Independence and meeting attendance

Independence and meeting attendance 2011
Scania Board Members elected by the Annual General Meeting

Board memberFirst electedIndependent in relation to the company and its management*Independent in relation to the company's major shareholders*Attendance out of 9 meetings**
in all
Martin Winterkorn, Chairman2007Yes  No9
Jochem Heizmann, Vice Chairman2010

Yes

No

9

Helmut Aurenz

2008

Yes

Yes

8

Börje Ekholm

2007

Yes

Yes

9

Francisco J. Garcia Sanz

2007

Yes

No

8

Gunnar Larsson

2008

Yes

Yes

9

Hans Dieter Pötsch

2007

Yes

No

9

Åsa Thuman

2010

Yes

Yes

9

Peter Wallenberg Jr

2005

Yes

Yes

9

Leif Östling

1994  No

Yes

9

* The Nomination Committee's assessment of elected Board members' independence according to the Swedish Code of Corporate Governance and the rules of NASDAQ OMX Stockholm that applied during 2011.

** During 2011, the Board held nine meetings: three meetings before the AGM 2011 and six meetings after the AGM 2011.


The Board of Director's independent relationship and meeting attendance is available in its entirety in the Corporate Governance Report.