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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: atlascopco.com/agm, where also the minutes from the Annual General Meeting will be published.
For further information please contact:
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 (atlascopco.com) 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).
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