Peab Industri's Interim report January - June 2007

Peab Industri's Interim report January - June 2007

	PROFITABLE GROWTH

•	Net sales increased by 25 %, of which 17 % organic growth, to SEK 3,080
million (2,455*)

•	Operating profit improved by 37 % to SEK 240 million (175*)

•	Profit after tax improved by 37 % to SEK 147 million (107*)

•	Earnings per share before and after dilution amounted to SEK 1.75 (1.24*)

•	The Annual General Meeting at Peab AB has decided on the distribution of the
shares in Peab Industri

•	Refinancing implemented

*) Pro forma 2006

- Peab Industri is positively influenced by the favourable market climate that
leads to high level of resource utilisation. The three business areas of the
group; Engines, Products and Services have a developed very well during the
first half and all three have strengthened their positions. We are convinced
that the listing will create good possibilities to a profitable growth, says
Peab Industri's CEO Mats O Paulsson.

On 16 May, the Peab AB Annual General Meeting made the decision on the
distribution of the shares in Peab Industri. The distribution is planned for the
end of September with subsequent listing on 1 October. 

For further information, please contact:
Mats O Paulsson, CEO Peab Industri + 46 431 449603
Niclas Winkvist, CFO Peab Industri + 46 431 449605


This is the kind of information that Peab AB may be obliged to disclose
according to the Swedish Securities Exchange and Clearing Operations Act and/or
the Financial Instruments Trading Act.


Peab is one of the leading construction and civil engineering companies in the
Nordic countries with a net sale exceeding SEK 30 billion and approximately
12,000 employees. The Group's subsidiaries have strategically located offices in
Sweden, Norway and Finland. The share is listed on the Nordic Exchange. The
registered office of the Group is at Förslöv, Skåne in south of Sweden.