of Veoneer, Inc. from the Company on June 29, 2018, at which time he became President and Chief Executive of Veoneer, Inc. Since the completion of thespin-off, Mr. Carlson has also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Veoneer, Inc. Since July 2010 until May 2020 at which time he will receive all such communications after itnot seekre-election, Mr. Carlson has served on the board of directors of BorgWarner Inc., a product leader in highly engineered components and systems for vehicle powertrain applications worldwide. Mr. Carlson was elected to the Board of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson in February 2017. In addition, Mr. Carlson served on the board of Trelleborg AB from 2013 through 2017, and served on the board of directors of Zenuity AB, a private joint venture owned50-50 by Veoneer, Inc. and Volvo Car Corporation, between April 2017 and June 2018. Prior to joining Autoliv, Mr. Carlson was President of Saab Combitech, a division within the Saab aircraft group specializing in commercializing military technologies. Mr. Carlson has a Master of Science degree in Physics and Electrical Engineering from the University of Linköping in Sweden.

The Board believes that through his many years of experience with Autoliv, including his former role as President and Chief Executive Officer, and the automotive industry in general Mr. Carlson brings extensive

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knowledge of the Company, its operations, business, and industry to the Board, which support hisre-election to the Board.

Hasse Johansson, age 70, has been determined thata director of Autoliv since March 2018 and is a member of the contents representAudit Committee and Risk and Compliance Committee. Since 2010, Mr. Johansson has been managing director of Johansson Teknik & Form AB, a messagetechnology consulting company which he founded. From 2001 to 2009, Mr. Johansson was the Executive Vice President of Research & Development at Scania, a major automotive industry manufacturer of heavy trucks, buses, and other commercial vehicles. Prior to his time at Scania, Mr. Johansson worked for nearly 20 years at Mecel AB, an automotive software and systems development company heco-founded and in 1994 became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delphi Corporation. Mr. Johansson currently serves as a member of the boards of directors of Electrolux AB, PowerCell Sweden AB, DevPort AB, and Swedish Electromagnet Investment AB, which are all Swedish public companies. Additionally, Mr. Johansson is a member of the Business Executives Council of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. Mr. Johansson holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden and holds more than 20 patents in combustion engine control and automotive electronics.

The Board believes Mr. Johansson’s prolific technical background in automotive and other industries, combined with his extensive board experience, support hisre-election to the committee.Board.

Robert W. Alspaugh, Chairman

Aicha Evans

David E. Kepler

Wolfgang Ziebart

Leif Johansson, age 68, has been a director of Autoliv since February 2016, and is a member of the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee and Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee ReportCommittee. From 1997 to 2011, Mr. Johansson served as President and Chief Executive Officer of The Volvo Group. Before joining Volvo, Mr. Johansson held various positions at AB Electrolux, and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer from 1994 to 1997. Mr. Johansson is the Chairman of the Board of Astra Zeneca PLC, a position he has held since June 2012, and he previously served as Chairman of the Board of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson between 2011 and March 2018. In addition to his service on public company boards, Mr. Johansson is a board member of Ecolean AB (a private corporation), a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Science, a board member of the European Round Table of Industrialists, a Delegate of the China Development Forum, and a member of the Council of Advisors of the Boao Forum for Asia. Mr. Johansson holds a Master of Science in Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden.

The Board believes that Mr. Johansson’s extensive executive and directorial experience on several international companies in the automotive, manufacturing and technology industries, combined with the knowledge gained through his service on various industry, economic and advocacy organizations, support hisre-election to the Board.

David E. Kepler, age 67, has been a director of Autoliv since February 2015 and is a member of the Audit Committee and Chair of the Risk and Compliance Committee. Mr. Kepler was an Executive Vice President of the Dow Chemical Company, a multinational chemical, performance materials, and plastics company, from March 2008 through January 2015, and held the roles of Chief Sustainability Officer and Chief Information Officer. Mr. Kepler joined Dow in 1975 and was appointed its Vice President and CIO in 1998, Corporate Vice President in 2001, assumed responsibility for Business Services in 2004, and was appointed Executive Vice President in 2008. He has also been a member of the boards of directors of TD Bank Group since December 2013 and Teradata Corporation since November 2007. Mr. Kepler graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, and serves as a trustee of the University.

The Board believes that Mr. Kepler’s executive experience as the chief information officer of a global company with additional expertise in corporate sustainability initiatives and risk management, and stature as a recognized leader in cyber-security are all qualities that support hisre-election to the Board.

Franz-Josef Kortüm, age 69, has been a director of Autoliv since March 2014 and is a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance CommitteeCommittee. Prior to joining Autoliv, Mr. Kortüm was Chief Executive Officer of Webasto SE, a producer of automobile roof systems and climate control systems for automobiles, boats and other vehicles, from 1998 to 2012, after joining the company in 1994. Mr. Kortüm was Chief Executive Officer of Audi AG from 1993 to 1994 and, prior to joining Audi, had a16-year career with what is today Daimler AG in a

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variety of positions. In addition to his extensive management experience, Mr. Kortüm served as Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Webasto SE since 2013 and as its Chairman since 2018 until August 2019, as a Member of the Advisory Board of Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG since 2005 and as its Chairman since 2013, as a Member of the Supervisory Board of Wacker Chemie since 2003, and as a Member of the Supervisory Board of Schaeffler AG from 2010 to March 2014. From 2004 to 2012, Mr. Kortüm was a Member of the Managing Board of the VDA (German Association of the Automotive Industry). Mr. Kortüm has anMBA-equivalent degree in Business Administration from the University of Regensburg in Germany.

The Board believes that Mr. Kortüm brings a breadth of knowledge and skills related to the automotive industry to the Board. In addition, his corporate governance experience gained through his service on other boards support hisre-election to the Board.

Min Liu, age 40, has been a director of Autoliv since May 2019 and is a member of the Audit Committee and the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee. Sheis a Vice President of Cevian Capital AG, an affiliate of Cevian Capital II GP Limited (“Cevian”). Since September 2015, Ms. Liu has been responsible for identifyingfundamental research on a variety of European companies in her role at Cevian. Prior to this role, Ms. Liu held several positions of increasing responsibility with The Boston Consulting Group, a global management consulting firm, in Germany between September 2004 and recommendingJuly 2015. Last serving as Principal, she led multiple projects in a broad set of industries, including the automotive sector. Ms. Liu has an MBA from Stanford University in addition to bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business information technology from Goettingen University.

The Board believes that Ms. Liu’s financial expertise and exposure to a wide variety of large, global industrial companies through her investment research and management experience support herre-election to the Board individuals who are qualified to serve as directorsBoard.

Xiaozhi Liu, age 64, has been a director of Autoliv since November 2011 and is a member of the CompanyLeadership Development and on committees ofCompensation Committee and the Board. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee further advisesCommittee. In April 2019, Dr. Liu joined the boards of directors of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV and Johnson Matthey PLC. She previously served as an independent director of Fuyao Glass Industry Group, a public company listed in Shanghai and Hong Kong, from October 2013 until October 2019. Dr. Liu began her career in the automotive industry in General Motor’s (“GM”) Delphi operations and has since worked in various executive positions in Germany, China and the U.S., where she rose to the position of Director of Electronics, Controls & Software for GM in Detroit, Chief Engineer and Chief Technology Officer of GM in China and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GM Taiwan. Between 2005 and 2006, she was the Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co. Ltd. In 2007, she became the President and Chief Executive Officer of NeoTek China, a supplier of automotive chassis and transmission parts, and served as Chairman of the company’s board of directors from 2008 through 2011. In 2009, she founded, and is the Chief Executive Officer of, her own company, ASL Automobile Science & Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., which introduces and implements globally advanced technologies to Chinese companies. She has a Ph.D. and master’s degree in Chemical Engineering and Electrical Engineering, respectively, from Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen-Nuremburg, Germany and a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Jiaotong University in Xian, China.

The Board believes that Dr. Liu brings a unique and valuable set of skills to the Board, based on compositiona combination of her global experience in engineering and procedurestechnology in Asia, North America and Europe with her extensive management experience in the automotive industry. Dr. Liu’s knowledge and experience supports herre-election to the Board.

James M. Ringler, age 74, has been a director of committeesAutoliv since January 2002 and is responsiblethe Chair of the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee and a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Ringler has also been the Lead Independent Director since May 2017. He was, prior to his retirement, Vice Chairman of Illinois Tool Works Inc. between 1999 and 2004. Prior to joining Illinois Tool Works, Mr. Ringler was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Premark International, Inc., which merged with Illinois Tool Works in 1999. He serves on the Boards of Directors of the following public companies: Veoneer (since June 2018), TechnipFMC plc (since January 2017), JBT Corporation (since June 2008), and Teradata Corporation (since September 2007; was chairman from 2007 until January 2019). Mr. Ringler previously served on the Board of Directors of DowDuPont Inc. from 2001 until his retirement in March 2019. He is also a

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member of the board of directors of Reynolds Metals Company, a private company. Mr. Ringler holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and an M.B.A. degree in Finance from the State University of New York.

The Board believes that Mr. Ringler’s business and management experience in multiple executive positions and his deep knowledge of corporate governance gained through his extensive service on the boards of directors of public companies in a wide variety of industries support Mr. Ringler’sre-election to the Board.

Thaddeus J. “Ted” Senko, age 64, has been a director of Autoliv since March 2018 and is the Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Risk and Compliance Committee. Prior to joining the Autoliv Board of Directors, Mr. Senko had an extensive career at KPMG LLP, a multinational professional services and accounting firm, from 1978 to 2017, providing enterprise risk management, compliance, and audit services to various public companies. At KPMG, he served as Audit Partner and SEC Reviewing Partner for maintainingeight years, Chief Audit Executive for four years, Global and National Partner in Charge of Internal Audit, Risk & Compliance Services for eight years, and Global Engagement Partner and Client Services Partner for seven years. Mr. Senko served on the Board of Duquesne University, a private university with approximately 10,000 students, from 2007 to 2016, chairing the Audit and Finance Committee and serving on the Executive and University Advancement Committee. Mr. Senko continues to serve on the university’s Business Advisory Council. Mr. Senko received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Duquesne University.

The Board believes Mr. Senko’s financial, regulatory and risk expertise, experience in various auditing leadership roles and exposure to a wide variety of large audit clients within the global business community support hisre-election to the Board.

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” EACH NOMINEE.

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Stockholder Engagement Efforts

The Company engages with the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelinesstockholders throughout the year to ensure that management and overseeing the evaluation of the Board understand and its committeesconsider the issues that matter most to them, to solicit their views and feedback on various matters, and to provide perspective on the Company’s policies and practices. During 2019, members of the Company’s management.management met with certain of the Company’s stockholders to listen to their concerns and discuss a variety of topics, including performance, strategy, capital allocation, corporate governance, compensation, environmental and sustainability efforts and other matters.

TheAutoliv Sustainability Program

Autoliv’s business is guided by our vision of Saving More Lives. Our products save over 30,000 lives a year and prevent ten times as many severe injuries. Our goal is to increase the number of lives saved to 100,000 a year by 2030. Our vision directly supports the UN Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good health and well-being, and its target of halving global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents by 2030. In addition, the Company is committed to sound and ethical business practices that align with the goals and needs of our employees and the communities in which we operate, including limiting our environmental impact particularly by reducing energy and water consumption, waste, and emissions. As a reflection of the importance of these matters, we assign oversight responsibility for sustainability to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee acts pursuant to a written charter. A copyCommittee. The Company also publishes an annual report describing our sustainability goals, practices and performance, in the areas of the committee’s charter islife-saving innovations, environment, health and safety of our employees, business ethics and supply chain. Our annual sustainability reports are publicly available on the Company’sour website at www.autoliv.com – About Us – Governance – https://www.autoliv.com/sustainability/sustainability-report.

Board Independence

The Board believes that generally it should have no fewer than seven and no more than eleven directors. The Board currently consists of Directors – Committees,ten members.

The Board has determined that all the director nominees, except Messrs. Bratt and can also be obtained free of charge in print by request from the Company using the contact information below. Each of the members of the committee is “independent” as defined in, and is qualified to serve on the committee pursuant to,Carlson, are independent directors under the applicable rules of the NYSE, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC. In making its independence determinations, the Board reviewed (i) information regarding relevant relationships, arrangements or transactions between the Company and each director or parties affiliated with such director, (ii) Company records and (iii) publicly available information. Mr. Bratt is not independent because he is a current officer of the Company, and Mr. Carlson is not independent because he served as an officer of the Company in the last three years.

The Board has also determined that none of the independent directors has a relationship with the Company other than as a director and/or a stockholder of the Company.

Retirement Age Policy and Director Tenure

It is the general policy of the Company that a director who has attained the age of 75 years during his or her term will not stand forre-election at the next annual meeting of stockholders.

For each director nomination recommendation, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers the issue of continuing director tenure and takes steps as may be appropriate to ensure that the Board maintains an openness to new ideas and a willingness to criticallyre-examine the status quo. An individual director’s repeated nomination is dependent upon such director’s performance evaluation, as well as a suitability review, each to be conducted by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee regarding each director nomination recommendation. The average tenure of the Board is 6.2 years and the median tenure is 4 years, with four newly appointed directors within the last three years.

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LOGO

Board Leadership Structure and Risk Oversight

Board Leadership

The Board is responsible for selecting the Company’s Chairman of the Board (the “Chairman”) and Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”). The Corporate Governance Guidelines permit the Board to determine the most appropriate leadership structure for the Company at any given time and give the Board the ability to choose a Chairman that it deems best for the Company. The Board periodically evaluates the Company’s leadership structure to determine what structure is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders based on the current circumstances and needs of the Company.

The Board currently has anon-independent,non-CEO Chairman and a Lead Independent Director. The CEO and Chairman roles have been separated since June 2018 when Mr. Carlson stepped down as CEO of Autoliv to become the CEO of Veoneer. The Board determined in 2018 that a separate Chairman and CEO and a lead independent director, with Mr. Carlson as the Chairman, was the appropriate leadership structure for the Company. The Board continues to believe it is in the Company’s best interests for Mr. Carlson to serve as Chairman because his familiarity with the Company’s business enables him to effectively lead the Board in its discussion, consideration, and execution of the Company’s strategy.

The Board believes that having Mr. Carlson serve as anon-independent Chairman is appropriately balanced by the designation of a Lead Independent Director. In May 2019, the Board appointed James M. Ringler as Lead Independent Director to serve as the principal liaison between the Chairman and the other independent directors and to provide independent leadership of the Board’s affairs on behalf of the Company’s stockholders. Mr. Ringler presides over the executive sessions of the independent directors. The duties of the Lead Independent Director include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following:

Presides at all meetings of the Board at which the Chairman is not present, including chairing executive sessions of the independent directors;

Serves as liaison between the independent andnon-management directors and the Chairman;

Has the authority to call meetings of the independent andnon-management directors;

Approves meeting agendas of the full Board after they are prepared by the Chairman, assures that there is sufficient time for discussion of all agenda items, and facilitates approval of the number and frequency of Board meetings;

Is regularly apprised of inquiries from stockholders and involved in correspondence responding to these inquiries when appropriate, and if requested by stockholders, ensures that he or she is available, when appropriate, for consultation and direct communication;

Assists the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee in its annual evaluation of the Chairman’s effectiveness, including an annual evaluation of his or her interactions with the directors and ability to provide leadership and direction to the full Board; and

Approves information sent to the Board, including the quality and timeliness of such information.

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Risk Oversight

The Board is responsible for the oversight of risk management of the Company with various aspects of risk oversight delegated to its committees. The Audit Committee is responsible for monitoring financial risk and discussing risk oversight and management as part of its obligations under the NYSE’s listing standards. The Audit Committee is also responsible for reviewing the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, including those related to internally and externally disclosing cybersecurity risks and incidents. The Risk and Compliance Committee is responsible for monitoring legal and regulatory risks and other compliance risks, including those related to ethics practices and information technology and security. The Risk and Compliance Committee periodically receives reports from and reviews with management the Company’s risk management program. The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee oversees the Company’s succession planning programs and policies related to recruiting, retaining, and developing management. The Risk and Compliance Committee is responsible for coordinating with the Audit Committee and other Board committees to discuss matters pertaining to risk oversight. In its meetings, the Board receives reports from various Board committees and management, including the CEO, the CFO, and General Counsel regarding the main strategic, operational, and financial risks the Company is facing and the steps that management is taking to address and mitigate such risks. Additionally, the Board will receive periodic risk-related updates from other members of management as necessary.

The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee has reviewed with management the design and operation of our incentive compensation arrangements for senior management, including executive officers, to determine whether such programs might encourage inappropriate risk-taking that could have a material adverse effect on the Company. The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee considered, among other things, the features of the Company’s compensation program that are designed to mitigate compensation-related risk, such as the performance objectives and target levels for incentive awards (which are based on overall Company performance), and the Company’s compensation recoupment policy. The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee concluded that any risks arising from the Company’s compensation plans, policies and practices are not reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company. For additional information regarding compensation risk, see page 33 of this Proxy Statement.

Board Meetings

The Board met four times during the year ended December 31, 2019. The Board also acted by written consent once during the year. All directors serving during 2019 participated in at least 80% of the total number of meetings of the Board and committees on which they served. Following each of the meetings of the full Board, the independent directors met in executive session without management participating, for a total of four times in 2019.

Board Compensation

Directors who are employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries do not receive separate compensation for service on the Board or its committees.Non-employee directors receive an annual board retainer, which is higher for anon-employee Chairman of the Board. The committee chairs and the Lead Independent Director receive compensation in addition to the standardnon-employee director retainer.

Effective beginning with 2017 service, the Board amended the Director Compensation Policy primarily to (i) provide for payments in advance, rather than in arrears, for a service year that runs from annual meeting to annual meeting, and (ii) provide thatone-half of the annual retainer will be paid in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs), rather than fully-vested shares of stock, which RSUs will be granted on the date of the annual meeting and will vest on the earlier of (a) date of the next annual meeting, or (b) theone-year anniversary of the grant date. In addition, the Board revised thenon-employee director stock ownership policy to require eachnon-employee director to acquire and hold shares of the Company’s common stock in an amount equivalent to five times the cash component of the annual Board retainer (as opposed to three times the annual base retainer as a whole), with five years for the existing directors to reach the new ownership requirements.

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Compensation levels for thenon-employee directors elected in 2019 remain unchanged from 2017 levels and is as follows:

Annual Base Retainer (paid half in cash and half in RSUs)

     

AllNon-Employee Directors

  $240,000 

Annual Supplemental Retainers (paid half in cash and half in RSUs)

     

Non-Employee Chairman

  $150,000 

Annual Supplemental Retainers (paid in cash)

     

Lead Independent Director

  $40,000 

Audit Committee Chair

  $30,000 

Leadership Development and Compensation Committee Chair

  $20,000 

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Chair

  $20,000 

Risk and Compliance Committee Chair

  $20,000 

For thenon-employee directors elected in 2020, the 2020-2021 service year annual base retainer will be raised to $260,000 with $120,000 paid in cash and $140,000 in RSUs. There are no other changes to the compensation levels for thenon-employee directors.

Non-employee directors can elect to defer payment of apre-determined percentage of their equity compensation under the Autoliv, Inc. 2004Non-Employee Director Stock-Related Compensation Plan. In 2019, none of the directors elected to defer any of his or her equity compensation.

The following table sets forth the compensation that ournon-employee directors earned during the year ended December 31, 2019 for services rendered as members of the Board.

2019 Director Compensation

Name

  Fees Earned or
Paid in
Cash ($)(1)
  Stock
Awards ($)(2)(3)
  Total ($)(1)(2)

Jan Carlson

  195,000  195,000  390,000

Hasse Johansson

  120,000  120,000  240,000

Leif Johansson

  140,000  120,000  260,000

David Kepler

  140,000  120,000  260,000

Franz-Josef Kortüm

  120,000  120,000  240,000

Min Liu

  70,000  120,000  190,000

Xiaozhi Liu

  120,000  120,000  240,000

James M. Ringler

  180,000  120,000  300,000

Ted Senko

  150,000  120,000  270,000

(1)

The cash portion of director compensation is set in USD and converted to each director’s local currency, as applicable, at the then-current exchange rate on the quarterly date of payment. Reflects compensation earned for the calendar year.

(2)

Reflects the grant date fair value calculated in accordance with FASB Topic 718 of 861 restricted stock units granted on May 7, 2019, which restricted stock units will vest in one installment on the earlier of the date of the next annual meeting of stockholders or May 7, 2020, subject to thenon-employee director’s continued service on the vesting date, subject to certain exceptions.

(3)

As of December 31, 2019, each of ournon-employee independent directors held 1,633 unvested RSUs, including dividend equivalent rights (reflects whole numbers only).

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Corporate Governance Guidelines and Codes of Conduct and Ethics

The Board has adopted:

Corporate Governance Guidelines to guide the Board in the exercise of its responsibilities.

Standards of Business Conduct and Ethics that apply to all employees of the Company and to members of the Board (the “Code”).

The Company has also adopted a written policy regarding related person transactions (the “Related Person Transactions Policy”), which is part of the Code. The Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines, the Codes the Related Person Transactions Policy, and any amendments or waivers related thereto, are posted on the Company’s website at www.autoliv.com – About Us – Governance – Ethics and Policies, and can also be obtained from the Company in print by request using the contact information below.

Policy on Attending the Annual Meeting

Under the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines, the Company’s policy is for all directors to attend the Annual Meeting. All current directors participated in the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders.

Related Person Transactions

As a general matter, the Company prefers to avoid related person transactions (as defined below). The Company recognizes, however, that certain related person transactions may not be inconsistent with the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. The Company’s policy is that all related person transactions must be reviewed and approved or ratified by the Audit Committee or, in certain circumstances, the Audit Committee Chair. As provided in the Related Person Transactions Policy, a “Related Person Transaction” is a transaction, arrangement or relationship (or any series of similar transactions, arrangements or relationships) in which the Company (including any of its subsidiaries) was, is or will be a participant and in which any “Related Person” (as defined in the Related Person Transactions Policy) had, has or will have a direct or indirect interest. In determining whether to approve a related person transaction, the Audit Committee considers all of the known relevant facts and circumstances, including the benefit of the transaction to the Company, the terms of the agreement with the Related Person, the possible impact on a director’s independence, the availability of other sources for goods or services comparable to those provided by the Related Person, and any other information regarding the transaction or the Related Person that may be material.

Transactions with Veoneer relating to theSpin-Off

On June 29, 2018, Autoliv completed thespin-off of its former Electronics business, Veoneer, Inc. (“Veoneer”) to the Company’s stockholders, resulting in Autoliv and Veoneer being two independent, publicly-traded companies. As discussed above, Mr. Carlson, who was the CEO of Autoliv prior to thespin-off, is now anon-employee director and the Chairman of the Board of the Company and is also the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Veoneer. Since Mr. Carlson is a related person of the Company, certain transactions between the Company and Veoneer are considered related person transactions that were approved by the Audit Committee and require disclosure pursuant to Section 404(a) of RegulationS-K.

Relating to thespin-off and the internal reorganization of Autoliv that was completed in advance of thespin-off to transfer the Electronics business to Veoneer, the Company entered into several agreements with Veoneer that were approved or ratified by the Audit Committee. When reviewing these transactions, in addition to considering Mr. Carlson’s positions with Autoliv and Veoneer, the Audit Committee also considered (i) the amounts involved, to the extent quantifiable, (ii) the benefits to Autoliv of the transactions (iii) the lack of availability of other sources of comparable products or services, and (iv) that, due to the nature of thespin-off, the transactions are not comparable to the terms available to unaffiliated entities or persons.

Distribution Agreement: Relating to the internal reorganization, Autoliv and Veoneer entered into a Master Transfer Agreement, which was amended and restated effective as of thespin-off (the “Distribution Agreement”). The Distribution Agreement governs certain transfers of assets and assumptions of liabilities by each of Veoneer and Autoliv and the settlement or extinguishment of certain liabilities and other obligations among the companies.

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Substantially all of the assets and liabilities associated with the separated Electronics business were retained by or transferred to Veoneer or its subsidiaries and all other assets and liabilities were retained by or transferred to Autoliv or its subsidiaries. The Distribution Agreement also provided the principal corporate transactions required to effect thespin-off, certain conditions to thespin-off and provisions governing the relationship between us and Autoliv with respect to and resulting from the completion of thespin-off. The Distribution Agreement also provides for indemnification obligations designed to make the Company financially responsible for substantially all liabilities that may exist relating to its business activities, whether incurred prior to or after the completion of the internal reorganization, as well as those obligations of Autoliv assumed by us pursuant to the Master Transfer Agreement; provided, however, certain warranty, recall and product liabilities for Electronics products manufactured prior to the completion of the internal reorganization were retained by Autoliv and Autoliv will indemnify Veoneer for any losses associated with such warranty, recall, or product liabilities. At December 31, 2019, Autoliv’s indemnification liabilities under the Distribution Agreement are approximately $8 million.

Employee Matters Agreement: The Employee Matters Agreement governs Autoliv’s and Veoneer’s compensation and employee benefit obligations with respect to the current and former employees andnon-employee directors of each company. Autoliv will be responsible for liabilities associated with Autoliv allocated employees and liabilities associated with former employees and Veoneer will be responsible for liabilities associated with Veoneer allocated employees, but Autoliv will retain and continue to be responsible for certain post-retirement liabilities relating to plans sponsored by Autoliv. The Employee Matters Agreement provided for the conversion of the outstanding awards granted under the Autoliv equity compensation programs into adjusted awards relating to both shares of Autoliv and Veoneer common stock.

Tax Matters Agreement: The Tax Matters Agreement governs the respective rights, responsibilities and obligations of Autoliv and Veoneer with respect to tax liabilities and benefits, tax attributes, tax contests and other tax sharing regarding U.S. federal, state, local and foreign income taxes, other tax matters and related tax returns. The agreement also specifies the portion, if any, of this tax liability for which Veoneer will bear responsibility and provides for certain indemnification provisions with respect to amounts for which they are not responsible. In addition, under the agreement, each party is expected to be responsible for any taxes imposed on Autoliv that arise from the failure of the Spin-offs and certain related transactions to qualify as atax-free transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Transition Agreements. Autoliv and Veoneer entered into multiple agreements to provide each other with certain ongoing services for a limited amount of time following the completion of thespin-off. The Amended and Restated Transition Services Agreement provides that certain finance, information technology, human resources, facilities and other services will be provided between Autoliv and Veoneer for a limited time to help ensure an orderly transition following thespin-off. Each party will pay the other for any such services utilized at agreed amounts as set forth in the agreement. The services will terminate no later than April 1, 2020. Autoliv and Veoneer also entered into several Reseller Agreements to facilitate Veoneer’s ongoing use of critical assets such as leased facilities and intellectual property and transition the supply of products to customers who require involved processes to change suppliers. In 2019, Autoliv paid Veoneer an aggregate of $1.0 million for services provided under the Amended and Restated Transition Services Agreement and Veoneer paid Autoliv an aggregate of $6.0 million for services provided under the Amended and Restated Transition Services Agreements and the reseller agreements. Autoliv and Veoneer also entered into software sublicenses, a transitional trademark license and multiple lease guarantees to facilitate the transition following the completion of thespin-off.

Supply/Service Agreements. We entered into certain direct purchase and applications engineering agreements with Veoneer after thespin-off. In 2019, Autoliv paid Veoneer an aggregate of approximately $0.1 million for engineering services and $73.4 million for products (not including products sold through reseller agreements referenced above), and Veoneer paid Autoliv an aggregate of approximately $2.2 million for engineering services, under these commercial agreements.

Sublease Agreement: A subsidiary of Veoneer has subleased office space from a Company subsidiary under an agreement approved by the Company’s Audit Committee. The estimated value of this sublease to the Company is approximately $318,000 over the duration of the term based on current exchange rates between the US Dollar and the Swedish krona.

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Agreements with Stockholders

Cooperation Agreement with Cevian

On March 1, 2019, the Company entered into a Cooperation Agreement (the “Cooperation Agreement”) with Cevian Capital II GP Limited (“Cevian”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to nominate Ms. Liu for election to the Board at the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders. The Company agreed to nominate Ms. Liu or a replacement designee of Cevian at future annual meetings of Autoliv to elect directors, subject to the terms and conditions of the Cooperation Agreement.

The nomination of Ms. Liu for election at the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders and her inclusion on future slates of directors during the Standstill Period (defined below) is conditioned upon Cevian owning at least 8% of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company. Ms. Liu will offer her resignation from the Board if Cevian no longer owns at least 8% of the then-outstanding shares of common stock of Autoliv.

Under the terms of the Cooperation Agreement, Cevian agreed to certain standstill restrictions including restrictions on Cevian (i) acquiring more than 19.9% of the common stock of Company, (ii) soliciting or granting proxies to vote shares of the Company’s common stock, (iii) initiating stockholder proposals for consideration by the Company’s stockholders, (iv) nominating directors for election to the Board, (v) making public announcements or communications regarding a plan or proposal to the Board, including its management plans, and (vi) submitting proposals for or offers of certain extraordinary transactions involving the Company, in each case, subject to certain qualifications or exceptions.

The foregoing standstill restrictions began upon Ms. Liu’s election to the Board and terminate automatically upon the earliest of (i) 30 days following the time Ms. Liu (or her replacement, as applicable) no longer serves on the Company’s Board, (ii) the fifth business day after Cevian delivers written notice the Company of a material breach of the Cooperation Agreement by the Company if such breach is not cured within the notice period, (iii) the announcement by the Company of a definitive agreement with respect to certain transactions that would result in the acquisition by any person or group of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock, or (iv) the commencement of certain tender or exchange offers which if consummated would result in the acquisition by any person or group of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Standstill Period”). The Cooperation Agreement will terminate upon the expiration of the Standstill Period or any other date established by mutual written agreement of the parties.

The Cooperation Agreement contains mutualnon-disparagement provisions and requires Cevian to keep confidential anynon-public information it receives by reason of Ms. Liu’s role as a director and to abstain from trading in securities in violation of applicable law while in possession of confidential or materialnon-public information. The Cooperation Agreement is governed by Delaware law. The parties agree that any legal action related to the Cooperation Agreement will be brought in the federal or state courts located in Wilmington, Delaware.

Communicating with the Board

Any stockholder or other interested party who desires to communicate with the Board, the lead independent director, or the independent directors regarding the Company can do so by writing to such person(s) at the following address:

Board/Independent Directors c/o Executive Vice President Legal, Affairs; General Counsel; and Secretary

Autoliv, Inc., Box 70381

SE-107 24 Stockholm, Sweden

Fax: +46 8 587 20633

E-mail: legalaffairs@autoliv.com

Communications with the Board or the independent directors may be sent anonymously and are not screened. Such communications will be distributed to the specific director(s) requested by the stockholder or interested party, to the Board or to sessions of independent directors as a group.

 

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TheCommittees of the Board

There are four standing committees of the Board: the (i) Audit Committee, (ii) Leadership Development and Compensation Committee, (iii) Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, considered and recommended(iv) Risk and Compliance Committee. The Board has determined that Mr. Robert W. Alspaugh, Mr. Jan Carlson, Ms. Aicha Evans, Mr. Leif Johansson, Mr. David E. Kepler, Mr. Franz-Josef Kortüm, Dr. Xiaozhi Liu, Mr. James M. Ringler Mr. Kazuhiko Sakamoto, and Dr. Wolfgang Ziebart be nominated for election byall members of the stockholders at the Annual Meeting. Ms. Evans, Dr. Liu, Dr. Ziebart and Messrs. Alspaugh, Johansson, Kepler, Kortüm, Ringler and Sakamoto are each “independent”Board committees qualify as defined inindependent directors under the applicable rules of the NYSE, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC. While no formal policy exists regarding the attendance of the CEO and the Chairman at committee meetings, the practice of the Board is that the CEO and the Chairman are routinely invited to attend committee meetings and excuse them when matters relating to them are discussed or when the committees go into executive session. The Lead Independent Director is also invited to attend all committee meetings. The following table shows the composition of the committees of the Board:

January 1, 2019 – May 6, 2019    May 7, 2019 – Present

Audit Committee

Ted Senko (Chair)    

Hasse Johansson    

David E. Kepler    

Ted Senko (Chair)

Hasse Johansson

David E. Kepler

Min Liu

Leadership Development and Compensation Committee

James M. Ringler (Chair)    

Leif Johansson    

Xiaozhi Liu    

James M. Ringler (Chair)

Leif Johansson

Min Liu

Xiaozhi Liu

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Leif Johansson (Chair)    

Franz-Josef Kortüm    

Xiaozhi Liu    

James M. Ringler    

Leif Johansson (Chair)

Franz-Josef Kortüm

Xiaozhi Liu

James M. Ringler

Risk and Compliance Committee

David E. Kepler (Chair)    

Hasse Johansson    

Ted Senko    

David E. Kepler (Chair)

Hasse Johansson

Ted Senko

The Audit Committee appoints, subject to stockholder ratification, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm and is responsible for the compensation, retention and oversight of the work of the independent registered public accounting firm and for any special assignments given to such auditors. The Audit Committee reviews the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm and considers whether there should be a regular rotation of the independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee also evaluates the selection of the lead audit partner, including their qualifications and performance. The Audit Committee also (i) reviews the annual audit and its scope, including the independent registered public accounting firm ’ letter of comments and management’s responses thereto; (ii) reviews the performance of the independent registered public accounting firm , including the lead audit partner; (iii) approves anynon-audit services provided to the Company by its independent registered public accounting firm; (iv) reviews possible violations of the Company’s business ethics and conflicts of interest policies; (v) reviews any major accounting changes made or contemplated; (vi) reviews the effectiveness and efficiency of the Company’s internal audit staff; and (vii) monitors financial risk and discusses risk oversight and management as part of its obligations under the NYSE’s listing standards. The Audit Committee also oversees cybersecurity, receiving regular cybersecurity updates from Autoliv’s management team. In addition, the Audit Committee confirms that no restrictions have been imposed by Company personnel on the scope of the independent registered public accounting firm’s examinations. The Audit Committee is also responsible for the review and approval of related person transactions. Members of this committee are Messrs. Senko (Chair), H. Johansson, Kepler, and Ms. M. Liu. The Audit Committee met eight times in 2019.

The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee advises the Board with respect to the compensation to be paid to the directors and executive officers of the Company and is responsible for approving the terms of contracts for the senior executives of the Company. The committee also administers the Company’s cash and stock incentive plans and reviews and discusses with management the Company’s Compensation Discussion and Analysis (“CD&A”) included in this Proxy Statement. The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee assists the Board in developing principles and policies related to management succession and the recruiting, motivation, education, diversity, retention, and ongoing development of senior management. Members of this committee are Mr. Ringler (Chair), Mr. L. Johansson, Ms. M. Liu, and Dr. X. Liu. The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee met five times in 2019.

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The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee identifies and recommends individuals qualified to serve as members of the Board and assists the Board by reviewing the composition of the Board and its committees, monitoring a process to assess Board effectiveness, and developing and implementing the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines. The committee also reviews sustainability and corporate responsibility activities for the Company. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider a director candidate nominated by a stockholder provided such nomination is submittednominees for election to the committee withinBoard if timely advance written notice of such nominees is received by the time period set forth in Article II, Section 6 of theBy-Laws. In considering candidates submitted by stockholders, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will take into consideration the needsSecretary of the Board andCompany at its principal executive offices in accordance with the qualificationsBy-Laws, a copy of the candidate. In considering possible candidates for election as a director, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee reviews the qualifications and backgrounds of the candidates, including the following: candidate has (i) attained a position of leadership in the candidate’s area of expertise, (ii) business and financial experience relevant to the Company, (iii) demonstrated sound business judgment, (iv) expertise relevantwhich may be obtained by written request to the Company’s linesSecretary or on the Company’s website at www.autoliv.com – About Us – Governance – Certificate and Bylaws. Members of business, (v) independence from management, (vi) the ability to serve on standing committeesthis committee are Messrs. L. Johansson (Chair), Kortüm, and (vii) the ability to serve the interests of all stockholders.Ringler and Dr. X. Liu. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee routinely considers board candidates withmet four times in 2019.

The Risk and Compliance Committee was formed as a broad rangespecial committee of educational and professional experiences from a variety of countries. While the Board has no separate formal policy,in June 2011, and was made a standing committee in December 2018, to assist the Board in overseeing the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines provide thatcompliance program with respect to (i) compliance with the backgroundslaws and experiencesregulations applicable to the Company’s business and (ii) compliance with the Company’s Standards of Business Conduct and Ethics and related policies by employees, officers, directors and other agents and associates of the director nominees shall reflectCompany that are designed to support lawful and ethical business conduct by the global operationsCompany and its employees and promote a culture of compliance. The Risk and Compliance committee reviews with and receives reports from management on the Company.Company’s risk framework. The current Board consistsRisk and Compliance Committee also oversees risks relevant to our information technology environment and the investigation of directors whoany alleged noncompliance with law or the Company’s compliance programs policies or procedures that is reported to the Risk and Compliance Committee (except any relating to financial compliance, which are citizensoverseen by the Audit Committee). Members of or reside in multiple countries includingthis committee are Messrs. Kepler (Chair), H. Johansson, and Senko. The Risk and Compliance Committee works closely with the U.S., Sweden, Japan, China and Germany and directors with a wide rangeother committees of management, operating, finance and engineering skills. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, the Board and the Company place a high priority on diversity, with a particular emphasis on seeking out individuals with a wide variety of management, operating, engineering, technology and finance experiences and skills as well as individuals from the Company’s different operating regions. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee continues to look for opportunities to further progress its diversity initiatives.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee identifies potential director nominees by asking current directors and executive officers to notify the committee if they become aware of persons meeting the criteria described above. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committeehas three members that also from time to time, engages firms that specialize in identifying director candidates. As described above, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will also consider candidates recommended by stockholders. Once a person has been identified by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee as a potential candidate, the committee collects and reviews publicly available information regarding the person to determine whether further consideration should be given to the person’s candidacy. If the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee determines that the candidate warrants further consideration, the chairman of the committee or another member of the committee will contact such person. Generally, if the person expresses a willingness to be considered to serve on the Board,Audit Committee, one of which serves as the NominatingChair. The Risk and Corporate GovernanceCompliance Committee will request information from the candidate, review the candidate’s accomplishments and qualificationsmet four times in light2019.

Audit Committee Report

The Audit Committee of the qualifications of any individuals the committee might be considering, and conduct one or more interviews with the candidate. In certain instances, committee members may contact one or more references provided by the candidate or may contact other membersBoard is responsible for providing independent, objective oversight of the business community or other persons that may have first-hand knowledge of the candidate’s accomplishments. The NominatingCompany’s accounting functions and Corporate Governance Committee’s evaluation process does not vary based on whether a candidate is recommended by a stockholder.internal controls.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee can be contacted as follows:

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

c/o Group Vice President Legal Affairs

Autoliv, Inc., Box 70381

SE-107 24 Stockholm, Sweden

Phone: +46 8 587 20 600

Fax: +46 8 587 20 633

E-mail: legalaffairs@autoliv.com

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Communications with the committee are not screened and can be made anonymously. The Chairman of the committee receives all such communications after it has been determined that the content represents a message to the committee.

George A. Lorch, Chairman

Leif Johansson

Franz-Josef Kortüm

Xiaozhi Liu

James M. Ringler

Compensation Committee Duties, Procedures and Policies

The CompensationAudit Committee acts pursuant to a written charter. The committee’s current charter is posted on the Company’s website at www.autoliv.com – About Us – Governance – Board of Directors – Committees and can also be obtained free of charge in print by request from the Company using the contact information below. Each member of the CompensationAudit Committee has been determined by the Board to beis “independent” as defined in, and is qualified to serve on the committee pursuant to, the rules of the NYSE, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC.

The Compensation Committee is responsible for (i) reviewing annually the Company’s executive compensation plans in light of the Company’s goals and objectives of such plans; (ii) evaluating annually the performance of the Chief Executive Officer in light of the goals and objectives of the Company’s executive compensation plans and, together with the other independent directors, determining and approving the Chief Executive Officer’s compensation level based on this evaluation; (iii) evaluating annually the performance of the other executive officers of the Company in light of the goals and objectives of the Company’s executive compensation plans, and setting the compensation of such other executive officers based on this evaluation; (iv) evaluating annually the appropriate level of compensation for Board and committee service bynon-employee directors; (v) reviewing and approving any severance or termination arrangements to be made with any executive officer of the Company; (vi) reviewing perquisites or other personal benefits to the Company’s executive officers and directors and recommending any changes to the Board; (vii) reviewing and discussing with management the CD&A, beginning on page 22 of this Proxy Statement, and based on that review and discussion, recommending to the Board that the CD&A be included in the Company’s annual proxy statement or annual report on Form10-K; (viii) preparing the Compensation Committee Report for inclusion in the annual proxy statement or annual report on Form10-K; and (ix) reviewing the description of the Compensation Committee’s process and procedures for the consideration and determination of executive officer and director compensation to be included in the Company’s annual proxy statement or annual report on Form10-K.

The Compensation Committee from time to time uses independent compensation consultants to provide advice and ongoing recommendations regarding executive compensation. In June 2015, the Compensation Committee engaged Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. (“FW Cook”) as its new independent advisor. FW Cook reported directly to the Compensation Committee with respect to executive compensation matters. In 2016, the Company also engaged Towers Watson as a compensation consultant. For additional information regarding the role of each of these compensation consultants and the scope of their engagement, see page 31 of this Proxy Statement.

The Compensation Committee considered the independence of Towers Watson and FW Cook in light of the SEC rules and NYSE listing standards. The Compensation Committee also received a letter from each of Towers Watson and FW Cook addressing their independence. The Compensation Committee considered the following factors in determining the independence of the compensation consultants: (i) other services provided to the Company by each of Towers Watson and FW Cook; (ii) fees paid by the Company as a percentage of each consultant’s total revenue; (iii) policies or procedures maintained by Towers Watson and FW Cook that are designed to prevent a conflict of interest; (iv) any business or personal relationships between the individual consultants involved in the engagement and any member of the Compensation Committee; (v) any Company stock owned by the individual consultants involved in the engagement; and (vi) any business or personal relationships between the Company’s executive officers and Towers Watson or FW Cook or the individual consultants involved in the engagement. The Compensation Committee discussed these independence factors and concluded that the work of Towers Watson and FW Cook did not raise any conflicts of interest.

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The Compensation Committee may form subcommittees for any purpose it deems appropriate and may delegate to any subcommittee such power and authority as it deems appropriate provided that no subcommittee shall consist of fewer than two members and that the Compensation Committee shall not delegate any power or authority required by any law, regulation or listing standard to be exercised by the Compensation Committee as a whole. Under the Company’s 1997 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the “1997 Plan”), the Compensation Committee may, to the extent that any such action will not prevent the 1997 Plan from complying with applicable rules and regulations, delegate any of its authority thereunder to such persons as it deems appropriate. In addition, the Compensation Committee has delegated the authority to determine certain grants under the Company’s long-term incentive plan to the CEO, subject to established grant limits. The Compensation Committee reviews the compensation levels set by the CEO under the long-term incentive program.

The Group Vice President for Human Resources of the Company generally acts as Secretary of the Compensation Committee.

The Compensation Committee can be contacted as follows:

The Compensation Committee

c/o Group Vice President Legal Affairs

Autoliv, Inc., Box 70381

SE-107 24 Stockholm, Sweden

Phone: +46 8 587 20 600

Fax: +46 8 587 20 633

E-mail: legalaffairs@autoliv.com

Communications with the committee are not screened and can be made anonymously. The Chairman of the committee receives all such communications after it has been determined that the content represents a message to the committee.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

The Compensation Committee is comprised exclusively of directors who have never been employed by the Company and who are “independent” as defined in the applicable rules of the NYSE, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC. No executive officerEach member is financially literate and possesses accounting or related financial management expertise, and Mr. Senko has been determined by the Board to qualify as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined by the SEC. Pursuant to the charter of the Company served as aAudit Committee, no member of the compensationAudit Committee may serve on the audit committee of another entity, onemore than two other public companies unless the Board determines that such simultaneous service would not impair the ability of whose executive officers servedsuch Audit Committee member to effectively serve on the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee reviews the Company’s Compensation Committee. No executive officerfinancial reporting process on behalf of the Company served as a director of another entity, one of whose executive officers either served onBoard. In fulfilling its responsibilities, the compensation committee of such entity or served as a director of the Company.

Compensation Committee Report1

The CompensationAudit Committee has reviewed and discussed with management the Company’s Compensation Discussion and Analysis and, based on such review and discussions, has recommended to the Board that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this Proxy Statement and incorporated by reference into the Company’s 2016 Annual Report on Form10-K.

James M. Ringler, Chairman

Aicha Evans

Leif Johansson

Xiaozhi Liu

George A. Lorch

The Swedish Corporate Governance Code

Swedish companies with shares admitted to trading on a regulated market in Sweden, including the NASDAQ Stockholm, are subject to the Swedish Corporate Governance Code (the “Swedish Code”). This is a codification of best practices for Swedish listed companies based on Swedish practices and circumstances. The Swedish Code follows a “comply or disclose” approach; its recommendations are not binding on companies but if

1The material in this report is not soliciting material, is not deemed filed with the SEC and is not incorporated by reference in any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, whether made on, before, or after the date of this Proxy Statement and irrespective of any general incorporation language in such filing.

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its recommendations are not complied with, the deviation must be explained. Anon-Swedish company listed in Sweden can elect to either apply the Swedish Code or the corresponding local rules and codes where the company’s shares have their primary listing or where the company is headquartered. As a Delaware corporation with its primary listing on the NYSE, the Company has elected to apply U.S. corporate governance rules and standards. These U.S. rules and standards are describedaudited financial statements contained in the “Corporate Governance” section beginning on page 88 of the Company’s Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016. In addition, this Proxy Statement provides detailed information on various subjects covered by the Swedish Code.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Proxy Statement contains statements that are not historical facts but rather forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include those that address activities, events or developments that the Company or its management believes or anticipates may occur in the future. All forward-looking statements including, without limitation, statements regarding the expected consummation of the joint venture with Volvo Cars, management’s examination of historical operating trends and data as well as estimates of future sales, operating margin, cash flow, effective tax rate or other future operating performance or financial results, are based upon our current expectations, various assumptions and/or data available from third parties. Our expectations and assumptions are expressed in good faith and we believe there is a reasonable basis for them. However, there can be no assurance that such forward-looking statements will materialize or prove to be correct as forward-looking statements are inherently subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual future results, performance or achievements to differ materially from the future results, performance or achievements expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements.

In some cases, you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as “estimates,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “projects,” “plans,” “intends,” “believes,” “may,” “likely,” “might,” “would,” “should,” “could,” or the negative of these terms and other comparable terminology, although not all forward-looking statements contain such words.

Because these forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, the outcome could differ materially from those set out in the forward-looking statements for a variety of reasons, including without limitation: changes in light vehicle production; fluctuation in vehicle production schedules for which the Company is a supplier; changes in and the successful execution of our capacity alignment, restructuring and cost reduction initiatives and the market reaction thereto; changes in general industry and market conditions or regional growth or decline; loss of business from increased competition; higher raw material, fuel and energy costs; changes in consumer and customer preferences for end products; customer losses; changes in regulatory conditions; customer bankruptcies; consolidations or restructuring or divestiture of customer brands; unfavorable fluctuations in currencies or interest rates among the various jurisdictions in which we operate; component shortages; costs or difficulties related to the integration of any new or acquired businesses and technologies; continued uncertainty in pricing negotiations with customers; successful integration of acquisitions and operations of joint ventures; our ability to be awarded new business; product liability, warranty and recall claims and investigations and other litigation and customer reactions thereto; higher expenses for our pension and other postretirement benefits including higher funding requirements for our pension plans; work stoppages or other labor issues; possible adverse results of pending or future litigation or infringement claims; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights; negative impacts of antitrust investigations or other governmental investigations and associated litigation relating to the conduct of our business; tax assessments by governmental authorities and changes in our effective tax rate; dependence on key personnel; legislative or regulatory changes impacting or limiting our business; political conditions; dependence on and relationships with customers and suppliers; and other risks and uncertainties identified in Item 1A “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 20162019 with the Company’s management and independent registered public accounting firm. The Company’s management is responsible for the financial statements and the reporting process, including the system of internal controls. The independent registered public accounting firm is responsible for expressing an opinion on the conformity of those audited financial statements with accounting principles generally accepted in the “Management’s DiscussionU.S.

The Audit Committee discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the matters required to be discussed under the applicable auditing standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”). In addition, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm provided to the Audit Committee the written disclosures required by the PCAOB’s applicable requirements regarding the independent registered public accounting firm’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence. The Audit Committee has discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the independent registered public

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accounting firm’s independence. The Audit Committee reviews and Analysisoversees the independence of Financial Conditionthe independent registered public accounting firm and Resultshas concluded that the independent registered public accounting firm’s provision of Operations” section of ournon-audit services to the Company is compatible with the independent registered public accounting firm’s independence. In reliance on the reviews and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board (and the Board approved) that the audited financial statements be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.2019, for filing with the SEC.

For any forward-looking statements contained in this or any other document, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and we assume no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements in light of new information or future events, except as required by law.

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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY

Set forth below is information regarding the current executive officers of the Company who are not also directors (information about Mr. Jan Carlson, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer,The Audit Committee can be found on page 4 of this Proxy Statement):

Mats Backman, age 49, Chief Financial Officer and Group Vice President, Finance since May 2016. From 2013 until his appointment to his current position, Mr. Backman servedcontacted regarding accounting, internal accounting controls, or auditing matters as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sandvik AB (“Sandvik”), a maker of high-tech tools, tooling systems and steel and alloy products. Mr. Backman has been with Sandvik since 2007, and also served as its Acting President and Chief Executive Officer from August 2015 through October 2015, its Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Tooling from 2012 to 2013, and its Chief Financial Officer, IT & Business Development, Sandvik Machining Solutions from 2009 to 2012. Mr. Backman has a BSc in Business Administration & Economics from the University of Stockholm in Sweden.follows:

Mikael Bratt, age 50,53, has been a director of Autoliv since September 2018 and has served as Autoliv’s President and Chief Executive Officer since June 29, 2018. Mr. Bratt previously served asPresident, Passive Safety sincefrom May 2016.2016 until his promotion. In September 2019, Mr. Bratt joined the board of directors of Höganäs AB, a private Swedish metal powders company. Prior to joining Autoliv, Mr. Bratt spent almostapproximately 30 years with the Volvo Group, a Swedish multinational automotive manufacturing company, including most recently as EVP Group Trucks Operations, part of the group executive management team since 2008, in which role he managed a team of 35,000 people, 50 factories, 60 distribution centers and an annual turnover of approximately $18 billion. Prior to this, he served as Chief Financial Officer of the Volvo Group. Mr. Bratt studied business administration at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

The Board believes Mr. Bratt’s years of experience with Autoliv and the automotive industry, including his current role as President and Chief Executive Officer, and his extensive knowledge of the Company, its operations, business, and industry support hisre-election to the Board.

Karin EliassonJan Carlson, age 55, Group Vice59, has been a director of Autoliv since May 2007 following his appointment as President Human Resourcesand Chief Executive Officer of Autoliv on April 1, 2007 after serving in various executive positions with the company beginning in 1999. He has been Chairman of the Board since AugustMay 2014. Mr. Carlson served as President and Chief Executive Officer until resigning upon the completion of thespin-off of Veoneer, Inc. from the Company on June 29, 2018, at which time he became President and Chief Executive of Veoneer, Inc. Since the completion of thespin-off, Mr. Carlson has also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Veoneer, Inc. Since July 2010 until May 2020 at which time he will not seekre-election, Mr. Carlson has served on the board of directors of BorgWarner Inc., a product leader in highly engineered components and systems for vehicle powertrain applications worldwide. Mr. Carlson was elected to the Board of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson in February 2017. In addition, Mr. Carlson served on the board of Trelleborg AB from 2013 through 2017, and served on the board of directors of Zenuity AB, a private joint venture owned50-50 by Veoneer, Inc. and Volvo Car Corporation, between April 2017 and June 2018. Prior to joining Autoliv, Ms. EliassonMr. Carlson was SeniorPresident of Saab Combitech, a division within the Saab aircraft group specializing in commercializing military technologies. Mr. Carlson has a Master of Science degree in Physics and Electrical Engineering from the University of Linköping in Sweden.

The Board believes that through his many years of experience with Autoliv, including his former role as President and Chief Executive Officer, and the automotive industry in general Mr. Carlson brings extensive

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knowledge of the Company, its operations, business, and industry to the Board, which support hisre-election to the Board.

Hasse Johansson, age 70, has been a director of Autoliv since March 2018 and is a member of the Audit Committee and Risk and Compliance Committee. Since 2010, Mr. Johansson has been managing director of Johansson Teknik & Form AB, a technology consulting company which he founded. From 2001 to 2009, Mr. Johansson was the Executive Vice President of Research & Development at Scania, a major automotive industry manufacturer of heavy trucks, buses, and Head of Group Human Resources at TeliaSonera AB, a leading Nordic and Baltic telecommunications company, since 2008.other commercial vehicles. Prior to joining TeliaSonera, Ms. Eliasson was Senior Vice President Human Resourceshis time at Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget, SCA. She was previouslyScania, Mr. Johansson worked for nearly 20 years at Mecel AB, an automotive software and systems development company heco-founded and in 1994 became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delphi Corporation. Mr. Johansson currently serves as a member of the CEOboards of Novare Human Capitaldirectors of Electrolux AB, PowerCell Sweden AB, DevPort AB, and ViceSwedish Electromagnet Investment AB, which are all Swedish public companies. Additionally, Mr. Johansson is a member of the Business Executives Council of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. Mr. Johansson holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden and holds more than 20 patents in combustion engine control and automotive electronics.

The Board believes Mr. Johansson’s prolific technical background in automotive and other industries, combined with his extensive board experience, support hisre-election to the Board.

Leif Johansson, age 68, has been a director of Autoliv since February 2016, and is a member of the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee and Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. From 1997 to 2011, Mr. Johansson served as President Organizational Developmentand Chief Executive Officer of The Volvo Group. Before joining Volvo, Mr. Johansson held various positions at Stora Enso AB. Ms. EliassonAB Electrolux, and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer from 1994 to 1997. Mr. Johansson is the Chairman of the Board of Astra Zeneca PLC, a position he has held since June 2012, and he previously served as Chairman of the Board of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson between 2011 and March 2018. In addition to his service on public company boards, Mr. Johansson is a board member of PRI Pensionsgaranti and Vice Chairman of assembly of representatives, Skandia. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Human Resources from Mid Sweden University, Sweden.

Steven FredinEcolean AB (a private corporation), age 55, Chief Technology Officer and Group Vice President Business Development since October 2016, after being Group Vice President Sales & Engineering since September 2014 and President Autoliv Americas since March 2011 and Vice President Engineering previous to that. Mr. Fredin has worked for Autoliv since 1988 and has been a key technical leader in virtually all of Autoliv’s product areas. Mr. Fredin has also served as Director Global System Development of the Company and Vice President of Seatbelt Development for Autoliv North America. Mr. Fredin holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University.

Thomas Jönsson, age 50, Group Vice President of Corporate Communications since May 2013. Prior to joining Autoliv on January 21, 2013, Mr. Jönsson was Vice President of Brand and External Communications for TeliaSonera, a leading Nordic and Baltic telecommunications company, a position he held from June 2010 to December 2012. Before joining TeliaSonera, Mr. Jönsson had an international career in communications working for Nokia, a global telecommunications company, which he joined in 1999. During his 11 years with Nokia, he held various positions in Sweden, the United Kingdom, Finland, and China. Mr. Jönsson started his career in communications with Intel Corporation in 1996. He studied Business Administration at the University of Stockholm.

Johan Löfvenholm,age 47, President, Electronics since October 2016, after being Group Vice President Products & Process Development since September 2014, Chief Technology Officer since March 2014 and Vice President Engineering since November 2011. Mr. Löfvenholm has worked for Autoliv since 1995 when he started his career as a trainee. Since then he has held several positions within the Company, such as Product Development Manager of Autoliv Sweden and Tech Center Director of Autoliv Sweden. In December 2004, Mr. Löfvenholm took on a regional responsibility when he was appointed Director of Technical & Marketing for Autoliv Asia Pacific. In this role he was also a member of the Asia Pacific Management Team as well asRoyal Swedish Academy of Engineering Science, a board member of the European Round Table of Industrialists, a Delegate of the China Development Forum, and a member of the Autoliv Research & Development Board. In January 2008,Council of Advisors of the Boao Forum for Asia. Mr. Löfvenholm was appointed President of Autoliv India and was responsible for all Autoliv operations in India and in parallel also engaged in his previous engineering role. In July 2010, Mr. Löfvenholm took on the position of Vice President Electronics Europe, with responsibility for all passive electronic operations in Europe as well as membership on the Autoliv Europe and Electronics Management Board teams. Mr. LöfvenholmJohansson holds a Master of Science in Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden.

The Board believes that Mr. Johansson’s extensive executive and directorial experience on several international companies in the automotive, manufacturing and technology industries, combined with the knowledge gained through his service on various industry, economic and advocacy organizations, support hisre-election to the Board.

David E. Kepler, age 67, has been a director of Autoliv since February 2015 and is a member of the Audit Committee and Chair of the Risk and Compliance Committee. Mr. Kepler was an Executive Vice President of the Dow Chemical Company, a multinational chemical, performance materials, and plastics company, from March 2008 through January 2015, and held the roles of Chief Sustainability Officer and Chief Information Officer. Mr. Kepler joined Dow in 1975 and was appointed its Vice President and CIO in 1998, Corporate Vice President in 2001, assumed responsibility for Business Services in 2004, and was appointed Executive Vice President in 2008. He has also been a member of the boards of directors of TD Bank Group since December 2013 and Teradata Corporation since November 2007. Mr. Kepler graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, and serves as a trustee of the University.

The Board believes that Mr. Kepler’s executive experience as the chief information officer of a global company with additional expertise in corporate sustainability initiatives and risk management, and stature as a recognized leader in cyber-security are all qualities that support hisre-election to the Board.

Franz-Josef Kortüm, age 69, has been a director of Autoliv since March 2014 and is a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Prior to joining Autoliv, Mr. Kortüm was Chief Executive Officer of Webasto SE, a producer of automobile roof systems and climate control systems for automobiles, boats and other vehicles, from 1998 to 2012, after joining the company in 1994. Mr. Kortüm was Chief Executive Officer of Audi AG from 1993 to 1994 and, prior to joining Audi, had a16-year career with what is today Daimler AG in a

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variety of positions. In addition to his extensive management experience, Mr. Kortüm served as Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Webasto SE since 2013 and as its Chairman since 2018 until August 2019, as a Member of the Advisory Board of Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG since 2005 and as its Chairman since 2013, as a Member of the Supervisory Board of Wacker Chemie since 2003, and as a Member of the Supervisory Board of Schaeffler AG from 2010 to March 2014. From 2004 to 2012, Mr. Kortüm was a Member of the Managing Board of the VDA (German Association of the Automotive Industry). Mr. Kortüm has anMBA-equivalent degree in Business Administration from the University of Regensburg in Germany.

The Board believes that Mr. Kortüm brings a breadth of knowledge and skills related to the automotive industry to the Board. In addition, his corporate governance experience gained through his service on other boards support hisre-election to the Board.

Min Liu, age 40, has been a director of Autoliv since May 2019 and is a member of the Audit Committee and the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee. Sheis a Vice President of Cevian Capital AG, an affiliate of Cevian Capital II GP Limited (“Cevian”). Since September 2015, Ms. Liu has been responsible for fundamental research on a variety of European companies in her role at Cevian. Prior to this role, Ms. Liu held several positions of increasing responsibility with The Boston Consulting Group, a global management consulting firm, in Germany between September 2004 and July 2015. Last serving as Principal, she led multiple projects in a broad set of industries, including the automotive sector. Ms. Liu has an MBA from Stanford University in addition to bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business information technology from Goettingen University.

The Board believes that Ms. Liu’s financial expertise and exposure to a wide variety of large, global industrial companies through her investment research and management experience support herre-election to the Board.

Xiaozhi Liu, age 64, has been a director of Autoliv since November 2011 and is a member of the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. In April 2019, Dr. Liu joined the boards of directors of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV and Johnson Matthey PLC. She previously served as an independent director of Fuyao Glass Industry Group, a public company listed in Shanghai and Hong Kong, from October 2013 until October 2019. Dr. Liu began her career in the automotive industry in General Motor’s (“GM”) Delphi operations and has since worked in various executive positions in Germany, China and the U.S., where she rose to the position of Director of Electronics, Controls & Software for GM in Detroit, Chief Engineer and Chief Technology Officer of GM in China and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GM Taiwan. Between 2005 and 2006, she was the Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co. Ltd. In 2007, she became the President and Chief Executive Officer of NeoTek China, a supplier of automotive chassis and transmission parts, and served as Chairman of the company’s board of directors from 2008 through 2011. In 2009, she founded, and is the Chief Executive Officer of, her own company, ASL Automobile Science & Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., which introduces and implements globally advanced technologies to Chinese companies. She has a Ph.D. and master’s degree in Chemical Engineering and Electrical Engineering, respectively, from Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen-Nuremburg, Germany and a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Jiaotong University in Xian, China.

The Board believes that Dr. Liu brings a unique and valuable set of skills to the Board, based on a combination of her global experience in engineering and technology in Asia, North America and Europe with her extensive management experience in the automotive industry. Dr. Liu’s knowledge and experience supports herre-election to the Board.

James M. Ringler, age 74, has been a director of Autoliv since January 2002 and is the Chair of the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee and a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Ringler has also been the Lead Independent Director since May 2017. He was, prior to his retirement, Vice Chairman of Illinois Tool Works Inc. between 1999 and 2004. Prior to joining Illinois Tool Works, Mr. Ringler was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Premark International, Inc., which merged with Illinois Tool Works in 1999. He serves on the Boards of Directors of the following public companies: Veoneer (since June 2018), TechnipFMC plc (since January 2017), JBT Corporation (since June 2008), and Teradata Corporation (since September 2007; was chairman from 2007 until January 2019). Mr. Ringler previously served on the Board of Directors of DowDuPont Inc. from 2001 until his retirement in March 2019. He is also a

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member of the board of directors of Reynolds Metals Company, a private company. Mr. Ringler holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and an M.B.A. degree in Finance from the State University of New York.

The Board believes that Mr. Ringler’s business and management experience in multiple executive positions and his deep knowledge of corporate governance gained through his extensive service on the boards of directors of public companies in a wide variety of industries support Mr. Ringler’sre-election to the Board.

Thaddeus J. “Ted” Senko, age 64, has been a director of Autoliv since March 2018 and is the Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Risk and Compliance Committee. Prior to joining the Autoliv Board of Directors, Mr. Senko had an extensive career at KPMG LLP, a multinational professional services and accounting firm, from 1978 to 2017, providing enterprise risk management, compliance, and audit services to various public companies. At KPMG, he served as Audit Partner and SEC Reviewing Partner for eight years, Chief Audit Executive for four years, Global and National Partner in Charge of Internal Audit, Risk & Compliance Services for eight years, and Global Engagement Partner and Client Services Partner for seven years. Mr. Senko served on the Board of Duquesne University, a private university with approximately 10,000 students, from 2007 to 2016, chairing the Audit and Finance Committee and serving on the Executive and University Advancement Committee. Mr. Senko continues to serve on the university’s Business Advisory Council. Mr. Senko received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Duquesne University.

The Board believes Mr. Senko’s financial, regulatory and risk expertise, experience in various auditing leadership roles and exposure to a wide variety of large audit clients within the global business community support hisre-election to the Board.

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” EACH NOMINEE.

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Stockholder Engagement Efforts

The Company engages with the Company’s stockholders throughout the year to ensure that management and the Board understand and consider the issues that matter most to them, to solicit their views and feedback on various matters, and to provide perspective on the Company’s policies and practices. During 2019, members of the Company’s management met with certain of the Company’s stockholders to listen to their concerns and discuss a variety of topics, including performance, strategy, capital allocation, corporate governance, compensation, environmental and sustainability efforts and other matters.

Autoliv Sustainability Program

Autoliv’s business is guided by our vision of Saving More Lives. Our products save over 30,000 lives a year and prevent ten times as many severe injuries. Our goal is to increase the number of lives saved to 100,000 a year by 2030. Our vision directly supports the UN Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good health and well-being, and its target of halving global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents by 2030. In addition, the Company is committed to sound and ethical business practices that align with the goals and needs of our employees and the communities in which we operate, including limiting our environmental impact particularly by reducing energy and water consumption, waste, and emissions. As a reflection of the importance of these matters, we assign oversight responsibility for sustainability to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Company also publishes an annual report describing our sustainability goals, practices and performance, in the areas of life-saving innovations, environment, health and safety of our employees, business ethics and supply chain. Our annual sustainability reports are publicly available on our website at https://www.autoliv.com/sustainability/sustainability-report.

Board Independence

The Board believes that generally it should have no fewer than seven and no more than eleven directors. The Board currently consists of ten members.

The Board has determined that all the director nominees, except Messrs. Bratt and Carlson, are independent directors under the applicable rules of the NYSE, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC. In making its independence determinations, the Board reviewed (i) information regarding relevant relationships, arrangements or transactions between the Company and each director or parties affiliated with such director, (ii) Company records and (iii) publicly available information. Mr. Bratt is not independent because he is a current officer of the Company, and Mr. Carlson is not independent because he served as an officer of the Company in the last three years.

The Board has also determined that none of the independent directors has a relationship with the Company other than as a director and/or a stockholder of the Company.

Retirement Age Policy and Director Tenure

It is the general policy of the Company that a director who has attained the age of 75 years during his or her term will not stand forre-election at the next annual meeting of stockholders.

For each director nomination recommendation, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers the issue of continuing director tenure and takes steps as may be appropriate to ensure that the Board maintains an openness to new ideas and a willingness to criticallyre-examine the status quo. An individual director’s repeated nomination is dependent upon such director’s performance evaluation, as well as a suitability review, each to be conducted by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee regarding each director nomination recommendation. The average tenure of the Board is 6.2 years and the median tenure is 4 years, with four newly appointed directors within the last three years.

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LOGO

Board Leadership Structure and Risk Oversight

Board Leadership

The Board is responsible for selecting the Company’s Chairman of the Board (the “Chairman”) and Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”). The Corporate Governance Guidelines permit the Board to determine the most appropriate leadership structure for the Company at any given time and give the Board the ability to choose a Chairman that it deems best for the Company. The Board periodically evaluates the Company’s leadership structure to determine what structure is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders based on the current circumstances and needs of the Company.

The Board currently has anon-independent,non-CEO Chairman and a Lead Independent Director. The CEO and Chairman roles have been separated since June 2018 when Mr. Carlson stepped down as CEO of Autoliv to become the CEO of Veoneer. The Board determined in 2018 that a separate Chairman and CEO and a lead independent director, with Mr. Carlson as the Chairman, was the appropriate leadership structure for the Company. The Board continues to believe it is in the Company’s best interests for Mr. Carlson to serve as Chairman because his familiarity with the Company’s business enables him to effectively lead the Board in its discussion, consideration, and execution of the Company’s strategy.

The Board believes that having Mr. Carlson serve as anon-independent Chairman is appropriately balanced by the designation of a Lead Independent Director. In May 2019, the Board appointed James M. Ringler as Lead Independent Director to serve as the principal liaison between the Chairman and the other independent directors and to provide independent leadership of the Board’s affairs on behalf of the Company’s stockholders. Mr. Ringler presides over the executive sessions of the independent directors. The duties of the Lead Independent Director include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following:

Presides at all meetings of the Board at which the Chairman is not present, including chairing executive sessions of the independent directors;

Serves as liaison between the independent andnon-management directors and the Chairman;

Has the authority to call meetings of the independent andnon-management directors;

Approves meeting agendas of the full Board after they are prepared by the Chairman, assures that there is sufficient time for discussion of all agenda items, and facilitates approval of the number and frequency of Board meetings;

Is regularly apprised of inquiries from stockholders and involved in correspondence responding to these inquiries when appropriate, and if requested by stockholders, ensures that he or she is available, when appropriate, for consultation and direct communication;

Assists the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee in its annual evaluation of the Chairman’s effectiveness, including an annual evaluation of his or her interactions with the directors and ability to provide leadership and direction to the full Board; and

Approves information sent to the Board, including the quality and timeliness of such information.

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Risk Oversight

The Board is responsible for the oversight of risk management of the Company with various aspects of risk oversight delegated to its committees. The Audit Committee is responsible for monitoring financial risk and discussing risk oversight and management as part of its obligations under the NYSE’s listing standards. The Audit Committee is also responsible for reviewing the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, including those related to internally and externally disclosing cybersecurity risks and incidents. The Risk and Compliance Committee is responsible for monitoring legal and regulatory risks and other compliance risks, including those related to ethics practices and information technology and security. The Risk and Compliance Committee periodically receives reports from and reviews with management the Company’s risk management program. The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee oversees the Company’s succession planning programs and policies related to recruiting, retaining, and developing management. The Risk and Compliance Committee is responsible for coordinating with the Audit Committee and other Board committees to discuss matters pertaining to risk oversight. In its meetings, the Board receives reports from various Board committees and management, including the CEO, the CFO, and General Counsel regarding the main strategic, operational, and financial risks the Company is facing and the steps that management is taking to address and mitigate such risks. Additionally, the Board will receive periodic risk-related updates from other members of management as necessary.

The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee has reviewed with management the design and operation of our incentive compensation arrangements for senior management, including executive officers, to determine whether such programs might encourage inappropriate risk-taking that could have a material adverse effect on the Company. The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee considered, among other things, the features of the Company’s compensation program that are designed to mitigate compensation-related risk, such as the performance objectives and target levels for incentive awards (which are based on overall Company performance), and the Company’s compensation recoupment policy. The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee concluded that any risks arising from the Company’s compensation plans, policies and practices are not reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company. For additional information regarding compensation risk, see page 33 of this Proxy Statement.

Board Meetings

The Board met four times during the year ended December 31, 2019. The Board also acted by written consent once during the year. All directors serving during 2019 participated in at least 80% of the total number of meetings of the Board and committees on which they served. Following each of the meetings of the full Board, the independent directors met in executive session without management participating, for a total of four times in 2019.

Board Compensation

Directors who are employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries do not receive separate compensation for service on the Board or its committees.Non-employee directors receive an annual board retainer, which is higher for anon-employee Chairman of the Board. The committee chairs and the Lead Independent Director receive compensation in addition to the standardnon-employee director retainer.

Effective beginning with 2017 service, the Board amended the Director Compensation Policy primarily to (i) provide for payments in advance, rather than in arrears, for a service year that runs from annual meeting to annual meeting, and (ii) provide thatone-half of the annual retainer will be paid in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs), rather than fully-vested shares of stock, which RSUs will be granted on the date of the annual meeting and will vest on the earlier of (a) date of the next annual meeting, or (b) theone-year anniversary of the grant date. In addition, the Board revised thenon-employee director stock ownership policy to require eachnon-employee director to acquire and hold shares of the Company’s common stock in an amount equivalent to five times the cash component of the annual Board retainer (as opposed to three times the annual base retainer as a whole), with five years for the existing directors to reach the new ownership requirements.

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Compensation levels for thenon-employee directors elected in 2019 remain unchanged from 2017 levels and is as follows:

Annual Base Retainer (paid half in cash and half in RSUs)

     

AllNon-Employee Directors

  $240,000 

Annual Supplemental Retainers (paid half in cash and half in RSUs)

     

Non-Employee Chairman

  $150,000 

Annual Supplemental Retainers (paid in cash)

     

Lead Independent Director

  $40,000 

Audit Committee Chair

  $30,000 

Leadership Development and Compensation Committee Chair

  $20,000 

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Chair

  $20,000 

Risk and Compliance Committee Chair

  $20,000 

For thenon-employee directors elected in 2020, the 2020-2021 service year annual base retainer will be raised to $260,000 with $120,000 paid in cash and $140,000 in RSUs. There are no other changes to the compensation levels for thenon-employee directors.

Non-employee directors can elect to defer payment of apre-determined percentage of their equity compensation under the Autoliv, Inc. 2004Non-Employee Director Stock-Related Compensation Plan. In 2019, none of the directors elected to defer any of his or her equity compensation.

The following table sets forth the compensation that ournon-employee directors earned during the year ended December 31, 2019 for services rendered as members of the Board.

2019 Director Compensation

Name

  Fees Earned or
Paid in
Cash ($)(1)
  Stock
Awards ($)(2)(3)
  Total ($)(1)(2)

Jan Carlson

  195,000  195,000  390,000

Hasse Johansson

  120,000  120,000  240,000

Leif Johansson

  140,000  120,000  260,000

David Kepler

  140,000  120,000  260,000

Franz-Josef Kortüm

  120,000  120,000  240,000

Min Liu

  70,000  120,000  190,000

Xiaozhi Liu

  120,000  120,000  240,000

James M. Ringler

  180,000  120,000  300,000

Ted Senko

  150,000  120,000  270,000

(1)

The cash portion of director compensation is set in USD and converted to each director’s local currency, as applicable, at the then-current exchange rate on the quarterly date of payment. Reflects compensation earned for the calendar year.

(2)

Reflects the grant date fair value calculated in accordance with FASB Topic 718 of 861 restricted stock units granted on May 7, 2019, which restricted stock units will vest in one installment on the earlier of the date of the next annual meeting of stockholders or May 7, 2020, subject to thenon-employee director’s continued service on the vesting date, subject to certain exceptions.

(3)

As of December 31, 2019, each of ournon-employee independent directors held 1,633 unvested RSUs, including dividend equivalent rights (reflects whole numbers only).

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Corporate Governance Guidelines and Codes of Conduct and Ethics

The Board has adopted:

Corporate Governance Guidelines to guide the Board in the exercise of its responsibilities.

Standards of Business Conduct and Ethics that apply to all employees of the Company and to members of the Board (the “Code”).

The Company has also adopted a written policy regarding related person transactions (the “Related Person Transactions Policy”), which is part of the Code. The Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines, the Codes the Related Person Transactions Policy, and any amendments or waivers related thereto, are posted on the Company’s website at www.autoliv.com – About Us – Governance – Ethics and Policies, and can also be obtained from the Company in print by request using the contact information below.

Policy on Attending the Annual Meeting

Under the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines, the Company’s policy is for all directors to attend the Annual Meeting. All current directors participated in the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders.

Related Person Transactions

As a general matter, the Company prefers to avoid related person transactions (as defined below). The Company recognizes, however, that certain related person transactions may not be inconsistent with the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. The Company’s policy is that all related person transactions must be reviewed and approved or ratified by the Audit Committee or, in certain circumstances, the Audit Committee Chair. As provided in the Related Person Transactions Policy, a “Related Person Transaction” is a transaction, arrangement or relationship (or any series of similar transactions, arrangements or relationships) in which the Company (including any of its subsidiaries) was, is or will be a participant and in which any “Related Person” (as defined in the Related Person Transactions Policy) had, has or will have a direct or indirect interest. In determining whether to approve a related person transaction, the Audit Committee considers all of the known relevant facts and circumstances, including the benefit of the transaction to the Company, the terms of the agreement with the Related Person, the possible impact on a director’s independence, the availability of other sources for goods or services comparable to those provided by the Related Person, and any other information regarding the transaction or the Related Person that may be material.

Transactions with Veoneer relating to theSpin-Off

On June 29, 2018, Autoliv completed thespin-off of its former Electronics business, Veoneer, Inc. (“Veoneer”) to the Company’s stockholders, resulting in Autoliv and Veoneer being two independent, publicly-traded companies. As discussed above, Mr. Carlson, who was the CEO of Autoliv prior to thespin-off, is now anon-employee director and the Chairman of the Board of the Company and is also the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Veoneer. Since Mr. Carlson is a related person of the Company, certain transactions between the Company and Veoneer are considered related person transactions that were approved by the Audit Committee and require disclosure pursuant to Section 404(a) of RegulationS-K.

Relating to thespin-off and the internal reorganization of Autoliv that was completed in advance of thespin-off to transfer the Electronics business to Veoneer, the Company entered into several agreements with Veoneer that were approved or ratified by the Audit Committee. When reviewing these transactions, in addition to considering Mr. Carlson’s positions with Autoliv and Veoneer, the Audit Committee also considered (i) the amounts involved, to the extent quantifiable, (ii) the benefits to Autoliv of the transactions (iii) the lack of availability of other sources of comparable products or services, and (iv) that, due to the nature of thespin-off, the transactions are not comparable to the terms available to unaffiliated entities or persons.

Distribution Agreement: Relating to the internal reorganization, Autoliv and Veoneer entered into a Master Transfer Agreement, which was amended and restated effective as of thespin-off (the “Distribution Agreement”). The Distribution Agreement governs certain transfers of assets and assumptions of liabilities by each of Veoneer and Autoliv and the settlement or extinguishment of certain liabilities and other obligations among the companies.

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Substantially all of the assets and liabilities associated with the separated Electronics business were retained by or transferred to Veoneer or its subsidiaries and all other assets and liabilities were retained by or transferred to Autoliv or its subsidiaries. The Distribution Agreement also provided the principal corporate transactions required to effect thespin-off, certain conditions to thespin-off and provisions governing the relationship between us and Autoliv with respect to and resulting from the completion of thespin-off. The Distribution Agreement also provides for indemnification obligations designed to make the Company financially responsible for substantially all liabilities that may exist relating to its business activities, whether incurred prior to or after the completion of the internal reorganization, as well as those obligations of Autoliv assumed by us pursuant to the Master Transfer Agreement; provided, however, certain warranty, recall and product liabilities for Electronics products manufactured prior to the completion of the internal reorganization were retained by Autoliv and Autoliv will indemnify Veoneer for any losses associated with such warranty, recall, or product liabilities. At December 31, 2019, Autoliv’s indemnification liabilities under the Distribution Agreement are approximately $8 million.

Employee Matters Agreement: The Employee Matters Agreement governs Autoliv’s and Veoneer’s compensation and employee benefit obligations with respect to the current and former employees andnon-employee directors of each company. Autoliv will be responsible for liabilities associated with Autoliv allocated employees and liabilities associated with former employees and Veoneer will be responsible for liabilities associated with Veoneer allocated employees, but Autoliv will retain and continue to be responsible for certain post-retirement liabilities relating to plans sponsored by Autoliv. The Employee Matters Agreement provided for the conversion of the outstanding awards granted under the Autoliv equity compensation programs into adjusted awards relating to both shares of Autoliv and Veoneer common stock.

Tax Matters Agreement: The Tax Matters Agreement governs the respective rights, responsibilities and obligations of Autoliv and Veoneer with respect to tax liabilities and benefits, tax attributes, tax contests and other tax sharing regarding U.S. federal, state, local and foreign income taxes, other tax matters and related tax returns. The agreement also specifies the portion, if any, of this tax liability for which Veoneer will bear responsibility and provides for certain indemnification provisions with respect to amounts for which they are not responsible. In addition, under the agreement, each party is expected to be responsible for any taxes imposed on Autoliv that arise from the failure of the Spin-offs and certain related transactions to qualify as atax-free transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Transition Agreements. Autoliv and Veoneer entered into multiple agreements to provide each other with certain ongoing services for a limited amount of time following the completion of thespin-off. The Amended and Restated Transition Services Agreement provides that certain finance, information technology, human resources, facilities and other services will be provided between Autoliv and Veoneer for a limited time to help ensure an orderly transition following thespin-off. Each party will pay the other for any such services utilized at agreed amounts as set forth in the agreement. The services will terminate no later than April 1, 2020. Autoliv and Veoneer also entered into several Reseller Agreements to facilitate Veoneer’s ongoing use of critical assets such as leased facilities and intellectual property and transition the supply of products to customers who require involved processes to change suppliers. In 2019, Autoliv paid Veoneer an aggregate of $1.0 million for services provided under the Amended and Restated Transition Services Agreement and Veoneer paid Autoliv an aggregate of $6.0 million for services provided under the Amended and Restated Transition Services Agreements and the reseller agreements. Autoliv and Veoneer also entered into software sublicenses, a transitional trademark license and multiple lease guarantees to facilitate the transition following the completion of thespin-off.

Supply/Service Agreements. We entered into certain direct purchase and applications engineering agreements with Veoneer after thespin-off. In 2019, Autoliv paid Veoneer an aggregate of approximately $0.1 million for engineering services and $73.4 million for products (not including products sold through reseller agreements referenced above), and Veoneer paid Autoliv an aggregate of approximately $2.2 million for engineering services, under these commercial agreements.

Sublease Agreement: A subsidiary of Veoneer has subleased office space from a Company subsidiary under an agreement approved by the Company’s Audit Committee. The estimated value of this sublease to the Company is approximately $318,000 over the duration of the term based on current exchange rates between the US Dollar and the Swedish krona.

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Agreements with Stockholders

Cooperation Agreement with Cevian

On March 1, 2019, the Company entered into a Cooperation Agreement (the “Cooperation Agreement”) with Cevian Capital II GP Limited (“Cevian”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to nominate Ms. Liu for election to the Board at the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders. The Company agreed to nominate Ms. Liu or a replacement designee of Cevian at future annual meetings of Autoliv to elect directors, subject to the terms and conditions of the Cooperation Agreement.

The nomination of Ms. Liu for election at the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders and her inclusion on future slates of directors during the Standstill Period (defined below) is conditioned upon Cevian owning at least 8% of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company. Ms. Liu will offer her resignation from the Board if Cevian no longer owns at least 8% of the then-outstanding shares of common stock of Autoliv.

Under the terms of the Cooperation Agreement, Cevian agreed to certain standstill restrictions including restrictions on Cevian (i) acquiring more than 19.9% of the common stock of Company, (ii) soliciting or granting proxies to vote shares of the Company’s common stock, (iii) initiating stockholder proposals for consideration by the Company’s stockholders, (iv) nominating directors for election to the Board, (v) making public announcements or communications regarding a plan or proposal to the Board, including its management plans, and (vi) submitting proposals for or offers of certain extraordinary transactions involving the Company, in each case, subject to certain qualifications or exceptions.

The foregoing standstill restrictions began upon Ms. Liu’s election to the Board and terminate automatically upon the earliest of (i) 30 days following the time Ms. Liu (or her replacement, as applicable) no longer serves on the Company’s Board, (ii) the fifth business day after Cevian delivers written notice the Company of a material breach of the Cooperation Agreement by the Company if such breach is not cured within the notice period, (iii) the announcement by the Company of a definitive agreement with respect to certain transactions that would result in the acquisition by any person or group of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock, or (iv) the commencement of certain tender or exchange offers which if consummated would result in the acquisition by any person or group of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Standstill Period”). The Cooperation Agreement will terminate upon the expiration of the Standstill Period or any other date established by mutual written agreement of the parties.

The Cooperation Agreement contains mutualnon-disparagement provisions and requires Cevian to keep confidential anynon-public information it receives by reason of Ms. Liu’s role as a director and to abstain from trading in securities in violation of applicable law while in possession of confidential or materialnon-public information. The Cooperation Agreement is governed by Delaware law. The parties agree that any legal action related to the Cooperation Agreement will be brought in the federal or state courts located in Wilmington, Delaware.

Communicating with the Board

Any stockholder or other interested party who desires to communicate with the Board, the lead independent director, or the independent directors regarding the Company can do so by writing to such person(s) at the following address:

Board/Independent Directors c/o Executive Vice President Legal, Affairs; General Counsel; and Secretary

Autoliv, Inc., Box 70381

SE-107 24 Stockholm, Sweden

Fax: +46 8 587 20633

E-mail: legalaffairs@autoliv.com

Communications with the Board or the independent directors may be sent anonymously and are not screened. Such communications will be distributed to the specific director(s) requested by the stockholder or interested party, to the Board or to sessions of independent directors as a group.

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Committees of the Board

There are four standing committees of the Board: the (i) Audit Committee, (ii) Leadership Development and Compensation Committee, (iii) Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and (iv) Risk and Compliance Committee. The Board has determined that all members of the Board committees qualify as independent directors under the applicable rules of the NYSE, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC. While no formal policy exists regarding the attendance of the CEO and the Chairman at committee meetings, the practice of the Board is that the CEO and the Chairman are routinely invited to attend committee meetings and excuse them when matters relating to them are discussed or when the committees go into executive session. The Lead Independent Director is also invited to attend all committee meetings. The following table shows the composition of the committees of the Board:

January 1, 2019 – May 6, 2019    May 7, 2019 – Present

Audit Committee

Ted Senko (Chair)    

Hasse Johansson    

David E. Kepler    

Ted Senko (Chair)

Hasse Johansson

David E. Kepler

Min Liu

Leadership Development and Compensation Committee

James M. Ringler (Chair)    

Leif Johansson    

Xiaozhi Liu    

James M. Ringler (Chair)

Leif Johansson

Min Liu

Xiaozhi Liu

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Leif Johansson (Chair)    

Franz-Josef Kortüm    

Xiaozhi Liu    

James M. Ringler    

Leif Johansson (Chair)

Franz-Josef Kortüm

Xiaozhi Liu

James M. Ringler

Risk and Compliance Committee

David E. Kepler (Chair)    

Hasse Johansson    

Ted Senko    

David E. Kepler (Chair)

Hasse Johansson

Ted Senko

The Audit Committee appoints, subject to stockholder ratification, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm and is responsible for the compensation, retention and oversight of the work of the independent registered public accounting firm and for any special assignments given to such auditors. The Audit Committee reviews the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm and considers whether there should be a regular rotation of the independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee also evaluates the selection of the lead audit partner, including their qualifications and performance. The Audit Committee also (i) reviews the annual audit and its scope, including the independent registered public accounting firm ’ letter of comments and management’s responses thereto; (ii) reviews the performance of the independent registered public accounting firm , including the lead audit partner; (iii) approves anynon-audit services provided to the Company by its independent registered public accounting firm; (iv) reviews possible violations of the Company’s business ethics and conflicts of interest policies; (v) reviews any major accounting changes made or contemplated; (vi) reviews the effectiveness and efficiency of the Company’s internal audit staff; and (vii) monitors financial risk and discusses risk oversight and management as part of its obligations under the NYSE’s listing standards. The Audit Committee also oversees cybersecurity, receiving regular cybersecurity updates from Autoliv’s management team. In addition, the Audit Committee confirms that no restrictions have been imposed by Company personnel on the scope of the independent registered public accounting firm’s examinations. The Audit Committee is also responsible for the review and approval of related person transactions. Members of this committee are Messrs. Senko (Chair), H. Johansson, Kepler, and Ms. M. Liu. The Audit Committee met eight times in 2019.

The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee advises the Board with respect to the compensation to be paid to the directors and executive officers of the Company and is responsible for approving the terms of contracts for the senior executives of the Company. The committee also administers the Company’s cash and stock incentive plans and reviews and discusses with management the Company’s Compensation Discussion and Analysis (“CD&A”) included in this Proxy Statement. The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee assists the Board in developing principles and policies related to management succession and the recruiting, motivation, education, diversity, retention, and ongoing development of senior management. Members of this committee are Mr. Ringler (Chair), Mr. L. Johansson, Ms. M. Liu, and Dr. X. Liu. The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee met five times in 2019.

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The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee identifies and recommends individuals qualified to serve as members of the Board and assists the Board by reviewing the composition of the Board and its committees, monitoring a process to assess Board effectiveness, and developing and implementing the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines. The committee also reviews sustainability and corporate responsibility activities for the Company. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider stockholder nominees for election to the Board if timely advance written notice of such nominees is received by the Secretary of the Company at its principal executive offices in accordance with theBy-Laws, a copy of which may be obtained by written request to the Company’s Secretary or on the Company’s website at www.autoliv.com – About Us – Governance – Certificate and Bylaws. Members of this committee are Messrs. L. Johansson (Chair), Kortüm, and Ringler and Dr. X. Liu. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee met four times in 2019.

The Risk and Compliance Committee was formed as a special committee of the Board in June 2011, and was made a standing committee in December 2018, to assist the Board in overseeing the Company’s compliance program with respect to (i) compliance with the laws and regulations applicable to the Company’s business and (ii) compliance with the Company’s Standards of Business Conduct and Ethics and related policies by employees, officers, directors and other agents and associates of the Company that are designed to support lawful and ethical business conduct by the Company and its employees and promote a culture of compliance. The Risk and Compliance committee reviews with and receives reports from management on the Company’s risk framework. The Risk and Compliance Committee also oversees risks relevant to our information technology environment and the investigation of any alleged noncompliance with law or the Company’s compliance programs policies or procedures that is reported to the Risk and Compliance Committee (except any relating to financial compliance, which are overseen by the Audit Committee). Members of this committee are Messrs. Kepler (Chair), H. Johansson, and Senko. The Risk and Compliance Committee works closely with the other committees of the Board and has three members that also serve on the Audit Committee, one of which serves as the Chair. The Risk and Compliance Committee met four times in 2019.

Audit Committee Report

The Audit Committee of the Board is responsible for providing independent, objective oversight of the Company’s accounting functions and internal controls.

The Audit Committee acts pursuant to a written charter. The committee’s current charter is posted on the Company’s website at www.autoliv.com – About Us – Governance – Board of Directors – Committees and can also be obtained free of charge in print by request from the Company using the contact information below. Each member of the Audit Committee is “independent” as defined in, and is qualified to serve on the committee pursuant to, the rules of the NYSE, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC. Each member is financially literate and possesses accounting or related financial management expertise, and Mr. Senko has been determined by the Board to qualify as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined by the SEC. Pursuant to the charter of the Audit Committee, no member of the Audit Committee may serve on the audit committee of more than two other public companies unless the Board determines that such simultaneous service would not impair the ability of such Audit Committee member to effectively serve on the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee reviews the Company’s financial reporting process on behalf of the Board. In fulfilling its responsibilities, the Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements contained in the Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 with the Company’s management and independent registered public accounting firm. The Company’s management is responsible for the financial statements and the reporting process, including the system of internal controls. The independent registered public accounting firm is responsible for expressing an opinion on the conformity of those audited financial statements with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S.

The Audit Committee discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the matters required to be discussed under the applicable auditing standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”). In addition, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm provided to the Audit Committee the written disclosures required by the PCAOB’s applicable requirements regarding the independent registered public accounting firm’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence. The Audit Committee has discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the independent registered public

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accounting firm’s independence. The Audit Committee reviews and oversees the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm and has concluded that the independent registered public accounting firm’s provision ofnon-audit services to the Company is compatible with the independent registered public accounting firm’s independence. In reliance on the reviews and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board (and the Board approved) that the audited financial statements be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, for filing with the SEC.

The Audit Committee can be contacted regarding accounting, internal accounting controls, or auditing matters as follows:

The Audit Committee

c/o Executive Vice President, Legal Affairs; General Counsel; and Secretary

Autoliv, Inc., Box 70381

SE-107 24 Stockholm, Sweden

Fax: +46 8 587 20 633

E-mail: legalaffairs@autoliv.com

Communications with the committee are not screened and can be made anonymously. The Chair of the committee will receive all such communications after it has been determined that the contents represent a message to the committee.

Ted Senko, Chair

Hasse Johansson

David E. Kepler

Min Liu

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Report

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board is responsible for identifying and recommending to the Board individuals who are qualified to serve as directors and contribute as Board committee members. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee further advises the Board on composition and procedures of committees and is responsible for maintaining the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines and overseeing the evaluation of the Board and its committees and members of the Company’s management.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee acts pursuant to a written charter. A copy of the committee’s charter is available on the Company’s website at www.autoliv.com – About Us – Governance – Board of Directors – Committees and can also be obtained free of charge in print by request from the Company using the contact information below. Each of the members of the committee is “independent” as defined in, and is qualified to serve on the committee pursuant to, the applicable rules of the NYSE, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considered and recommended that Mr. Mikael Bratt, Mr. Jan Carlson, Mr. Hasse Johansson, Mr. Leif Johansson, Mr. David E. Kepler, Mr. Franz-Josef Kortüm, Ms. Min Liu, Dr. Xiaozhi Liu, Mr. James M. Ringler, and Mr. Ted Senko be nominated for election by the stockholders at the Annual Meeting. Dr. Liu, Ms. Liu and Messrs. H. Johansson, L. Johansson, Kepler, Kortüm, Ringler, and Senko are each “independent” as defined in the applicable rules of the NYSE, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider a director candidate nominated by a stockholder provided such nomination is submitted to the committee within the period set forth in Article II, Section 6 of theBy-Laws. In considering candidates submitted by stockholders, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will take into consideration the needs of the Board and the candidate’s qualifications.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee seeks a Board of Directors of individuals with a diverse range of experiences, views, and backgrounds. When considering possible candidates for election as a director, the committee evaluates whether a candidate has (i) attained a position of leadership in the candidate’s

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area of expertise, (ii) business and financial experience relevant to the Company, (iii) demonstrated sound business judgment, (iv) expertise relevant to the Company’s lines of business, (v) independence from management, (vi) the ability to serve on standing committees, and (vii) the ability to serve the interests of all stockholders. The committee also considers attributes such as diversity of race, ethnicity, gender, age, and cultural background when selecting director nominees and seeks director nominees that reflect the global operations of the Company. The current Board nominees consist of citizens or residents of multiple countries, including the U.S., Sweden, Switzerland, China, and Germany, and directors with a diverse range of backgrounds, perspectives, and management, operating, finance, and engineering skills and experiences. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee continues to look for opportunities to further progress its diversity initiatives.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee periodically engages firms that specialize in identifying director candidates. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee also, from time to time, identifies potential director nominees by asking current directors and executive officers to notify the committee if they become aware of persons meeting the criteria described above. As described above, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will also consider candidates recommended by stockholders. Once a person has been identified by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee as a potential candidate, the committee collects and reviews publicly available information regarding the person to determine whether further consideration should be given to the person’s candidacy. If the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee determines that the candidate warrants further consideration, the Chair of the committee or another member of the committee will contact such person. Generally, if the person expresses a willingness to be considered to serve on the Board, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will request information from the candidate, review the candidate’s accomplishments and qualifications in light of the qualifications of any individuals the committee might be considering, and conduct one or more interviews with the candidate. In certain instances, committee members may contact one or more references provided by the candidate or may contact other members of the business community or other persons that may have first-hand knowledge of the candidate’s accomplishments. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s evaluation process does not vary when a candidate is recommended by a stockholder. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee can be contacted as follows:

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

c/o Executive Vice President, Legal Affairs; General Counsel; and Secretary

Autoliv, Inc., Box 70381

SE-107 24 Stockholm, Sweden

Fax: +46 8 587 20 633

E-mail: legalaffairs@autoliv.com

Communications with the committee are not screened and can be made anonymously. The Chair of the committee receives all such communications after it has been determined that the content represents a message to the committee.

Leif Johansson, Chair

Franz-Josef Kortüm

Xiaozhi Liu

James M. Ringler

Leadership Development and Compensation Committee Duties, Procedures and Policies

The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee acts pursuant to a written charter. The charter is posted on the Company’s website at www.autoliv.com – About Us – Governance – Board of Directors – Committees, and can also be obtained free of charge in print by request from the Company using the contact information below. Each member of the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee has been determined by the Board to be “independent” as defined in, and is qualified to serve on the committee pursuant to, the rules of the NYSE, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC.

The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee is responsible for (i) reviewing annually the Company’s executive compensation plans in light of the Company’s goals and objectives of such plans; (ii) evaluating annually the performance of the Chief Executive Officer in light of the goals and objectives of the

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Company’s executive compensation plans and, together with the other independent directors, determining, and approving the Chief Executive Officer’s compensation level based on this evaluation; (iii) evaluating annually the performance of the other executive officers of the Company in light of the goals and objectives of the Company’s executive compensation plans, and setting the compensation of such other executive officers based on this evaluation; (iv) evaluating annually the appropriate level of compensation for Board and committee service bynon-employee directors; (v) reviewing and approving any severance or termination arrangements to be made with any executive officer of the Company; (vi) reviewing perquisites or other personal benefits to the Company’s executive officers and directors and recommending any changes to the Board; (vii) developing the Company’s plans for management succession and recruiting, retaining, and developing management; (viii) reviewing and discussing with management the CD&A, beginning on page 25 of this Proxy Statement, and based on that review and discussion, recommending to the Board that the CD&A be included in the Company’s annual proxy statement or annual report on Form10-K; (ix) preparing the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee Report for inclusion in the annual proxy statement or annual report on Form10-K; (x) reviewing the description of the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee’s process and procedures for the consideration and determination of executive officer and director compensation to be included in the Company’s annual proxy statement or annual report on Form10-K; (xi) reviewing the results of the most recent stockholder advisory vote on executive compensation and recommending to the Board the frequency of such vote; and (xii) performing such duties and responsibilities as may be assigned by the Board under the terms of the Company’s general compensation plans and other employee benefit plans, including oversight of pay equality on behalf of the Board.

The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee from time to time uses independent compensation consultants to provide advice and ongoing recommendations regarding executive compensation. In 2018, the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee engaged Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. (“FW Cook”) as its independent advisor. FW Cook reported directly to the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee with respect to executive compensation matters. In 2019, the Company also engaged Willis Towers Watson (“Towers Watson”) as a compensation consultant. For additional information regarding the role of each of these compensation consultants and the scope of their engagement, see page 32 of this Proxy Statement.

The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee considered the independence of Towers Watson and FW Cook under the SEC rules and NYSE listing standards. The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee also received a letter from each of Towers Watson and FW Cook addressing their independence. The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee considered the following factors in determining the independence of the compensation consultants: (i) other services provided to the Company by each of Towers Watson and FW Cook; (ii) fees paid by the Company as a percentage of each consultant’s total revenue; (iii) policies or procedures maintained by Towers Watson and FW Cook that are designed to prevent a conflict of interest; (iv) any business or personal relationships between the individual consultants involved in the engagement and any member of the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee; (v) any Company stock owned by the individual consultants involved in the engagement; and (vi) any business or personal relationships between the Company’s executive officers and Towers Watson or FW Cook or the individual consultants involved in the engagement. The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee discussed these independence factors and concluded that the work of Towers Watson and FW Cook did not raise any conflicts of interest.

The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee may form subcommittees for any purpose it deems appropriate and may delegate to any subcommittee such power and authority as it deems appropriate provided that no subcommittee shall consist of fewer than two members and that the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee shall not delegate any power or authority required by any law, regulation or listing standard to be exercised by the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee as a whole. Under the Company’s 1997 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the “1997 Plan”), the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee may, to the extent that any such action will not prevent the 1997 Plan from complying with applicable rules and regulations, delegate any of its authority thereunder to such persons as it deems appropriate. In addition, the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee has delegated to the CEO the authority to determine certain grants under the Company’s long-term incentive plan, subject to established grant limits. The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee reviews the compensation levels set by the CEO under the long-term incentive program.

 

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The Company’s Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Sustainability generally acts as Secretary of the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee.

The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee can be contacted as follows:

The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee

c/o Executive Vice President, Legal Affairs; General Counsel; and Secretary

Autoliv, Inc., Box 70381

SE-107 24 Stockholm, Sweden

Fax: +46 8 587 20 633

E-mail: legalaffairs@autoliv.com

Communications with the committee are not screened and can be made anonymously. The Chair of the committee receives all such communications after it has been determined that the content represents a message to the committee.

Leadership Development and Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee is comprised exclusively of directors who have never been employed by the Company and who are “independent” as defined in the applicable rules of the NYSE, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC. No executive officer of the Company served as a member of the compensation committee of another entity, one of whose executive officers served on the Company’s Leadership Development and Compensation Committee. No executive officer of the Company served as a director of another entity, one of whose executive officers either served on the compensation committee of such entity or served as a director of the Company (i.e. no interlocks exist).

Leadership Development and Compensation Committee Report1

The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed with management the Company’s Compensation Discussion and Analysis and, based on such review and discussions, has recommended to the Board that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this Proxy Statement and incorporated by reference into the Company’s 2019 Annual Report on Form10-K.

James M. Ringler, Chair

Leif Johansson

Min Liu

Xiaozhi Liu

The Swedish Corporate Governance Code

Swedish companies with shares admitted to trading on a regulated market in Sweden, including the Nasdaq Stockholm, are subject to the Swedish Corporate Governance Code (the “Swedish Code”). This is a codification of best practices for Swedish listed companies based on Swedish practices and circumstances. The Swedish Code follows a “comply or disclose” approach; its recommendations are not binding on companies but if its recommendations are not complied with, the deviation must be explained. Anon-Swedish company listed in Sweden can elect to either apply the Swedish Code or the corresponding local rules and codes where the company’s shares have their primary listing or where the company is headquartered. As a Delaware corporation with its primary listing on the NYSE, the Company has elected to apply U.S. corporate governance rules and standards. This section and other parts of this Proxy Statement provide detailed information on various subjects covered by the Swedish Code.

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The material in this report is not soliciting material, is not deemed filed with the SEC and is not incorporated by reference in any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, whether made on, before, or after the date of this Proxy Statement and irrespective of any general incorporation language in such filing.

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In addition to, and consistent with, these statutory laws and regulations, Autoliv is governed by its own charter documents and internal standards and policies through its Restated Certificate of Incorporation, Third RestatedBy-Laws, Corporate Governance Guidelines, and Standards of Business Conduct and Ethics. These charter documents and internal standards and policies guide and assist the Board in the exercise of its responsibilities and reflect the Board’s commitment to fostering a culture of integrity and monitoring the effectiveness of policy and decision-making, both at the Board and management level. The Board views corporate governance as an integral part of the basic operations of the Company and a necessary element for long-term, sustainable growth in stockholder value.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Proxy Statement contains statements that are not historical facts but rather forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include those that address activities, events, or developments that the Company or its management believes or anticipates may occur in the future. All forward-looking statements are based upon our current expectations, various assumptions and/or data available from third parties. Our expectations and assumptions are expressed in good faith and we believe there is a reasonable basis for them. However, there can be no assurance that such forward-looking statements will materialize or prove to be correct as forward-looking statements are inherently subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual future results, performance or achievements to differ materially from the future results, performance or achievements expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements.

In some cases, you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as “estimates,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “projects,” “plans,” “intends,” “believes,” “may,” “likely,” “might,” “would,” “should,” “could,” or the negative of these terms and other comparable terminology, although not all forward-looking statements contain such words.

Because these forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, the outcome could differ materially from those set out in the forward-looking statements for a variety of reasons, including without limitation: changes in light vehicle production; fluctuation in vehicle production schedules for which the Company is a supplier; changes in general industry and market conditions or regional growth or decline; changes in and the successful execution of our capacity alignment, restructuring and cost reduction initiatives and the market reaction thereto; loss of business from increased competition; higher raw material, fuel and energy costs; changes in consumer and customer preferences for end products; customer losses; changes in regulatory conditions; customer bankruptcies; consolidations or restructuring or divestiture of customer brands; unfavorable fluctuations in currencies or interest rates among the various jurisdictions in which we operate; component shortages; market acceptance of our new products; costs or difficulties related to the integration of any new or acquired businesses and technologies; continued uncertainty in pricing negotiations with customers; successful integration of acquisitions and operations of joint ventures; successful implementation of strategic partnerships and collaborations; our ability to be awarded new business; product liability, warranty and recall claims and investigations and other litigation and customer reactions thereto; higher expenses for our pension and other postretirement benefits including higher funding needs for our pension plans; work stoppages or other labor issues; possible adverse results of pending or future litigation or infringement claims; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights; negative impacts of antitrust investigations or other governmental investigations and associated litigation relating to the conduct of our business; tax assessments by governmental authorities and changes in our effective tax rate; dependence on key personnel; legislative or regulatory changes impacting or limiting our business; political conditions; dependence on and relationships with customers and suppliers; and other risks and uncertainties identified in Item 1A “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 and in the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section of our Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.

For any forward-looking statements contained in this or any other document, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and we assume no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements in light of new information or future events, except as required by law.

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INFORMATION ABOUT OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Set forth below is information regarding the current executive officers of the Company who are not also directors (information about Mr. Mikael Bratt, President and Chief Executive Officer, can be found on page 4 of this Proxy Statement):

Svante Mogefors, age 62,65, Group Vice President Quality sincefrom April 2005 after having been Director Corporate Qualityto June 2018 then Executive Vice President, Quality. Mr. Mogefors additionally served as the acting Vice President, Operations following the departure of Autoliv AB since 2003.Mr. Carpenter in September 2018 until August 2019. In March 2009, Mr. Mogefors took the additional role of Vice President Manufacturing. Mr. Mogefors initially joined Autoliv in 1985 and has experience in several roles within the Company, including in the areas of product development, process implementations, and quality control. Between 1990 and 1996, Mr. Mogefors was for a period President of Lesjöfors Herrljunga AB and for another period President of MoelvenE-Modul AB. Mr. Mogefors holds a Master of Science degree from the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Lars SjöbringAnthony Nellis, age 49, Group52, Executive Vice President, Legal Affairs, General Counsel, and Secretary since June 2018. From 2002 until his appointment to his current position, Mr. Nellis served in a number of positions in the Autoliv Legal Department with increasing responsibilities. Most recently, he served as Vice President Legal, Autoliv Passive Safety, a segment of Autoliv, between July 2014 until June 2018. He served as Vice President, Legal for Autoliv Asia from May 2010 until July 2014. Overlapping with that role, he served as the Interim Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary from January 2014 to December 2014. Prior to joining Autoliv, Mr. Nellis was a commercial litigator with Kitch Drutchas from 1996 to 2002. Mr. Nellis has a B.A. from Alma College and a J.D. from the University of Detroit.

Sherry Vasa, age 53, Executive Vice President Human Resources and Sustainability since June 2018. Ms. Vasa first joined the company in February 1992 and has held positions of increasing responsibilities. From September 2014 through June 2018, she served as Vice President Human Resources for Autoliv Passive Safety, a segment of Autoliv, Prior to that role. Ms. Vasa served as Vice President, Human Resources for Autoliv Asia, a division, from August 2011 through September 2014. Ms. Vasa has a B.A. from Chadron State College.

Jordi Lombarte, age 52, Chief Technology Officer since April 2018. Mr. Lombarte first joined Autoliv in 1992. During the course of a twenty-five year career with Autoliv, he has held numerous positions of increasing responsibility. Prior to his current role, Mr. Lombarte served as Vice President Engineering of Autoliv Passive Safety, a segment of Autoliv, between April 2017 and April 2018. Prior to that, he served as Vice President Engineering, Autoliv Americas, a division, from August 2013 to April 2017 after serving as Global Senior Director of Seatbelt Development between September 2008 and August 2013. Mr. Lombarte has a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Escola Tecnica Superior d’Enginyers Industrials de Terrasa.

Daniel Garceau, age 52, President, Autoliv Americas since April 2018, after being PAS President North America since September 2014 and PAS Vice President Airbags Americas since March 2011. Mr. Garceau started at Morton International in 1993 prior to the 1997 Autoliv merger and has held various positions of increasing responsibility in Engineering and Operations including Director of Quality European Airbags and Plant Manager. From 2008 to 2010, Mr. Garceau worked for the corporate office of Danaher Corporation as a corporate director of the Danaher Business System (DBS). Mr. Garceau holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Michigan and an MBA from Utah State University.

Brad Murray, age 60, President Autoliv Asia, a division, since April 2018. Mr. Murray began his career with Autoliv in 1987. His two most recent roles have been as President Autoliv Japan and ASEAN from September 2014 through April 2018 and President Autoliv Japan from January 2001 through September 2014. He has a BSc. in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University and an MBA from University of Phoenix.

Jennifer Cheng, age 54, President Autoliv China, a division, since April 2018. Ms. Cheng previously served as PAS President TCH since April 2015 and PAS Vice President China Technical Center since November 2015.2013. Before serving in those roles, she served as PAS Autoliv China Vice President for Seat Belts between 2010 and November 2013. She began her career with Autoliv as NHA General Manager in November 2006. Before joining Autoliv, Ms. Cheng served various roles of increasing responsibility with BorgWarner between 1998 and 2008. Ms. Cheng has a B.S. degree in Nuclear Power and Engineering from Shanghai Jiaotong University and an MBA from the joint program between Ningbo University and Canberra University.

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Frithjof Oldorff, age 53, President Autoliv Europe since September 2019. From July 2013 until September 2019, he previously served as President of Gentherm, Inc.’s Automotive Business Unit with assignments first in Odelzhausen, Germany then in Northville, Michigan, USA. Preceding that, he held various positions with Faurecia, an operations role with Freudenberg, and was COO of W.E.T. Automotive Systems. Mr. Sjöbring most recentlyOldorff has diploma in Industrial Engineering from the Technical University in Darmstadt, Germany.

Christian Hanke, age 51, Vice President, Corporate Control since November 2016. Mr. Hanke also serves as our Interim Chief Financial Officer since the departure of Mr. Mats Backman from the Company on February 28, 2019. From April 2013 until November 2016, Mr. Hanke served as Vice President, International Financial Controller and head of Accounting operations for Nasdaq based in Stockholm, Sweden. From December 2007 to March 2013, he served in various roles of increasing responsibility with American Express based in Stockholm, Sweden. Prior thereto Mr. Hanke began his career with Coopers & Lybrand. Mr. Hanke is a certified public accountant in the state of Massachusetts and has a BSc in Business Administration and Economics from Uppsala University, Sweden.

Christian Swahn, age 49, Executive Vice President, Global Supply Chain Management since August 2019. His previously served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Transocean Ltd., a leading international provider of offshore contract drilling services,Purchasing for Volvo Bus Corporation from April 2016 until August 2019. From October 2013 to March 2014 through November 2015. Prior to his time with Transocean, Mr. Sjöbring2016 he served as Autoliv’s Vice President Legal Affairs, General CounselPurchasing Director of Industrial Market and Secretary from September 2007 until February 2014. Mr. Sjöbring hasGlobal Categories of SKF AB. Pervious roles also held variousinclude positions with Telia AB, the predecessor to TeliaSonera AB; Skadden Arps, Slate, MeagherVolvo Penta and Flom LLP; and at Nokia Corporation.Finnveden. Mr. SjöbringSwahn holds Master of Law degrees from the University of Lund in Sweden and Amsterdam School of International Relations (ASIR) in the Netherlands; and a Master of Corporate Law degreeScience in Mechanical Engineering from Fordham Universitythe KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden and an Executive MBA from the School of Business, Economics and Law in New York.Gothenburg, Sweden.

Magnus Jarlegren, age 41, Executive Vice President, Operations since August 2019. From 2014 until August 2019, Mr. Sjöbring is admittedJarlegren was employed by Sandvik Coromant and various affiliates, first as Vice President of Production and then as Vice President of Supply. Prior to practice lawthat, Mr. Jarlegren began his work in the Stateconsulting first with three years with Solving EFESO and then ten years with McKinsey & Co. Mr. Jarlegren studied Mechanical Engineering from Chalmers University of New York.Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Fredrik Westin, age 47, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Finance since May 2, 2020. From 2015 through 2019, Mr. Westin served as Chief Financial Officer at Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology, The Netherlands. From 2014 to 2015, Mr. Westin served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance, Information Technology, Integration & Change Office for Johnson Controls’ Global Automotive Interiors business from 2014 to 2015, based in Japan. Prior to that, Mr. Westin held roles with Johnson Controls in Germany, China and Japan from 2006 to 2014. Mr. Westin began his career with Volkswagen in 1998 and served in various leadership roles with WestLB from 2002 through 2006. Mr. Westin holds an MBA from Insead, France, and an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from RWTH Aachen, Germany.

 

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of December 31, 20162019 for each person known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of our common stock, except where otherwise noted, and as of February 28, 2017March 13, 2020 for (i) each of our directors and nominees; (ii) our named executive officers (as defined on page 2225 of this Proxy Statement); and (iii) all of our directors, named executive officers and executive officers as a group.

 

   Common Stock
Beneficially Owned(1)(2)
 

Name of Beneficial Owner

  Number of
Shares
   Percent of
Total
 

5% Stockholders

    

Alecta pensionsförsäkring, ömsesidigt(3)

   8,362,500    9.5

Regeringsgatan 107,SE-103 73

    

Stockholm, Sweden

    

AMF Pensionsförsäkring AB(4)

   5,788,026    6.6

Klara Södra Kyrkogata 18

    

SE-113 88, Stockholm, Sweden

    

Swedbank Robur Fonder AB(5)

SE-105 34, Stockholm, Sweden

   5,361,043    6.1

Directors and Named Executive Officers

    

Robert W. Alspaugh

   3,800    * 

Mats Backman(6)

   0   

Mikael Bratt(7)

   0   

Jan Carlson

   116,909    * 

Aicha Evans

   584    * 

Steven Fredin

   14,599    * 

Leif Johansson

   12,000    * 

David Kepler

   584    * 

Franz-Josef Kortüm

   1,030    * 

Xiaozhi Liu

   2,569    * 

George A. Lorch

   3,066    * 

Frank Melzer(8)

   2,729   

Jonas Nilsson(9)

   -   

James M. Ringler

   3,727    * 

Kazuhiko Sakamoto

   2,527    * 

Lars Sjöbring

   383    * 

Mats Wallin(10)

   1,783    * 

Wolfgang Ziebart

   819    * 

All directors, named executive officers and executive officers as a group
(23 individuals)(11)

   217,133    * 
   Common Stock
Beneficially Owned(1)(2)
 

Name of Beneficial Owner

  Number of
Shares
   Percent of
Total
 

5% Stockholders

    

Cevian Capital II GP Limited(3)

   8,376,924    9.6 

11-15 Seaton Place

    

St. Helier, Jersey JE4 0QH, Channel Islands

    

Alecta pensionsförsäkring, ömsesidigt(4)

   5,676,200    6.5 

Regeringsgatan 107,SE-103 73

    

Stockholm, Sweden

    

AMF Pensionsförsäkring AB(5)

   5,280,275    6.1 

Klara Södra Kyrkogata 18

    

SE-113 88, Stockholm, Sweden

    

Directors

    

Jan Carlson

   82,083    * 

Hasse Johansson

   627    * 

Leif Johansson

   14,644    * 

David E. Kepler

   3,541    * 

Franz-Josef Kortüm

   3,751    * 

Min Liu

   0    * 

Xiaozhi Liu

   5,290    * 

James M. Ringler

   6,684    * 

Ted Senko

   690    * 

Currently Employed Named Executive Officers

    

Mikael Bratt

   4,097    * 

Jordi Lombarte

   1,957    * 

Daniel Garceau(7)

   820    * 

Brad Murray

   6,911    * 

Formerly Employed Named Executive Officers

    

Christian Hanke(8)

   478    * 

Mats Backman(9)

   1,621    * 

Michael Hague(10)

   299    * 

All directors, named executive officers and executive officers as a group
(23 individuals)(6)

   159,765    * 

* Less than 1%

 

(1)

Based on 88,323,76587,315,512 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding as of February 28, 2017.29, 2020 except as noted below. The figures in the table and notes thereto represent beneficial ownership and sole voting and investment power except where indicated.

 

(2)

Includes restricted stock units that vested on February 15, 2017 and February 19, 20172020 and shares which the following individuals have the right to acquire upon exercise of options exercisable within 60 days: Jan Carlson – 26,562 shares; Steven Fredin18,726 shares, Brad Murray9,362 shares; Frank Melzer – 2,138 shares.5,825.

 

(3)

The number of shares owned was provided by Cevian Capital II GP Limited (“Cevian”) pursuant to Amendment No. 5 to its Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on March 1, 2019, indicating beneficial ownership as of March 1, 2019. Cevian reported sole power to vote and dispose of all such shares.

(4)

The number of shares owned was provided by Alecta pensionsförsäkring, ömsesidigt pursuant to Amendment No. 7 to its Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on January 18, 2017,21, 2020, indicating beneficial ownership as of December 31, 2016.2019. Alecta pensionsförsäkring, ömsesidigt reported sole power to vote and dispose of all such shares.

 

(4)(5)

The number of shares owned was provided by AMF Pensionsförssärsäkring AB, pursuant to Amendment No. 47 to its Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 7, 2017,January 30, 2020, indicating beneficial ownership as of December 31, 2016.2019. AMF Pensionsförssärsäkring AB reported sole power to vote and dispose of 3,300,0003,450,000 shares and shared power to vote and dispose of 2,488,0261,830,275 shares.

(5)The number of shares owned was provided by Swedbank Robur Fonder AB pursuant to its Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on January 18, 2017, indicating beneficial ownership as of December 31, 2016. Swedbank Robur Fonder AB reported sole power to vote 4,664,016 shares and sole power to dispose of 5,361,043 shares.

 

(6)Mr. Backman commenced employment with the Company as our CFO and Group Vice President, Finance on May 1, 2016.

(7)Mr. Bratt commenced employment with the Company as our President, Passive Safety on May 1, 2016.

(8)Mr. Melzer is our former President, Electronics, and ceased serving in that role on October 1, 2016.

(9)Mr. Nilsson is our former President, Autoliv Europe, and ceased serving in that role on May 19, 2016.

(10)Mr. Wallin is our former CFO and Group Vice President, Finance, and ceased serving in that role on May 1, 2016.

(11)Includes 38,06235,030 shares issuable upon exercise of options exercisable within 60 days and restricted stock units that vested on February 15, 2017 and19, 2020.

(7)

Notified of intention to resigned employment effective no later August 10, 2020.

(8)

Resigned employment effective as of March 1, 2020.

(9)

Resigned employment effective as of February 19, 2017.28, 2019.

(10)

Employment ended as of April 12, 2019.

 

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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

Introduction

This Compensation Discussion and Analysis (CD&A) describes the material elements of compensation awarded to, earned by, or paid to each of the Company’s “named executive officers” during the last completed fiscal year, and discusses the principles and decisions underlying our executive compensation policies and the most important factors relevant to an analysis of these decisions and policies.

Our Named Executive Officers in 20162019

In accordance with the relevant rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, our “named executive officers” areinclude anyone who served as the CEO currentor CFO during 2019, and three other current executive officers who had the highest total compensation during 2016.2019. In addition, our named executive officers for 20162019 include onea former CFOexecutive who continued working activelyleft his role during parts of 2016 and two former executives who signed mutual separation agreements with the Company during 2016. 2019.

These individualsnamed executive officers for 2019 are as follows:

 

  

Jan CarlsonMikael Bratt (President and CEO),

 

  

Mats Backman(1) (CFOChristian Hanke (Interim CFO and Group Vice President, Finance),VP, Corporate Control)

 

  

Mats Wallin(2)Backman (Former CFO and GroupExecutive Vice President, Finance),Finance and CFO)

 

  

Mikael Bratt(1)Brad Murray (President, Passive Safety),Asia)

 

  

Steven FredinDaniel Garceau (President, Americas)(3)1 (CTO and Group Vice President, Business Development),

 

  

Lars Sjöbring (Group Vice President Legal Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary),Jordi Lombarte (Chief Technology Officer)

 

  

Frank Melzer(2)Michael Hague (Former President, Electronics), andEurope)

Jonas Nilsson(2)(Former President, Autoliv Europe).

(1)

Mr. Backman and Mr. Bratt commenced employment with the Company on May 1, 2016.

(2)

Mr. Wallin stepped down as the Company’s CFO and Group Vice President, Finance, effective as of May 1, 2016. Jonas Nilsson stepped down as the Company’s President, Autoliv Europe, effective as of May 19, 2016. Frank Melzer stepped down as the Company’s President Electronics, effective as of October 1, 2016.

(3)

Effective as of October 1, 2016, Mr. Fredin’s title changed from Group Vice President, Sales & Engineering, to CTO and Group Vice President, Business Development.

Executive Summary

The following providesis a brief overview of ourthe fiscal year 20162019 compensation program for our named executive officers:

 

  

Total compensation for our named executive officers in 2016 continued to consist2019 generally consists of base salary, annualnon-equity incentives, long-term equity incentives, and retirement/pension related benefits, and other benefits.

 

 

In deciding compensation levels during the compensation review at the beginning of 2016, one of the Compensation Committee’s objectives was for base salaries and total direct compensation to approximate the market median (+/- 25%) of the relevant market data linked to the country in which the named executive officer was located.

 

During 2016,2019, the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee (the “Compensation Committee”) approved a new long-term equity incentive (LTI) program to more closely reflect market practice and align pay delivery with our financial performance. The first grants under the new LTI program, pursuant to which performance shares (PSs) replaced stock options, were made in February 2016. For executive officers, fiftyseventy-five percent (50%(75%) of the grant value was granted in the formconsisted of PSsperformance shares (PSs) and fiftytwenty-five percent (50%(25%) of the grant value was granted in the formconsisted of restricted stock units (RSUs). PSs granted in 2019 were based on the Company’s Order Intake Ratio (35%) and EPS Growth in relation to Light Vehicle Production Growth (65%).

 

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The compensation of our named executive officers is significantly affected by our financial results. Our annualnon-equity incentive awards arefor 2019 were based on our operating income,Adjusted Operating Margin (50%) and our operating income in 2016 was approximately 16.5% higher than our operating income in 2015.Adjusted Cash Conversion (50%). As a result of achievement of the performance goals, each executive officer earned 75% of our named executive officers earned 155% ofthe target payout for annualnon-equity incentive awards in 2016, an increase from the prior year’s payout of 102%.payout.

 

  

Each year, as partStarting in 2019, to mitigate potential compensation-related risk, the Company implemented a double-trigger acceleration feature for unvested equity in the event of a qualifying termination following a change in control, instead of the Compensation Committee’s annual compensation review process reflecting market considerations plus considerations related to individual roles and experience, the Compensation Committee approves an “annual target grant value” for the LTI award for each named executive officer. In past years when we granted a combination of stock options and RSUs, the number of RSUs granted was determined by dividing half of the approved target grant value by the closing price for a share of our common stock on the NYSE on the grant date, which was similar to the accounting value for RSUs. However, in determining the number of stock options, the remaining half of the target grant value was divided byone-third of the closing price for a share on the grant date, which was our internally assumed value of an option, independent of the accounting value for the option. Accordingly, the reported accounting value of RSUs disclosed in the “Stock Awards” column of our Summary Compensation tables in our proxy statements for the corresponding years closely approximated the approved target grant value (50%), but the reported accounting value of stock options was lower than the approved target grant value (50%). For example, in our 2016 proxy statement (reporting 2015 compensation, the “2016 Proxy Statement”), the reported accounting value of the named executive officers’ RSUs was 46.7% of the approved target grant value, and the reported accounting value of the named executive officers’ stock options was 22.1% of the approved target grant value. In our 2016 Proxy Statement, the total reported accounting value of the named executive officers’ RSUs and stock options was 68.8% of the approved target grant value. For named executive officers reported in the Summary Compensation Table on page 39 of this Proxy Statement who also had stock options grants reported in last year’s proxy statement, the reported year-over-year accounting values appear higher than only the approved 3% increase due to changes in the grant valuation methodology, as further described below under “Key Components of Executive Compensation – Long-Term Incentives – Changes in Methodology.”previous single-trigger acceleration.

 

  

In connectionBased on the 2019 compensation risk assessment, the Compensation Committee concluded that our compensation programs do not create risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on Autoliv.

1

Mr. Garceau notified the Company of his intention to resign his employment no later than August 10, 2020.

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Management Transitions

Mr. Backman resigned from his employment effective February 28, 2019. The Company appointed Mr. Hanke as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer after the departure of Mr. Backman.

On April 12, 2019, Mr. Hague separated from employment with the Company. A description of Mr. Hague’s separation agreement with the Company is set forth below under “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control”.

On November 26, 2019, the Company announced the appointment of Fredrik Westin as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Finance, to be effective no later than March 1, 2020. Mr. Westin succeeds Mr. Hanke, who resigned from his commencement of employment with the Company Mr. Bratt received a cash signing bonus.effective March 2, 2020. A description of Mr. Bratt’sHanke’s employment arrangementconditions with the Company is set forth below under “Additional 20162019/2020 Compensation Decisions.”Decisions”.

 

  

Mr. Garceau notified the Company of his intention to resigned from his employment effective no later than August 10, 2020.

Compensation Philosophy

Our Compensation Philosophy for our executive management is set forth below.

DimensionDescription

Main Principles

The Company believes that to achieve its strategic and financial objectives, it is necessary to attract, motivate, and retain exceptional management talent. In connectionaddition, total compensation offered to our executive management should provide a shared responsibility for overall Company results which is aligned with the interests of the Company’s stockholders. Our compensation strategy is therefore based on principles of performance, competitiveness and fairness.

Compensation Objectives

To meet our compensation philosophy, the compensation programs we provide have the following objectives:

Objective A: Offer total compensation and benefits sufficient to attract, motivate, and retain the management talent necessary to ensure the Company’s continued success.

Objective B: Align the interests of the executives and the stockholders.

Objective C: Reward performance in a given year and over a sustained period using straightforward programs to communicate our performance expectations.

Objective D: Encourage company-wide cooperation among members of the executive, divisional, and functional management teams and throughout the Company.

Compensation Mix

The Company seeks a balanced distribution of fixed and variable incentive compensation elements over time by using several components of compensation. Total compensation for our named executive officers consists of base salary, annualnon-equity incentives, long-term equity incentives, retirement/pension, and other benefits. The Company believes that a balanced compensation structure focuses our executive officers on increasing long-term stockholder value while providing fewer incentives for undue risk in the short-term.

Component 1 Base Salary

Supporting Objective A

Purpose: Provides a set level of pay warranted by position and sustained individual performance. A competitive base salary is important to attract and retain an internal reorganization, effective asappropriate caliber of October 1, 2016, Mr. Fredin’s title changed from Group Vice President, Sales & Engineering, to CTO and Group Vice President, Business Development. His change in title did not have any impact on Mr. Fredin’s 2016 compensation.talent for the position.

 

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Dimension Description

Component 2 Short-Term Incentive

 

In 2016,Supporting Objectives A, B, C, & D

Purpose: Recognizes short-term performance against established annual financial performance goals and creates focus and engagement in delivering results.

Annualnon-equity incentive awards are always capped and directly tied to the Company enteredCompany’s and/or divisional performance.

Component 3 Stock Incentive

Supporting Objectives A, B, C & D

Purpose: Provides our executive officers with incentives to build longer-term value for our stockholders while promoting retention of critical executives.

Component 4 Pension / Retirement and Other Benefits

Supporting Objective A

Purpose: Provides additional value for our executives by competitive and market- aligned benefits.

All newly hired or promoted senior executives participate in defined contribution plans rather than defined benefit plans (except certain senior executives that participate in location-specific defined benefits plans).

Market and Market Position

The Compensation Committee’s objective is to consider and, where appropriate, approximate the market median for base salaries as well as total direct compensation of the relevant market data primarily linked to the country in which the named executive officer is located. The Committee also may take a relevant international peer group comparison into mutual separation agreements with its former President, Autoliv Europe, Jonas Nilsson,account as a secondary input to compensation setting process.

How to Use Market Data

We consider the competitive environment of our significant operations and former President, Electronics, Frank Melzer.market locations to provide a compensation package that optimizes value to the participant and cost to the Company. The descriptions of both Mr. Nilsson’sCompensation Committee and Mr. Melzer’s separation agreements may be found below under “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control.”

Compensation Philosophy

The Company believes that to achieve its strategic and financial objectives, it is necessary to attract, motivate and retain exceptional management talent. In addition, total compensation offered to our executive management should ideally be based on local markets yet provide a shared responsibility for overall Company results which is aligned with the interests of the Company’s stockholders. Our compensation strategy is therefore based on principles of performance, competitiveness and fairness. In furtherance of these objectives, the Company sought a balanced distribution of fixed and variable incentive compensation elements over time by using several components of compensation. The Company believes that such a balanced compensation structure focuses our executive officers on increasing long-term stockholder value while providing fewer incentives for undue risk in the short-term.

We also consider the competitive environment where our significant operations and markets are located in order to provide a compensation package that optimizes value to the participant and cost to the Company. The Compensation Committee and management believe that it is their responsibility to use discretion and make

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management believe that it is their responsibility to use discretion and make informed judgments as to individual compensation packages or pay levels that may occasionally deviate above or below our target pay strategy based on such factors as:

 

1. Individual performance and potential relative to market.

2. Long-term succession planning and talent management.

3. Business conditions in our industry or the market overall as well as business or regulatory conditions in the executive’s area of responsibility.

4. Cases where individuals are asked to step into new roles and responsibilities for specific projects or strategic initiatives.

To meet our compensation philosophy, our compensation programs have the following objectives:

            Objective    AOffer total compensation and benefits sufficient to attract, motivate and retain the management talent necessary to ensure the Company’s continued success.
            Objective    BAlign the interests of the executives and the stockholders.
            Objective    CReward performance in a given year and/or over a sustained period using straightforward programs to communicate our performance expectations.
            Objective    DEncourage company-wide cooperation among members of the executive, regional and business unit management teams and throughout the Company.

Key Components of Executive Compensation

With these objectives in mind, the Compensation Committee has built an executive compensation program within a framework that includes four principal compensation components: (i) base salary, (ii) annualnon-equity incentives, (iii) equity incentives pursuant to our long-term stock incentive program and (iv) retirement / pension benefits. The Company has also entered into contractual arrangements to specify the Company’s and the executive’s obligations under separation events such as a termination of employment or change in control of the Company.

The Company generally sets cash-based compensation (including for all of our named executive officers) in the local currency of the country of service. Accordingly, the Company set compensation in Swedish kronor (“SEK”) for Messrs. Carlson, Backman, Wallin, Bratt and Nilsson, in U.S. dollars (“USD”) for Messrs. Fredin and Sjöbring and in Euro (“EUR”) for Mr. Melzer, except for the annual target grant value of the LTI awards for which the compensation is set in USD for all of our named executive officers. All amounts have been converted to USD using the following exchange rates: 1 USD = 9.0971 SEK = 0.9509 EUR. For historic numbers, we have converted the compensation paid in prior years by the same exchange rate in order to facilitate comparison. Thus, while the historic amounts paid do not change, due to fluctuations in exchange rates, amounts reflecting historic figures in this Proxy Statement may differ significantly from disclosure in previous years. We also note that the exchange rate prevailing at the time of the Compensation Committee’s review of compensation may vary significantly from the exchange rates prevailing at the time this Proxy Statement is prepared. As a result, theyear-to-year percentage changes in compensation reviewed and approved by the Compensation Committee may differ significantly from the percentage changes in compensation presented in this Proxy Statement due to fluctuations in exchange rates.

Annual Compensation – Base Salary – Supporting Objective A

Purpose. Provides a set level of pay that sustained individual performance warrants. We believe a competitive base salary is important to attract and retain an appropriate caliber of talent for the position.

How We Determine Base Salaries. The initial

Initial base salary pay levelssalaries are primarily a function of the Compensation Committee’s assessment of:

of (i) market compensation levels, (ii) the references made to base salary in our compensation philosophy for executive management, (iii) the compensation required to attract and retain the executive, and (iv) the Company’s need to fill the position either internally or externally. Also, in deciding compensation levels during the compensation review at the beginning of 2019, one of the market where the executive will be located,

the compensation required to induce the executive to accept a position at the Company, and

the Company’s need to fill the position either internally or externally.

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The Compensation Committee also intendsCommittee’s objectives was for base salary to comprise, on averagesalaries and over time, 40% of total direct compensation forto approximate the CEO and 50% for all othermarket median of the relevant market data linked to the country in which the named executive officers.

Annual Compensation – AnnualNon-Equity Incentives – Supporting Objectives A, B, C & D

Purpose. Recognizes short-term performance against established annual financial performance goalsofficer is located. As part of the Company (payable2019 compensation review in December 2018, the year following the year in which it was earned).

How We Determine AnnualNon-Equity Incentives. ForCompensation Committee increased base salaries for our named executive officers between 0.5% to 5.0%, consistent with general market practice, but also considering adjustments necessary to reflect an individual’s performance, responsibilities and other executives, the Company paysretention needs.

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Non-Equity Incentives

Members of our executive management team, including our named executive officers, are eligible to earn an annualnon-equity incentive award based on a “target amount” and the Company’s “Operating Income.”achievement againstpre-established performance criteria. Target payout amounts are reflected as a percentage of the executive’s base salary, as reflectedset forth in the following table.

 

AnnualNon-Equity Incentive Opportunity for

Our Named Executive Officers in 2016

Named Executive Officer Incentive as a % of Base Salary
   Threshold Target Maximum

Jan Carlson

 0% 75% 150%

Mats Backman(1)

 0% 45% 90%

Mats Wallin(2)

 0% 45% 90%

Mikael Bratt(1)

 0% 45% 90%

Steven Fredin

 0% 45% 90%

Lars Sjöbring

 0% 35% 70%

Frank Melzer(2)

 0% 45% 90%

Jonas Nilsson(3)

 0% 45% 90%
 

AnnualNon-Equity Incentive Opportunity for

Our Named Executive Officers in 2019

Named Executive Officer Incentive as a % of Base Salary
   Threshold Target Maximum

Mikael Bratt

 0% 50% 100%

Christian Hanke1

 0% 25% 50%

Mats Backman

 0% 45% 90%

Brad Murray

 0% 45% 90%

Daniel Garceau

 0% 45% 90%

Jordi Lombarte

 0% 35% 70%

Mike Hague

 0% 45% 90%

 

 (1)Pursuant

Limited to the terms of their employment agreements, Mr. Backman and Mr. Bratt were eligible to receive apro-ratednon-equity incentive award with respect to 2016 after joiningservice period as Interim CFO, the Company in May 2016.

(2)Mr. Wallin ceased serving as our CFO and Group Vice President, Finance as of May 1, 2016, and Mr. Melzer ceased serving as our President, Electronics as of October 1, 2016 but both remained eligible to receive their full-yeartargetnon-equity incentive awardopportunity for 2016.Mr. Hanke was based on his fixed compensation (including both base salary and temporary interim assignment allowance) instead of base salary only.

(3)Mr. Nilsson was eligible to receive apro-ratednon-equity incentive award with respect to 2016 after having ceased serving as our President, Autoliv Europe as of May 19, 2016.

The actualOur annualnon-equity incentive awards are determined asaward program used a percentagelimited number of the targetnon-equity incentive award per named executive officer based on the Company’s “Operating Income” in the yearperformance criteria for which the bonus is calculated compared with the previous year’s Operating Income.

Threshold: If the Operating Income is 70% or less of the previous year’s Operating Income, the Company does not pay any annual incentive.

Maximum: If the Operating Income is 130% or more of the previous year’s Operating Income, the payment equals two times the target amount, the maximum payout under the program.

Target: If the Operating Income is between 70% and 130% of the previous year’s Operating Income, the incentive is calculated through linear interpolation (“along a straight line”) between said levels.

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Annualnon-equity incentive awards are directly tied to the Company’s performance. Accordingly, over the last several years, the amount of thenon-equity incentive awards earned by our named executive officers has varied greatly, as reflected in the table below.

ActualPay-Out
AnnualNon-Equity Incentive Program
YearPay-Out

2016

1.55 x target

2015

1.02 x target

2014

0.83 x target

many years. The Company believes that using a single,limited number of established profit measuremeasures critical for the success of our business provides clear direction to our executives and promotes our goal of a “one Autoliv” approach through shared responsibility for overall results. In addition, the Company believes that a singlelimited number of performance metricmetrics enhances the transparency of our annual incentive program and provideseasy-to-understand information to our investors. Finally, we believe that a metriclimited number of metrics based on overall Companycompany performance rather than individual or local performance mitigates the risk of excessive risk-taking that could arise from individual performance basedperformance-based incentives. We still believe this simple, transparent approach supports good corporate governance, a belief that is evidenced by the program operating largely unchangedwith limited changes for several years.

However, theThe Company, alsohowever, recognizes that using a singlelimited number of performance metricmetrics has limitations. For instance, wherewhen the overall market for the Company’s products is impacted by extraordinary economic circumstances, a single performance metric based on profitit may result in no annualnon-equity incentive awards being attainable, even if the Companyout-performs its competitors and the overall market.market generally. Similarly, extraordinary,non-recurring events may also impact whether annualnon-equity incentive awards are attained or not, resulting in unintended incentives for management. Therefore,

For the year 2019, the performance criteria for our annualnon-equity incentive award program were as follows:

“Adjusted Operating Margin” – Reported US GAAP EBIT adjusted for costs related to Antitrust matters, restructuring (capacity alignment) and separation costs, in relation to the Company’s net sales, expressed in %. Fifty percent (50%) of thenon-equity incentive award was based on Adjusted Operating Margin.

Payments on Adjusted Operating Margin achievement:

No annual incentive payment if the Adjusted Operating Margin was equal to or less than 9.5%.

If the Adjusted Operating Margin was equal to or more than 11.5%, the incentive payment would be equal to two times the target amount for the respective performance period, the maximum payout.

If the Adjusted Operating Margin was between 9.5% and 11.5%, the incentive payment would be calculated through linear interpolation (“along a straight line”) between said levels.

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Adjusted Cash Conversion – Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus Capex, net) in relation to Net Income (income after tax), both adjusted for antitrust, capacity alignment andspin-off related costs, expressed in %. Fifty percent (50%) of thenon-equity incentive award was based on Adjusted Cash Conversion.

Payments on Adjusted Cash Conversion achievement:

No annual incentive payment if the Adjusted Cash Conversion was equal to or less than 50%.

If the Adjusted Cash Conversion was equal to or more than 90%, the incentive payment would be equal to two times the target amount for the respective performance period, the maximum payout.

If the Adjusted Cash Conversion was between 50% and 90%, the incentive payment would be calculated through linear interpolation (“along a straight line”) between said levels.

Actual Adjusted Operating Margin for 2019 was 9.1% and Actual Adjusted Cash Conversion for 2019 was 80.2%, resulting in an annualnon-equity incentive award of 75% of the target opportunity.

For a reconciliation of these measures, see Annex A.

ActualNon-Equity Incentive Award Levels

Over the last several years, the amount of thenon-equity incentive awards earned by our named executive officers has varied greatly, as reflected in the table below.

ActualPay-Out
AnnualNon-Equity Incentive Program
YearMessrs. Bratt, Murray,
Hague, Garceau and
Lombarte
Messrs. Hanke and
Backman
2019(1)0.75 x target0.75 x target
20180.50 x target0.50 x target
20170.89 x target1.00 x target

(1)

Messrs. Hague and Backman were not employees at the time of the 2019 payout and received no payment.

The Compensation Committee may exercise its discretion, subject to the terms and conditions of the Company’s compensation plans, to propose certain adjustments to this performance metric.metrics. The Compensation Committee hasdid not exercisedexercise such discretion in recent years, including in 2016.2019.

Changes toNon-Equity Incentive Program. For information regarding the changes we implemented to ourNon-Equity Incentive Program in 2017,2020, see “Material Changes to 20172020 Compensation Program” later in this CD&A.

Long-Term Incentives – Equity Incentives – Supporting Objectives A, B, C & D

Purpose. Provides our executive officers with a long-term incentive to build value for our stockholders.

Long-term equity incentives (LTI) for our named executive officers and other key employees representrepresents a significant part of their total direct compensation. In 2016,2019, the LTI program had 334300 participants, compared to 313401 participants in 20152018 and 275374 participants in 2014.2017. The number of 2019 LTI participants decreased as a result of Veoneer’sspin-off from Autoliv.

In 2016 and 2017, the approved target value of our named executive officers’ LTI mix was comprised of PSs (50%) and RSUs (50%). In connection with thespin-off of Veoneer, these awards were converted to Autoliv RSUs and Veoneer RSUs. There were no PSs vesting in 2019 as all outstanding PSs were converted to RSUs during thespin-off in 2018. A reconciliation of the performance conversions from PSs to RSUs were provided as an annex to our proxy statement issued in March 2019.

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For 2018, the Compensation Committee approved a new LTI mixonly granted RSUs (100%) due to the difficulty of setting performance targets during the year in which thespin-off was completed.

For our executive officers, equity incentives granted in 2019 consist of both PSs (75%) and RSUs (25%). The Compensation Committee determined 2019 grant levels by first reviewing competitive market pay levels and trends provided by its independent consultant, historical grant levels, and the recommendations of our CEO for grants to senior executives excluding himself (for more information, please refer to the “2019 Executive Compensation Decisions” section below). The Compensation Committee also considered the total direct compensation of our named executive officers and executive officers, such that approximately 50%relative to the median levels of their 2016 LTI grant value was provided in the formtotal direct compensation of PSs and 50% was provided in the form of RSUs. With the implementation of this new program,our peer groups, subject to any modifications the Compensation Committee eliminated its historical practice of granting stock options.

The executive officer may earn0-2x the target number of PSsbelieved appropriate based on individual performance, industry conditions, and other criteria as discussed in the Company’s achievement of specified goals“Compensation Philosophy” above. The Compensation Committee delegated to the CEO the authority for the Company’s compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for sales,determination and allocation of certain grants below our named executive officers, subject to established grant limits and the Company’s CAGR for earnings per share relative to the CAGR for Global Light Vehicle Production reported by IHS, with each weighted 50% over a three-year performance period.Compensation Committee’s review.

To provide a smooth transition to the new LTI program, RSUs issued in 2016 were scheduled to vest in three approximately equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the grant date, subject to the executive’s continued employment with the Company on each vesting date. However, beginning with the 2017 LTI grant, the RSUs will cliff vest on the third anniversary of the grant date, subject to the executive’s continued employment with the Company on the vesting date.

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Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”). We believe that RSUs provide a powerful tool to retain valuable executives because:

 

  

RSUs are easy to understand and communicate;

 

  

Due to the three-year vesting schedule, RSUs encourage the executive to stay with the Company or forfeit significant accumulated value; and

 

  

RSUs also mitigate excessive risk-taking by focusing management on long-term value creation and ownership accumulation that provides alignment with stockholders.

RSUs granted in 2019 cliff-vest on the third anniversary of the grant date, subject to the grantee’s continued employment with the Company on such vesting date, subject to limited exceptions.

Performance Shares (“PSs”). We believe that PSs focus and direct the efforts of our executives toward the attainment of critical multi-year corporate objectives as well as further encourage employment retention because:

 

  

The performance metrics selected for the PSs are reflected in our long-term value creationcreation; and

 

  

Due to the three-year performance period, PSs parallel the RSUs in encouraging the executive to stay with the Company or forfeit potential significant accumulated value.

How We Determine Long-Term Equity IncentivesPSs granted in 2019 may be earned based on the Company’s achievement of performance goals related to Order Intake Ratio (35%) and EPS Growth in relation to Light Vehicle Production Growth (65%). The Committee believes these metrics are supportive of the Company’s strategic objectives and support the creation of long-term shareholder value.

Treatment Upon Change in Control.The 1997 Plan provides that outstanding equity awards will become fully vested upon the occurrence of a change in control (“CiC”). However, the Compensation Committee determined 2016 approved targeta “double-trigger” for LTI awards granted in 2019, such that the awards assumed by the acquiring company in a CiC will become fully vested only upon the holder’s subsequent qualifying termination. If the awards are not assumed by the acquiring entity, then they will become fully vested upon the CiC.

Dividend Equivalents. Commencing with the February 2017 grant, levels by first reviewing competitive market pay levelsdividend equivalent rights were introduced for PSs and trends provided by its independent consultant, historicalRSUs. Any cash dividend paid with respect to our common stock for which the record date occurs on or after the grant levels,date and the recommendationspayment date occurs on or before the vesting date results in a credit of our CEO for grants to senior executives other than his own. The Compensation Committee then approved the number ofadditional PSs and RSUs, to be granted to our named executive officerswhich additional PSs and other senior executives. The Compensation Committee delegated the authority for the determination and allocation of certain grants below our named executive officersRSUs are subject to the CEO, subject to established grant limitssame vesting schedule as the underlying PSs and the Compensation Committee’s review.RSUs.

The Compensation Committee also considered the total direct compensation of our named executive officers relative to the median levels of total direct compensation of our peer groups or local market data, subject to any modifications the Compensation Committee believed appropriate based on individual performance, industry conditions, and other criteria as discussed in the “Compensation Philosophy” above.

How We Value Equity Awards. For accounting purposes and to calculate the grant-date fair value of awards for disclosure in this Proxy Statement,when internally assessing and communicating equity compensation, we follow the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718. However, as previously explained, the Company historically granted stock options as part of its LTI program and valueduse a stock option asone-third ofmodel which assumes that the value of an RSU to determineand a PS at target performance level is the numberclosing price for a share of our common stock options granted. This methodology resulted in a shortfall betweenon the approved target grant values andNYSE on the reported accounting valueday of the stock options. The replacement of stock options by PSs and using the same methodology for determining the number of RSUs and PSs resulted in greater than a 3% increase in the reported accounting values in the Stock Awards and Option Awards columns of the Summary Compensation Table for 2016 as compared to 2015 for continuing named executive officers, even though our internal target grant values for the named executive officers only increased by 3%.grant.

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Annual Grant Date. The annual grant date for our stock incentive program is in the first quarter of the fiscal year, following publication of our fourth quarter financial results. This is done to enhance corporate governance procedures and to avoid unintended burdens to participants as a resultbecause of routine“black-out periods.”

Changes in Methodology. For named executive officers reported in the Summary Compensation Table on page 39 of this Proxy Statement who also had stock options grant reported in last year’s proxy statement, the reported year-over-year accounting values are higher for two reasons:

The number of PSs granted was determined using the same methodology as for RSUs (i.e., dividing half of the approved target grant value by the closing price for a share of our common stock on the NYSE on the grant date), eliminating the above-described disparity related to the stock options. We refer to this as our new “grant formula.”

The Compensation Committee approved a 3% increase in the approved target grant values based on its review of relevant market data, individual performance, industry conditions and other criteria as discussed in the “Compensation Philosophy” above.

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As a result of the changes, the total reported accounting value of RSUs and PSs granted in 2016 is approximately 95% of the approved target grant value for 2016. It is the Compensation Committee’s view that this grant methodology aligns with appropriate market practices, and that the methodology is improved for ongoing administration.

The following table summarizes the impact of the changes in our methodology on our named executive officers who had stock incentive grants in both 2015 and 2016:

Name   Aggregate Reported  
Grant Date Value of
Options and RSUs for
2015
   Increased Aggregate  
Grant Date Value
Attributable to 3%
Adjustment
 Increased
  Aggregate Grant  
Date Value
Attributable to New
Grant Formula
   Aggregate  Reported  
Grant Date Value of
PSs and RSUs for
2016

Jan Carlson

 662,191 19,866 256,190 938,247

Steven Fredin

 248,087 7,443 96,015 351,545

For new named executive officers reported in this year’s Summary Compensation Table who were not granted stock options last year (Messrs. Backman, Bratt and Sjöbring), grant values were based on appropriate levels for the individual roles and experience, using the new methodology for determining individual shares.

Changes to LTI Program. For information regarding the changes we implemented to our Long TermLong-Term Incentive Program in 2017,2020, see “Material Changes to 20172020 Compensation Program” later in this CD&A.

Retirement/Post-Employment Compensation – Pension / Retirement and Other Post-Employment Benefits – Supporting Objective A

Autoliv operatesprovides certain supplemental retirement benefit programs,retirement/pension and other post-employment benefits, in addition to the mandatory programs required by localapplicable national statutes and maintains defined benefit or defined contribution plans for our named executive officers that are competitive with customary local practice. The programs’ terms are as follows:

Defined Contribution Programs (individual retirement investment from Company contributions). Since 2007, all newly hired or promoted senior executives participate only in defined contribution plans rather than defined benefit plans (with the exception of(except for certain senior executives that participate in location-specific defined benefit plans, as in the case ofe.g. Mr. Fredin)Murray and Mr. Hanke).

The Company contributes a percentage of each executive’s annual base salary to the plan, as follows:

 

Retirement – Defined Contribution Level

As % of annual base salary

Name Level of Contribution

Jan CarlsonMikael Bratt

 48%40% of base salary

Mats Backman

 35% of base salary

Mats Wallin(1)Brad Murray1

 35%

Mikael Bratt

35%

Steven Fredin(2)

See below description about
401(k) plan and “Nonqualified Deferred Compensation” table

Lars Sjöbring (2)Dan Garceau1

35%

Frank Melzer (3)Jordi Lombarte1

35%

Jonas Nilsson(4)Michael Hague2

35%

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(1)Mr. Wallin ceased serving as our CFO and Group Vice President, Finance as of May 1, 2016. Pursuant to the terms of his separation agreement, the Company will continue to make contributions to the plan through November 30, 2017.

 

(1)(2)

Comprises contributions to both 401(k) andnon-qualified contribution plans.plans for Messrs. Murray, Garceau, and Lombarte

 

(2)(3)Mr. Melzer’s defined contribution level increased from 20% to 35% as of January 1, 2016. Mr. Melzer ceased serving as our President, Electronics as of October 1, 2016. Pursuant to the terms of his separation agreement, the Company will continue to make

Comprises contributions to the plan through June 30, 2017.401(k) for Mr. Hague.

(4)Mr. Nilsson ceased serving as our President, Autoliv Europe as of May 19, 2016. Pursuant to the terms of his separation agreement, the Company continued to make contributions to the plan through November 18, 2016.

Both Messrs. FredinMurray, Garceau, Lombarte and SjöbringHague participated in a 401(k) plan available to U.S. basedU.S.-based employees in 2016.2019. Under this plan, the Company makes an employer matching contribution equal to 100% of the first 3%, and then equal to 50% of the next 2% of employee contributions (expressed as percentage of base pay), up to certain limits.

Messrs. FredinMurray, Garceau and SjöbringLombarte also participated in anon-qualified defined contribution plan. Mr. Hanke does not participate in a defined contribution plan.

Defined Benefits Program. Mr. Carlson participated in a Company defined benefit plan prior to becoming CEO. Mr. FredinMurray participates in a U.S.tax-qualified defined benefit plan and an excess pension plan, and a supplemental defined benefit plan. Additional information regarding these plans is described later under “Pension Benefits. Mr. Hanke participates in a mandatory, multi-employer defined benefit plan (ITP 2) in Sweden. Other than Messrs. CarlsonMr. Murray and Fredin,Mr. Hanke, none of our named executive officers are parties to a defined benefit arrangement with the Company.

Retiree Medical Plan. Mr. FredinMurray is eligible to participate in a retiree medical plan, available to all employees employed in the U.S. that were hired prior to January 1, 2004, at which time the plan was frozen to new participants. Effective from December 31, 2014, the retirement arrangement was adjusted so that eligible participants, including Mr. Fredin,Murray, are covered by a Health Retirement Account (“HRA”), pursuant to which, upon his attaining age 55 and a minimum of 15 years of service, the Company will provide an annual benefit of $3,000 to an HRA upon retirement prior to age 65 and an annual benefit of $875 to an HRA after age 65. This annual benefit will be reduced if Mr. Fredinthe participant retires prior to age 60. This plan may be terminated at any time for both current employees and current retirees/participants with no obligation of benefit payout.

Retirement/Post-Employment Compensation – Change in Control/Severance – Supporting Objectives A & B

 

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Termination / Severance Agreements. Except for Messrs. Murray and Hanke, each of our named executive officers has an employment agreement with the Company, pursuant to which he isthey are entitled to certain severance benefits in the event of his termination of employment. A detailed summary of the terms of these agreements is provided on page 46 of this Proxy Statement. In addition, eachMr. Murray has an international assignment agreement that provides certain terms of Messrs. Carlson, Wallinemployment and Fredin hashe had achange-in-control (“CiC”) severance agreement with the Company until January 2020, pursuant to which the executive ishe was entitled to certain severance benefits in the event of his termination of employment in connection with a CiC (which benefits would be in lieu of any benefits under the employment agreement). These arrangements were provided to certain of our most senior executive officers as a competitive pay package component to encourage executives to remain focused on the Company’s business in the event of rumored or actual fundamental corporate changes. Each of Messrs. Carlson’s and Wallin’s CiC agreements contain a “modified single-trigger,” which means that the executive may terminate his employment for any reason during the30-day period commencing one year after the CiC and be entitled to severance benefits provided under the CiC agreement. While the Company has not amended their CiC agreements, inCiC.

In December 2010, the Board approved a policy limitingfuture CiC agreements to a “double-trigger” arrangement, which means that the severance benefit is not provided unless the participant incurs an involuntary termination or diminution of duties within a designated period following a CiC. Mr. Fredin’s CiC agreement is consistent with this policy.InIn addition, in November 2011, the Board approved a policy providing that new hires will receive CiC severance benefits, if at all, in accordance with local market practice, as opposed to all officers receiving the same CiC severance benefits by reason of being an officer.

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Pursuant to the 1997 Plan, outstanding equity awards will become fully vested upon the occurrence of a CiC. The“change-in-control” definition contained in the 1997 Plan andchange-in-control Mr. Murray’s CiC now expired severance arrangements isarrangement are predicated on actual consummation of a corporate transaction, such as a merger, rather than upon stockholder approval of the transaction. This avoids an inadvertent “early trigger” of any CiC provisions should the transaction fail to close.

We do not provide taxgross-up protection for CiC excise taxes (i.e., U.S. taxes under Section 4999 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “U.S. Internal Revenue Code”) applied tochange-in-control payments that exceed certain amounts)amounts under Section 280G) to our named executive officers.

Executive Compensation Responsibilities

Role of the Compensation Committee

The Compensation Committee annually reviews our named executive officers’ pay levels and target incentive opportunities versus the competitive market and considers information provided by (i) the consultants regarding trends, (ii) input from the GroupExecutive Vice President, Human Resources and Sustainability, (iii) the CEO’s recommendations as to compensation for our named executive officers (other than himself), and (iv) other relevant factors as discussed above in the “Compensation Philosophy” section.

Role of the Independent Compensation Committee Consultant

The Compensation Committee regularly engages an independent advisor, who reports directly to the Compensation Committee. The independent advisor attends all routine meetings of the Compensation Committee and provides independent perspective and advice to the Compensation Committee on various aspects of the Company’s total compensation system and the market environment in which the Company operates. Additional information regarding the role of the Compensation Committee’s advisor, FW Cook, may beis found later in this CD&A in the “2016“2019 Executive Compensation Decisions” section.

Role of the Management Consultant

Management periodically solicits the advice of external compensation consultants to ensure that the Company’s compensation program is competitive with compensation programs offered by the companies in its peer group and companies in the markets in which the named executive officers are located. In setting the compensation at the beginning of 2019, Towers Watson assisted management with reviewing the Company’s compensation program for executives, as described in more detail below.

Role of the Chief Executive Officer

Our CEO regularly participates in the meetings of the Compensation Committee. The CEO and GroupExecutive Vice President, Human Resources and Sustainability work together to develop a recommendation to present to the Compensation Committee with respect to compensation packages for each of our named executive officers, other than the CEO. As a result, our CEO generally has a significant impactinfluence on the compensation paid to the other named executive officers. In addition, the Compensation Committee has delegated the authority for the

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determination of certain grants to employees other than executive officers under our long-term incentive plan to the CEO, subject to established grant limits. The Compensation Committee regularly holds executive sessions, excusing the CEO from the meeting, to discuss matters related to the CEO’s compensation.

Role of the Management Consultant

Management periodically solicits the advice of external compensation consultants to ensure that the Company’s compensation program is competitive with compensation programs offered by the companies in its peer groupPolicies and companies in the markets in which the named executive officers are located. For 2016 compensation, Towers Watson assisted management with reviewing the Company’s compensation program for executives, as described in more detail below.

PoliciesPractices that Govern Executive Compensation at Autoliv

Stock Ownership Guidelines.Effective January 1, 2013, and as amended and restated in December 2015, the Company adopted stock ownership guidelines for its executive officers. Pursuant to these guidelines, each executive officer is expected to accumulate and hold shares of Company common stock having a value at least equal to (i) 2x his annual base salary, in the case of the CEO, and (ii) 1x annual base salary, in the case of each executive other than the CEO. Executives are expected to make continuous progress toward their respective ownership requirements. Until the executive has satisfied the stock ownership guidelines, he or she will be

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required to retain 75% of the net shares received upon settlement of restricted stock units granted on or after January 1, 2013. For purposes of these stock ownership guidelines, “net shares” are those shares held by the executive after deducting any shares withheld by the Company or sold by the executive for the sole purpose of satisfying the executive’s tax liabilities and related fees, if any, related to the settlement event.

Policy Against Hedging, Short-Selling and Pledging. Any employee ornon-employee director holding Autoliv securities is prohibited from engaging in hedging, short-selling, or pledging.

Compensation Recoupment Policy. Our Board is authorized to recoup earned incentive compensation in the event of a material restatement of the Company’s financial results due to fraud, intentional misconduct, negligence, or dereliction of duties by the executive officer. It is also authorized to recoup equity compensation in the event an executive is found acting in a manner that is harmful to the interests of the Company such as a violation of Company policy.

Compensation Risk Assessment

The Compensation Committee annually considers potential risks when reviewing and approving our compensation program. We have designed our compensation program, including our incentive compensation plans, with specific features to address potential risks while rewarding employees for achieving long-term financial and strategic objectives through prudent business judgment and appropriate risk taking. The following elements have been incorporated in our compensation program for executive officers:

A Balanced Mix of Compensation Components – The targetcompensation-mix for our executive officers is composed of base salary, annual cash incentives, long-term equity incentives and retirement/pension provisions, representing a mix that is not overly weighted toward short-term cash incentives.

Long-term Incentives – Our long-term incentives are equity-based and generally have a three-year vesting schedule to complement our annual cash-based incentives. In 2019, the Company increased the weight for performance shares to 75% and reduced the weight for RSUs to 25% for all executive and senior management roles.

Performance Factors – Our group-common incentive compensation plans normally use Company-wide goals. Annual cash incentives for participants in 2019 depended on Operating Income Margin and Cash Conversion performance. Performance shares for the program introduced in 2019 depended on the Company’s Order Intake Ratio and EPS Growth (in relation to global light vehicle production growth)

Capped Incentive Awards – Annual incentive awards are capped at 200% of target.

Stock Ownership Guidelines – Our guidelines call for meaningful share ownership, which aligns the interests of our executive officers with the long-term interests of our stockholders.

Clawback Policy – Our Board is authorized to recoup earned incentive compensation in the event of a material restatement of the Company’s financial results due to fraud, intentional misconduct, negligence, or dereliction of duties by the executive officer.

Additionally, the Compensation Committee annually considers an assessment of compensation-related risks including an inventory of incentive arrangements below the executive level. Based on this assessment, the

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Compensation Committee concluded that our compensation program does not create risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on Autoliv. In making this determination, the Compensation Committee reviewed the key design elements of our compensation recoupment policy that complies withprogram in relation to industry “best practices” as presented by FW Cook, the Compensation Committee’s independent compensation consultant, as well as the means by which any potential risks may be mitigated, such as through our internal controls and goes beyondoversight by management and the parameters describedBoard of Directors.

Starting in 2019, to mitigate potential compensation-related risk, the Company began requiring double-trigger acceleration of unvested equity in the Dodd-Frank Act, requiring current and former executives to return incentive compensation that is subsequently determined not to have been earned.event of a covered termination following a change in control, instead of the previous single-trigger acceleration.

20162019 Executive Compensation Decisions

The Process

The total compensation of our named executive officers is reviewed every year.annually. The Compensation Committee considers changes in the compensation levels after it reviews the relevant peer group or local market data (per position). The Compensation Committee uses this information as one input in its decision-making process. In addition to market data, the Compensation Committee also reviews the Company’s financial performance, the named executive officers’ individual performance, input from the GroupExecutive Vice President, Human Resources, and the recommendations of the CEO with respect to the compensation packages for the named executive officers other than himself. The Compensation Committee reviews, provides feedback, and approves the final recommendations for the compensation of our named executive officers.

The Compensation Committee reviewed and decided on the 20162019 compensation for our executives and the recommendations made by the CEO other than for himself, during its meetingsmeeting held in December 2015 and February 2016 and decided on the 2016 compensation levels.2018. The review has beenwas supported by the comprehensive analysis and market review prepared by Towers Watson.

The Advisors

Throughout the decision makingdecision-making process for 20162019 compensation, which included the Compensation Committee’s December 20152018 meeting and February 2016 meetings, and during the other Compensation Committee meetings, which included May, August, November and December 2016all 2019 meetings, the Compensation Committee engaged FW Cook who reported directly to the Compensation Committee. During 2016,2019, FW Cook attended allmost of the Compensation Committee’s meetings and provided:provided input for each meeting, including:

 

 (i)

independent perspective and advice to the Compensation Committee on various aspects of the Company’s total compensation system;

 

 (ii)

information about the market environments in which the Company operates, including guidance regarding compensation trends, compensation levels and compensation mix within the market;

 

 (iii)

the regulatory developments in executive and director compensation;

 

 (iv)

recommendations regarding program design and structure (including with respect to our new LTI program implemented in 2016);structure; and

 

 (v)

recommendations regarding compensation levels and mix for our executive officers and members of the Board.Board members.

FW Cook did not provide any additional services to the Company other than those described herein.

In 2015,2018, the Company engaged Towers Watson to assist in setting the compensation for 2016.2019. At the direction of management, Towers Watson was assigned specific tasks related to the compensation of our senior executive officers, including: (i) review of peer group and pay changes in the 20162018 employment market, (ii) compilation of peer groups for our named executive officers, and (iii) compensation analysis for the Compensation Committee.

 

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The Peer Groups

In line with the principles of our compensation philosophy applicable as of December 20152018 for the compensation review of our named executive officers, the Compensation Committee reviewed the most current compensation data available in selected markets. This included localmarkets, including market data from Sweden Germany and the U.S. Towers Watson used its proprietarynon-disclosed compensation database to assess local market compensation levels for executive roles operating within the general, high-tech, automotive, and manufacturing industries. Such market assessments are based on our named executive officers’ roles, characteristics, and responsibilities including job function, reporting level, and other organizational financial and organizational scope measures, including revenue responsibility, employees, and geographical responsibility. The market data contained information regarding the assessed level of base salary, total cash compensation, total direct compensation, and total compensation. The details of data provided in the tables below, including the missing data items, reflect the information as provided by Towers Watson as part of the analysis.

Swedish Peer Group

Messrs. CarlsonBratt and NilssonBackman. In considering 2019 compensation for 2016 for our named executive officers based in Sweden, (Messrs. Carlson and Nilsson), the Compensation Committee reviewed, among other factors, market data (base salary, total target cash compensation, total direct compensation, and total compensation) from a peer group consisting oflarge-cap Swedish companies that have global industrial operations of substantial size in major manufacturing markets of North America, Europe, and Asia (the “Swedish peer group”Peer Group”) headquartered in Sweden and with executives based in Sweden with Swedish employment conditions. The Swedish peer group for 2016Peer Group used by the Compensation Committee in connection with its review of 2019 compensation consisted of the following companies, with such information provided by Towers Watson and converted to U.S. dollars using the following exchange rate: 1 USD = 9.0971 SEK.companies:

 

Swedish Peer Group for 2016
Company    

Market Cap.  

(MUSD)  

  

Revenue  

(MUSD)  

  Headcount  

Ericsson  

  30,005    25,061    118,055  

Atlas Copco  

  30,642    10,302    44,056  

Volvo  

  20,736    31,103    92,822  

Assa Alboy  

  22,222    6,248    44,269  

SCA  

  19,617    11,438    43,772  

Sandvik  

  11,727    9,764    47,318  

SKF  

  7,837    7,802    48,593  

Alfa Laval  

  7,276    3,855    17,753  

Electrolux  

  8,504    12,327    59,481  

Skanska  

  7,672    15,755    57,866  

Husqvarna  

  3,553    3,610    14,554  

Scania (Subsidiary VW)  

  —    10,119    43,129  

Volvo Cars  

  —    14,290    26,000  

Stora Enso  

  7,469    10,211    29,009  

SSAB  

  1,715    5,249    16,887  
AB VolvoAlfa LavalAssa AbloyAtlas CopcoElectroluxEricsson
SandvikScaniaSkanskaSKFSSABStora Enso

Two companies were removed from the Swedish Peer Group for 2019 as compared to 2018 because of the lack of data availability: Husqvarna and Volvo Car Group (a subsidiary of Zhejiang Geely Holding).

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U.S. Peer Group

Messrs. FredinMr. Murray, Garceau and Sjöbring.Lombarte. In considering 2019 compensation for 2016 for Mr. Fredin,our named executive officers based in the U.S., the Compensation Committee reviewed, among other factors, market data (base salary, total target cash compensation, total direct compensation, and total compensation) from a peer group consisting of U.S. companies that were selected based on market capitalization, total revenue, and number of employees. Mr. Sjöbring

Our U.S. Peer Group was not eligible forchanged by the Committee significantly before the 2019 compensation review in December 2015 or February 2016, as he joinedfollowing a comprehensive review of companies based on data availability, relevancy, and size.

The following is the Company during November 2015. However, with respect to Mr. Sjöbring’s 2017 and future compensation,U.S. Peer Group used by the Compensation Committee willto review market data from2019 compensation.

BorgWarner Inc.Continental AGCooper-Standard HoldingsDana IncorporatedDENSO CorporationGoodyear Tire & RubberIngersoll-Rand PLC
Jabil Inc.Johnson Controls International PLCLear CorporationOshkosh CorporationParker-Hannifin CorporationSnap-on IncorporatedSPX Corporation
Stanley Black&Decker, Inc.Tenneco Inc.Terex CorporationThe Timken CompanyTrinity Industries, Inc.YAZAKI CorporationZF TRW Automotive Corp.

Companies in bold above are new additions to the U.S. peer group. The companies comprising the 2016 U.S. peer group are listed below.compared to the 2018 U.S. Peer Group.

U.S. Peer Group for 2016
Company     

Market Cap.

(MUSD)

 

Revenue

(MUSD)

 Headcount

Johnson Controls Inc.    

 29,250 37,179 139,000

Eaton Corporation plc    

 25,875 21,363 99,000

Whirlpool Corp.    

 12,522 21,334 100,000

Faurecia S.A.    

 4,495 20,008 103,574

Lear Corp.    

 9,417 18,037 125,200

Jabil Circuit Inc.    

 4,349 17,899 161,000

ZF TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.    

 —   17,239 66,900

Rolls Royce Holdings plc    

 —   13,857 50,600

Textron Inc.    

 11,541 13,596 34,000

Parker Hannifin Corp.    

 14,257 12,311 54,754

L3 Communications Holdings Inc.    

 10,154 11,531 45,000

Stanley Black & Decker Inc.    

 15,868 11,309 50,400

Navistar International Corp.    

 1,003 10,660 14,886

Visteon Corp.    

 4,410 8,147 11,000

BorgWarner Inc.    

 9,598 7,892 22,000

Federal Mogul Holdings Corp.    

 1,310 7,416 48,600

Terex Corp.    

 2,177 6,755 20,400

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc.    

 7,192 6,609 15,096

Harman International Industries Inc.    

 7,816 6,357 24,197

Rockwell Automation Inc.    

 14,639 6,308 22,500

Oshkosh Corp.    

 3,218 6,098 13,300

Harris Corp.    

 9,783 5,739 22,300

Rockwell Collins Inc.    

 11,427 5,244 19,500

SPX Corp.    

 —   4,534 14,000

The Timken Company    

 2,623 2,920 14,000
Note: The following eleven (11) companies included in the 2018 U.S. Peer Group were removed when creating the 2019 U.S. Peer Group for the reasons noted above: Faurecia S.A., Eaton Corporation, Whirlpool Corporation, Northrop Grumman

 

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German Peer GroupCorporation, Textron Inc., L3 Technologies Inc., Harman International, Rockwell Collins Inc., Rockwell Automation Inc., Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Harris Corporation.

Mr.Compensation Benchmarking for Divisional Presidents Not Based in Sweden or USA Melzer.

In considering 2019 compensation for 2016 for Mr. Melzer,Hague, the Compensation Committee reviewed a Towers Watson’s market assessment.considered information provided by Towers Watson compiled the assessment usingabout German market compensation data drawn from its internalexecutive pay levels in relevant companies in general industry database with parent and subsidiary company compensation data for selected executives with similar employment characteristics and responsibilities as Mr. Melzer within general, automotive and high-tech industries. These employment characteristics and responsibilities include job function, reporting level, and other organizational measures (including revenue responsibility, employees, and geographical responsibility). The companies comprising the 2016 German peer group are listed below.survey data.

Continental AG

MAN

Klöckner Co SE

Rheinmetall AG

Gesco AG

GEA

MTU Aero Engines Holding AG

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG

Gildemeister

Aixtron

SGL Carbon

Deutz

Vossloh

Grammer

ElringKlinger

Findings and Decisions for 20162019 Compensation

The following section of this CD&A focuses on the data reviewed by the Compensation Committee in its December 2015 meeting and the decisions linked to compensation paid to our named executive officers for 2016. The following named executive officers are not included in the summaries because:2019.

Messrs. Backman and Bratt’s employment commenced after the annual review in December 2015;

Mr. Sjöbring joined the Company in November 2015 and as such, the Compensation Committee did not review his compensation for 2016, other than in connection with his hiring; and

Mr. Wallin signed a separation agreement with the Company in November 2015 and the Compensation Committee did not review his compensation for 2016, other than in connection with his separation agreement.

The Compensation Committee reviews the compensation for the executives taking into consideration internal, external, and personal factors, into consideration and one of the factors considered isincluding, but not limited to, the current market position of each respective named executive officers.officer. Although the market analysis provides an additional input to decision making,for compensation decisions, the Company is aware of the fact that the limited number of peer group companies in Sweden where the majority of our named executive officers are locatedand potential changes to peer groups based on data availability may result in inconsistencies in a year-over-year analysis. For the purpose of market position analysis, the following guidelines have been followed

Mikael Bratt. As compared to increase readability of the information provided:2018, Mr. Bratt’s:

 

  

Within -/+ 5% of the peer group median – “at” medianbase salary increased by 5.0% (in Swedish Kronor);

 

  

targetWithin -/+5-15%non-equity incentive level (as % of base salary) and the peer group median – “slightly below/above” the peer group medianassociated cap remained unchanged;

 

  

Within -/+15-25% of the peer group median – “below/above” the peer group median

Outside -/+ 25% of the peer group median – “significantly below/above” the peer group median

Each of the 2015 pie charts below demonstrates the mix of base salary, target short-term incentive, value of long-term incentive awards and value of retirement / pension solutions provided to our named executive officers in 2015, using applicable exchange rates at the time of analysis and Towers Watson’s methodologies, which information the Compensation Committee reviewed and considered in connection with establishing target pay

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levels for 2016. Similarly, the percentage changes in each element of compensation set forth below reflect the Compensation Committee’s decisions in December 2015, using applicable exchange rates at the time of Towers Watson’s analysis. Totals reflected in the pie charts may exceed 100% due to rounding.

Jan Carlson. Pursuant to the December 2015 analysis provided by Towers Watson, Mr. Carlson’s:

base salary was at the peer group median;

total cash compensation (base salary plus target annualnon-equityapproved grant value for stock incentive award) was slightly above the peer group’s median;

total direct compensation (total cash compensation plus the value of long-term incentives) was above the peer group median;program participation increased by 10%; and

 

  

total remuneration (total direct compensation plus the valueretirement plan contribution level (as % of the retirement/pension related compensation) was slightly above the market median.base salary) remained unchanged.

Based on the 2015 pay mix given below and the market data review as described above, the Compensation Committee approved the following changesBrad Murray. As compared to 2018, Mr. Carlson’s 2016 compensation.

LOGO

Base Salary

Adjustment for

2016

Target STI

Adjustment for

2016

Approved Target

Grant Value of

Stock Incentive

Plan for 2016

Retirement/Pension

Solution for

2016

Increased by 5.0%

Increased from

60% of base salary

to 75% of base

salary

Increased by 3.0%

compared to 2015

grant

No change

(contribution level

remained at 48% of

base salary)

Steven Fredin. Pursuant to the December 2015 analysis provided by Towers Watson, Mr. Fredin’s:Murray’s:

 

  

base salary was slightly above the peer group median;(which includes an international assignment allowance) increased by 0.5% (in USD);

 

  

total cash compensation (base salary plus target annualnon-equity incentive award) was atlevel (as % of base salary) and the peer group median;associated cap remained unchanged;

 

  

total direct compensation (total cash compensation plus theapproved grant value of long-term incentives) was significantly below the peer group median;for stock incentive program participation remained unchanged (in USD); and

 

  

total remuneration (total direct compensation plus the value of the retirement/pension related compensation) was at the peer group median.retirement plan contributions and defined benefit plan components remained unchanged.

Based onIn addition to the 2015 pay mix given below and the market dataannual compensation review as described above, Mr. Murray signed an employment agreement addendum with the Company as of April 24, 2019. Further details about his employment agreement addendum are described under the section “Additional 2019 and 2020 Compensation Committee approvedDecisions”.

Mr. Murray also signed a new international assignment agreement with the following changes to Mr. Fredin’s 2016 compensation.company on January 23, 2020. Further details about his new international assignment agreement are described under the section “Additional 2019 and 2020 Compensation Decisions”.

LOGO

Base Salary

Adjustment for

2016

Target STI

Adjustment for

2016

Approved Target

Grant Value of

Stock Incentive

Plan for 2016

Retirement/Pension

Solution for

2016

Increased by 4.0%

No change

(remained at 45%

of base salary)

Increased by 3.0%

compared to 2015

grant

No change to

retirement/ pension

components

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Frank MelzerDan Garceau. PursuantAs compared to the December 2015 analysis provided by Towers Watson,2018, Mr. Melzer’s:Garceau’s:

 

  

base salary was at the peer group median;increased by 3.0% (in USD);

 

  

total cash compensation (base salary plus target annualnon-equity incentive award) was belowlevel (as % of base salary) and the peer group median;associated cap remained unchanged;

 

  

total direct compensation (total cash compensation plus theapproved grant value of long-term incentives) was slightly below the peer group median;for stock incentive program participation remained unchanged (in USD); and

 

  

total remuneration (total direct compensation plus the value of the retirement/pension related compensation) was slightly below the peer group median.retirement plan contributions remained unchanged.

Based on the 2015 pay mix given below and the market data review as described above, the Compensation Committee approved the following changesJordi Lombarte. As compared to 2018, Mr. Melzer’s 2016 compensation.

LOGO

Base Salary

Adjustment for

2016

Target STI

Adjustment

for 2016

Approved Target

Grant Value of

Stock Incentive

Plan for 2016

Retirement/Pension

Solution for

2016

Increased by 20.0%

No change

(remained at 45 %

of base salary)

Increased by 3.0%

compared to 2015

grant

Increased from 20%

to 35% of base

salary

Jonas Nilsson. Pursuant to the December 2015 analysis provided by Towers Watson, Mr. Nilsson’s:Lombarte’s:

 

  

base salary was above the peer group median;increased by 3.0% (in USD);

 

  

total cash compensation (base salary plus target annualnon-equity incentive award) was significantly abovelevel (as % of base salary) and the peer group median;associated cap remained unchanged;

 

  

total direct compensation (total cash compensation plus theapproved grant value of long-term incentives) was significantly above the peer group median;for stock incentive program participation remained unchanged (in USD); and

 

  

total remuneration (total direct compensation plus the value of the retirement/pension related compensation) was significantly above the peer group median.retirement plan contributions remained unchanged.

Based on the 2015 pay mix given below and the market data review as described above, the Compensation Committee approved the following changes to Mr. Nilsson’s 2016 compensation.

LOGO

Base Salary

Adjustment for

2016

Target STI

Adjustment for

2016

Approved Target

Grant Value of

Stock Incentive

Plan for 2016

Retirement/Pension

Solution for

2016

Increased by 2.0%

No change

(remained at 45 %

of base salary)

Increased by 3.0%

compared to 2015

grant

No change

(contribution

remained at 35 %

of base salary)

 

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Additional 2016 Compensation DecisionsMichael Hague. As compared to 2018, Mr. Hague’s:

base salary increased by 2.0% (in USD);

targetnon-equity incentive level (as % of base salary) and the associated cap remained unchanged;

approved grant value for stock incentive program participation remained unchanged (in USD); and

retirement plan contributions remained unchanged.

Mr. Backman’s Employment Arrangement

As described above, Mr. Backman commenced employmentHague signed a Mutual Separation Agreement with the Company as of MayJuly 1, 2016 as Chief Financial Officer, Group Vice President, Finance. In determining2019. Further details about the compensation for Mr. Backman, the Compensation Committee considered the market pay levels in Sweden, as well as the pay levelconditions of his predecessor. Pursuant toseparation agreement are described under the terms of Mr. Backman’s employment agreement with the Company, he had an annual base salary of $571,611, a target short-term incentive of 45% of his base salary, eligibility to participate in the stock incentive plan, a defined contribution retirement benefit equivalent to 35% of his base salary, temporary housing for a period of six months and some additional local benefits. For additional information regarding these benefits, see footnote 5 to the Summary Compensation Table. For information regarding Mr. Backman’s severance benefits under his employment agreement, see thesection “Potential Payments Upon Termination orand Change in Control” section later in this Proxy Statement..

Mats Backman. Mr. Bratt’s Employment Arrangement

As described above, Mr. Bratt commenced employment with the Company as of May 1, 2016 as President, Passive Safety. In determining the compensation for Mr. Bratt,Backman’s resignation was effective February 2019; accordingly, the Compensation Committee considereddid not make any adjustments to Mr. Backman’s compensation in 2019.

Christian Hanke. Mr. Hanke was not an executive officer at the market pay levelstime of the Compensation Committee’s December 2018 compensation review and, accordingly, was not included in Sweden, as well asits compensation review by the pay levelCompensation Committee. His 2019 compensation was determined within the senior management compensation review process. The Compensation Committee reviewed his compensation at the time of his predecessor. Pursuantassignment as Interim CFO and made limited adjustments to the terms of Mr. Bratt’s employment agreement with the Company, he had an annual base salary of $659,551, a target short-term incentive of 45% of his base salary, eligibility to participatecompensation at that time, as described in the stock incentive plan, a defined contribution retirement benefit equivalent to 35% of his base salary,“Additional 2019 and some additional local benefits. In connection with his commencement of employment with the Company, Mr. Bratt received a cash signing bonus of $494,663. For additional information regarding these benefits, see footnote 5 to the Summary2020 Compensation Table. For information regarding Mr. Bratt’s severance benefits under his employment agreement, see the “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control” section later in this Proxy Statement.Decisions”.

Severance Arrangements with Messrs. Melzer and Nilsson

During 2016, the Company entered into separation agreements with each of Messrs. Melzer and Nilsson. For information regarding the severance benefits provided under these agreements, see the “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control” section later in this Proxy Statement.

20162019 Additional Benefits

The Company’s executive compensation program also includes certain retirement / pension benefits (see page 4344 of this Proxy Statement) and certain other items of compensation, such as a company car. The Compensation Committee believes these benefits are appropriate for each of our named executive officers.

Additional 2019 and 2020 Compensation Decisions

Mr. Hanke’s Temporary Compensation Arrangements as Interim CFO

As described above, in connection with his assignment as Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective March 1, 2019, the Compensation Committee approved an additional temporary cash allowance equivalent to 50% of his base salary on a monthly basis. The allowance was considered to be a part of his base salary for the purposes of calculating his annualnon-equity incentive payment which payment waspro-rated for the period of time during which he served as Interim CFO. All other terms and conditions of Mr. Hanke’s agreement remained unchanged.

Mr. Murray’s International Assignment Agreement Addendum

On April 24, 2019, Mr. Murray signed an addendum to his existing temporary international assignment agreement (that would automatically cease as of March 31, 2020 unless extended by mutual agreement). The addendum included a retention arrangement that provided that all of his outstanding stock incentive grants would be forfeited, but an equivalentlump-sum payment would be made at the end of the assignment period, unless his employment was terminated for cause. All other terms and conditions of Mr. Murray’s agreement remained unchanged.

Mr. Murray’s International Assignment Agreement

On January 23, 2020, Mr. Murray signed a new international assignment agreement, pursuant to which he agreed to remain employed by the Company through December 31, 2020. The agreement included the following clauses to encourage the retention of Mr. Murray until the end of the assignment period:

Mr. Murray will continue to be based in Japan until the end of the assignment.

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He will continue to be eligible for his base salary, international assignment allowance, short-term incentive for 2020, long-term incentive grant in 2020, his existing retirement and pension solutions, international assignment benefits and tax equalization according to the company’s international assignment policies.

If Mr. Murray’s employment is terminated for any reason other than for cause , then any RSUs and PSUs granted to him in February 2018 and February 2019 that remain outstanding as of the date of termination will be cancelled and he will receive: (i) a lump sum cash payment equivalent to the value of forfeited RSUs, calculated based on the Company’s share price on the date of termination (the “RSU Cash Payment”); and (ii) a lump sum cash payment equivalent to the value of the forfeited PSUs, if any, calculated based on the Company’s share price on the original vesting date and based on actual performance results. If Mr. Murray’s employment is terminated at the end of the assignment period, then any RSUs and PSUs granted to Mr. Murray in February 2020 that remain outstanding as of the date of termination will be forfeited and he will receive the RSU Cash Payment and PSU Cash Payment in respect thereof. In addition, for a period of 12 months following Mr. Murray’s termination of employment for any reason, the Company will subsidize Mr. Murray’s medical and dental benefits provided to local employees in the U.S. by continuing to pay the employer-portion of the premium costs.

Mr. Murray is prohibited from competing with the Company for a period of 12 months following his termination of employment for any reason other than a termination by the Company without cause. Ifthe non-competition covenant becomes operative, then the Company will pay to Mr. Murray up to a maximum of 60% of his salary as consideration for such covenant.

TheChange-in-Control Severance Agreement dated August 15, 1999, amended December 15, 2008 terminated and is void.

The agreement preserves Mr. Murray’s previously-agreed upon retention payment of $800,000, pursuant to the original terms and conditions thereof.

Mr. Westin’s Employment Agreement

Mr. Westin entered into an employment agreement with the Company effective March 1, 2020 or an earlier date to be agreed upon by the parties (the “Agreement”), which provides for the following key compensation and benefits:

annual base salary of 5,500,000 SEK (i.e. approx. $590,000);

targetnon-equity incentive award equal to 45% of base salary, subject to achievement of applicable performance goals;

participation in LTI program commencing in 2020, with an initial maximum grant date value of $208,333; and

participation in the Swedish pension scheme and private health insurance program, provision of a company car, and certain other perquisite and benefit programs on the same basis as similarly situated senior executives.

Mr. Westin will receive a 1,000,000 SEK (i.e. approx. $107,000)sign-on cash award payable within one month following his commencement of employment. He will also receive, on his first day of employment,a sign-on award ofRSUs (“Sign-on RSUs”) having a grant date value of 4,000,000 SEK (i.e. approx. $429,000),which Sign-on RSUs will vest in three equal installments over the three-year period following the grant.The Sign-on RSUs will be granted in addition to the annual LTI award described above.

In addition, upon a qualifying termination of Mr. Westin’s employment (which includes an involuntary termination without cause or a resignation by him for “good reason”), he is entitled to receive a lump sum severance payment equal to 1.5 times his base salary, subject to Mr. Westin’s entry into a settlement agreement, which shall include, for example, a general release ofclaims, non-competition provision, and other covenants.

Results ofSay-on-Pay

At our 20162019 annual meeting of stockholders held on May 10, 2016,7, 2019, approximately 81.8%83.9% of the stockholders who voted on the“say-on-pay” proposal approved the compensation of our named executive officers,

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while approximately 15.2%13.9% voted against (with approximately 3%2.2% abstaining). In considering the results of this most recent advisory vote on executive compensation, the Compensation Committee concluded that the stockholder vote continues to reflect favorable stockholder support of the compensation paid to our named executive officers and the compensation philosophy and objectives of the Company.

At the annual meeting of stockholders on May 10, 2011,9, 2017, our stockholders expressed a preference that advisory votes on executive compensation occur every year. In accordance with the results of this vote, the Board determined to implement an advisory vote on executive compensation every year until the next required vote on the frequency of stockholder votes on the compensation of executives, which will occur at thisthe 2023 annual meeting. Please refer to “Proposal 3 – Advisory Vote on Frequency of Stockholder Vote of Executive Compensation” on page 52 of this Proxy Statement for more information regarding the advisory(non-binding) vote to express the views of stockholders on how frequently advisory votes on executive compensation, such as Proposal 2, will occur.

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Material Changes to 20172020 Compensation Program

Autoliv’snon-equity incentive program for 2020 will be based 50% on the Company’s Adjusted Operating Income (in USD) and 50% on the Company’s Adjusted Cash Conversion (in %).

Named executive officers and certain other senior officers received 75% of their 2020 LTI grant value in performance shares and 25% in RSUs that cliff vest on the third anniversary of the grant subject to the officer’s continued employment. 70% of the 2020 performance shares may be earned based on achievement of goals related to the Company’s EPS Growth in relation to Light Vehicle Production Growth and 30% may be earned based on achievement of goals related to the Company’s Order Intake Ratio (in %). Order Intake Ratio is the projected sales for the lifetime of each program awarded to Autoliv in relation to projected sales available for award in the market.

Currencies for Executive Compensation

The Compensation Committee approved a change to its annualnon-equity incentive award program, effectiveCompany generally sets cash-based compensation (including for 2017, pursuant to which eligible employeesall our named executive officers) in the Passive Safety Segmentlocal currency of the country of service with limited exceptions. Accordingly, the Company set compensation in Swedish kronor (“SEK”) for Messrs. Bratt, Hanke and Electronics Segment will receive part of their annualnon-equity incentive award based on achievement ofpre-established goals related to performance criteria identifiedBackman, and in U.S. dollars (“USD”) for Messrs. Murray, Garceau, Hague and Lombarte, except for the associated segment. Accordingly, Mr. Bratt’s 2017 annualnon-equity incentive award will be based on Group Operating Income (75%), Passive Safety segment’s Cash conversion (12.5%) and Passive Safety segment’sNon-quality costs (12.5%). For all target grant value of the otherLTI awards for which the compensation is set in USD for all our named executive officers,officers. For historic numbers, we have converted the criteriacompensation paid in prior years by the same exchange rate we applied for 2019 compensation to facilitate comparison. While the annualhistoric amounts paid do not change, amounts reflecting historic figures in this Proxy Statement may differ significantly from disclosure in previous years due to fluctuations in exchange rates. We also note that the exchange rate prevailing at the time of the Compensation Committee’s review of compensation may vary significantly from the exchange rates prevailing at the time this Proxy Statement is prepared. As a result, thenon-equityyear-to-year incentive award remains unchanged.

In addition,percentage changes in compensation reviewed and approved by the Compensation Committee approvedmay differ significantly from the addition of dividend equivalent rightspercentage changes in compensation presented in this Proxy Statement due to PSs and RSUs grantedfluctuations in February 2017 and beyond. Any cash dividend paid with respect to our common stock for which the record date occurs on or after the grant date and the payment date occurs on or before the vesting date will result in a credit of additional PSs and RSUs, which additional PSs and RSUs are subject to the same vesting schedule as the underlying PSs and RSUs.

exchange rates.

 

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATIONSummary Compensation Table (1)

The following table shows information concerning the annual compensation for services provided by our named executive officers in the fiscal years ended December 31 in the periods 2014, 20152017, 2018 and 2016.

Summary Compensation Table (1)2019.

 

Name and

Principal Position

 Year 

Salary

($)

 

Bonus

($)

 

Stock

Awards

($)(2)

 

Option

Awards

($)(3)

 

Non-Equity

Incentive

Plan

Compensation

($)

 

Change in

Pension Value

and

Nonqualified

Deferred

Compensation

Earnings

($)(4)

 

All Other

Compensation

($)(5)

 Total ($)

Jan Carlson

President and CEO

 2016   1,376,766(6)   -   938,247   -   1,474,427   30,533   649,359   4,469,332  
 2015   1,207,928   -   449,312   212,879   739,252   -   621,186   3,230,557  
 2014   1,032,417   -   408,169   239,951   514,144   23,204   539,470   2,757,354  
                   

Mats Backman

Chief Financial Officer and Group VP, Finance

 2016   381,074(7)   -   234,871   -   265,799   -   171,386   1,053,129  
                   

Mats Wallin

Former Chief Financial Officer and Group VP, Finance

 2016   219,576(6)   -   -   -   -   -   301,340   520,916  
 2015   500,112   -   168,333   79,754   214,134   -   2,485,860   3,448,193  
 2014   436,476   -   157,867   92,788   139,265   -   189,454   1,015,850  
                   

Mikael Bratt

President, Passive Safety

 2016   439,701(7)   494,663(9)   234,871   -   306,691   -   157,975   1,633,900  
                   

Steven Fredin (11)

CTO and Group VP, Business Development

 2016   578,240   -   351,545   -   403,322   434,600   175,008   1,942,715  
 2015   556,000   -   168,333   79,754   255,204   342,800   204,035   1,606,127  
 2014   526,000   -   135,555   79,671   196,461   572,900   170,414   1,681,001  
                   

Lars Sjöbring (8)

Group VP Legal Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary

 2016   655,000   -   351,545   -   355,338   -   334,258   1,696,140  
 2015   82,548   1,500,000 1,338,451   -   29,470   -   86,215   3,036,684  
 2014   157,022   -   -   -   -   -   19,102   176,124  
                   

Frank Melzer (10)

Former President, Electronics

 2016   293,406   -   351,545   -   272,868   -   1,417,454   2,335,272  
                   

Jonas Nilsson

Former President, Autoliv Europe

 2016   146,302   -   291,667   -   101,559   -   1,029,995   1,569,523  
 2015   374,845   -   139,748   66,194   172,054   -   159,071   911,912  
 2014   332,524   203,362   135,555   79,671   124,198   -   142,219   1,017,527  
Name and Principal Position Year  

Salary

$

 Bonus $  Stock
Awards $ (2)
  

Non-Equity
Incentive

Plan
Compensation
$

  

Change in
Pension Value
and
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings

$ (3)

 All Other
Compensation
$ (4)
 Total ($)

Mikael Bratt(6)

President and CEO

  2019    1,041,649(5)    -     550,035   380,349  -   427,147 2,399,180
  2018    843,418    -     371,289   155,211  -   335,581 1,705,499
  2017    669,736    -     371,392   268,229  -   263,498 1,572,856
                         

Christian Hanke(6)

Interim CFO; VP Corporate Control

  2019    265,615(5)    -     79,169     49,333  -   76,621 470,737  
                
                         

Mats Backman

Former CFO, Executive VP Finance

  2019    214,444(5)    -     -     -    -   38,300 252,744
  2018    603,656    -     371,289   135,823  -   533,686 1,644,453
  2017    580,438    -     371,392   261,197  -   221,484 1,434,511
                         

Brad Murray(6)

President, Asia

  2019    418,240    -     199,956   141,156  671,700 1,370,852 2,801,903
  2018    414,099    -     141,504   86,661  155,900 494,329 1,292,493
                         

Dan Garceau(6)

Former President, Americas

  2019    517,202    -     199,956   174,556  -   82,329 974,043
  2018    492,109    -     125,040   84,494  -   85,389 787,032
                         

Jordi Lombarte(6)

Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer

  2019    442,900    -     199,956   116,261  -   180,746 939,863
                
                         

Michael Hague(6)

Former President, Europe

  2019    559,627(5)    -     199,956   -    -   1,200,923 1,960,506
  2018    504,858    -     125,040   93,189  -   347,391 1,070,479

 

 (1)

The amounts contained in the table were paid in Swedish Kronor,SEK, USD, EUR and EUR.JPY. All amounts have been converted to U.S. dollars using the following exchange rates: 1 USD = 9.09719.3171 SEK = 0.9509 EUR.0.8930 EUR = 109.2018 JPY. Amounts are rounded to the nearest whole number and, as a result of such rounding, the amounts reflected in the “Total” column may differ slightly from the sum of amounts set forth in each individual column.

 

 (2)

The numbers reflect the aggregate grant-dategrant date fair value of the RSUs granted in each respective year and the PSs granted in 2016,2017 and 2019, calculated in accordance with FASB Topic 718.718 for 2017 and 2019. The fair value of the RSUs granted in 2017, 2018 and 2019 and PSs granted in 2017 and 2019 was calculated based on the closing price per share of stock on the grant date. The grant date fair value of the PSs was computed by multiplying (i) the target number of PSs awarded to each named executive officer, which was the assumed probable outcome as of the grant date, by (ii) the grant date fair value per share used for financial reporting purposes. Assuming, instead, that the highest level of performance conditions would be achieved, the grant date fair values of the PSs would have been as follows: (i) 2017: Mr. Carlson, $927,851;Bratt ($371,392); $; Mr. Backman $232,859;($371,392), and (ii) 2019: Mr. Bratt $232,859;($825,053); Mr. Fredin, $347,650;Hanke ($118,753); Mr. Sjöbring, $347,650;Murray ($299,934); Mr. Melzer, $347,650;Garceau ($299,934); Mr. Lombarte ($299,934); and Mr. Nilsson, $288,434. The assumptions made in the valuation of the RSUs and the PSs are contained in Note 15 “Stock Incentive Plan” to the Company’s consolidated financial statements contained in the Company’s 2016 Annual Report.Hague ($299,934).

 

 (3)The numbers reflect the aggregate grant-date fair value of the options granted in each respective year, calculated in accordance with FASB Topic 718. The assumptions made in the valuation of the options granted in 2015 and 2014 are contained in Note 15 “Stock Incentive Plan” to the Company’s consolidated financial statements contained in the Company’s 2016 Annual Report.

(4)All amounts contained in the column relate to Change in Pension Value as used for accounting purposes according to U.S. GAAP.

 

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 (5)(4)

The following table reflects the items that are included in the All Other Compensation column for 2016.2019.

 

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2016 All Other Compensation 
Name  Perquisites
$ (a)
  

Company Contributions
to Defined Contribution
Plans

$ (b)

  Tax
Payment
$ (c)
  Vacation
Supplement
$ (d)
  Severance
$ (e)
  

TOTAL

$

 

Jan Carlson

  32,993  608,796  -    7,570  -     649,359 

Mats Backman

  20,690  133,376  17,320  -    -     171,386 

Mats Wallin

    5,995    68,035  -    1,244  226,066   301,340 

Mikael Bratt

    4,079  153,895  -    -    -     157,975 

Steven Fredin

  112,424      43,222  19,362  -    -     175,008 

Lars Sjöbring

  102,750    229,250    2,258  -    -     334,258 

Frank Melzer

  13,275  102,692  -    -    1,301,486   1,417,454 

Jonas Nilsson

    1,893    51,206  -    500  976,396   1,029,995 
2019 All Other Compensation 
Name Perquisites
$ (a)
 

Company
Contributions
to Defined
Contribution
Plans

$ (b)

 Tax
Payment
$ (c)
 Vacation
Supplement
$ (d)
 Other
allowances
/ payments
$ (e)
 Severance
$ (f)
 

TOTAL

$

 

Mikael Bratt

 12,715 405,706 0 8,726 0 0  427,147 

Christian Hanke

 2,339 72,490 0 1,792 0 0  76,621 

Mats Backman

 1,879 35,213 0 1,207 0 0  38,300 

Brad Murray

 241,683 34,616 872,434 0 222,119 0  1,370,852 

Dan Garceau

 42,186 40,144 0 0 0 0  82,329 

Jordi Lombarte

 144,682 36,063 0 0 0 0  180,746 

Michael Hague

 80,499 11,200 166,591 0 127,894 814,740  1,200,923 

 

 a.

For Mr. Carlson, reflects the value of a company car ($31,117)Messrs. Bratt, Hanke and company-paid healthcare benefits. For Mr. Backman, reflects the value of a company car, reimbursement for temporary housing accommodations in Swedenfuel, parking, and company-paid healthcare benefits. For Mr. Wallin,Murray, reflects the value of a company car, fuel, company-paid healthcare benefits, home leave airline tickets ($42,681), and company paid housing and utilities ($169,371). For Mr. Garceau, reflects an auto allowance ($25,200), fuel and company-paid healthcare benefits. For Mr. Bratt,Lombarte, reflects an auto allowance ($25,200), Company-provided housing ($85,578) (which benefit will not be continued beyond August 2020), home leave airline tickets, fuel and company-paid healthcare benefits. For Mr. Hague. reflects the value of a company car, fuel, Company-paid housing and company-paid healthcare benefits. For Mr. Fredin, reflects the value of a company car, reimbursement for club membership, company-paid healthcare benefits, travel costs linked to international assignment, housing accommodation in Swedenutilities ($58,476) and other expenses related to his international assignment to Sweden. For Mr. Sjöbring, reflects the value of a company car ($30,315)45,626), company-paid healthcare benefits, housing accommodation in the U.S. and expenses related to his relocation to the US ($49,280). For Mr. Melzer, reflects the value of a company car. For Mr. Nilsson, reflects the value of a company carlanguage lessons, and company-paid healthcare benefits. For all perquisites, the value reported reflects the aggregate incremental cost to the Company of providing the benefit. The Company determined the cost of the company car based on the value of the lease paymentpayment/amortization or car allowance paid, as applicable.

 

 b.

Reflects for Messrs. Carlson,Bratt and Backman Wallin, Bratt, Melzer and Nilsson, contributions to the named executive officer’s defined contribution plans.plans in Sweden. Reflects for Mr. Fredin, $10,860Hanke premiums paid in to his pension plan in Sweden. Reflects for Mr. Murray matching contributions to the U.S. 401(k) plan and $32,362$23,416 matching contributions to the Autoliv North AmericaNon-Qualified Retirement Plan. Reflects for Mr. Garceau matching contributions to the U.S. 401(k) plan and $28,944 in matching contributions to the Autoliv North AmericaNon-Qualified Retirement Plan. Reflects for Mr. Sjöbring, $10,600 inHague matching contributions to the U.S. 401(k) plan. Reflects for Mr. Lombarte matching contributions to the U.S. 401(k) plan $36,680and $24,786 in matching contributions to the Autoliv North AmericaNon-Qualified Retirement Plan, and $181,970 as contributionPlan. Reflects for Mr. Hague matching contributions to the Supplemental Plan.U.S. 401(k) plan.

 

 c.Reflects for Mr. Backman atax-gross up payment related to reimbursement for housing accommodation in Sweden, for Mr. Sjöbring, a taxgross-up payment related to his reimbursements for housing accommodation in the U.S. related to his relocation and for Mr. Fredin a taxgross-up payment on the benefits related to his relocation and international assignment.

Per the terms of Mr. Fredin’sthe Company’s international assignment agreement, Mr. Fredin ispolicies and respective agreements for Messrs. Murray and Hague, they are entitled to tax equalization benefits for 2015 and 2016 (and future years), but, as of the date of this proxy statement, such amounts had not yet been finalized or paid to Mr. Fredin. Accordingly,whereby the Company will include such amountscover the difference between (i) a hypothetical home country tax and (ii) worldwide actual taxes. Reflects for Mr. FredinMurray taxgross-up payments on the 2019 benefits related to his international assignment to Japan ($20,957) and the tax equalization payment related to compensation earned in 2018 ($851,477). Reflects for Mr. Hague taxgross-up payments related to his 2019 income and benefits related to his international assignment to Germany ($35,231) and the tax equalization payment related to compensation earned in 2018 ($131,360). Tax equalization ensures that the tax costs incurred by Mr. Murray and Mr. Hague on the international assignment are equivalent to what the tax costs would have been had each remained in the U.S. The tax equalization amounts were not paid to these officers but were paid directly to the appropriate tax authorities. The tax equalization payments for 2019 compensation were not final or paid at the time of the filing last year’s Proxy Statement. In reporting compensation for Mr. Murray and Hague in our proxy statement filed in March 2019, the tax equalization values for 2017 compensation were not included as they were not NEOs in 2017. Messrs. Murray and Hague first became NEOs with respect to calendar year 2018. For this reason, thisone-year delay in availability of tax equalization amounts created a future year.big difference in reported total compensation levels for 2018 and 2019.

 

 d.

Reflects for Messrs. Carlson, Nilsson and Wallin the vacation supplement required by Swedish labor law.

 

 e.In the “All Other Compensation” column of the Summary Compensation table in our 2016 Proxy Statement, we included severance amounts that became payable

Reflects for Mr. Murray a net foreign service allowance pursuant to his international assignment agreement. Reflects for Mr. Wallin in 2016 and in 2017 because such amounts were “accrued” for purposes of SEC disclosure rules. Such amounts were based on certain assumptions in light of information available at the time of such calculations (including but not limitedHague a cash allowance contractually paid to assuming target payouthim as 25% of his 2016non-equity incentive award, to which he is entitled pursuant to the termsbase salary in lieu of his separation agreement). The additional amounts reported herein reflect the difference between the accrued severance reported in our 2016 Proxy Statement and the actual severance paid or payable to him in 2016 and 2017 ($60,761) and payment for unused vacation days, pursuant to Swedish law ($165,305). Reflects accrued severance paid in 2016 or that will become payable in 2017 to Mr. Melzer. Reflects accrued severance paid in 2016 to Mr. Nilsson.retirement contributions.

 

 (6)f.Includes

Reflects a lump sum severance payment of $108,442 for Mr. Carlson and $25,192 for Mr. Wallin for unused vacation days.equal to 18 months’ base salary.

 

 (7)(5)Reflects what Messrs.

Includes payment of unused vacation days for Mr. Bratt ($27,385), Mr. Hanke ($2,507), Mr. Backman ($117,548), and Bratt actually received in 2016Mr. Hague ($48,049). For Mr. Hanke also includes his allowance as salary.acting EVP Finance and CFO described above.

 

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 (8)(6)Mr. Sjöbring was a

Messrs. Murray, Garceau and Hague were not named executive officerofficers in 2017. Messrs. Hanke and Lombarte were not named executive officers in either 2017 or 2018. Messrs. Bratt, Murray, Garceau and Hague all entered into new roles during 2018; as a result, their total 2018 compensation reflects compensation for a partial year of service in their current roles. The increase in total compensation from 2018 to 2019 reflects, in part, the Company priorfact that they had only served in their current role for part of 2018, as compared to his separation from the Companycompensation for service in 2014. Mr. Sjöbring commenced hisre-employment with the Company on November 16, 2015.their current role for a full year in 2019.

(9)Reflects the signing bonus paid to Mr. Bratt in 2016.

(10)Mr. Melzer was not a named executive officer in 2014 or 2015 and he ceased performing services as the Company’s President, Electronics effective October 1, 2016.

(11)Effective as of October 1, 2016, Mr. Fredin’s title changed from Group Vice President, Sales & Engineering, to CTO and Group Vice President, Business Development.

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20162019 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table

The following table summarizes grants of plan-based awards to named executive officers made in the year ended December 31, 2016.2019.

 

     Estimated Possible Payouts
undernon-equity Incentive Plan
  Estimated Possible Payouts
under equity Incentive Plan
  

All
other
Stock
Award

(#)

  

Grant date
FMV of
stock

awards (1)

 
Name Grant
Date
  Threshold
($)
       Target
    ($)
      Maximum
    ($)
  Threshold
(#)
      Target
    (#)
      Maximum
    (#)
   

Jan Carlson

  02/15/16   -      -     -     -     -     -     4,732   474,322 
  02/15/16   -      -     -     0   4,732   9,464   -     463,925 
   0    951,243   1,902,486   -     -     -     -     -   

Mats Backman

  05/09/16   -      -     -     -     -     -     993   118,442 
  05/09/16   -      -     -     0   993   1,986   -     116,429 
   0    171,483   342,966   -     -     -     -     -   

Mats Wallin (2)

   -      -     -     -     -     -     -     -   
   -      -     -     -     -     -     -     -   
   0    209,935   419,870   -     -     -     -     -   

Mikael Bratt

  05/09/16   -      -     -     -     -     -     993   118,442 
  05/09/16   -      -     -     0   993   1,986   -     116,429 
   0    197,865   395,731   -     -     -     -     -   

Steven Fredin

  02/15/16   -      -     -     -     -     -     1,773   177,720 
  02/15/16   -      -     -     0   1,773   3,546   -     173,825 
   0    260,208   520,416   -     -     -     -     -   

Lars Sjöbring

  02/15/16   -      -     -     -     -     -     1,773   177,720 
  02/15/16   -      -     -     0   1,773   3,546   -     173,825 
   0    229,250   458,500   -     -     -     -     -   

Frank Melzer

  02/15/16   -      -     -     -     -     -     1,773   177,720 
  02/15/16   -      -     -     0   1,773   3,546   -     173,825 
   0    176,044   352,087   -     -     -     -     -   

Jonas Nilsson

  02/15/16   -      -     -     -     -     -     1,471   147,450 
  02/15/16   -      -     -     0   1,471   2,942   -     144,217 
   0    65,522   131,044   -     -     -     -     -   
     Estimated Possible Payouts under
Non-Equity
Incentive Plan Awards
  Estimated Possible Payouts
under Equity
Incentive Plan Awards (1)
  All Other
Stock
Awards:
Number
of Shares of
Stock or
Units
(#)(2)
  Grant date
Fair
Value of Stock
Awards
($)
 
   Grant
Date
  Threshold
($)
  Target
($)
  Maximum
($)
  Threshold
(#)
  Target
(#)
  Maximum
(#)
 

Mikael Bratt

  02/18/2019   -     -     -     -     5,273   10,546   -     412,507 
  02/18/2019   -     -     -     -     -     -     1,758   137,528 
   -     507,132   1,014,264   -     -     -     -     -   

Christian Hanke

  02/18/2019   -     -     -     -     759   1,518   -     59,377 
  02/18/2019   -     -     -     -     -     -     253   19,792 
   -     65,777   131,554   -     -     -     -     -   

Brad Murray

  02/18/2019   -     -     -     -     1,917   3,834   -     149,967 
  02/18/2019   -     -     -     -     -     -     639   49,989 
   -     188,208   376,416   -     -     -     -     -   

Dan Garceau

  02/18/2019   -     -     -     -     1,917   3,834   -     149,967 
  02/18/2019   -     -     -     -     -     -     639   49,989 
   -     232,741   465,482   -     -     -     -     -   

Jordi Lombarte

  02/18/2019   -     -     -     -     1,917   3,834   -     149,967 
  02/18/2019   -     -     -     -     -     -     639   49,989 
   -     155,015   310,030   -     -     -     -     -   

Michael Hague

  02/18/2019   -     -     -     -     1,917   3,834   -     149,967 
  02/18/2019   -     -     -     -     -     -     639   49,989 
   -     224,054   448,107   -     -     -     -     -   

 

(1)The numbers reflect the aggregate grant date fair value of the

Reflects RSUs and PSs calculatedgranted in accordance with FASB Topic 718. Each of the named executive officers received his RSUs and PSs in February 2016, with the exception of Messrs. Backman and Bratt, who received their RSUs and PSs in connection with their commencement of employment in May 2016.2019 under our 1997 Plan.

 

(2)Mr. Wallin ceased serving as

Reflects PSs granted in 2019 under our CFO and Group Vice President, Finance as of May 1, 2016, but remained eligible to receive his full-yearnon-equity incentive award for 2016. However, he did not receive an LTI grant in 2016 due to his then-upcoming termination of employment.1997 Plan.

 

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Outstanding Equity Awards at 20162019 FiscalYear-End

The following table summarizes the total numberA summary of securities underlying outstanding plan awards for the named executive officers in the year ended December 31, 2016.2019 is provided below.

 

      Option Awards(1) Stock Awards(1)
Name  Grant
year
  Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#) Exercisable
  Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#) Unexer-
cisable
  Option
Exercise
Price ($)
  Option
Expiration
Date ($)
 

Number of
Shares or Units
of Stock

That Have Not
Vested (#)

 Market Value of
Shares or Units
of Stock That
Have Not
Vested ($)(4)
 Equity
Incentive Plan
Awards:
Number of
unearned
Shares, Units
or Other
Rights That
Have Not
Vested (#)
 Equity
Incentive Plan
Awards: Market
or Payout Value
of Unearned
Shares, Units or
Other Rights
That Have Not
Vested ($)(4)

Jan Carlson

  2016         4,732 535,426 4,732 535,426
  2015  12,732    113.36  02/16/25 4,244 480,209  
  2014  13,830    94.87  02/19/24 4,610 521,622  

Mats Backman

  2016         993(2) 112,358 993(2) 112,358

Mats Wallin

  2015         1,590(6) 179,909(6)  
  2014         1,783 201,746  

Mikael Bratt

  2016         993(2) 112,358 993(2) 112,358

Steven Fredin

  2016         1,773 200,615 1,773 200,615
  2015  4,770    113.36  02/16/25 1,590 179,909  
  2014  4,592    94.87  02/19/24 1,531 173,233  

Lars Sjöbring

  2016         1,773 200,615 1,773 200,615
  2015         12,230(3) 1,383,825  

Frank Melzer

  2016         1,773(6) 200,615(6) 1,773(6) 200,615(6)
  2015  2,138    126.46  06/01/25(7) 713(6) 80,676(6)  

Jonas Nilsson(5)

  2015  3,959    113.36  02/16/25(7)    
      

Option Awards (1)

 

Stock Awards (1)

Name Grant year Awards linked
to which
company
 Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options (#)
Exercisable
 

Option
Exercise Price

($)

 

Option
Expiration Date

($)

 

Number of

Shares or
Units of
Stock
That Have
Not
Vested
(#)(2)(3)

 

Market

Value of
Shares or
Units of
Stock
That
Have Not
Vested

($)(4)

 Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Number of
Unearned
Shares,
Units or
Other
Rights
That Have
Not
Vested
(#)(2)(5)
 Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Market or
Payout
Value of
Unearned
Shares,
Units  or
Other
Rights
That Have
Not
Vested
($)(4)

Mikael Bratt

 2019 Autoliv -   -   -   1,817 153,373 5,450 460,035
 2018 Autoliv -   -   -   1,949 164,515  
 Veoneer -   -   -   4,363 68,150  
 

2017

 Autoliv -   -   -   2,243 189,332  
 Veoneer -   -   -   5,021 78,428  

Christian Hanke(6)

 2019 Autoliv -   -   -   261 22,031 784 66,177
 2018 Autoliv -   -   -   415 35,030  
 Veoneer -   -   -   930 14,527  
 2017 Autoliv -   -   -   478 40,348  
 Veoneer -   -   -   1,070 16,713  

Brad Murray

 2019 Autoliv -   -   -   660 55,711 1,981 167,216
 2018 Autoliv -   -   -   743 62,717 -   -  
 Veoneer -   -   -   1,663 25,976 -   -  
 2017 Autoliv -   -    853 72,002 -   -  
 Veoneer -   -    1,911 29,850 -   -  
 2015 Autoliv 1,319 80.40 02/16/25 -   -   -   -  
 Veoneer 3,099 34.25 02/16/25 -   -   -   -  
 2014 Autoliv 1,577 67.29 02/19/24 -   -   -   -  
 Veoneer 3,703 28.67 02/19/24 -   -   -   -  
 2013 Autoliv 2,219 49.07 02/19/23 -   -   -   -  
 Veoneer 5,211 20.91 02/19/23 -   -   -   -  
 2012 Autoliv 710 47.52 02/22/22 -   -   -   -  
 Veoneer 1,668 20.25 02/22/22 -   -   -   -  

Dan Garceau(6)

 2019 Autoliv -   -   -   660 55,711 1,981 167,216
 2018 Autoliv -   -   -   656 55,373 -   -  
 Veoneer -   -   -   1,469 22,946 -   -  
 2017 Autoliv -   -   -   754 63,645 -   -  
 Veoneer -   -   -   1,688 26,367 -   -  

Jordi Lombarte

 2019 Autoliv -   -   -   660 55,711 1,981 167,216
 2018 Autoliv -   -   -   472 39,842 -   -  
 Veoneer -   -   -   1,057 16,510 -   -  
 2017 Autoliv -   -   -   542 45,750 -   -  
 Veoneer -   -   -   1,215 18,978 -   -  

Michael Hague(6)

 2019 Autoliv -   -   -   -   -   -   -  
 2018 Autoliv -   -   -   -   -   -   -  
 Veoneer -   -   -   -   -   -   -  
 2017 Autoliv -   -   -   -   -   -   -  
 Veoneer -   -   -   -   -   -   -  

 

(1)Except as otherwise noted, the

The above plan awards were granted on February 22, 2012, February 19, 2013, February 19, 2014, February 16, 2015, February 19, 2017, February 13, 2018 and February 15, 2016.18, 2019. All options granted are for10-year terms with an exercise price equal to the fair market value (as defined in the 1997 Plan) per share on the date of grant and become exercisable after one year of continued employment following the grant date. Except as otherwise noted, all RSUs and PSs grantedPerformance shares generally cliff vest after three years. The RSUs granted in 2016 will vest annually over a period of three years following the grant date. For purposes of this table, the value of the PSs assumes that the performance goals will be achieved at the target level.

 

(2)Messrs. Backman’s

For all RSU and Bratt’sPerformance shares grants the numbers reflect both the number of RSUs and PSs werePerformance shares originally granted on May 9, 2016.and the additional RSUs and Performance shares accrued through dividend equivalent rights through December 31, 2019.

 

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(3)Mr. Sjöbring’s RSUs in 2015 were granted on November 16, 2015 and cliff vest after five years.

Reflects RSUs.

 

(4)

The closing price on the NYSE for our common stock on December 30, 2016,31, 2019, the last trading day of the year, was $113.15$84.41. The closing price on the NYSE for the Veoneer Inc. common stock on December 31, 2019 was $15.62.

 

(5)Mr. Nilsson forfeited all of his outstanding RSUs

Reflects PSs, which may be earned based on the Company’s Order Intake Ratio (35%) and PSsEPS Growth in connection with his separation from the Company in November 2016relation to Light Vehicle Production Growth (65%) over a performance period commencing January 1, 2019 and accordingly, he did not have any RSUs or PSs outstanding as ofconcluding December 31, 2016.2021. The number of PSs reflected in the table assumes performance at the target performance level for both metrics.

 

(6)

Messrs. WallinHague, Hanke and Melzer willGarceau forfeited or shall forfeit thesetheir unvested equity awards except forone-thirdin connection with the termination of the RSUs granted to Mr. Melzer in 2016, prior to vesting due to their separation from the Company.employment on November 30, 2019, March 2, 2020 and no later than August 10, 2020, respectively.

(7)The original expiring date is 10 years after grant. Due to Messrs. Melzer and Nilsson’s separation from the Company, the options expire three months after their respective termination date.

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Option Exercises and Stock Vested During 20162019

The following table summarizes for each of our named executive officers the option awards that were exercised and RSUs that vested during the year ended December 31, 2016.2019.

 

   Option Awards  Stock Awards
Name  Number of
Shares
Acquired on  
Exercise (#)
  Value Realized  
on Exercise
($)(1)
  Number of Shares  
Acquired on  
Vesting (#)  
  Value Realized    
on Vesting        
($)(2)        

Jan Carlson

  -  -  6,298  684,719        

Mats Backman

  -  -  -  -        

Mats Wallin

  4,770  55,529  2,435  264,733        

Mikael Bratt

  -  -  -  -        

Steven Fredin

  -  -  2,091  227,334        

Lars Sjöbring

  -  -  -  -        

Frank Melzer

  -  -  -  -        

Jonas Nilsson

  4,592  84,331  -  -        
Name  Option Awards                       Stock  Awards                    
  Number of
Shares
Acquired on
Exercise (#)
   Value Realized
on Exercise
($)
   Number of Shares
Acquired on
Vesting (#)
  Value Realized
on Vesting
($)(1)

Mikael Bratt

   -    -   Autoliv  1,192  92,244        
   -    -   Veoneer  2,798  76,602        

Christian Hanke

   -    -   Autoliv  -  -        
   -    -   Veoneer  -  -        

Mats Backman

   -    -   Autoliv  959  75,023        
   -    -   Veoneer  2,251  65,279        

Brad Murray

   -    -   Autoliv  810  63,366        
   -    -   Veoneer  1,904  55,216        

Dan Garceau

   -    -   Autoliv  716  56,013        
   -    -   Veoneer  1,682  48,778        

Jordi Lombarte

   -    -   Autoliv  453  35,438        
   -    -   Veoneer  1,065  30,885        

Michael Hague

   -    -   Autoliv  453  35,438        
   -    -   Veoneer  1,065  30,885        

 

(1)The value realized upon the exercise of stock options was calculated as the number of options exercised multiplied by the difference between the price of a share of our common stock on the date of exercise and the exercise price of the stock option.

(2)The value realized on vesting of RSUs shown in the table above was calculated as the product of the closing price of a share of our common stock and the Veoneer Inc. common stock respectively, on the vesting date multiplied by the number of RSUs vested.

Pension Benefits

The following table summarizes the present value of the benefit (and other information) under the defined benefit plan of the Company for the named executive officersofficer in the year ended December 31, 2016. Messrs. Backman, Wallin, Bratt, Sjöbring, Melzer and Nilsson do not participate in a defined benefit plan. Since 2007, when he became the CEO,2019. Of our named executive officers, only Mr. Carlson has not participatedMurray participates in a defined benefit plan.

 

Name Plan Name Number of
Years Credited
Services (#)
 Present Value of
Accumulated
Benefit ($)
 Payments  during
Last Fiscal Year ($)

Jan Carlson(1)

 Defined Benefit 2 262,824(2) 0

Mats Backman

 - - - -

Mats Wallin

 - - - -

Mikael Bratt

 - - - -

Steven Fredin

 Autoliv ASP, Inc. Pension Plan 25 644,300(3) 0
 Autoliv ASP, Inc. Excess Pension Plan 25 1,333,300(3) 0
  Autoliv ASP, Inc. Supplemental Plan 25 187,400(3) 0

Lars Sjöbring

 - - - -

Frank Melzer

 - - - -

Jonas Nilsson

 - - - -
NamePlan NameNumber of
Years Credited
Services (#)

Present Value of

Accumulated
Benefit ($)

Payments during
Last Fiscal
Year ($)

Brad Murray

Autoliv ASP, Inc. Pension Plan Autoliv

ASP, Inc. Excess Pension Plan


32
32


1,275,400(1)
1,728,000(1)

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(1)Before becoming CEO, Mr. Carlson participated in a defined benefit plan, which is now frozen. The future defined benefit entitlement is based on Mr. Carlson’s base salary at the time the defined benefit plan was frozen and the number of years he was participating in the defined benefit plan. The benefit entitlement is indexed each year based on the Swedish consumer price index.

(2)Represents the present value of Mr. Carlson’s expected pension benefits in the Sweden Executives plan at retirement according to US GAAP. The discount rate used to calculate the present value as of December 31, 2016 was 2.70%, inflation assumption / pension indexation was 2.00% and price base index increase was 3.00%. The calculations are based on the latest mortality table available from Svensk Försäkring DUS14. (white collar).

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(3)The actuarial present value of Mr. Fredin’sthe accumulated plan benefit is based on Mr. Fredin’sthe accrued benefit in each plan as of December 31, 2016,2019, using the plan’s benefit formula and actual earnings and service through December 31, 2016.2019. The calculation is based on the same assumptions used for financial reporting purposes under generally accepted accounting principles with the following exceptions: (a) Mr. FredinMurray was assumed to retire on his normal retirement date of MarchJuly 1, 2027,2024, (b) Mr. FredinMurray was assumed to elect a lump sum payment in allboth plans, payable on MarchJuly 1, 2027,2024 and (c) nopre-retirement decrements (withdrawal, retirement, disability, or death) were assumed. Key assumptions used to calculate the defined benefit values as of December 31, 2016, are as follows: (i) discount rate of 4.15%, (ii) lump sum interest rates of 5.52% for the first five years, 5.18% for the next 15 years, and 4.91% thereafter, and (iii) solely for determination of the projected lump sum amounts, the assumed future applicable mortality table under U.S. Internal Revenue Code Section 417(e) rates based on RP2014 base table back-projected to 2006 and projected forward using Projection Scale MP2016.

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Key assumptions used to calculate the defined benefit value as of December 31, 2019 are as follows: (i) discount rate of 3.25%, (ii) lump sum interest rates of 2.82% for the first five years, 3.79% for the next 15 years, and 3.80% thereafter, and (iii) solely for determination of the projected lump sum amounts, the assumed future applicable mortality table under U.S. Internal Revenue Code Section 417(e) rates based on RP2014 base table back-projected to 2006 and projected forward usingMP-2019.

U.S. Pension Plan. During 2016,2019, Mr. FredinMurray participated in the Autoliv ASP, Inc. Pension Plan (which we refer to as the “Pension Plan”). The Pension Plan is a funded, defined benefit pension plan that provides benefits for the Company’s U.S. employees hired prior to January 1, 2004, who meet minimum age and service eligibility requirements. Subject to certain limitations, the monthly retirement benefit under the Pension Plan (assuming attainment of age 65, the retirement age specified by the plan, and an election to receive payments in the form of a life annuity), is determined in accordance with a formula that takes into account the following factors: the highest average of any consecutive five calendar years of pensionable earnings during the last ten years of employment (“average final earnings”), and the number of years of benefit service. The retirement benefit for Mr. FredinMurray under the Pension Plan is a monthly pension equal to 1/12th of the amount determined as follows:

 

  

1.0% of average final earnings times years of benefit service prior to 12/31/2005, plus

 

  

0.5% of average final earnings in excess of “Covered Compensation” times years of benefit service prior to 12/31/05,2005, plus

 

  

0.7% of average final earnings times years of benefit service on or after 1/1/2006, plus

 

  

0.5% of average final earnings in excess of “Covered Compensation” times years of benefit service on or after 1/1/2006.

For purposes of this formula, “earnings” in a given year means the participant’s gross annual compensation, excluding amounts credited or paid under the key employees stock option and performance unit plan, long-term incentive plans, severance pay and reimbursement for employment-related expenses, but including bonuses and incentive pay which is not, and has not been, subject to deferred income taxation under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. “Covered Compensation” means the average of the Social Security taxable wage bases during the35-year period ending with the year in which the participant reaches the Social Security normal retirement age. Pension Plan benefits will begin when a participant reaches normal retirement age, defined as age 65. Benefits can commence immediately upon termination if the participant is vested after five years of vesting service, but if benefits are commenced prior to age 60, the benefit will be lower than at normal retirement age. Disability retirement is offered under the Pension Plan to participants who have at least 15 years of vesting service, are eligible to receive Social Security Disability benefits, become totally and permanently disabled while employed, and are not eligible to participate in long-term disability insurance.

Benefits under the Pension Plan are payable in the form of a lump sum or annuity, as selected by the participant. Participants in the Pension Plan will be 100% vested in their plan benefit after five years of vesting service or if they reach age 65 while employed by Autoliv. Mr. FredinMurray is fully vested in his Pension Plan benefits.

Excess Pension Plan. Mr. FredinMurray also participated in the Autoliv ASP, Inc. Excess Pension Plan (which we refer to as the “Excess Pension Plan”). The Excess Pension Plan is an unfunded, nonqualified defined benefit retirement plan, pursuant to which participating U.S. employees are eligible to receive a retirement benefit based on the benefit they would receive under the Pension Plan. Benefits payable under the Excess Pension Plan are calculated without regard to the limitations imposed by the U.S. Internal Revenue Code on the amount of compensation that may be taken into accountconsidered under the Pension Plan. The purpose of the Excess Pension Plan is to supplement the benefits payable under the Pension Plan.

The supplemental benefit payable under the Excess Pension Plan is equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the monthly benefit that would be payable to the executive under the Pension Plan as of the later of age 65 or the executive’s separation from service, computed without regard to applicable U.S. Internal Revenue Code

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limitations, and computed as if amounts deferred under a bonus or incentive compensation plan had been counted as “earnings” under the Pension Plan), over (ii) the amount of monthly benefit payable to the executive under the Pension Plan as of the later of age 65 or the executive’s separation from service, as limited by the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and the terms of the Pension Plan. Benefits under the Excess Pension Plan will be payable in a single lump sum on the first day of the seventh month following the month in which the executive retires or otherwise separates from service. Mr. FredinMurray is fully vested in his benefits in the Excess Pension Plan.

Supplemental Pension Plan.Mr. Fredin is a named plan participant in the Autoliv ASP, Inc., Supplemental Pension Plan which was established November 1, 2015, to correct an administrative error that was made in 1997 and discovered and corrected in 2015. The plan provides a supplemental pension benefit to a select group of management who were former employees of Morton International, Inc. and became employees of Autoliv North America prior to the merger with Morton International, Inc. The supplemental benefit is an amount equal to the sum of (1) the difference between (a) what Mr. Fredin’s accrued benefit would have been under the Pension Plan had he been credited with benefit service with Autoliv ASP, Inc., beginning May 1, 1997 instead of July 1, 1999 and (b) Mr. Fredin’s actual accrued benefit under the Pension Plan and (2) the additional benefit, if any, which would have been paid to him under the Excess Pension Plan had his Pension Plan benefit been determined in accordance with (a) above.

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Nonqualified Retirement Deferred Compensation

The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the Autoliv North AmericaNon-Qualified Retirement Plan (which we refer to as theNon-Qualified Retirement Plan). Mr. FredinMessrs. Murray, Garceau and Mr. SjöbringLombarte are the only named executive officers that participate in theNon-Qualified Retirement Plan.

 

Name Executive
Contributions  
in Last  Fiscal  
Year ($)(1)
 Registrant
Contributions  
in Last Fiscal  
Year ($)(2)
 Aggregate  
Earnings  
in Last
Fiscal Year
($)(3)  
 Aggregate
Withdrawals/  
Distributions  
($)
 Aggregate Balance  
at Last Fiscal
Year-End ($)(4)

Jan Carlson

 - - - - -

Mats Backman

 - - - - -

Mats Wallin

 - - - - -

Mikael Bratt

 - - - - -

Steven Fredin

 57,790 32,362 159,760 0 1,949,227

Lars Sjöbring

 45,850 218,650 19,346 0 317,099

Frank Melzer

 - - - - -

Jonas Nilsson

 - - - - -
Name Executive
Contributions
in Last Fiscal
Year ($)(1)
 Registrant
Contributions
in Last Fiscal
Year ($)(2)
 

Aggregate
Earnings

in Last
Fiscal Year
($)(3)

 Aggregate
Withdrawals/
Distributions
($)
 Aggregate Balance
at Last Fiscal
Year-End ($)(4)

Brad Murray

 $50,177.37 $23,415.98 $70,488.09 - $408,309.41

Dan Garceau

 $51,685.47 $28,943.76 $167,953.90 - $817,653.08

Jordi Lombarte

 $30,982.08 $24,785.76 $10,112.11 - $91,191.23

 

 (1)

Messrs. Fredin’sMurray’s, Garceau’ s and Sjöbring’s contributionLombarte’ s contributions to theNon-Qualified Retirement Plan are included in the amount reported as “Salary” in the Summary Compensation table for fiscal year 2016.2019.

 

 (2)

The Company’s matching contributions to theNon-Qualified Retirement Plan are included in the “All Other Compensation” in the Summary Compensation table for Messrs. FredinMurray, Garceau and SjöbringLombarte for fiscal year 2016.2019.

 

 (3)

Aggregate earnings are not includable in the Summary Compensation Table because such earnings are not above-market or preferential interest rates.

 

 (4)

Includes amounts previously reported in the Summary Compensation Table, in the previous years when earned if that executive officer’s compensation was required to be disclosed in a previous year. Amounts previously reported in such years include previously earned, but deferred, salary and Company matching contributions.

Pursuant to theNon-Qualified Retirement Plan, participants may elect to defer a stated percentage of their base salary for each plan year, as determined by the administrative committee of the plan; provided, however, the amount deferred may not exceed 25% of a participant’s base salary. Earnings (and losses) are credited to participants’ accounts based on participant choices between various investment options and the rate of return determined by the administrative committee of the plan.

Participants are eligible to receive matching contributions equal to 80% of their deferred amounts. For plan years ending on or before December 31, 2008, deferred amounts in excess of 12% of the participant’s

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compensation were not eligible for matching contributions. For plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2009, deferred amounts in excess of 7% of the participant’s compensation are not eligible for matching contributions. Contributions for Mr. Sjöbring will be increased so that the total value of retirement-related contributions made by the Company (including contributions to the 401(k) plan) will be equivalent to 35% of his base salary. Participants are always 100% vested in their deferred amounts and earnings thereon; provided, however, matching contributions and earnings thereon in a participant’s account are subject to forfeiture if the participant is determined by the Board to have stolen Company assets, violated the Company’s Standards of Business Conduct and Ethics or disclosed confidential business or technical information of the Company to unauthorized third parties.

Participants may elect to receive distributions from their accounts on the first day of the seventh month following the occurrence of any one of the following distribution events as designated by the participant: (i) separation from service, (ii) death, (iii) attainment of normal retirement age (65), or (iv) attainment of early retirement age (age 55 and at least five years of service with the Company). Amounts will be distributed in one of the following forms, as selected by the participant: (i) a single lump sum, (ii) 60 approximately equal monthly installments or (iii) 120 approximately equal monthly installments.

Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control

The Company has entered into agreements and maintains plans that may require the Company to make payments and/or provide benefits to our named executive officers in the event of termination of employment or a change in control. The paragraphs below summarize the material terms of such agreements with our named executive officers, including Mr. Wallin, our former Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Melzer, our former President, Electronics, and Mr. Nilsson, our former President, Autoliv Europe. However, Mr. Wallin separated from the Company effective as of May 31, 2016, Mr. Nilsson separated from the Company effective as of May 19, 2016, and Mr. Melzer separated from the Company effective October 1, 2016. Following their separation with the Company, Messrs. Wallin, Melzer and Nilsson will not be entitled to the benefits provided in the employment agreement and severance agreement, except as disclosed below. A summary of the separation agreements with Messrs. Wallin, Melzer and Nilsson may be found later in this section.officers.

Employment Agreements. The Company hasis party to an employment agreement with each of our named executive officers. Messrs. Bratt and Lombarte (the “employment agreements”) and was party to an employment agreement with each of Messers. Hanke and Garceau until their resignations effective March 2, 2020 and no later than August 10, 2020, respectively. Mr. Murray had a time limited international assignment agreement (the “IA Agreement”) that would have expired on March 31, 2020. Mr. Murray and the Company entered into a new international assignment agreement on January 23, 2020 to extend his employment with the Company until December 31, 2020.

The employment agreements obligate the Company to provide 12 (Mr. Bratt) or 6 (all others) months’ notice of termination of employment for each of the named executive officers other than Messrs. Carlson, Wallin and Fredin, who are entitled to 18 months’ notice(for Mr. Murray, 6 months or last day of termination (unless either Messrs. Backman, Bratt, Fredin, Sjöbring, Melzer and Nilsson,the IA Agreement, whichever is earlier) unless the employment is terminated for “cause,” in which case termination would be effective immediately), as well asimmediately. In addition to notice of termination, except for Mr. Hanke, the named executive officers are eligible for certain severance payments.payments orend-of-service benefits. Each of the named executive officers must provide the Company with 12 (Mr. Bratt) or 6 (all others) months’ notice of resignation with(for Mr. Murray, 6 months or last day of the exception of Mr. Carlson, who must provide the Company with 12 months’ notice of resignation.IA Agreement, whichever is earlier). The employment agreements automatically terminate on the last day of the month before Messrs. Backman’s, Bratt’s, Fredin’s, Sjöbring’s and Nilsson’snamed executive officer’s 65th birthday, before Messrs. Carlson’s and Wallin’s 65th birthday (or, unless otherwise agreed byexcept for Mr. Murray for whom the Company and the executive,employment ends automatically on the last day of the month before his 60th birthday), and before the statutory retirement age for Mr. Melzer.IA Agreement.

Except as provided below, following the executive’s termination of employment, each of the named executive officers are prohibited from competing with the Company for a period of 12 months.months, except for Mr. Hanke. Such noncompetition covenant does not apply in the event that (i)if the Company terminates Messrs. Carlson’s or Wallin’s employment for any reason other than by reason of the executive’s breach of the agreement or Messrs. Backman’s, Bratt’s, Fredin’s, Sjöbring’s, Melzer’s and Nilsson’snamed executive officer’s employment for any reason other than for Cause,“Cause”, or (ii) Messrs. Carlson or Wallin terminates employment due to the Company’s breach of the agreement or Messrs. Backman, Bratt, Fredin, Sjöbring, Melzer or Nilssonnamed executive officer resigns for Good Reason.“Good Reason”. In consideration for such noncompetition covenant, the Company is obligated to make up to 12 monthly payments equal to the difference between the executive’s monthly gross salary as of the date of his employment termination and any lower salary earned by the executive in any new employment, if any. The aggregate monthly payments are limited to a maximum of 60% of the gross salary earned as of the date of his employment termination, and the Company will cease making payments once such aggregate amount has been reached. The Company is not obligated to make such payments if the executive’s employment terminates due to his retirement.

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In addition to receiving full base salary and benefits during the requisite notice period, if Messrs. Carlson, or Wallin is terminated involuntarily by the Company other than for breach ofterminates the agreement or if the Company

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terminates Messrs. Backman’s, Bratt’s, Fredin’s, Sjöbring’s, Melzer’s and Nilsson employment involuntarily other than for Cause or if Messrs. Backman, Bratt, Fredin, Sjöbring, Melzer and Nilssonthe executive resigns for Good Reason, then the executive would be entitled to a lump sum severance payment equal to in the case of Messrs. Backman, Bratt, Sjöbring, Melzer or Nilsson one andone-half times his then-current base salary, or, inexcept for Mr. Murray who is eligible for a previously earned but deferredend-of-service payment of $800,000 following the caseend of Messrs. Carlson, Wallin or Fredin,employment with the sum of (i)Company (the“End-of-Service Payment”) and except for Mr. Hanke who is not eligible for a severance benefit. Under the executive’s then-current annual salary, (ii) the averagenew IA Agreement with Mr. Murray, he is also eligible for a retention payment of the annual bonuses received by the executive for the two most recent fiscal years, or, if higher, the annual bonus for the fiscal year immediately prior to the year of termination, (iii) the annual taxablecash value of the benefitunvested equity outstanding on the expiration date of a company car,the IA Agreement subject to certain requirements for continued employment.

As part of the IA Agreement signed between Mr. Murray and (iv) the value of any defined contribution plan benefits to which the executive would have been entitled to if he remained in service for one year following termination.

Severance Agreements. Each of Messrs. Carlson, Wallin and Fredin has aCompany on January 23, 2020, hischange-in-control severance agreement (“CiC Severance Agreement”) with the Company. Pursuant toCompany terminated and became void. After the termstermination of eachthis agreement, none of the CiCnamed executive officers or other executives has an applicable CIC Severance Agreements, inAgreement with the event that during thetwo-year period following a change of control, (i) theCompany.

Our named executive terminates his employmentofficers (except for Good Reason, (ii) the Company terminates the executive’s employment for any reason other than death or for Cause, or (iii) the executive’s employment is terminated due to disability, the executive would be entitled to receive an immediate lump sum payment (the “CiC Severance Payment”) in an amount equal to 2.5 times the sum of (a) such executive’s then-current annual salary (or if higher, the salary in effect immediately prior to the first event or circumstances which constitutes Good Reason), (b) the average of the annual bonuses received by the executive for the two most recent fiscal years, or the annual bonus for the fiscal year immediately prior to the fiscal year during which occurs the first event or circumstance constituting Good Reason, whichever is highest, (c) the taxable value of the benefit of a company car,Mr. Murray and (d) the value of any defined contribution plan benefits to which the executive would have been entitled to if he remained in service for one year following termination. Messrs. Carlson and Wallin would also be entitled to the CiC Severance Payment in the event that they choose toMr. Hanke) may generally terminate their employment forwith Good Reason or without Good Reason. “Good Reason” shall generally mean; (1) the assignment of any reason duringduties inconsistent with the30-day period commencing one year after the change of control. The CiC Severance Payment is in lieu executives status as an executive officer of the salary and benefits payable duringCompany or a substantial adverse alteration in the requisite notice period andnature or status of responsibilities other than any such alteration primarily attributable to the severance benefitsfact that would otherwisethe Company may no longer be payable undera public company; or (2) a reduction by the executive’s employment agreement.

For purposesCompany in the Executive’s annual base salary; or (3) the relocation of the discussion above,Executive’s principal place of employment; or (4) the following terms havefailure by the following meanings:Company to pay to the Executive any portion of the Executive’s current compensation on a timely basis; or (5) the failure by the Company to continue in effect any compensation plan in which the Executive participates on the Effective Date which is material to the Executive’s total compensation; or (6) the failure by any successor to the business of the Company (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to expressly assume and agree to perform the employment agreement in the same manner.

“Cause”The Company may generally means (i)terminate our named executive officers’ employment (except for Mr. Murray and Mr. Hanke’s) with or without Cause. “Cause” for termination by the Company of the Executive’s employment shall mean; (1) willful and continued failure by the executive to substantially perform his duties,the duties; or (ii)(2) the willful engaging by the executiveExecutive in conduct which is demonstrably and materially injurious to the Company, or its subsidiaries, monetarily or otherwise.

“Change in Control” generally means (i) the acquisition of 25% (or 20%, in the case of Mr. Fredin) or more of the Company’s voting securities; or (ii) the members of the Board cease to constitute a majority of the Board; or (iii) consummation of merger or consolidation unless (1) the current stockholders continue to own at least 60% of the surviving entity’s voting securities, or (2) such transaction was effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company in which no person acquires 25% or more of the Company’s voting securities; or (iv) stockholder approval of a liquidation or dissolution or consummation of an agreement for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets (unless the current stockholders continue to own at least 60% of the Company’s voting securities after such transaction).

“Good Reason” generally means the occurrence of any one of the following events without the executive’s express written consent: (i) the assignment to the executive of any duties inconsistent with his status as an executive officer or a substantial adverse alteration in the nature or status of his responsibilities; (ii) any reduction in the executive’s annual base salary; (iii) relocation of the executive’s principal place of employment to a location more than 30 miles, or 45 kilometers, as applicable, from his then-current principal place of employment; (iv) the Company’s failure to pay any portion of the executive’s compensation; (v) the discontinuance of any compensation plan in which the executive participated which is material to his total compensation; (vi) in the case of Messrs. Carlson and Wallin, any direct or indirect reduction of any material fringe benefit in place at the time of the change in control, or the Company’s failure to provide the number of paid vacation days to which executive is entitled; (vii) any purported termination of the executive’s employment which is not effected pursuant to the notice requirements under the Severance Agreement; or (viii) the failure by any successor to the Company to expressly assume the employment agreement.

Equity Awards.Pursuant to the 1997 Plan and subsequent grant agreements until 2019, upon the occurrence of a change in control, any outstanding options and RSUs held by the executive would fully vest and the performance shares will vest at the target level.

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Pursuant to the agreements evidencing awards granted under the 1997 Plan, upon the executive’s death or retirement, any outstanding RSUs held by the executive would become fully vested and the performance shares will remain outstanding and may be earned, in whole, in part, or not at all, following the conclusion of the performance period to the extent that the performance objectives are attained. Upon an executive’s involuntary termination of employment, absent a change in control, any outstanding options, RSUs and performance shares that would vest during the applicable notice period, if any, would become fully vested. For awards granted in 2019, a change of control acceleration only occurs if the surviving entity does not assume or otherwise equitably convert or substitute the unvested equity in connection with the change in control. If the surviving company does assume or otherwise equitably convert or substitute the unvested equity, then the awards become fully vested only if the executive’s employment is terminated without cause or he resigns for good reason within two years following the change in control event.

Estimated Payments to Named Executive Officers upon Termination of Employment under Various Circumstances or a Change in Control. The following tables set forth the estimated value of the payments and benefits described above to each of Messrs. Carlson, Backman, Bratt, FredinHanke, Murray, Garceau and SjöbringuponLombarteupon termination of employment under various circumstances or a change in control. The amounts shown assume that the triggering events occurred on December 31, 2016.2019. In the case of Messrs. Backman, Hanke and Garceau, who resigned effective February 28, 2019, March 2, 2020 and no later than August 10, 2020, respectively, no payments are due to them under any agreement with the Company other than payments for unused vacation time and, in the case of Messrs. Hanke and Garceau, the earned, but unpaid portion of the 2019non-equity incentive award. For the purpose of the calculations, the 20162019 defined contribution paymentspayment for each named executive officer havehas been used. The amounts contained in the table would be paid in Swedish Kronor or USD. All amounts have been converted to

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USD using the following exchange rates:rate: 1 USD = 9.0971 SEK = 0.9509 EUR.9,3171 SEK. In addition to the estimated payments and benefits in the tables, the Company would in each case reimburse the executive for accrued but unused vacation, if any, in accordance with the respectively applicable local legislation and Company policy.

 

Jan Carlson

Mikael Bratt

Mikael Bratt

Estimated
Potential
Payment or
Benefit
 Resignation
without Good
Reason
($)
 Termination
without Cause
or Resignation
for Good
Reason
($)
 Termination
for Cause
($)
 Change in
Control ($)
 Change in
Control and
Termination
($)(9)
 Death or
Retirement
($)
 

Resignation
without Good
Reason

($)

 

Termination
without Cause
or Resignation
for Good
Reason

($)

 

Termination
for Cause

($)

 

Change in
Control

($)

 Change in
Control and
Termination
($)(9)
 Death or
Retirement
($)
Lump sum cash severance payment - 2,640,356(7) - - 

6,600,891(7)

 - - 1,521,396 - - 1,521,396 -
Continuing salary/annual incentive payments during requisite notice period 1,268,324 2,853,729 2,853,729 - - -
Continuing salary 1,014,264 1,014,264 - - 1,014,264 -
Salary differential payments in consideration for noncompetition with the Company(1) 760,995 - 760,995 - - - 608,558 - 608,558 - - -
Continuing health, welfare and retirement benefits(2) 610,446 915,669 915,669 - - - 407,204 407,204 - - 407,204 -
Accelerated vesting of equity(3) 178,551(4) 1,358,818(5) - 2,072,682(6) 2,072,682 2,072,682(8)
Vesting of equity(3) 267,760(4) 267,760(5) - 500,425(6) 1,113,832 1,113,832(8)

Company car(10)

 31,117 46,675 46,675 - - - 11,217 11,217 - - 11,217 -

Total

 2,849,432 

7,815,248

 4,577,068 2,072,682 

8,673,572

 2,072,682 2,309,003 3,221,841 608,558 500,425 4,067,913 1,113,832

 

Mats Backman

Estimated
Potential
Payment or
Benefit
 Resignation
without Good
Reason
($)
 Termination
without Cause
or Resignation
for Good
Reason
($)
 Termination
for Cause
($)
 Change in
Control
($)
 Change in
Control and
Termination
($)(9)
 Death or
Retirement
($)
Lump sum cash severance payment - 857,415 - - 857,415 -
Continuing salary/annual incentive payments during requisite notice period 285,805 285,805 - - 285,805 -
Salary differential payments in consideration for noncompetition with the Company(1) 342,966 - 342,966 - - -
Continuing health, welfare and retirement benefits(2) 100,739 100,739 - - 100,739 -
Accelerated vesting of equity(3) 37,453(4) 37,453(5) - 224,716(6) 224,716 224,716(8)

Company car(10)

 6,297 6,297 - - 6,297 -

Total

 773,260 1,287,709 342,966 224,716 1,474,972 224,716

Christian Hanke

Estimated Potential
Payment or Benefit
 

Resignation
without Good
Reason

($)

 

Termination
without Cause
or Resignation
for Good
Reason

($)

 

Termination
for Cause

($)

 

Change in
Control

($)

 Change in
Control and
Termination
($)(9)
 Death or
Retirement
($)
Lump sum cash severance payment - - - - - -
Continuing salary 139,292 139,292 - - 139,292 -
Salary differential payments in consideration for noncompetition with the Company(1) - - - - - -
Continuing health, welfare and retirement benefits(2) 36,499 36,499 - - 36,499 -
Vesting of equity(3) 57,061(4) 57,061(5) - 106,618(6) 194,826 194,826(8)

Company car(10)

 2,442 2,442 - - 2,442 -

Total

 235,294 235,294 - 106,618 373,059 194,826

 

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Mikael Bratt

Estimated
Potential
Payment or
Benefit
 

Resignation
without Good
Reason

($)

 Termination
without Cause
or Resignation
for Good
Reason
($)
 Termination
for Cause
($)
 Change in
Control
($)
 Change in
Control and
Termination
($)(9)
 Death or
Retirement
($)
Lump sum cash severance payment - 989,326 - - 989,326 -
Continuing salary/annual incentive payments during requisite notice period 329,775 329,775 - - 329,775 -
Salary differential payments in consideration for noncompetition with the Company(1) 395,731 - 395,731 - - -
Continuing health, welfare and retirement benefits(2) 116,129 116,129 - - 116,129 -
Accelerated vesting of equity(3) 37,453(4) 37,453(5) - 224,716(6) 224,716 224,716(8)

Company car(10)

 6,274 6,274 - - 6,274 -

Total

 885,362 1,478,957 395,731 224,716 1,666,221 224,716

Brad Murray

Estimated Potential

Payment or Benefit

 

Resignation
without Good
Reason

($)

 

Termination
without Cause
or Resignation
for Good
Reason

($)

 

Termination
for Cause

($)

 

Change in
Control

($)

 Change in
Control and
Termination
($)(9)
 

Death or
Retirement

($)

Lump sum cash severance payment 800,000(7) 800,000(7) 800,000(7) - 2,127,064(11) 800,000(7)
Continuing salary 104,560 104,560 - - 104,560 -
Salary differential payments in consideration for noncompetition with the Company(1) 250,944 - 250,944 - - -
Continuing health, welfare and retirement benefits(2) 125,258 125,258 - - 125,258 -
Vesting of equity(3) 413,471(4) 413,471(5) - 190,544(6) 413,471 413,471(8)

Company car(10)

 4,586 4,586 - - 4,586 -

Total

 1,698,819 1,447,875 1,050,944 190,544 2,774,939 1,213,471

 

Steven Fredin

Estimated Potential
Payment or Benefit
 Resignation
without Good
Reason ($)
 Termination
without Cause
or Resignation
for Good
Reason ($)
 Termination
for Cause ($)
 Change in
Control ($)
 Change in
Control and
Termination
($)(9)
 Death or
Retirement
($)
Lump sum cash severance payment - 884,852(7) - - 2,212,129(7) -
Continuing salary/annual incentive payments during requisite notice period 289,120 1,127,568 - - - -
Salary differential payments in consideration for noncompetition with the Company(1) 346,944 - 346,944 - - -
Continuing health, welfare, retirement and international assignment benefits(2) 

42,366

 

97,861

 - - - -
Accelerated vesting of equity(3) 66,872(4) 486,884(5) - 754,371(6) 754,371 754,371(8)

Company car (10)

 7,458 22,373 - - - -

Total

 752,760 2,619,538 346,944 754,371 

2,966,500

 754,371

Dan Garceau

Estimated
Potential
Payment or
Benefit
 

Resignation

without Good

Reason

($)

 

Termination
without Cause
or Resignation
for Good
Reason

($)

 

Termination
for Cause

($)

 

Change in
Control

($)

 

Change in
Control and

Termination

($)(9)

 

Death or

Retirement

($)

Lump sum cash severance payment - 775,803 - - 775,803 -
Continuing salary 258,601 258,601 - - 258,601 -
Salary differential payments in consideration for noncompetition with the Company(1) 301,321 - 310,321 - - -
Continuing health, welfare and retirement benefits(2) 26,277 26,277 - - 26,277 -
Vesting of equity(3) 90,012(4) 90,012(5) - 168,330(6) 391,257 391,257(8)

Company car(10)

 14,888 14,888 - - 14,888 -

Total

 700,099 1,165,580 310,321 168,330 1,466,826 391,257

 

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Lars Sjöbring

Estimated Potential
Payment or Benefit
 Resignation
without Good
Reason ($)
 Termination
without Cause
or Resignation
for Good
Reason ($)
 Termination
for Cause ($)
 Change in
Control ($)
 Change in
Control and
Termination
($)(9)
 Death or
Retirement
($)
Lump sum cash severance payment - 1,982,500 (11) - - 1,982,500(11) 1,000,000 (11)
Continuing salary/annual incentive payments during requisite notice period 327,500 327,500 - - 327,500 -
Salary differential payments in consideration for noncompetition with the Company(1) 393,000 - 393,000 - - -
Continuing health, welfare and retirement benefits(2) 123,754 123,754 - - 123,754 -
Accelerated vesting of equity(3) 66,872 (4) 1,450,696 (5) - 1,785,054(6) 1,785,054 1,785,054 (8)

Company car (10)

 15,158 15,158 - - 15,158 -

Total

 926,283 3,899,607 393,000 1,785,054 4,233,966 2,785,054

Jordi Lombarte

Estimated
Potential
Payment or
Benefit
 

Resignation

without Good

Reason

($)

 

Termination

without Cause
or Resignation
for Good
Reason

($)

 

Termination
for Cause

($)

 

Change in
Control

($)

 

Change in
Control and

Termination

($)(9)

 

Death or

Retirement

($)

Lump sum cash severance payment - 664,350 - - 664,350 -
Continuing salary 221,450 221,450 - - 221,450 -
Salary differential payments in consideration for noncompetition with the Company(1) 265,740 - 265,740 - - -
Continuing health, welfare and retirement benefits(2) 75,754 75,754 - - 75,754 -
Vesting of equity(3) 64,729(4) 64,729(5) - 121,080(6) 344,007 344,007(8)

Company car(10)

 14,619 14,619 - - 14,619 -

Total

 642,291 1,040,901 265,740 121,008 1,320,180 344,007

The following footnotes apply to each of the tables above:

 

(1)

Reflects a monthly payment of 60% of the monthly gross salary earned as of the date of the executive’s employment termination, multiplied by 12, which is the maximum amount available to the executive pursuant to the terms of his employment agreement.

 

(2)

Reflects the value of the benefits disclosed in footnote (5)(4) to the Summary Compensation table (with the exception of amounts paid as vacation supplements or settlements) that the executive would be entitled to during the requisite notice period. The estimated values are determined based on the Company’s cost of providing such benefits during 2016.2019. For Mr. Murray, the cost for tax gross ups on assignment benefits is included, but not the final cost for tax equalization as this will include income earned in several years, cannot be accurately estimated and will distort the comparison.

 

(3)

Reflects the value of RSUs and performance shares that vest (in whole or in part) upon the designated event, based on the closing priceprices for our common stock and the Veoneer, Inc. common stock on December 30, 201631, 2019 ($113.15)84.41 and $15.62 respectively), the last trading day of the year. None of the named executive officers held unvested options as of December 31, 2016.2019.

 

(4)

As discussed above, upon termination, the executive would be entitled to receive his compensation and benefits during the12-month or6-monthsix-month notice period, as applicable, including any equity awards that would vest during such period. However, per the terms of the RSU and Performance shares agreements, the RSUs and Performance shares will not continue to vest if the executive has given notice of termination, except for the RSUs granted in 2016. The performance shares would be forfeited because the date that such shares are earned, if at all, does not fall within the notice period following December 31, 2016.termination. Accordingly, the value of the equity awards upon a voluntary termination reflects only the value of the first tranche of RSUs granted in February 20162017 that would otherwise vest in February 2017,2020, which vesting date falls within the requisite notice period.

 

(5)

As discussed above, upon an involuntary termination, the executive would be entitled to receive his compensation and benefits during the18-month or6-month notice period, as applicable, including any equity awards that would vest during such period. The value of the equity awards upon an involuntary termination reflects the value of the RSUs that would vest during the notice period following December 31, 2016. The performance shares would be forfeited because the date that such shares are earned, if at all, does not fall within the notice period following December 31, 2016.2019.

 

(6)

Upon a change in control, all RSUs (Autoliv and Veoneer) from the 2017 and 2018 programs vest in full and the performance shares will vest at the target level.full. The value of the equity awards upon a change in control reflects the value of all RSUs and performancePerformance shares from the 2017 and 2018 programs including such RSUs and Performance shares acquired through dividend equivalent rights rounded down to the nearest whole share on December 31, 2016.2019.

 

(7)For purposes of calculating the lump sum payment, the annual

Reflects Mr. Murray’s deferred bonus received by the executive for the year immediately prior to the year of termination was used (2015), which is greater than the average of the annual bonuses received by the executive for the two most recent fiscal years (2014 and 2015) preceding the year of termination of employment.payment.

 

(8)As discussed above, the

The executive’s unvested RSUs and Performance shares will become fully vested upon his termination of employment by reason of death or retirement. The performance shares will remain outstanding and may be earned, in whole, in part, or not at all, following the conclusion of the performance period to the extent that the performance objectives are attained. For purposes of this table, the value of the performance shares assumes that the performance goals were achieved at the target level.

 

(9)

Qualifying termination after a change in control includes resignation for good reason, termination without cause or termination due to disability.

 

(10)

Reflects the value of the company car, fuel and parking during the requisite notice period. The estimated values are determined based on the Company’s cost (or estimated cost as of December 31, 2016)2019) of providing such benefits during 2016.2019.

(11)Includes payment of Mr. Sjöbring’s $1.0 million retention bonus, which would become payable in full upon the designated events, except in the event of retirement.

 

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(11)

Includes (i) Mr. Murray’sEnd-of-Service Payment and (ii) payment of 2.5 years base salary and 2.5 years annual bonus. For purposes of calculating the lump sum payment, the average of the annual bonuses received by Mr. Murray for the two most recent fiscal years (2017 and 2018) preceding the year of termination of employment is used. The new IA Agreement signed in January 2020 terminates the CiC payment mechanism.

Mr. Hague’s Mutual Separation Agreement with

On April 12, 2019, Mr. Melzer.The Hague stepped down as the Company’s President, Europe, and the Company and Mr. Hague entered into a separation agreement withon July 1, 2019. Pursuant to the separation agreement, Mr. Melzer on September 30, 2016, pursuant to which he hasHague received or will receive the following severance benefits pursuant to the terms of his employment agreement with the Company:benefits: (i) continued salary, retirement and other benefits through Junefor the period between April 12, 2019 and November 30, 2017 (the requisite9-month notice period),2019, with a value of approximately $409,374$493,068, and (ii) a lump sum cash severance payment of $782,417, payable in July 2017.$814,740, and (iii) vacation pay of $48,049 accrued until the termination date.

In addition to the above severance benefits, the Company has agreed to provide Mr. Melzer will also receive a lump sum payment of $42,824Hague with assistance to prepare and file his annual tax return for his unused vacation days. These amounts are reflected2019 in the Summary Compensation table earlierU.S. and Germany. His income will continue to be tax equalized between the U.S. and Germany until November 30, 2019. Mr. Hague forfeited his outstanding, unvested equity grants in this Proxy Statement. In addition,one-third of Mr. Melzer’s RSUs granted in 2016 with a value of approximately $66,872 vested on the scheduled vesting date (February 15, 2017). In connection with his separation, Mr. Melzer forfeited all RSUstermination of employment.

CEO Pay Ratio

The following ratio compares the annual total compensation of our median-paid employee with the annual total compensation of our CEO. The pay ratio included below is calculated in a manner consistent with Item 402(u) of RegulationS-K. Given the different methodologies that were granted on June 1, 2015, all PSs that were granted on February 15, 2016 andvarious public companies use to determine an estimate of their pay ratio, the estimated ratio reported below should not be used as a basis for comparison between companies.

After we identified a median paid employee in 2017 when the disclosing requirement was first introduced, we determined a new median paid employee for the year 2018 since we believed there was a significant change in the Company’s demographics following thetwo-thirdsspin-off of his RSUs that were granted on February 15, 2016.

Separation Agreement with Mr. Nilsson.The Company entered into a separation agreement with Mr. Nilsson on May 31, 2016, pursuant to which he has receivedVeoneer. For the following severance benefits pursuant to the terms of his employment agreement with the Company: (i) continued salary and benefits through November 18, 2016 (the requisite6-month notice period), with a value of approximately $277,284, and (ii) a lump sum cash severance payment of $573,512, payable in December 2016. Pursuant to Swedish law, Mr. Nilsson received a lump sum payment of $125,599 for his unused vacation days. These amounts are reflected in the Summary Compensation table earlier in this Proxy Statement. In connection with his separation, Mr. Nilsson forfeited all RSUs that were granted on February 19, 2014, February 16, 2015, and February 15, 2016 and he also forfeited all PSs that were granted on February 15, 2016.

Separation Agreement with Mr. Wallin. On November 20, 2015, the Company and Mr. Wallin mutually agreed that Mr. Wallin would step downcompensation year 2019, as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Group Vice President, Finance, which became effective as of May 1, 2016. As previously disclosed the Company entered into a separation agreement with Mr. Wallin, pursuant to which he will receive the following severance benefits under the terms of his employment agreement with the Company: (i) continued salary and benefits for a period of 18 months following the separation date including the short term incentive award for 2016, with a total value of approximately $1,286,782, and (ii) a lump sum cash severance payment of $963,246, payable in November 2017. Pursuant to Swedish law, Mr. Wallin will also receive a payment of $165,305 for his unused vacation days. Pursuant to the separation agreement, Mr. Wallin agreed to remain in his position until his successor joined the Company and, in consideration thereof, Mr. Wallin also received an additional lump sum cash payment equal to three months of his base salary, with a value of approximately $116,631 payable in August 2016. Pursuant to the terms of his separation agreement, Mr. Wallin also remained eligible to receive his full-yearnon-equity incentive award for 2016. In the “All Other Compensation” column of the Summary Compensation Table in our 2016 Proxy Statement, we included severance amounts that became payable to Mr. Wallin in 2016 and in 2017 because such amounts were “accrued” for purposes of SEC disclosure rules. Such amounts were based on certain assumptions in light of information available at the time of such calculations (including but not limited to assuming target payout of his 2016non-equity incentive award, to which he is entitled pursuant to the terms of his separation agreement). The additional amounts reported in the Summary Compensation Table earlier in this Proxy Statement, reflecthowever, we referred to the difference betweensame “median employee” as identified in 2018 as there were no significant changes that would have an impact on our employee population, demographics or compensation arrangements.

To capture the accrued severance reportedcompensation paid to Mr. Bratt for his services as our CEO, we have used the annual total compensation as disclosed in our 2016Summary Compensation Table of this Proxy Statement for the year 2019.

For fiscal year 2019:

The annual compensation of our median-paid employee (other than the CEO) was $23,303; and

the annual total compensation of the CEO was $2,399,180.

Based on this information, the ratio of the annual total compensation of our CEO to the annual total compensation of our median-paid employee is 103 to 1.

The methodology, material assumptions, adjustments, and estimates that we used to identify the actual severance paid or payablemedian of the annual total compensation of all our employees, as well as to him in 2016 and 2017 ($60,761) and payment for unused vacation days, pursuant to Swedish law ($165,305). In addition, Mr. Wallin’s RSUs granted in 2014 with a valuedetermine the annual total compensation of approximately $201,746 vested on their scheduled vesting date February 19, 2017, and any unvested RSUs granted after 2014 will expire on their terms.our median employee were as follows:

1.

Our median employee identification date was October 31, 2018, since we are using the same median employee in 2019.

2.

As of October 31, 2018, our total employee population consisted of 63,539 individuals working at our parent company and consolidated subsidiaries. Our employee population which we have used to identify our median employee, after taking into consideration the adjustments permitted by SEC rules, consisted of 63,539 individuals. All “Autoliv Employee” categories who were employed by Autoliv as of October 31,

 

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2018, whose compensation were set by Autoliv and who were paid through Autoliv payroll, were included in the analysis (permanent, temporary and part-time). We based our analysis on the entire employee population (other than our CEO), as opposed to statistical sampling.

3.

Given the geographical distribution of our employee population and varying local requirements, we use a variety of pay elements that differ by country to structure the compensation arrangements of our employees. Consequently, for purposes of measuring compensation of our employees, we selected “Actual Gross Taxable Compensation Reported Through Payroll” (or “Actual Gross Taxable Compensation”) as the measure of compensation to identify the median employee.

4.

Given our multiple payroll systems, schedules and the differing fiscal years of our Company and its subsidiaries, we measured “Actual Gross Taxable Compensation” as the total of payment made during the10-month period starting on January 1, 2018 and ending on October 31, 2018 (the “measurement period”).

5.

We did not annualize or calculate the full measurement period equivalent of “Actual Gross Taxable Compensation” compensation paid during the measurement period.

6.

As permitted by Item 402(u), we madecost-of-living (COL) adjustments to the compensation of all our employees in jurisdictions other than the jurisdiction in which our CEO resides to identify the median employee and used the same COL adjustment to determine the median employee’s annual total compensation. Because of the geographical distribution of our employee population, we believe that COL adjustments provide a more meaningful comparison of our CEO’s compensation to the actual value of the median employee’s compensation. In accordance with Item 402(u), we are providing the following additional disclosure related to the COL adjustments:

The median employee resided in China.

The COL adjustments were based on 2017 purchasing power parity conversation factors provided by World Bank, International Comparison Program database. 2018 conversion factors were not available at the time of our analysis.

We also identified who our median employee would have been had we not used any COL adjustments. Had we not used any COL adjustments, our median employee would have been an employee residing in Romania with an annual total compensation of $11,054 for the compensation year 2019. For the purposes of this disclosure, this amount was converted from Romanian Leu to U.S. dollars using the exchange rate 1 USD = 4.2705 RON on December 31, 2019. The ratio of the annual total compensation of our President and Chief Executive Officer to the annual total compensation of our median employee identified without the effect of the COL adjustments would have been 217 to 1 using the 2019 compensation levels.

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In calculating the CEO Pay Ratio, we then identified and calculated the elements of such employee’s compensation for the fiscal year 2019 in accordance with the requirements of Item 402(c)(2)(x) of RegulationS-K, resulting in annual total compensation in the amount of $23,303. The December 31, 2019 exchange rate used for the conversion to U.S. dollars was 1 USD = 6.988 CNY.

         
   Year Salary $ Bonus
$
 Stock
Awards
$
 Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
$
 Change in
Pension Value
and Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings $
 All Other
Compensation
$
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($)

CEO

 2019 1,041,649 - 550,035 380,349 - 427,147 2,399,180

Median paid employee(1)

 2019 22,442 - - 861 - - 23,303

1)

The total amount includes shift and overtime compensation

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ITEMPROPOSAL 2 - ADVISORY VOTE TO APPROVE NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION

Pursuant to Section 14A of the Exchange Act, Autoliv stockholders are entitled to cast an advisory vote on the Company’s executive compensation program. As discussed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis beginning on page 2225 of this Proxy Statement, our compensation system plays a significant role in the Company’s ability to attract, retain, and motivate management talent, which the Board believes is necessary for the Company’s long-term success. The Board believes that its current compensation program directly links executive compensation to performance, aligning the interests of the Company’s executive officers with those of its stockholders.

The Board invites you to review carefully the Compensation Discussion and Analysis beginning on page 2225 of this Proxy Statement and the tabular and other disclosures on compensation under 2019 Executive Compensation Decisions beginning on page 3134 of this Proxy Statement, and cast a vote either to endorse or not endorse the Company’s compensation of its named executive officers through the following resolution:

“Resolved, that stockholders approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, including the Company’s compensation practices and principles, as discussed and disclosed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the executive compensation tables, and any narrative executive compensation disclosure contained in this Proxy Statement.”

While the vote does not bind the Board to any particular action, the Board values the input of our stockholders and will take into accountconsider the outcome of this vote in considering future compensation arrangements.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE PROPOSALPROPOSAL.

TO APPROVE NAMED EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION ON ANON-BINDING BASIS.

ITEMPROPOSAL 3 - ADVISORY VOTE ON FREQUENCY OF STOCKHOLDER VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Pursuant to Section 14A of the Exchange Act, Autoliv stockholders have the opportunity to vote on how often they believe the advisory vote on executive compensation, which is the proposal under Item 2 in this Proxy Statement, should be held in the future. Stockholders can advise the Board on whether such votes should occur every one year, every two years or every three years.

After careful consideration, the Board has determined that an advisory vote on executive compensation that occurs every one year is the most appropriate alternative for the Company, and therefore the Board recommends that you vote for aone-year interval for the advisory vote on executive compensation.

The Board believes that an annual advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers will allow the Company to obtain consistent feedback from its stockholders on the Company’s executive compensation philosophy, policies and practices. In addition, the Board believes that aone-year frequency provides the highest level of accountability and communication by enabling the advisory vote on executive compensation to correspond with the most recent executive compensation information presented in the Company’s proxy statement for the annual meeting. Finally, the Board believes an annual advisory vote on executive compensation is a good corporate governance practice and is in the best interests of the Company’s stockholders.

While the Board recommends that stockholders vote to hold the advisory vote on frequency of stockholder vote on executive compensation every one year, the voting options are to hold such vote every one year, every two years or every three years. Stockholders may also abstain from voting on this proposal.

The option of one year, two years or three years that receives the highest number of votes cast by stockholders will be the frequency for the advisory vote on executive compensation that has been selected by stockholders. The Board will take the results of the vote into account when deciding when to call for the next advisory vote on executive compensation. However, because this vote is advisory and not binding on the Board in any way, the Board may decide that it is in the best interests of our stockholders and the Company to hold an advisory vote on executive compensation more or less frequently than the option approved by the Company’s stockholders.

A frequency vote similar to this will occur at least once every six years.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE TO HOLD AN ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION EVERY “ONE YEAR”.

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ITEM 4 - RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORSREGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM APPOINTMENT

The Audit Committee of the Board has appointed Ernst & Young AB (“EY”) as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.2020. The committee has been advised that Ernst & Young ABEY has no relationship with the Company or its subsidiaries other than that arising from the firm’s employment as accountants.

In accordance with directions of the Audit Committee, this appointment is being presented to the stockholders for ratification at the Annual Meeting. While ratification by stockholders of this appointment is not required by law or the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation or theBy-Laws, the Audit Committee and management believe that such ratification is desirable. In determining whether to reappoint EY as our independent registered public accounting firm, the Audit Committee considered a number of factors, including, among others, the firm’s independence and objectivity, capability and expertise in handling the breadth and complexity of the Company’s global operations, historical and recent performance, communication and interaction with the Audit Committee and management, and the reasonableness of its fees for audit andnon-audit services.

In the event this appointment is not ratified by the affirmative vote of a majority of shares present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the appointment at the Annual Meeting, the Audit Committee will consider that fact when it selects its independent auditorsregistered public accounting firm for the following year.

Ernst & Young AB has been the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company since May 1997. Ernst & Young ABEY has been the independent auditorsregistered public accounting firm for Autoliv AB since 1984. Audit services provided to the Company by Ernst & Young ABEY during 20162019 consisted of the examinationaudit of the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries for that year and the preparation of various reports based thereon.

The Company has been advised that a representative of Ernst & Young ABEY will attend the Annual Meeting to respond to appropriate questions and will be afforded the opportunity to make a statement, if the representative so desires.desired.

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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE PROPOSAL

TO RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF ERNST & YOUNG AB AS THE COMPANY’S INDEPENDENT AUDITORS.PROPOSAL.

 

Fees of Independent Auditors

(Dollars in millions)


Fees of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

(Dollars in millions)


Fees of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

(Dollars in millions)

Type of Fees

  2016        2015        2019        2018      

Audit Fees

  $9.849        $7.288        $8.263        $9.117      

Audit-Related Fees

  $0.358        $0.182        $0.179        $6.833      

Tax Fees

  $0.082        $0.030        $0.203        $0.257      

All Other Fees

  -        -        $0.008        $0.007      

Total

  $10.289        $7.500        $8.653        $16.214      
Percent of total that were Audit or Audit-Related  99.2%        99.6%        97.6%        98.4%      

Audit Fees, Audit-Related Fees, and Tax Fees are calculatedCalculated in accordance with Autoliv’s average exchange rates for 20162019 or 2015,2018, as applicable.

Audit Fees

Audit fees for the fiscal years ended December 31, 20162019 and 20152018 relate to professional services provided by Ernst & Young ABEY for the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements for such years, including the audit of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form10-K, and the reviews of the financial statements included in the Company’s AnnualQuarterly Reports on Form10-K10-Q for those fiscal yearsyears. Audit fees also include fees associated with the statutory audits of various subsidiary financial statements and reviewsprocedures related to comfort letters, consents and assistance with and review of documents filed with the SEC. Audit fees also include accounting and financial reporting consultations necessary to comply with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, including audit procedures related to acquisitions.

Audit-Related Fees

Most Audit-Related Fees for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 are related to EY’s work in connection with the Company’s preparations for thespin-off, including the“carve-out” audits of Veoneer, Inc. for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015. The remaining Audit-Related Fees for the fiscal years ended December 31, 20162018 and 20152019 relate mainly to Ernst & Young AB’s reviewsEY’s audits of benefitsbenefit plans and other attestation services other than the audit of the Company’s consolidated financial statements.statements and certain other accounting consultations.

Tax Fees

Tax Fees for the fiscal year ended December 31, 20162019 relate to professional services provided by Ernst & Young ABEY for tax compliance tax advice and tax planning.

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All Other Fees

Ernst & Young ABAll Other Fees for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 mainly related to use of an EY online service and certain other permitted advisory services. EY billed no significant fees related to any other services for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015.2019 or 2018.

Audit CommitteePre-Approval Policies

The Audit Committee has adopted guidelines for the provision of audit andnon-audit services by Ernst & Young AB, including requiring Audit Committeepre-approval of any such audit andnon-audit services. In developing these guidelines, the Audit Committee took into consideration the need to ensure the independence of Ernst & Young AB while recognizing that Ernst & Young AB may possess the expertise on certain matters that best positions it to provide the most effective and efficient services on certain matters unrelated to accounting and auditing. On balance, the Audit Committee will onlypre-approve the services that it believes enhance the Company’s ability to manage or control risk. The Audit Committee was also mindful of the relationship between

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fees for audit andnon-audit services in deciding whether topre-approve any such services and may determine, for each fiscal year, the appropriate ratio between the total amount of fees for audit, audit-related and tax services, and the total amount of fees for permissiblenon-audit services (excluding tax services). The guidelines provide for thepre-approval by the Audit Committee of described services to be performed, such as audit, audit-related, tax and other permissiblenon-audit services. Approval of audit and permittednon-audit services may also be made by the chairpersonChair of the Committee, and the person granting such approval must report such approval to the Committee at the next scheduled meeting.

The Audit Committee has considered the audit, audit-related, tax, and all other services discussed above and additional information provided to the Company by Ernst & Young AB and determined that the provision of these services is compatible with the independence of Ernst & Young AB. The Audit Committeepre-approved all such services in 2016.2019 and 2018.

ITEM 5 - DISCRETIONARY VOTING OF PROXIES ON OTHER MATTERS

For business to be properly brought by a stockholder before an annual meeting of stockholders, timely advance written notice thereof must be received by the Secretary of the Company at its principal executive offices in accordance with theBy-Laws, a copy of which may be obtained by written request to the Company’s Secretary or on the Company’s website at www.autoliv.com – About Us – Governance – Certificate andBy-Laws. No such notices were received for the 20172020 Annual Meeting.

Should any other matter requiring a vote of the stockholders be properly brought before the Annual Meeting, the proxy card confers upon the person or persons entitled to vote the shares represented by such proxies discretionary authority to vote such shares in respect of any such matter in accordance with their best judgment, to the extent permitted by applicable law and the listing standards of the NYSE, see “How Your Shares Will Be Voted” on page 1 of this Proxy Statement.

OTHER MATTERS

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

The members of the Board, the executive officers of the Company and persons who hold more than 10% of our common stock (collectively, the “Reporting Persons”) are subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, which require them to file reports with respect to their ownership of the Company’s securities on Form 3 and transactions in the Company’s securities on Forms 4 or 5. Based solely on its review of the copies of such forms received by it and written representations from the Company’s executive officers and directors, the Company believes that, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, the Section 16(a) filing requirements were complied with by all the Reporting Persons during and with respect to such year.

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Stockholder Proposals for 20182021 Annual Meeting

Proposals Pursuant to Rule14a-8. Under Rule14a-8(e) of the Exchange Act, stockholder proposals intended to be presented at the 20182020 annual stockholders meeting must be received by us on or before November 24, 201727, 2020 to be eligible for inclusion in our proxy statement and proxy card related to that meeting. Only proper proposals under Rule14a-8 of the Exchange Act that are timely received will be included in the proxy statement and proxy card for the 20182020 annual stockholders meeting.

Proposals Pursuant to theBy-Laws. Under theBy-Laws, in order to bring any business before the stockholders at the 20182021 annual stockholders meeting, other than proposals that will be included in our proxy statement, you must comply with the procedures described below. In addition, you must notify us in writing, and such notice must be delivered to or mailed and received by our Secretary at our principal executive offices no earlier than the close of business on February 8, 20186, 2021 and no later than the close of business on March 10, 2018.8, 2021.

A stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (a) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting, including the text of the proposed business and any resolutions proposed for consideration and any proposed amendment to theBy-Laws and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (b) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of the shares entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders and intends to appear in person or by proxy, (c) the name and record address of the stockholder proposing such business and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is submitted, (d) the class or series and number of shares of stock of the Company which are owned beneficially and of record by the stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is submitted, (e) any material interest of the stockholder in such business, and (f) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to such business between or among the stockholder any affiliates, associates or others acting in concert with the stockholder.

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Nominations Pursuant to theBy-Laws. Under theBy-Laws, in order to nominate a director for election to the Board, stockholders must comply with the notice procedures and requirements found in Article II, Section 6 of theBy-Laws, a copy of which may be obtained by written request to the Company’s Secretary or on the Company’s website at www.autoliv.com – About Us – Governance – Certificate andBy-Laws.

By Order of the Board of Directors of Autoliv, Inc.:

Anthony Nellis

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Lars Sjöbring

GroupExecutive Vice President, Legal Affairs,Affairs;

General CounselCounsel; and Secretary

March 24, 201727, 2020

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ANNEX A

Reconciliation ofNon-U.S. GAAP Measures

The reconciliations for thenon-U.S. GAAP measures discussed in the Compensation Discussion & Analysis section of this Proxy Statement are included below.

2019Non-Equity Incentive Program

Performance Period (January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2019)

Performance Criterion: Adjusted Operating Margin (in %)

2019 Operating Margin – ReportedA8.50%
Adjustments to 2019 Operating Margin to exclude the impact of costs related to capacity alignment, antitrust related matters and separation of our business segmentsB0.60%
2019 Operating Margin – AdjustedC = A+B9.10%
Performance Criterion: Adjusted Cash Conversion (in %)

2019 Free Cash Flow (Operating Cash Flow minus Capex, net)A164.6
Adjustments to 2019 Free Cash Flow to exclude the impact of costs related to capacity alignment and antitrust related mattersB232.1
2019 Free Cash Flow – adjustedC = A+B396.7
2019 Net income – reportedD461.5
Adjustments to 2019 Net income to exclude the impact of costs related to capacity alignment and antitrust related matters, net of taxE33.4
2019 Net income – adjustedF = D+E494.9
2019 Cash conversion – adjustedG = C/F80.2%

Annex A-1


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Autoliv, Inc.

Mailing address: Box 70381,SE-107 24 Stockholm, Sweden

Visiting address: Klarabergsviadukten 70, Section B, 7th floorB7, Stockholm, Sweden

Tel: +46 8 587 206 00; Fax +46 8 24 44 93

Company website:website: www.autoliv.com

Investor relations:

relations: Sweden Tel: +46 8 587 206 27,

U.S. Tel: +1 (248) 223 8107

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Proposals — The Board of Directors recommends a voteA Proposals — The Board of Directors recommend a vote FOR all nominees,FOR Proposals 2 and 4 and1 year for Proposal 3.

1. Election of Directors:  For  Withhold  For  Withhold  For  Withhold

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01 - Robert W. Alspaugh

02 - Jan Carlson

03 - Aicha Evans

04 - Leif Johansson

05 - David E. Kepler

06 - Franz-Josef Kortüm

07 - Xiaozhi Liu

08 - James M. Ringler

09 - Kazuhiko Sakamoto

10 - Wolfgang Ziebart

        For    Against  Abstain       For    Against  Abstain

 

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Advisory Vote on Autoliv, Inc.’s 2016 Executive Compensation.

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ratification of Ernst & Young AB as independent auditors of the company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Advisory vote on the frequency of the non-binding vote to approve executive compensation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other businessnominees listed and FOR Proposals 2 and 3. 1. Election of Directors: + For Withhold For Withhold For Withhold 01 - Mikael Bratt 02 - Jan Carlson 03 - Hasse Johansson 04 - Leif Johansson 05 - David E. Kepler 06 - Franz-Josef Kortüm 07 - Min Liu 08 - Xiaozhi Liu 09 - James M. Ringler 10 - Thaddeus Senko For Against Abstain For Against Abstain 2. Advisory Vote on Autoliv, Inc.’s 2019 Executive Compensation. 3. Ratification of Ernst & Young AB as may properly come before the meeting or at any adjournment or postponement thereof to the extent permitted by applicable law and the listing requirementsindependent registered public accounting firm of the New York Stock Exchange.company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. B Authorized Signatures — This will allowsection must be completed for your proxyvote to address currently unforeseen matters that may arise during the meeting as well as matters incidental to the conduct of the meeting. For more information see “Voting of Shares” in the Proxy Statement.

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Stockholders may vote their shares via the Internet by following the directions on the reverse side of this card. Votes may be cast by Internet up until 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the day of the Annual Meeting.

Internet Account Access

Stockholders may access their accounts on-line at www.computershare.com. Among the services offered through Account Access, dividend payment histories can be viewed, address changes requested, tax identification numbers certified and Direct Deposit requested.

Direct Deposit of Dividends

Autoliv encourages stockholders to authorize the electronic deposit of the quarterly dividends payments directly into their checking or savings account. To enroll, please mail your request along with a copy of your voided check to Computershare at the address noted below, or logon to your account at www.computershare.com.

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Proxy — Autoliv, Inc.

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This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors of Autoliv, Inc. for use at theNotice of 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be heldProxy Solicited by Board of Directors for Annual Meeting — May 9, 2017 and at any adjournment or postponement thereof.

7, 2020 The undersigned hereby revokes all proxies and appoints Jan CarlsonAnthony Nellis and Lars Sjöbring,Fredrik Westin, with full power of substitution, to attend the Annual Meeting of Autoliv, Inc. to be held on Tuesday,Thursday, May 9, 20177, 2020 at 9:1:00 a.m.p.m. local time at The Peninsula Chicago, 108 East Superior Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611,Westin Book Cadillac Hotel Detroit, 1114 Washington Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan 48226 USA and at any adjournment or postponement thereof and to vote as specified in this proxy all the shares of Autoliv, Inc. common stock which the undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present upon all subjects that may properly come before the meeting.

In their discretion, Mr. CarlsonNellis and Mr. SjöbringWestin are also authorized to vote upon such other matters as may properly come before the meeting. Management is not presently aware of any such matters to be presented for action. If any nominee should become unavailable for election prior to the meeting, the proxies will vote for the election of a substitute nominee or nominees proposed by the Board of Directors. If specific voting instructions are not given with respect to matters to be acted upon and the signed card is returned, the proxies will vote in accordance with the directors’ recommendations and at their discretion on any other matters that may properly come before the meeting to the extent permitted by applicable law and the listing requirements of the New York Stock Exchange. This will allow your proxy to address currently unforeseen matters that may arise during the meeting as well as matters incidental to the conduct of the meeting. For more information see “Voting of Shares”on Matters Not in Proxy Statement” in the Proxy Statement. If you do not sign and return a proxy, submit a proxy by telephone or Internet or attend the meeting and vote by ballot, shares that you own directly cannot be voted.

The signer hereby revokes all proxies heretofore given by the signer to vote at said meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein. If no direction is made, this proxy will be voted in accordance with the recommendation of the Board of Directors and FOR the election of the nominees to the Board and FOR proposals 2 and 4 and “1 year” for proposal 3.

Your vote is important! Please sign and date this card on the reverse side and return promptly in the enclosed postage-paid envelope or utilize the Vote by Phone or Vote by Net service to cast your vote.

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    Vote by Internet

    • Go towww.envisionreports.com/ALV

    • Or scan the QR code with your smartphone

    • Follow the steps outlined on the secure website

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Online Go to www.envisionreports.com/ALV or scan the QR code — login details are located in the shaded bar below. Votes submitted electronically must be received by 11:59 pm, ET, on May 6, 2020 Stockholder Meeting Notice Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the

Autoliv, Inc. Stockholder Meeting to be Held on May 9, 2017

Pursuant to7, 2020 Under Securities and Exchange Commission rules, you are receiving this notice that the proxy materials for the annual stockholders’ meeting are available on the Internet. Follow the instructions below to view the materials and vote online or request a copy. The items to be voted on and location of the annual meeting are on the reverse side. Your vote is important!

This communication presents only an overview of the more complete proxy materials that are available to you on the Internet. We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting. The 2020 proxy statement and annual report to stockholders are available at:

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Easy Online Access — A Convenient Way to View Proxy Materials and Vote

When you go online to view materials, you can also vote your shares.

Step 1: Go towww.envisionreports.com/ALV to view the materials.

Step 2: Click onCast Your Vote or Request Materials.

Step 3: Follow the instructions on the screen to log in.

Step 4: Make your selection as instructed on each screen to select delivery preferences and vote.

www.envisionreports.com/ALV Easy Online Access — View your proxy materials and vote. Step 1: Go to www.envisionreports.com/ALV. Step 2: Click on Cast Your Vote or Request Materials. Step 3: Follow the instructions on the screen to log in. Step 4: Make your selections as instructed on each screen for your delivery preferences. Step 5: Vote your shares. When you go online, you can also help the environment by consenting to receive electronic delivery of future materials. Obtaining a Copy of the Proxy Materials – If you want to receive a copy of the proxy materials, you must request one. There is no charge to you for requesting a copy. Please make your request as instructed on the reverse side on or before April 27, 2020 to facilitate timely delivery. 2NOT + 036YIC

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Obtaining a Copy of the Proxy Materials – If you want to receive a paper or email copy of these documents, you must request one. There is no charge to you for requesting a copy. Please make your request for a copy as instructed on the reverse side on or before April 28, 2017 to facilitate timely delivery.

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Stockholder Meeting Notice & Admission Ticket

Autoliv, Inc.’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be held on May 9, 20177, 2020 at The Peninsula Chicago, 108 East Superior Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611,Westin Book Cadillac Hotel Detroit, 1114 Washington Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan 48226 USA, at 9:1:00 a.m. Localp.m. Eastern Time.

Proposals to be voted on at the meeting are listed below along with the Board of Directors’ recommendations.

The Board of Directors recommends that yourecommend a voteFOR all the nominees listed and FOR proposals Proposals 2 and 4, and1 YEAR3: 1. Election of ten (10) directors to the Board of Directors for proposal 3.

1.Election of ten directors to the Board of Directors for a term of office expiring on the date of the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders:

Robert W. Alspaugh,a term of office expiring on the date of the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders: 01 - Mikael Bratt 02 - Jan Carlson Aicha Evans,03 - Hasse Johansson 04 - Leif Johansson 05 - David E. Kepler 06 - Franz-Josef Kortüm 07 - Min Liu 08 - Xiaozhi Liu 09 - James M. Ringler Kazuhiko Sakamoto and Wolfgang Ziebart.

2.Advisory Vote on Autoliv, Inc.’s 2016 Executive Compensation.

3.Advisory vote on the frequency of the non-binding vote to approve executive compensation.

4.Ratification of Ernst & Young AB as independent auditors of the company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.

10 - Thaddeus Senko 2. Advisory Vote on Autoliv, Inc.’s 2019 Executive Compensation. 3. Ratification of Ernst & Young AB as independent registered public accounting firm of the company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. PLEASE NOTE – YOU CANNOT VOTE BY RETURNING THIS NOTICE. To vote your shares you must votego online or request a paper copy of the proxy materials to receive a proxy card. If you wish to attend and vote at the meeting, please bring this notice and identification with you. Here’s how to order a copy of the proxy materials and select delivery preferences: Current and future delivery requests can be submitted using the options below. If you request an email copy, you will receive an email with a link to the current meeting materials. PLEASE NOTE: You must use the number in the shaded bar on the reverse side when requesting a copy of the proxy materials. — Internet – Go to www.envisionreports.com/ALV. Click Cast Your Vote or Request Materials. — Phone – Call us free of charge at 1-866-641-4276. — Email – Send an email to investorvote@computershare.com with “Proxy Materials Autoliv, Inc.” in the subject line. Include your full name and address, plus the number located in the shaded bar on the reverse side, and state that you want a paper copy of the meeting materials. To facilitate timely delivery, all requests for a paper copy of proxy materials must be received by April 27, 2020.

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Here’s how to order a copy of the proxy materials and select a future delivery preference:

Paper copies: Current and future paper delivery requests can be submitted via the telephone, Internet or email options below.

Email copies: Current and future email delivery requests must be submitted via the Internet following the instructions below. If you request an email copy of current materials you will receive an email with a link to the materials.

PLEASE NOTE: You must use the number in the shaded bar on the reverse side when requesting a set of proxy materials.

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Internet– Go towww.envisionreports.com/ALV. Click Cast Your Vote or Request Materials. Follow the instructions to log in and order a copy of the current meeting materials and submit your preference for email or paper delivery of future meeting materials.

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Telephone – Call us free of charge at 1-866-641-4276 and follow the instructions to log in and order a paper copy of the materials by mail for the current meeting. You can also submit a preference to receive a paper copy for future meetings.

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Email – Send email to investorvote@computershare.com with “Proxy Materials Order” in the subject line. In the message, include your full name and address, the number located in the shaded bar on the reverse and state that you want to receive a paper copy of current meeting materials.

To facilitate timely delivery, all requests for a paper copy of the proxy materials must be received by April 28, 2017.

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