FAQ
- What Financial targets does the Atlas Copco Group have?
- What is Atlas Copco's dividend policy?
- What is the difference between the Atlas Copco A- and B-shares?
- What is the "silent period"?
- When and where will Atlas Copco hold its next Annual General Meeting?
What Financial targets does the Atlas Copco Group have?
The overall objective for the Atlas Copco Group is to grow and to achieve a return on capital employed that will always exceed the Group's average cost of capital.
The current targets are:
- to have an annual revenue growth of 8%
- to reach an operating margin of 15%
- to challenge and continuously improve the efficiency of operating capital in terms of fixed assets, stocks, receivables, and rental fleet utilization.
This will have the result that shareholder value is created and continuously increased.
What is Atlas Copco's dividend policy?
The Atlas Copco Board of directors' opinion is that the dividend should correspond to 40-50% of earnings per share.
What is the difference between the Atlas Copco A- and 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. Read more about the Atlas Copco share here.
The Atlas Copco Group does not arrange meetings with the press, media, investors, analysts or other capital market actors for a period of 30 days prior to the publication of a quarterly report. The Group only addresses issues of a general nature during the silent/closed period.
When and where will Atlas Copco hold its next Annual General Meeting?
Next Annual General Meeting will be held in Stockholm, Sweden, in the end of April 2009. See our calender for information on this and other events.
