Atlas Copco to utilize mandates to sell and repurchase shares

Stockholm, Sweden, April 30, 2013: The Board of Atlas Copco AB has decided to
use the mandates granted by the Annual General Meeting for the repurchase and
sale of shares at one or more occasions until the next AGM.
The mandates cover:

1) The purchase of not more than 4,250,000 series A shares, whereof a maximum
3,500,000 may be transferred to personnel stock option holders under the
Performance Stock Option Plan 2013.

2) The purchase of not more than 70,000 series A shares, later to be sold on the
market in connection with payment to Board members who have opted to receive
synthetic shares as part of their board fee.

3) The sale of not more than 55,000 series A shares to cover costs related to
previously issued synthetic shares to Board members.

4) The sale of maximum 8,100,000 series A and B shares currently held by the
company, for the purpose of covering costs of fulfilling obligations related to
the performance stock option plans 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Repurchases and sales are subject to market conditions, regulatory restrictions
and the capital structure at any given time.

The number of issued shares is presently 1,229,613,104, whereof 839,394,096
series A shares and 390,219,008 series B shares.
For further information please contact:
Ola Kinnander, Media Relations Manager
+46 (0)8 743 8060 or +46 (0)70 347 2455
media@se.atlascopco.com
Mattias Olsson, Vice President Investor Relations
+46 (0)8 743 8295 or +46 (0)72 729 8295
ir@se.atlascopco.com
Atlas Copco discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the Securities
Markets Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act.

Atlas Copco is an industrial group with world-leading positions in compressors,
expanders and air treatment systems, construction and mining equipment, power
tools and assembly systems. With innovative products and services, Atlas Copco
delivers solutions for sustainable productivity. The company was founded in
1873, is based in Stockholm, Sweden, and has a global reach spanning more than
170 countries. In 2012, Atlas Copco had 39 800 employees and revenues of
BSEK 90.5 (BEUR 10.5). Learn more at www.atlascopco.com.