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Shareholders
Ownership structure
At December 31, 2009, Atlas Copco had 61 645 shareholders (59 801 at September 30, 2009). The 10 largest shareholders registered directly or as a group with Euroclear Sweden, the Swedish Central Securities Depository, by voting rights, accounted for 36% (36) of the voting rights and 34% (37) of the number of shares. Non-Swedish investors held 42% (42) of the shares and represented 47% (45) of the voting rights.
10 largest shareholders, December 31, 2009
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 | 204 384 326 | 194 803 726 | 9 580 600 | 22.29 | 16.62 |
| Alecta Pension fund | 49 543 000 | 24 555 000 | 24 988 000 | 3.08 | 4.03 |
| Swedbank | 47 636 346 | 18 622 794 | 29 013 552 | 2.45 | 3.87 |
| Handelsbanken funds | 24 823 805 | 15 275 192 | 9 548 613 | 1.85 | 2.02 |
| AP 4 | 14 658 297 | 11 572 264 | 3 086 033 | 1.35 | 1.19 |
| Nordea funds | 18 137 338 | 9 267 721 | 8 869 617 | 1.16 | 1.48 |
| Folksam - KPA | 17 805 031 | 8 380 156 | 9 424 875 | 1.06 | 1.45 |
| AP 2 | 11 403 445 | 7 891 835 | 3 511 610 | 0.94 | 0.93 |
| AP 1 | 9 228 953 | 5 929 062 | 3 299 891 | 0.71 | 0.75 |
| SEB | 18 778 224 | 4 488 149 | 14 290 075 | 0.67 | 1.53 |
| Others | 813 214 339 | 538 608 197 | 274 606 142 | 64.44 | 66.13 |
| Total | 1 229 613 104 | 839 394 096 | 390 219 008 | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| - whereof shares held by Atlas Copco | 13 703 400 | 11 275 000 | 2 428 400 | 1.31 | 1.11 |
| Total, net of shares held by
Atlas Copco | 1 215 909 704 | 828 119 096 | 387 790 608 |
Ownership by Country, December 31, 2009
| % of votes | % of capital | |
|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 53.5 | 57.7 |
| The United States | 21.9 | 18.7 |
| Great Britain | 12.5 | 11.9 |
| Others | 12.1 | 11.7 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Ownership structure, December 31, 2009
| Number of shares | % of shareholders | % of capital |
|---|---|---|
| 1-500 | 48.9 | 0.5 |
| 501-2,000 | 32.6 | 1.8 |
| 2,001-10,000 | 14.5 | 3.1 |
| 10,001-50,000 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
| 50,001-100,000 | 0.4 | 1.4 |
| >100,000 | 0.8 | 90.2 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Published date: 2010-01-12 11:42
