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Communication with the shareholders
Dialog with the shareholders is important for
Volvo. In addition to the Annual General Meeting
and a number of larger activities aimed at profes-
sional investors, private shareholders and stock
market analysts, the relationship between Volvo
and the stock market is maintained through such
events as press and telephone conferences in
conjunction with the publication of interim
reports, investor meetings and visits, as well as
road shows in Europe, the US and Asia.
Through a separate website at www.volvo.com
,
it is possible for shareholders and other stake-
holders to view and download financial reports
for the past ten years and search for informa-
Share capital, December 31, 2006
Registered number of shares 1 425,684,044
of which, Series A shares 2 135,520,326
of which, Series B shares 3 290,163,718
Quota value, SEK 6
Share capital, SEK M 2,554
Number of shareholders 183,735
Private persons 175,298
Legal entities 8,437
1 Following the repurchase of the Group’s own shares,
the number of outstanding shares was
404,798,590.
2 Series A shares carry one vote each.
3 Series B shares carry one tenth of a vote each.
Sweden 47%
France 21%
USA 13%
United Kingdom 8%
Switzerland 2%
Others 9%
1 Share of capital, registered shares.
Ownership by country 1, %
Non-Swedish owners 53%
Savings funds 10%
Pension funds and
insurance companies 16%
Swedish private shareholders 11%
Others 10%
1 Share of capital, registered shares.
Ownership categories 1, %
The largest shareholders in AB
Volvo, December 31, 20061
Voting rights, %2
Renault SA 21.3
SHB 6.5
SEB Fonder/Trygg Försäkring 5.5
Violet Partners LP 5.3
Andra AP-fonden 5.0
1 Following the repurchase of its own shares,
AB Volvo held 4.9% of the Company´s shares on
December 31, 2006.
2 Based on all registered shares.
Credit rating at December 31, 2006
Short term Long term
Moody’s P-2 stable A3 stable
Standard & Poor A2 stable Not rated
More details on the
Volvo share are provided
on page 158 Volvo share
statistics.
tion concerning the share, insider trading in
Volvo, earnings estimates and statistics for
truck deliveries. It is also possible to access
information concerning the Group’s gover-
nance, including information about the Annual
General Meeting, the Board of Directors, Group
Management and other areas that are regu-
lated in the “Swedish Code of Corporate
Governance”. This website also offers share-
holders to personally determine the informa-
tion to be received from Volvo.
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Price trend, Volvo Series B shares, SEK
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