Shareholders
At the end of 2017, Atlas Copco had 80 846 shareholders (76 058 at year-end 2016).
The ten largest shareholders registered directly or as a group with Euroclear Sweden, the Swedish Central Securities Depository, by voting rights, accounted for 34% (36) of the voting rights and 31% (33) of the number of shares. Swedish investors held 50% (53) of the shares and represented 47% (51) of the voting rights.
10 largest shareholders
The table below shows the largest shareholders, by voting rights, registered directly or as a group with Euroclear Sweden, the Swedish Central Securities Depository.
| Number of shares | A-shares | B-shares | % of votes | % of Capital | |
| Investor AB | 207 645 611 | 194 803 726 | 12 841 885 | 22.3 | 16.9 |
| Swedbank Robur fonder | 56 046 863 | 25 504 426 | 30 542 437 | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| Alecta Pensionsförsäkring | 50 481 000 | 24 593 000 | 25 888 000 | 3.1 | 4.1 |
| SEB Investment Management | 15 942 020 | 14 637 330 | 1 304 690 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| Folksam | 10 382 000 | 6 806 189 | 3 575 811 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Fjärde AP-fonden | 12 935 897 | 4 900 672 | 8 035 225 | 0.6 | 1.1 |
| SPP Fonder AB | 7 786 421 | 4 977 338 | 2 809 083 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Avanza Fonder |
5 513 631 |
3 763 874 |
1 749 757 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
Tredje AP-fonden |
8 608 108 |
3 342 449 |
5 265 659 |
0.4 |
0.7 |
Länsförsäkringar fondförvaltning AB |
4 831 027 |
3 555 214 |
1 275 813 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
| Other | 849 440 526 |
552 509 878 |
296 930 648 |
66.3 |
69.1 |
| Total | 1 229 613 104 |
839 394 096 |
390 219 008 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| -whereof shares held by Atlas Copco* | 15 887 755 |
15 641 596 |
246 159 |
1.8 |
1.3 |
| Total, net of shares held by Atlas Copco | 1 213 725 349 |
823 752 500 |
389 972 849 |
*For daily updates on shares held by Atlas Copco, see Share repurchases
Ownership by Country
| % of votes | % of capital | |
| Sweden | 46.9 | 50.1 |
| The United States | 26.1 | 24.3 |
| Great Britain | 13.4 | 12.5 |
| Others | 13.6 | 13.1 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Ownership structure
| Number of shares | % of shareholders | % of capital |
| 1-500 | 67.3 | 0.7 |
| 501-2,000 | 21.1 | 1.5 |
| 2,001-10,000 | 8.5 | 2.3 |
| 10,001-50,000 | 1.8 | 2.6 |
| 50,001-100,000 | 0.4 | 1.7 |
| >100,000 | 0.9 | 91.2 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Ownership categories
| Ownership category | % of capital | % of votes |
| Shareholders domiciled abroad (legal entities and individuals) | 49.9 | 53.0 |
| Swedish financial companies | 38.8 | 37.7 |
| Swedish individuals | 5.0 | 4.5 |
| Other Swedish legal entities | 3.1 | 2.7 |
| Swedish social insurance funds | 1.9 | 1.1 |
| Swedish trade organizations | 1.2 | 0.9 |
| Swedish government & muncipals | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Total shareholders | 100.0 | 100.0 |