Peabs interim report jan-march 2003

Peab's interim report for first quarter of 2003 Peab's interim report for the first quarter of 2003 is now available and a copy is attached with our compliments. · Continued high orderbacklog amounted to SEK 13,509 million (12,824 million) · Orders received amounted to SEK 4,465 million (5,031 million) · Operating profit was SEK 35 million (53 million) · Profit after financial items amounted to SEK 13 million (38 million) · The equity ratio increased to 28.8 per cent (27.5) - Peab is now in possession of all the resources the market demands. To us is it now to further co-ordinate and make the best use of the resources within the company, so that we can achieve a higher use of our capacity and a continued good profitability on a tougher market, comments Peab's CEO Mats Paulsson. For more information please contact: Mats Paulsson, CEO Peab +46 431 89 135 Mats Leifland, CFO Peab +46 733 37 10 06 Gösta Sjöström, Information Manager Peab +46 733 37 10 10 Previous press releases from Peab are available at www.peab.com ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/05/15/20030515BIT00730/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/05/15/20030515BIT00730/wkr0002.pdf http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/05/15/20030515BIT00730/wkr0003.pdf The Full Report