Atlas Copco's Annual General Meeting: Election of additional board member for Atlas Copco AB

Atlas Copco's Annual General Meeting: Election of additional board member for
Atlas Copco AB

Stockholm, Sweden, April 14, 2008: Atlas Copco's Nomination Committee proposes
Christel Bories as a new member of the Board of Directors of Atlas Copco AB, in
addition to proposed new members Margareth Øvrum and Johan Forssell.

Christel Bories, born in 1964, is a French citizen, who graduated in Business
Administration from the HEC School of Management in Paris France. Since 2006 she
is the President and CEO of Alcan Engineered Products, part of aluminum producer
Rio Tinto Alcan. She has been a member of the Executive Committee of materials
technology group Umicore, Belgium (1993-1995), of aluminium conglomerate
Pechiney, France (1997-2003) and of Alcan, Canada (2004-2007), a provider of
aluminum and packaging solutions. Christel Bories is the Chair of the European
Aluminum Association since 2007. 

Following the addition of Christel Bories to the proposal of board members the
Nomination Committee has revised its proposal under item 10 and 11 in the Notice
to the Annual General Meeting, which was published on March 25, as follows: 

Item 10:      That nine Board members be elected.
Item 11:      That the following Board members are re-elected: Sune Carlsson, 
Jacob Wallenberg, Gunnar Brock, Staffan Bohman, Ulla Litzén, and Anders Ullberg.
Grace Reksten Skaugen has declined re-election.
That Margareth Øvrum, Executive Vice President Technology and New Energy of
StatoilHydro, Norway, and board member of Elkem AS, Christel Bories, President
and CEO of Alcan Engineered products, part of Rio Tinto Alcan, France, and Chair
of the European Aluminum Association, and Johan Forssell, member of the
management of Investor AB, Sweden, are elected new members of the Board
That Sune Carlsson is elected chairman and Jacob Wallenberg vice chairman of the
Board of Directors.  
Information regarding all proposed Board members is available on
www.atlascopco.com/agm.

For further information please contact:
Love Liman, Media Relations
+46 (0)8 743 8060 or +46 (0)73 231 8060

Atlas Copco discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the Securities
Markets Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was
submitted for publication at 08:45  on April 14, 2008.

Atlas Copco is a world leading provider of industrial productivity solutions.
The products and services range from compressed air and gas equipment,
generators, construction and mining equipment, industrial tools and assembly
systems, to related aftermarket and rental. In close cooperation with customers
and business partners, and with 135 years of experience, Atlas Copco innovates
for superior productivity. Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, the Group's
global reach spans more than 160 markets. In 2007, Atlas Copco had 
33 000 employees and revenues of BSEK 63 (BEUR 6.7). Learn more at
www.atlascopco.com.