Atlas Copco - Annual Report 1999

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Appropriation of Profit Proposed distribution of profit As shown in the balance sheet of Atlas Copco AB, the following funds are available for appropriation by the Annual General Meeting: Unappropriated earnings from preceding year sek 2,981,214,444 Profit for the year sek 1,036,639,271 sek 4,017,853,715 36 ATLAS COPCO 1999 Nacka, February 18, 2000 The Board of Directors and the President propose that these earnings be appropriated as follow: To the shareholders, a dividend of SEK 4.75 per share sek 995,610,374 To be retained in the business sek 3,022,243,341 sek 4,017,853,715 Anders Scharp Ordförande Jacob Wallenberg Michael Treschow Paul-Emmanuel Janssen Hari Shankar Singhania Sune Carlsson Lennart Jeansson Kurt Hellström Ulla Litzén Giulio Mazzalupi Verkställande direktör Tore Hedberg Bengt Lindgren Lars-Erik Soting Auditors’ Report To the General Meeting of the shareholders of Atlas Copco AB (publ), Corporate identity number 556014-2720 We have audited the annual accounts, the consolidated accounts, the accounting records and the administration of the Board of Directors and the President of Atlas Copco AB (publ) for the year 1999. These accounts and the administration of the company are the responsibility of the Board of Directors and the President. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the annual accounts, the consolidated accounts and the administration based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards in Sweden. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance that the annual accounts and the consolidated accounts are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the accounts. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and their application by the Board of Directors and the President, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of information in the annual accounts and the consolidated accounts. As a basis for our opinion concerning discharge from liability, we examined significant decisions, actions taken and Nacka, February 25, 2000 circumstances of the company in order to be able to determine the liability, if any, to the company of any board member or the President. We also examined whether any board member or the President has, in any other way, acted in contravention of the Companies Act, the Annual Accounts Act or the Articles of Association. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion set out below. The annual accounts and the consolidated accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Annual Accounts Act and, thereby, give a true and fair view of the Company’s and the Group’s financial position and results of operations in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in Sweden. We recommend to the general meeting of shareholders that the income statements and balance sheets of the Parent Company and the Group be adopted, that the profit for the Parent Company be dealt with in accordance with the proposal in the administration report and that the members of the Board of Directors and the President be discharged from liability for the financial year. Stefan Holmström Peter Markborn Authorized Public Accountant Authorized Public Accountant
On January 1, 1999, the Rental Service business area was established to emphasize the increased importance of Atlas Copco’s North American equipment rental operations. The Business Area now consists of two divisions, Prime Service and Rental Service Corporation. ATLAS COPCO 1999 37
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Page 3 and 4: Atlas Copco 1999 Revenues Group rev
Page 5 and 6: The Board of Directors’ Report on
Page 7 and 8: Wuxi compressor plant in China exte
Page 9 and 10: ponding to a margin of 6.9 percent
Page 11 and 12: Product development 1999 1998 Resea
Page 13 and 14: Consolidated Balance Sheet ATLAS CO
Page 15 and 16: Notes to Atlas Copco Group Cash Flo
Page 17 and 18: Notes to the Financial Statements S
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Page 27 and 28: 18 Shareholders’ equity Group Sha
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Page 31 and 32: Goodwill The Group applies an amort
Page 33 and 34: Number of Per- Book shares cent val
Page 35 and 36: ing this report in February 2000, t
Page 37: for sale and recorded at fair value
Page 41 and 42: fully served previously. The Prime
Page 43 and 44: ATLAS COPCO AND THE BUSINESS ENVIRO
Page 45 and 46: Distribution of Revenues by Busines
Page 47 and 48: Investments The business area inves
Page 49 and 50: Lead time cut from 35 days to six T
Page 51 and 52: Premier web pages improve informati
Page 53 and 54: Structural changes To adjust to dep
Page 55 and 56: Protecting operator and environment
Page 57 and 58: Uniroc offers full service to Mount
Page 59 and 60: ics for the end-user. Also, in-hous
Page 61 and 62: Starting in October 1999 and runnin
Page 63 and 64: Moving customer-supplier relationsh
Page 65 and 66: efficient way to develop already es
Page 67 and 68: A hub system to serve non-urban are
Page 69 and 70: Internet Makes Impact as Business T
Page 71 and 72: Evaluation of power tools To develo
Page 73 and 74: Excellence in Sales Every year, the
Page 75 and 76: ight to existing shareholders. The
Page 77 and 78: Five Years in Summary Atlas Copco G
Page 79 and 80: Summary in USD and EUR Atlas Copco
Page 81 and 82: Consolidated Balance Sheet in USD a
Page 83 and 84: Group Management Giulio Mazzalupi P
Page 85 and 86: Kurt Hellström Ulla Litzén Tore H
Page 87 and 88: Addresses Group Center Atlas Copco

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