Annual General Meeting of Volvo AB


GOTEBORG, Sweden, March 11, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Volvo AB's (Nasdaq:VOLVY) Annual General Meeting will take place on Wednesday, April 9, 2003 at Lisebergshallen in Goteborg starting 2 p.m. The entrance to Liseberg will open at 10 a.m for our shareholders. A seminar, "Commercial vehicles and transports -- a trade with growth" will be held in Lisebergshallen.

Volvo will not arrange any press conference in connection with the Meeting, but the Board of Directors of Volvo will be available to answer questions from the media after the Meeting.

There will be a pressroom nearby the Meeting hall.

Notice of intention to participate in the Meeting may by given either by telephone + 46 31 66 00 00, or by e-mail agm@volvo.com or in writing to AB Volvo, Juridik, 405 08 Goteborg no later than Thursday April 3 at 12:00 noon.

The Volvo Group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of trucks, buses and construction equipment, drive systems for marine and industrial applications, aerospace components and services. The Group also provides complete solutions for financing and service. The Volvo Group, which employs about 71,000 people, has production facilities in 25 countries and sells their products in more than 185 markets. Annual sales of the Volvo Group amount to 18 billion euro. The Volvo Group is a publicly-held company headquartered in Goteborg, Sweden. Volvo shares are listed on the stock exchanges in Stockholm, London, Brussels and Frankfurt and on NASDAQ in the U.S.

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