Atlas Copco to utilize mandates to repurchase and sell shares
Stockholm, Sweden, April 27, 2016: 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 Annual General Meeting.The mandates cover:1) The acquisition of not more than 7,250,000 series A shares, whereof a maximum of 7,000,000 may be transferred to option holders under the performance based personnel option plan 2016.2) The acquisition 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