Report from Skanska Annual Shareholders’ Meeting

The following decisions were made at Skanska AB’s Annual Shareholders’ Meeting held in Stockholm today:

The dividend for 2008 was approved in accordance with the Board’s proposal of SEK 5.25 per share. The record date for the dividend is April 9, 2009.
The ordinary dividend in the preceding year was SEK 5.25 as well as an extra dividend of SEK 3.00 per share.

The Annual Shareholders’ Meeting re-elected Board members Sverker Martin-Löf, Finn Johnsson, Johan Karlström, Bengt Kjell, Sir Adrian Montague, Lars Pettersson and Matti Sundberg. Stuart E. Graham was elected new member of the Board. Jane F. Garvey declined re-election.

Sverker Martin-Löf was re-elected Chairman of the Board.

As auditor for the next four-year period, the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting appointed KPMG AB. Authorized Public Accountant George Pettersson will have main responsibility for the audit work.

The Annual Shareholders’ Meeting also voted to adopt the Board’s motion concerning an addition to the guiding principles for the salary and other remuneration of the Senior Executive Team. As a result of the addition, the terms and conditions for variable remuneration should be structured so that the Board is empowered to withdraw, in full or in part, the payment of variable remuneration under certain exceptional conditions.

The Annual Shareholders’ Meeting also authorized the Board during the period until the next Annual Shareholders’ Meeting to purchase 4,500,000 own B shares. The intention is to secure delivery of shares to the participants in the Skanska Employee Ownership Program decided at the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting in November 2007.


For further information please contact:

Pontus Winqvist, Senior Vice President Investor Relations, Skanska AB,
tel +46 10 448 88 51
Peter Gimbe, Press Officer, Skanska AB, tel +46 10 448 88 38
Direct line for media: tel +46 10 448 88 99