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Business ID:	556012-5790
Company:	Volvo, AB
Address:	Media Relations & Corporate News
	SE-405 08 Göteborg
Visiting address:	Volvo Bergegårds väg
County:	Västra Götalands län
Telephone:	+46 (0)31-660000
Fax:	+46 (0)31-661375
E-mail:	groupinfo@volvo.com
Website:	www.volvogroup.com

Chairman of the board:	Finn Johnsson
Managing Director/CEO:	Leif Johansson
Finances:	Mikael Bratt
IT:	Magnus Carlander
Technology:	Peter Karlsten
Personnel:	Stefan Johnsson

Established:

1927

Stock-exchange listing:

Listed

Rank in the Nordic countries (incl. subsidiaries) by

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rank: 4

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Exports	rank: 3
Net profit	rank: 22
Number of employees	rank: 6
Total assets	rank: 21
Foreign sales	rank: 1

Industry sector:

B34

Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers

Activity code:

34100

Manufacture of motor vehicles

Rank in industry in the Nordic countries by :

Net turnover

rank: 1

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Industry sector:	B34	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
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Total assets		rank: 1
Foreign sales		rank: 1
Profitability		rank: 143
Solvency		rank: 325
Return on assets (ROA)		rank: 348
Return on equity (ROE)		rank: 289
Exports		rank: 2
Net profit		rank: 1
Number of employees		rank: 1

Closing information (x1000 EUR)
Fiscal year	200712 (consolidated)		200612 (consolidated)		200512 (consolidated)
Net turnover	30.126.669		27.322.003		25.392.833
- exports	9.353.037	31.0%	8.499.182	31.1%	7.508.629	29.6%
Foreign sales	28.650.235		25.864.781		23.774.212
Financial expenses	171.637		80.857		102.602
Earnings before taxes	2.275.505		2.142.714		1.901.515
Total assets	33.952.288		27.278.936		27.142.556
Current assets	16.800.549		14.185.676		14.829.261
Current liabilities	13.751.940		10.146.092		10.451.364
Equity capital	8.738.164		9.203.357		8.314.562
- share capital	269.594		269.594		269.594
Employees (average)	92.260		82.300		81.184
- in Sweden	28.004	30.4%	26.722	32.5%	27.987	34.5%
- abroad	64.256	69.6%	55.578	67.5%	53.197	65.5%
Shareholders	197.519		183.735		195.442
Investments in fixed assets	1.576.820		1.481.395		1.084.182

Financial ratios
Solvency	25.7%	33.7%	30.6%
Turnover per employee	327	332	313
Earnings as % of turnover	7.6%	7.8%	7.5%
Return on assets (ROA)	7.2%	8.2%	7.4%
Current ratio	122.2%	139.8%	141.9%
Return on equity (ROE)	26.0%	23.3%	22.9%

Closing figures are converted from local currency to euros according to the exchange rate on closing date. Source for the exchange rates: Sveriges Riksbank

The closing information is gathered directly from the companies or from UC (Sweden), CreditInform (Norway), KOB (Denmark) and Asiakastieto (Finland).

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