Invitation to the AGM of Scania AB, 5 May 2008

Invitation to the AGM of Scania AB, 5 May 2008

In compliance with its listing agreement with the OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm,
Scania AB hereby also by press release announces its invitation concerning the
Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the company.  


Among other things, the invitation indicates that the Nomination Committee
proposes the re-election of all members of the Board of Directors except Vito H.
Baumgartner, who has declined re-election, and election of Helmut Aurenz and
Gunnar Larsson as new members. The Nomination Committee proposes the re-election
of Martin Winterkorn as Chairman of the Board and the election of Staffan Bohman
as the new Vice Chairman succeeding Börje Ekholm, who has declined this
assignment.  

The full text of the invitation is contained in the attachment to this press
release and is also available on Scania's website, www.scania.com.

The AGM will take place at 14.00 CET (2.00 p.m.) on Monday 5 May 2008 at the
Scania Rink, AXA Sports Center, Södertälje, Sweden. 

Helmut Aurenz was born in 1937. In 1958 he started a now-sizeable garden and
fertiliser products business in the ASB Group in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Mr Aurenz
is and has been a member of various boards and advisory bodies, among them the
advisory assemblies for Baden-Württembergische Bank AG, Mannheimer Versicherung
AG, Landeskreditbank Baden-Württemberg, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg and
Germanys' MMC Marsh & McLennan. He is also a member of the World Economic Forum
in Geneva and is or has been a Board member of Raab Karcher AG and Germany's
Tank & Rast AG. He is also an independent Board member of both Audi AG and
Automobili Lamborghini Holding Spa.

Gunnar Larsson was born in 1942. Until 1993 he held various management positions
at Saab AB, Volvo AB, Audi AG and Volkswagen AG and since then has served as a
Board member in various companies, among them Haldex AB. Since 1996 Mr Larsson
has run an international consultancy for clients in the vehicle industry, and
since 1997 he has been a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering
Sciences (IVA).

For further information, please contact:

- Stina Thorman, Head of Investor Relations, tel. +46 8 553 837 16
- Hans-Åke Danielsson, Press Manager, tel. +46 8 553 856 62




Scania is one of the world's leading manufacturers of trucks and buses for heavy
transport applications, and of industrial and marine engines. A growing
proportion of the company's operations consists of products and services in the
financial and service sectors, assuring Scania customers of cost-effective
transport solutions and maximum uptime. Employing 35,000 people, Scania operates
in about 100 countries. Research and development activities are concentrated in
Sweden, while production takes place in Europe and South America, with
facilities for global interchange of both components and complete vehicles. In
2006, invoiced sales totalled SEK 84.5  billion and the net income amounted to
SEK 8.5 billion. 

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