Atlas Copco AB: Nomination Committee for the Annual General Meeting 2007

Stockholm, Sweden, October 23, 2006: In compliance with the Swedish code of corporate governance, this is to announce the names of the representatives of the four largest shareholders, who together with the Chairman of the Board, Sune Carlsson, will form the nomination committee for the Annual General Meeting 2007.

Representatives:
Lennart Johansson, Investor AB
Björn C. Andersson, Handelsbanken Fonder
Ramsay Brufer, Alecta Pensionsförsäkring, ömsesidigt
William af Sandeberg, Första AP-fonden

The Annual General Meeting of Atlas Copco AB will be held in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday April 26, 2007.

Shareholders who wish to submit proposals of members of the Atlas Copco AB Board, please contact the Chairman of the Board on e-mail nominations@atlascopco.com
or fax +46-8-615 0026.