Bulletin from Scania AB's 2009 Annual General Meeting


Bulletin from Scania AB's 2009 Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) approved a dividend of SEK 2.50 per share and
set Tuesday, 12 May 2009 as the record date. The dividend is expected to be sent
on Friday, 15 May 2009.

The AGM discharged the members of the Board of Directors and the President and
CEO from liability for the financial year 2008.

The AGM decided that the Board of Directors shall consist of ten members without
deputies. All Board members − Helmut Aurenz, Staffan Bohman, Peggy Bruzelius,
Börje Ekholm, Francisco Javier Garcia Sanz, Gunnar Larsson, Hans Dieter Pötsch,
Peter Wallenberg Jr, Martin Winterkorn and Leif Östling − were re-elected. 

The AGM re-elected Martin Winterkorn as Chairman of the Board and Staffan Bohman
as Vice Chairman of the Board.

The AGM approved the Board's proposals on principles for remuneration and other
employment conditions for Scania Group executive officers as well as on terms
and principles for a two-part incentive programme for 2009 covering a maximum of
150 executive officers of the company.

The AGM approved remuneration to the Board of Directors for 2009 totalling SEK
2,656,250, of which SEK 625,000 to be paid to the Vice Chairman and SEK 406,250
to each of the other Board members who are not employees of the company. No
remuneration will be payable to Board members employed by Volkswagen AG.
According to the internal rules of Volkswagen AG, employees shall not receive
remuneration for serving on the Boards of Directors of subsidiaries. 

For the work performed in the Audit Committee, the AGM approved remuneration of
SEK 150,000 to the Chairman of the committee and SEK 75,000 to each of the other
members who are not employees of Volkswagen AG. For the work performed in the
Remuneration Committee, the AGM approved remuneration of SEK 50,000 to each of
the committee's members who are not employees of Volkswagen AG. 

The AGM approved the resolution that was presented concerning the Nomination
Committee. The company shall have a Nomination Committee consisting of one
representative of each of the four largest known shareholders in voting power.
The term of office of the Nomination Committee shall run until a new Nomination
Committee has been appointed. 

At the statutory meeting of the Board in connection to the AGM, members of the
Board's two committees were also appointed. To the Audit Committee, Staffan
Bohman (Chairman), Hans Dieter Pötsch and Gunnar Larsson were re-elected. To the
Remuneration Committee, Martin Winterkorn (Chairman), Peggy Bruzelius and
Francisco J. Garcia Sanz were re-elected. 

Södertälje, 7 May 2009

Scania AB

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
2008, invoiced sales totalled SEK 89 billion and net income amounted to SEK 8.9
billion. 


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