Share information

The Atlas Copco share was listed in Stockholm on September 3, 1920. The shares outstanding are divided into class A and class B shares. The difference is in voting power. An A-share represents one vote at the Annual General meeting, while a B-share represents 1/10 of a vote. A class A and a class B share have exactly the same right to Atlas Copco’s capital, and get the same dividends. The Atlas Copco shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, which represented 29.3% of the total trading of the A share (37.3% of the B share) in 2020. Other markets, so called Multilateral Trading Facilities (MTF), e.g. CBOE and Turquoise accounted for some 31.1% (23.2% of the B share), and the remaining 39.2% (39.5% of the B share) were traded outside public markets, for example through over-the-counter trading. The market capitalization at year end 2020 was MSEK 497 187 (440 497) and the company represented 5.7% (5.7) of the total market value of Nasdaq Stockholm. Atlas Copco was the second (first) most traded share in 2020 by total turnover. A program for American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) was established in the United States in 1990. One ADR corresponds to one share. The depositary bank is Citibank N.A. At year end 2020, there were 27 854 337 ADRs outstanding, of which 26 757 226 represented A shares and 1 097 111 B shares.

The Annual General Meeting approved the Board’s proposal of the dividend of SEK 7.30 per share to be paid for the 2020 fiscal year. In order to facilitate a more efficient cash management, the dividend will be paid in two equal instalments, the first with record date April 29, 2021 and the second with record date October 25, 2021.

On Nasdaq’s webpage you can find information about Atlas Copco’s repurchases of own shares and cancellation of treasury shares.

In recent years the repurchases have been made in order to cover the performance-based long-term incentive program for the board. For further information on the option programs and repurchase of own shares please see the annual report.