Peab’s Interim Report January-March 2008

Net sales increased by 14 per cent to SEK 7,630 million (6,705)

Operating profit increased by 35 per cent and amounted to SEK 262 million (194)

Profit for the period amounted to SEK 205 million (117)

Earnings per share before dilution amounted to SEK 1.22 (0.73)

Continued high level of new orders amounting to SEK 36,832 million for the latest rolling 12 month period compared with SEK 37,529 million for the entire year 2007

All time high order back log totalling SEK 28,091 million compared with
SEK 26,299 million at the year end



- We have a broad organisation that can meet our customers’ every need, regardless the type of project. Our large order stock with many different kinds of projects is a reflection of this. Therefore, independent of growth in the trade as a whole, Peab has considerable opportunities to develop positively, says Peab’s CEO Mats Paulsson, in a comment on the report.


For additional information, please contact:
Mats Paulsson CEO Peab +46 431 89135
Mats Leifland, CFO Peab +46 733 371006
Gösta Sjöström, CIO, Peab +46 733 371010


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Peab AB discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the Securities Markets Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication at 07.00 am on 15 May 2008.