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| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
As previously announced, on November 16, 2021, Autoliv, Inc. (the “Company”) is hosting its Virtual Capital Markets Day event. The Company published today certain financial targets, ambitions and other information that will be presented by members of the Company’s management at the event. A copy of the press release regarding the Capital Markets Day event is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference. Materials for the presentations at the event will be available on the Company’s website at www.autoliv.com, and a video replay of the webcast will be available on the Company’s website shortly after the conclusion of the event and will remain available for a period of one year.
The information in this Item 7.01 Current Report on Form 8-K and the exhibit attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
| Item 8.01 | Other Events |
On November 16, 2021, the Board of Directors of the Company authorized and approved a new stock repurchase program that authorizes the Company to repurchase up to $1.5 billion or up to 17 million common shares (whichever comes first), between January 2022 and the end of 2024. The portions of the Press Release attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K relating to the new stock repurchase program is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) EXHIBITS
| 99.1 | Press Release of Autoliv, Inc. dated November 16, 2021. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
EXHIBIT INDEX
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| 99.1 | Press Release of Autoliv, Inc. dated November 16, 2021 . | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| AUTOLIV, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Anthony J. Nellis | |
| Name: | Anthony J. Nellis | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Legal Affairs and General Counsel | |
Date: November 16, 2021