Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 26, 2018

 

 

Autoliv, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-12933   51-0378542

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

Klarabergsviadukten 70, Section B, 7th Floor,

Box 70381,

SE-107 24, Stockholm, Sweden

(Address and Zip Code of principal executive offices)

+46 8 587 20 600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 


Item 7.01 Regulation FD.

On April 26, 2018, Autoliv, Inc. (“Autoliv”) issued a press release announcing that a Registration Statement on Form 10 has been publicly filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by Veoneer, Inc. in connection with Autoliv’s planned spin-off of its Electronics business. As previously announced, Autoliv intends to complete a tax-free spin-off of its Electronics business through a pro rata distribution of Veoneer’s common stock to existing Autoliv stockholders and SDRs to Autoliv SDR holders as of a yet to be determined record date.

A copy of the press release of Autoliv is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this 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 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) EXHIBITS

99.1         Press Release of Autoliv, Inc. dated April 26, 2018.


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1    Press Release of Autoliv, Inc. dated April 26, 2018.


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/ Lars A. Sjöbring

Name:   Lars A. Sjöbring
Title:   Group Vice President for Legal Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary

Date: April 26, 2018