Judgement of the General Court related to the European Commission’s decision on certain Belgian tax rulings

Stockholm, Sweden, February 14, 2019: Today the General Court of the European Union annulled the European Commission’s decision of January 11, 2016 that certain Belgian tax rulings granted to multinationals with regard to “Excess Profit” shall be considered as illegal state aid.  

The 2016 decision, which Atlas Copco appealed, concerned the years 2010-2015. As communicated earlier Atlas Copco paid the amount to cover the potential liability, in total MEUR 313 (MSEK 2,952), to the Belgian Government to avoid further interest charges.

The Commission can appeal the decision to the European Court of Justice within approximately two months.

“We welcome today´s decision”, said Mats Rahmström, President and CEO of the Atlas Copco Group. “We will now await the European Commission’s next steps”, said Mats Rahmström.

For more information please contact:

Sara Liljedal, Media Relations Manager
+46 8 743 8060 or +46 72 144 1038
media@se.atlascopco.com

This information is information that Atlas Copco AB is obliged to make public pursuant to the Securities Markets Act. The information was submitted for publication at 17:15 CET on February 14 2019.

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