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26 April 2006 9:05 CET

SCANIA INTERIM REPORT– JANUARY – MARCH 2006

"Strong demand for transports in Europe is contributing to an increase in order bookings. Also affecting demand is that some European customers are bringing forward their investments in vehicles, due to the introduction of digital tachographs in May and the Euro 4 environmental regulations, which enter into force in the autumn of 2006. This may lead to a slower pace of order bookings in Europe during the second half of 2006, which may then affect deliveries late in the year and early in 2007,” says Leif Östling, President and CEO. *

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FIRST
QUARTER IN
BRIEF Q1
Units 2006 2005 Change in %
Trucks and
bus chassis
– Order
bookings 19,015 15,441 23
– Deliveries 15,377 13,256 16

Revenue and
earnings
SEK m.
(unless
otherwise
stated) EUR m.**

· Revenue,
Scania Group 1,835 17,246 13,873 24

Operating
income,
Vehicles and
Service 213 2,000 1,553 29
Operating
income,
Customer
Finance 12 114 126 -10
Operating
income 225 2,114 1,679 26

Income
before taxes 224 2,109 1,698 24
· Net
income 154 1,447 1,155 25
Operating
margin,
percent 12.3 12.1
Return on
equity,
percent *** 21.3 21.7
Return on
capital
employed,
Vehicles and
Service,
percent 28.2 29.4
· Earnings
per share,
SEK *** 7.24 5.78
Cash flow,
Vehicles and
Service 1,190 272
Number of
employees,
31 March 31,259 30,215

Number of
shares: 200
million ****

* Please refer to page 6 for a forward-looking statement from the
Year-end Report for January-December 2005.
** Translated to euros solely for the convenience of the reader at a
balance sheet date exchange rate of SEK 9.3975 = EUR 1.00.
*** Attributable to Scania’s shareholders.
**** After eliminating 26,296,508 shares owned by Scania’s subsidiary
Ainax.
Unless otherwise stated, all comparisons in brackets refer to the same
period of last year.
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