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.
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, 2020 |
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 |
45 796 128 |
21 269 208 |
24 526 920 |
2.7 |
3.7 |
Alecta Pensionsförsäkring |
50 184 516 |
16 900 516 |
33 284 000 |
2.3 |
4.1 |
| Handelsbanken fonder | 20 777 852 | 14 950 650 | 5 827 202 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
SEB Investment Management |
15 168 210 |
14 359 446 |
808 764 |
1.6 |
1.2 |
Folksam |
14 517 171 |
9 369 507 |
5 147 664 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
| Första AP-fonden | 12 581 527 | 8 011 601 | 4 569 926 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
SPP Fonder AB |
9 839 053 |
6 551 999 |
3 287 054 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
Länsförsäkringar fondförvaltning AB |
6 684 635 |
5 327 151 |
1 357 484 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
Nordea Investment Funds |
7 114 582 |
4 970 307 |
2 144 275 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
Others |
839 195 289 |
542 771 455 |
296 423 843 |
65.2 |
68.3 |
Total |
1 229 613 104 |
839 394 096 |
390 219 008 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
- of which shares held by Atlas Copco* |
13 435 542 |
13 435 542 |
0 |
1.5 |
1.1 |
Total, net of shares held by Atlas Copco |
1 216 177 562 |
825 958 554 |
390 219 008 |
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*For updates on shares held by Atlas Copco, please visit Nasdaq’s webpage where you can find information about Atlas Copco’s repurchases of own shares and cancellation of treasury shares.
December 31, 2019 |
% of capital |
Sweden |
47 |
The United States |
27 |
Great Britain |
11 |
Others |
15 |
Total |
100.0 |
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, 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 |