  For a significant number of the sources detected at high energies (>10 keV)
by the INTEGRAL/IBIS and Swift/BAT instruments there is either a lack
information about them in the 2-10 keV range or they are totally unidentified.
Herein, we report on a sample of 34 IBIS AGN or AGN candidate objects for which
there is X-ray data in the Swift/XRT archive. Thanks to these X-ray follow up
observations, the identification of the gamma ray emitters has been possible
and the spectral shape in terms of photon index and absorption has been
evaluated for the first time for the majority of our sample sources. The
sample, enlarged to include 4 more AGN already discussed in the literature, has
been used to provide photon index and column density distribution. We obtain a
mean value of 1.88 with a dispersion of 0.12, i.e. typical of an AGN sample.
Sixteen objects (47%) have column densities in excess of 10^{22} cm^{-2} and,
as expected, a large fraction of the absorbed sources are within the Sey 2
sample. We have provided a new diagnostic tool (NH versus
F(2-10)keV/F(20-100)keV softness ratio) to isolate peculiar objects; we find at
least one absorbed Sey 1 galaxy, 3 Compton thick AGN candidates; and one secure
example of a "true" type 2 AGN. Within the sample of 10 still unidentified
objects, 3 are almost certainly AGN of type 2; 3 to 4 have spectral slopes
typical of AGN; and two are located high on the galactic plane and are strong
enough radio emitters so that can be considered good AGN candidates.
