Retained profits and profit for the year
Retained profits and profit for the year include profits earned
and retained by the Parent and subsidiaries, investments in
associates, revaluation of the net pension commitment, net
effect of acquisition of minority share and profit for the year.
Treasury shares
The Group owned a total of 0 (0) treasury shares as of
December 31, 2019.
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Note Shareholders’ equity
Group
Share capital
As of December 31, 2019, the Group’s registered share
capital was 253,730,934 shares (SEK 422,884,890).
Reserves
Translation reserve
Translation reserves include all exchange differences that
arise when translating financial statements from foreign
operations whose financial statements are stated in currencies
other than the Group’s presentation currency. The Parent
company and the Group present their financial statements in
SEK.
Specification of equity item “Reserves”
Hedging reserve
The hedging reserve encompasses the effective portion of
the accumulated net change in the fair value of a cash flow
hedging instrument attributable to hedging transactions yet to
take place.
Statutory reserve
The statutory reserve refers to a reduction of the share capital
carried out previously.
Statutory reserve Hedging reserve Translation reserve Total
2018 opening balance 5 25 -273 -243
Exchange differences - - 362 362
Reclassification - -25 - -25
2018 closing balance 5 - 89 94
2019 opening balance 5 - 89 94
Exchange differences - - 402 402
2019 closing balance 5 - 491 496
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