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): January 1, 2011
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.) |
World Trade Center,
Klarabergsviadukten 70,
Box 70381
SE-107 24 Stockholm, Sweden
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
+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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| Item 5.05 | Amendments to the Registrant’s Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics. |
Effective January 1, 2011, the Board of Directors of Autoliv, Inc. (the “Company”) has amended and restated the Company’s code of ethics that applies to its senior executive officers, including the Company’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer (the “Code of Conduct and Ethics for Senior Officers”). The purposes of amending and restating the Company’s Code of Conduct and Ethics for Senior Officers were (i) conforming disclosure to other stated Company policies, (ii) generally updating and enhancing the awareness, overall readability, and (iii) clarifying and emphasizing key compliance areas of the Code of Conduct and Ethics for Senior Officers.
A copy of the Code of Conduct and Ethics for Senior Officers is publicly available on the investor portion of the Company’s website at www.autoliv.com.
SIGNATURE
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 thereunto duly authorized.
| AUTOLIV, INC. | ||||||
| Date: January 5, 2011 | ||||||
| By: | /S/ LARS A. SJÖBRING | |||||
| Name: | Lars A. Sjöbring | |||||
| Title: | Group Vice President – Legal Affairs General Counsel and Secretary | |||||