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):
February 20, 2019
Veoneer, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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001-38471
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82-3720890
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(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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(Commission
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
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Klarabergsviadukten 70, Section C, 6
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Floor SE-111 64
Box 13089, SE-10302
Stockholm, Sweden
(Address and Zip Code of principal executive offices)
+46 8 527 762 00
(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
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Item 5.02
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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
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As previously disclosed, on January 9, 2019, Veoneer, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Mats Backman was appointed as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Finance. On February 20, 2019, the Company and Mr. Backman agreed that he will begin serving in such role as of March 1, 2019. See the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 9, 2019 for more information.
A copy of the press release announcing Mr. Backman’s start date is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and the portion of the press release related to such announcement is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) EXHIBIT
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99.1
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Press Release of Veoneer, Inc. dated February 26, 2019
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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.
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VEONEER, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Lars A. Sjöbring
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Name:
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Lars A. Sjöbring
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Title:
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Executive Vice President, Legal Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary
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Date: February 26, 2019
Exhibit 99.1
Veoneer publishes 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K
Stockholm, Sweden, February 26, 2019: Veoneer, Inc. (NYSE: VNE and SSE: VNE SDB), the world’s largest pure-play company focused on Advanced Driving Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Automated Driving (AD), has filed its 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K is available at the SEC Edgar website: www.sec.gov and on Veoneer’s web site veoneer.com.
As previously announced, Mr. Mats Backman has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Company. He will succeed Mr. Mathias Hermansson effective March 1, 2019. Mr. Backman has held a similar position at Autoliv, Inc. since 2016.
The information regarding publication of our 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K is information that Veoneer, Inc. is obliged to make public pursuant to the Securities Market Act. The information was submitted for publication at 14.45 CET on February 26, 2019.
For more information please contact:
Media:
Thomas Jönsson, GVP Communications & IR, tel +46 (0)8 527 762 27
Investors & analysts:
Thomas Jönsson, Communications & IR, tel +46 (0)8 527 762 27
Ray Pekar, Investor Relations, tel +1 (248) 794-4537
Veoneer
designs and manufactures products and solutions for active safety, autonomous driving, occupant protection and brake control. Our purpose is to create trust in mobility. Veoneer is a new technology company that is building on a heritage of close to 70 years of automotive safety development. Veoneer has 8,600 employees in 13 countries. Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, Veoneer is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and on Nasdaq Stockholm.
