Shareholders
At the end of 2019, Atlas Copco had 81 656 shareholders (87 009 at year end 2018).
The ten largest shareholders registered directly or as a group with Euroclear Sweden, the Swedish Central Securities Depository, by voting rights, accounted for 34% (35) of the voting rights and 31% (32) of the number of shares. Swedish investors held 47% (51) of the shares and represented 45% (48) 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.
December 31, 2019 |
Number of shares |
A-shares |
B-shares |
% of votes |
% of capital |
Investor AB |
207 754 141 |
194 912 256 |
12 841 885 |
22.3 |
16.9 |
Swedbank Robur fonder |
52 740 148 |
27 121 968 |
25 618 180 |
3.4 |
4.3 |
Alecta Pensionsförsäkring |
54 069 536 |
20 535 536 |
33 534 000 |
2.7 |
4.4 |
SEB Investment Management |
14 035 431 |
13 077 061 |
958 370 |
1.5 |
1.1 |
Folksam |
13 766 853 |
8 822 105 |
4 944 748 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
SPP Fonder AB |
9 427 916 |
6 135 863 |
3 292 053 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
Länsförsäkringar fondförvaltning AB |
6 365 502 |
4 782 194 |
1 583 308 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
Handelsbanken fonder |
9 491 477 |
4 431 569 |
5 059 908 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
Fjärde AP-fonden |
12 166 915 |
3 778 481 |
8 388 434 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
Nordea Investment Funds |
6 142 289 |
4 314 274 |
1 828 015 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Others |
843 652 896 |
551 482 789 |
292 170 107 |
66.1 |
68.6 |
Total |
1 229 613 104 |
839 394 096 |
390 219 008 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
-whereof shares held by Atlas Copco* |
12 650 635 |
12 641 736 |
8 899 |
1.4 |
1.0 |
Total, net of shares held by Atlas Copco |
1 217 046 264 |
826 836 155 |
390 210 109 |
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*For daily updates on shares held by Atlas Copco, see Share repurchases
Shareholders by Country
December 31, 2019 |
% of capital |
Sweden |
47 |
The United States |
27 |
Great Britain |
11 |
Others |
15 |
Total |
100.0 |
Ownership structure
Number of shares |
% of shareholders |
% of capital |
1-500 |
71.0 |
0.6 |
501-2,000 |
19.3 |
1.4 |
2,001-10,000 |
7.6 |
2.1 |
10,001-50,000 |
1.3 |
1.9 |
50,001-100,000 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
>100,000 |
0.6 |
93.1 |
Total |
100.0 |
100.0 |
Ownership category
Ownership category, December 31, 2019 |
% of capital |
% of votes |
Shareholders domiciled abroad (legal entities and individuals) |
52.6 |
54.7 |
Swedish financial companies |
37.3 |
37.1 |
Swedish individuals |
4.7 |
4.1 |
Other Swedish legal entities |
2.2 |
2.0 |
Swedish social insurance funds |
2.0 |
1.2 |
Swedish trade organizations |
1.0 |
0.9 |
Swedish government & muncipals |
0.2 |
0.1 |
Total shareholders |
100.0 |
100.0 |