Share information

The Atlas Copco shares are listed at the exchange NASDAQ OMX Stockholm, Large cap.

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 33.2% of the total trading of the A share (50.4% of the B share) in 2018. Other markets, so called Multilateral Trading Facilities (MTF), e.g. CBOE and Turquoise accounted for some 34.0% (24.9% of the B share), and the remaining 32.8% (24.7% of the B share) were traded outside public markets, for example through over-the-counter trading. The market capitalization at year end 2018 was MSEK 252 130 (420 076) and the company represented 4.2% (6.3) of the total market value of Nasdaq Stockholm. Atlas Copco was the second (second) most traded share in 2018 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 2018, there were 19 536 115 ADRs outstanding, of which 18 541 998 represented A shares and 994 117 B shares.

The Annual General Meeting decided a dividend of SEK 6.30 per share be paid for 2018. The dividend can be compared to an approximate dividend in 2017, for the continuing business of Atlas Copco (excluding Epiroc), of SEK 5.20 per share. The total dividend previous year, including discontinued operations, was SEK 7.00. Excluding shares currently held by the company, the proposed dividend corresponds to a total of MSEK 7 640 (8 496). In order to facilitate a more efficient cash management, the dividend is proposed to be paid in two equal instalments, the first with record date April 29, 2019 and the second with record date October 28, 2019. The yearly dividend during the last five years amounted in average to 59% of basic earnings per share. The ambition is to distribute about 50% of earnings as dividends to shareholders.

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