New board member proposed for Atlas Copco AB

New board member proposed for Atlas Copco AB

Stockholm, Sweden, February 2, 2010: Atlas Copco's Nomination Committee proposes
Gunilla Nordström as a new member of the Board of Directors of Atlas Copco AB,
for election at the Annual General Meeting 2010.

The proposal includes re-election of board members Sune Carlsson, Chair, Jacob
Wallenberg, Vice Chair, Ronnie Leten, Ulla Litzén, Anders Ullberg, Staffan
Bohman, Margareth Øvrum, Christel Bories, and Johan Forssell.

Gunilla Nordström, born in 1959, is Executive Vice President AB Electrolux and
head of Electrolux Major Appliances Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. 

Since 1983, Gunilla Nordström has served in several senior management positions
with Ericsson and Sony Ericsson in Europe, Latin America and Asia where her last
position was President of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications (China) and
Corporate Vice President of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB. Her
different positions have covered production, logistics, product development,
sales and marketing as well as regional and global management roles.

Gunilla Nordström is also a board member of Videocon Industries Limited, India
and Luleå University of Technology. She has a Master of Science from Linköping
University of Technology.

For further information please contact:
Daniel Frykholm, Media Relations Manager
+46 (0)8 743 8060 or +46 (0)70 865 8060

Atlas Copco discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the Securities
Markets Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act.
 
Atlas Copco is an industrial group with world-leading positions in compressors,
construction and mining equipment, power tools and assembly systems. The Group
delivers sustainable solutions for increased customer productivity through
innovative products and services. Founded 1873, the company is based in
Stockholm, Sweden, and has a global reach spanning more than 170 countries. In
2009, Atlas Copco had about 30 000 employees and revenues of BSEK 64 (BEUR 6.0).
Learn more at www.atlascopco.com.