The investment firm Investor AB, a major shareholder in Atlas Copco, acquired 214,635 B-shares in the industrial group on March 23. The shares were purchased at a price of SEK 138.23 per share, representing a total transaction value of SEK 29.7 million. The trade was executed over-the-counter (OTC), according to the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority's (Finansinspektionen) insider register.
Prior to this acquisition, Investor held 840.05 million shares, corresponding to 17.08 percent of the capital and 22.35 percent of the voting rights in Atlas Copco, according to the ownership tracking service Holdings. Investor last increased its stake in Atlas Copco in July of last year.
Atlas Copco AB is one of the world's leading industrial groups. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- air and gas compressors and electrical generators (66.7%). The group also sells compressed air treatment equipment (filters, dryers, coolers, air tanks);
- construction, drilling, and demolition equipment (16.7%): pneumatic and hydraulic rock breakers, drill hammers, drilling motors, mine carts, upward boring machines, etc.;
- industrial machine tools (16.6%): grinders, punches, impact tools, drills, threaders, pneumatic assembly tools, power drivers, etc.;
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Sweden (1.4%), Europe (26.3%), Asia and Oceania (36.3%), the United States (22%), North America (3.9%), Africa and the Middle East (5.6%), and South America (4.5%).
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