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Shareholders
Ownership structure
December 31, 2011, Atlas Copco had 71 379 shareholders (73 191 in September 30, 2011). The 10 largest shareholders registered directly or as a group with Euroclear Sweden, the Swedish Central Securities Depository, by voting rights, accounted for 33.5% (34) of the voting rights and 33% (32)of the number of shares. Non-Swedish investors held 48% (47) of the shares and represented 51% (50) 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 | 206 895 611 | 194 803 726 | 12 091 885 | 22.3 | 16.8 |
| Swedbank Robur | 46 126 555 | 20 076 731 | 26 049 824 | 2.6 | 3.8 |
| Alecta | 34 143 000 | 13 205 000 | 20 938 000 | 1.7 | 2.8 |
| Handelsbanken | 19 355 987 | 12 427 361 | 6 928 626 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| SEB Invest | 16 465 143 | 9 006 269 | 7 458 874 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| Folksam | 19 297 679 | 8 650 625 | 10 647 054 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| AP 4 | 12 373 276 | 7 676 855 | 4 696 421 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| AP 1 | 14 199 802 | 6 655 392 | 7 544 410 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| AP 2 | 10 222 639 | 6 295 135 | 3 927 504 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| AMF | 26 435 000 | 3 350 000 | 23 085 000 | 0.6 | 2.1 |
| Others | 824 098 412 | 557 247 002 | 266 851 410 | 66.5 | 67 |
| Total | 1 229 613 104 | 839 394 096 | 390 219 008 | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| - whereof shares held by Atlas Copco* | 17 999 076 | 16 687 630 | 1 311 446 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| Total, net of shares held by
Atlas Copco | 1 211 614 028 | 822 706 466 | 388 907 562 |
*For daily updates on shares held by Atlas Copco, see Share repurchases .
Ownership by Country
| % of votes | % of capital | |
|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 49.3 | 52.3 |
| The United States | 21.2 | 19.0 |
| Great Britain | 17.7 | 18.0 |
| Others | 11.8 | 10.7 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Ownership structure
| Number of shares | % of shareholders | % of capital |
|---|---|---|
| 1-500 | 57.1 | 0.6 |
| 501-2,000 | 27.8 | 1.8 |
| 2,001-10,000 | 11.8 | 2.9 |
| 10,001-50,000 | 2.2 | 2.7 |
| 50,001-100,000 | 0.3 | 1.4 |
| >100,000 | 0.7 | 90.6 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 |
