PC15. Proposed disposition of earnings

Disposition of earnings in Essity Aktiebolag

 

1)

The company’s equity would have been SEK 614,201,531 lower if assets and liabilities had not been measured at fair value in accordance with Chapter 4, Section 14 of the Swedish Annual Accounts Act.

Non-restricted equity in the Parent Company:

 

retained earnings

73,239,091,707

net profit for the year

2,495,963,709

Total

75,735,055,416

 

 

The Board of Directors and the President propose:

 

to be distributed to shareholders, a dividend of SEK 5.75 per share

4,038,469,312

to be carried forward

71,696,586,1041)

Total

75,735,055,416

The Board of Directors and President declare that the combined financial statements that comprise the consolidated financial statements for the 2017, 2016 and 2015 fiscal years have been prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards adopted by the EU and that disclosures herein give a true and fair view of the Group’s financial position and results of operations. The Parent Company’s financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in Sweden and give a true and fair view of the Parent Company’s financial position and results of operations. The statutory Board of Directors’ Report provides a fair review of the Parent Company’s and Group’s operations, financial position and results of operations and describes material risks and uncertainties facing the Parent Company and the companies included in the Group.

February 21, 2018

Ewa Björling
Board member

Pär Boman
Chairman of the Board

Tina Elvingsson Engfors
Board member, appointed by the employees

Maija-Liisa Friman
Board member

Annemarie Gardshol
Board member

Magnus Groth
President, CEO and Board member

Johan Malmquist
Board member

Bert Nordberg
Board member

Louise Svanberg
Board member

Örjan Svensson
Board member, appointed by the employees

Lars Rebien Sørensen
Board member

Barbara Milian Thoralfsson
Board member

Niclas Thulin
Board member, appointed by the employees

Our audit report was submitted on February 21, 2018
Ernst & Young AB

Hamish Mabon
Authorized Public Accountant
Auditor in charge