Report from Atlas Copco’s Annual General Meeting 2013

Stockholm, Sweden, April 30, 2013: Atlas Copco AB on Monday April 29 held its
Annual General Meeting, chaired by Sune Carlsson, Chair of the Board of
Directors.
The income statements and the balance sheets of the parent company and the Group
were approved, together with the Board’s proposal for profit distribution.

The proposed dividend of SEK 5.50 per share was approved. Record day for the
dividend is May 3, 2013, and the dividend is estimated to be distributed by
Euroclear Sweden AB on May 8, 2013.

Ten board members were elected: Sune Carlsson, Staffan Bohman, Ulla Litzén,
Anders Ullberg, Margareth Øvrum, Johan Forssell, Gunilla Nordström, Peter
Wallenberg Jr and Ronnie Leten were re-elected. Hans Stråberg was elected new
member of the Board.

The Annual General Meeting re-elected Sune Carlsson as Chair of the Board. Hans
Stråberg was elected vice Chairman.

The Board of Directors’ fee was approved as follows:

A fee of SEK 1,850,000 (1,800,000) to the chair, SEK 750,000 (2011: SEK 645,000)
to the vice chairman and SEK 555,000 (540,000) to each other Board member not
employed by the company. An unchanged fee to the members of the Audit Committee,
at SEK 200,000 to the Chair and SEK 125,000 to the other members of this
committee. Unchanged fees of SEK 60,000 to each of the members of the
Remuneration Committee. Unchanged fees of SEK 60,000 to each Board member who,
in addition to the above, participates in a committee in accordance with a
decision of the Board of Directors.

The Annual General Meeting approved the proposal allowing Board members to
receive half of the board fee in the form of synthetic shares and the remaining
part in cash. The Annual General Meeting also approved that the obligation of
the company to pay an amount corresponding to the synthetic shares shall be
hedged through the purchase of own series A shares.

The Annual General Meeting approved the proposal of the Board of Directors
regarding guiding principles for remuneration to senior executives (CEO and
other members of Group management) and a performance stock option plan for 2013.

The Annual General Meeting authorized the Board to decide on the purchase and
transfer of own series A shares, in order to fulfill obligations related to the
performance stock option plan for 2013, and to the part of the board fee that
consists of synthetic shares. The Board was authorized to sell shares in order
to fulfill obligations related to the performance stock option plans for 2008,
2009 and 2010, and to cover costs related to synthetic shares to the Board of
Directors.

Statutory Board meeting

A statutory Board meeting was held after the Annual General Meeting. Ulla
Litzén, Chair, Staffan Bohman and Johan Forssell were re-elected to serve on the
Audit Committee. Hans Stråberg was elected new member of the Audit Committee.
Sune Carlsson, Chair, Anders Ullberg and Peter Wallenberg Jr were re-elected as
members of the Remuneration Committee.

The speech to the shareholders by Atlas Copco’s President and CEO Ronnie Leten
will be published on the Group's website: www.atlascopco.com/agm, where also the
minutes from the Annual General Meeting will be published.
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.