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BASE PROSPECTUS 13 June 2018 SCANIA CV AB (publ) (incorporated with limited liability under the laws of Sweden) €7,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by SCANIA AB (publ) (incorporated with limited liability under the laws of Sweden) On 23 November, 2001, Scania CV AB (publ) (the Issuer) established a Euro Medium Term Note Programme (the Programme) and issued a Base Prospectus on that date describing the Programme. Any Notes (as defined below) issued under the Programme on or after the date of this Base Prospectus are issued subject to the provisions described herein. This does not affect Notes issued prior to the date of this Base Prospectus. Under this Programme the Issuer may from time to time issue non-equity securities in the meaning of Article 22 no. 6(4) of the Commission Regulation (EC) No. 809/2004 of 29 April, 2004 (the Notes) denominated in any currency agreed between the Issuer and the relevant Dealer (as defined below). The payments of all amounts due in respect of the Notes will be unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by Scania AB (publ) (the Guarantor). The maximum aggregate nominal amount of all Notes from time to time outstanding under the Programme will not exceed €7,000,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies calculated as described in the Programme Agreement described herein), subject to increase as described herein. The Notes may be issued on a continuing basis to one or more of the Dealers specified under “Overview of the Programme” and any additional Dealer appointed under the Programme from time to time by the Issuer (each a Dealer and together the Dealers), which appointment may be for a specific issue or on an ongoing basis. References in this Base Prospectus to the relevant Dealer shall, in the case of an issue of Notes being (or intended to be) subscribed by more than one Dealer, be to all Dealers agreeing to purchase such Notes. An investment in Notes issued under the Programme involves certain risks. For a discussion of these risks see “Risk Factors”. Application has been made to the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (the CSSF) in its capacity as competent authority under the Luxembourg Act dated 10 July, 2005 on prospectuses for securities (the Prospectus Act 2005) to approve this document as a base prospectus. By approving this Base Prospectus the CSSF assumes no responsibility for the economic and financial soundness of the transactions contemplated by this Base Prospectus or the quality or solvency of the Issuer in accordance with Article 7(7) of the Prospectus Act 2005. Application has also been made to the Luxembourg Stock Exchange for Notes issued under the Programme to be admitted to trading on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange’s regulated market and to be listed on the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. This Base Prospectus will be available on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (www.bourse.lu). References in this Base Prospectus to Notes being listed (and all related references) shall mean that such Notes have been admitted to trading on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange’s regulated market and have been admitted to the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. The Luxembourg Stock Exchange’s regulated market is a regulated market for the purposes of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Directive 2014/65/EU). The requirement to publish a prospectus under the Prospectus Directive (as defined under “Important Information” below) only applies to Notes which are to be admitted to trading on a regulated market in the European Economic Area (the EEA) and/or offered to the public in the EEA other than in circumstances where an exemption is available under Article 3.2 of the Prospectus Directive (as implemented in the relevant Member State(s)). References in this Base Prospectus to Exempt Notes are to Notes for which no prospectus is required to be published under the Prospectus Directive. The CSSF has neither approved nor reviewed information contained in this Base Prospectus in connection with Exempt Notes. Notice of the aggregate nominal amount of Notes, interest (if any) payable in respect of Notes, the issue price of Notes and certain other information which is applicable to each Tranche (as defined under “Terms and Conditions of the Notes”) of Notes will (other than in the case of Exempt Notes, as defined above) be set out in a final terms document (the Final Terms) which will be filed with the CSSF. Copies of Final Terms in relation to Notes to be listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange will also be published on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (www.bourse.lu). In the case of Exempt Notes, notice of the aggregate nominal amount of Notes, interest (if any) payable in respect of Notes, the issue price of Notes and certain other information which is applicable to each Tranche will be set out in a pricing supplement document (the Pricing Supplement). The Programme provides that Notes may be listed, or admitted to trading, as the case may be, on such other or further stock exchanges or markets as may be agreed between the Issuer, the Guarantor and the relevant Dealer. The Issuer may also issue unlisted Notes and/or Notes not admitted to trading on any market. The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act) or any U.S. State securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account or the benefit of, U.S. persons as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act unless an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available and in accordance with all applicable securities laws of any state of the United States and any other jurisdiction. The Issuer, the Guarantor and the Programme have been rated BBB+ (long term borrowing) by Standard & Poor’s Credit Market Services Europe Limited (Standard & Poor’s). Standard & Poor’s is established in the European Union and is registered under Regulation (EC) No. 1060/2009 (as amended) (the CRA Regulation). As such, Standard & Poor’s is included in the list of credit rating agencies published by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on its website (at http://www.esma.europa.eu/page/List-registered-and-certified-CRAs) in accordance with the CRA Regulation. In general, European regulated investors are restricted from using a rating for regulatory purposes unless such ratings are issued by a credit rating agency established in the European Union and registered under the CRA Regulation (and such registration has not been withdrawn or suspended), subject to transitional provisions that apply in certain circumstances whilst the registration application is pending. Tranches of Notes to be issued under the Programme will be rated or unrated. Where a Tranche of Notes is to be rated, such rating will not necessarily be the same as the rating assigned to the Programme. Where a Tranche of Notes is rated, the applicable rating(s) will be specified in the relevant Final Terms. Whether or not a rating in relation to any Tranche of Notes will be treated as having been issued by a credit rating agency established in the European Union and registered under the CRA Regulation will be disclosed in the relevant Final Terms (or Pricing Supplement, in the case of Exempt Notes). A rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to suspension, reduction or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency. Please also refer to “Ratings of the Notes” in the “Risk Factors” section of this Base Prospectus. Amounts payable under the Notes may be calculated by reference to one or more benchmarks (the Programme Benchmarks) for the purposes of Regulation (EU) No. 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 (the Benchmarks Regulation). In this case, a statement will be included in the applicable Final Terms (or Pricing Supplement, as the case may be) as to whether or not the relevant administrator of the relevant Programme Benchmark is included in ESMA’s register of administrators under Article 36 of the Benchmarks Regulation. Arranger Deutsche Bank Dealers BNP PARIBAS Citigroup Danske Bank Deutsche Bank DNB Handelsbanken Capital Markets HSBC ICBC ING Mizuho Securities Morgan Stanley NatWest Markets Nordea SEB Standard Chartered Bank Swedbank AB 2 IMPORTANT INFORMATION This Base Prospectus comprises a base prospectus in respect of all Notes other than Exempt Notes issued under the Programme for the purposes of Article 5.4 of the Prospectus Directive. When used in this Base Prospectus, “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (as amended), and includes any relevant implementing measure in a Member State of the EEA. The Issuer and the Guarantor accept responsibility for the information contained in this Base Prospectus and the Final Terms for each Tranche of Notes issued under the Programme. To the best of the knowledge of the Issuer and the Guarantor (each having taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case) the information contained in this Base Prospectus is in accordance with the facts and contains no omission likely to affect its import. This Base Prospectus is to be read in conjunction with all documents which are deemed to be incorporated in it by reference (see “Documents Incorporated by Reference”). This Base Prospectus shall be read and construed on the basis that those documents are incorporated and form part of this Base Prospectus. The Dealers have not independently verified the information contained herein.
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