Industrivärden requests reclassification of A shares to B shares

Industrivärden requests reclassification of A shares to B shares Industrivärden has submitted a request to Skanska to reclassify 5,000,000 Skanska A shares to the comparable number of B shares. As a result of the reclassification, Industrivärden's share of voting rights declines from 31.6% to 27.2%. After reclassification, the number of A shares in Skanska will amount to 30,674,509, while the number of B shares in the company will total 387,878,563. For further information please contact: Hans Biörck, Executive Vice President and CFO, Skanska AB, tel +46 8 753 8832 Peter Gimbe, Press Officer, Skanska AB, tel +46 8 753 8838 This and previous releases can also be found at www.skanska.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/2003/08/15/20030815BIT00100/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/08/15/20030815BIT00100/wkr0002.pdf