The Board of Scania will issue recommendation on Porsche offer on 3 February

The Board of Scania will issue recommendation on Porsche offer on 3 February

The Board of Scania AB (publ) has received the mandatory offer by Porsche
Automobil Holding SE to the shareholders of Scania.

The Board will in accordance with the Takeover Rules of the NASDAQ OMX Nordic
evaluate the offer with the assistance of two independent advisers and will
issue its recommendation to the shareholders on the offer together with so
called fairness opinions from the advisers in connection with the release of
Scania's Year-End Report for 2008 on 3 February 2009.


For questions, please contact:

Erik Ljungberg, Senior Vice President, Corporate Relations, tel +46 8 553 835
57,
mobile +46 73 988 35 57.





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
2007, invoiced sales totalled SEK 84.5 billion and net income amounted to SEK
8.6 billion. 

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