Declaration in Peab AB (publ.)

On 29 August, Peab AB purchased 50.000 own B-shares. Peab’s holding of own shares thereafter amounts to 8.780.000 B-shares, equivalent to 5,03 percent of the share capital and 2,50 percent of the votes. Total number of registered shares amounts to 174.601.113.

The purpose of the repurchase is in part to regulate the company’s capital structure, in part to finance acquisitions and such like or, according to the decision of the AGM, to keep the number of shares unchanged if and when convertible debentures issued in December 2007 are converted.


For additional information, please contact:
Jesper Göransson, Deputy CEO Peab +46 733 371013
Gösta Sjöström, CIO, Peab +46 733 371010


This information is such that Peab AB is obliged to publish in accordance with Swedish law regarding the securities market and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act or has itself chosen to publish. The information was submitted for publication at 8:00 a.m. on 1 September 2008.

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