Autoliv Retires 1.23 Million Repurchased Shares, Trimming Issued Share Count
Autoliv canceled 1,232,671 repurchased shares during the quarter, leaving it with 74,421,702 issued shares of common stock, of which 72,006,695 are outstanding.
- 74,421,702
- 72,006,695
- 1,232,671
- 2,415,007
What Happened
Autoliv, Inc., the automotive safety systems supplier, said that as of September 30, 2026, it has 74,421,702 issued shares of common stock, of which 72,006,695 shares are outstanding. The company retired 1,232,671 shares of common stock that had been repurchased during the quarter, which decreased the number of issued shares. The announcement was datelined Stockholm, Sweden, and distributed for disclosure on September 30, 2026, at 08:00 CET. Autoliv's stock is listed on the NYSE under ALV and in Stockholm under ALIVsdb.
1,232,671
Repurchased common stock canceled as of September 30, 2026, reducing the issued share count.
- 74,421,702
- 72,006,695
- 2,415,007
Each outstanding share of common stock carries one vote. After the retirement of the repurchased shares, Autoliv holds 2,415,007 shares of common stock in treasury, and under Delaware law those shares have no voting rights and no rights to participate in distributions.
Autoliv said the information is of a character it is obliged to disclose under the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was distributed for disclosure through the company's contact persons on September 30, 2026, at 08:00 CET.
Previously from Autoliv Inc.
In August 2026, Autoliv's board declared a quarterly dividend of 87 cents per share, payable in September to shareholders on both the NYSE and Nasdaq Stockholm — another form of capital return alongside the repurchases that produced the shares retired here. Autoliv is also scheduled to publish its third-quarter 2026 financial report on October 23, 2026, with a same-day earnings call led by CEO Mikael Bratt.
- Autoliv Declares 87-Cent Quarterly Dividend for Q3 2026
- Autoliv Sets Q3 2026 Earnings Report for October 23, Same-Day Call
Background drawn from MotorClaw's earlier coverage of Autoliv Inc.'s official releases.
Why this matters
Autoliv is a major automotive safety supplier whose stock trades in New York and on Nasdaq Stockholm, so its share count matters to investors on both listings. Retiring repurchased shares reduces the number of shares in circulation, and the shares Autoliv still holds in treasury carry no votes and no rights to distributions.
Terms in This Story
- Issued shares
- The total number of shares a company has created and issued, including any shares it later holds itself in treasury.
- Outstanding shares
- The shares currently held by investors, excluding any shares the company keeps in its own treasury.
- Treasury shares
- Shares a company has repurchased and still holds rather than canceling; they are not outstanding and typically carry no votes.
- Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act
- A Swedish law that requires companies whose securities trade in Sweden to disclose certain information to the market.
Summarised from the linked release; details can be imperfect — always verify against the original source.