Peab's Interim Report January - March 2009

Peab's Interim Report January - March 2009

Peab's Interim Report January - March 2009

Net sales increased by 3 percent to SEK 7,844 million (7,630), compared with pro
forma including Peab Industri, net sales fell by 8 percent

Operating profit amounted to SEK 202 million (262). Operating profit pro forma
including Peab Industri for the comparable period amounted to SEK 334 million

Profit for the period amounted to SEK 136 million (205), pro forma including
Peab Industri profit for the comparable period amounted to SEK 221 million

Earnings per share before dilution amounted to SEK 0.48 (1.22), pro forma
including Peab Industri earnings per share before dilution for the comparable
period amounted to SEK 0.78

Order backlog for Construction and Civil Engineering amounted to SEK 24,079
million compared with SEK 24,233 million at year-end

Peab has made a public offer to the shareholders of Annehem Fastigheter AB


 - We are working intensively to adjust to our current lower demand by
overhauling our organisation and cost structures. We are always on the lookout
for good business opportunities in Peab which is why we made a public offer on
Annehem Fastigheter. We believe this deal will be good for the shareholders of
both Peab and Annehem, says Peab's CEO Mats Paulsson.


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

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 1.00 p.m. on 14 May 2009. 

Previous press releases from Peab are available at www.peab.com


Peab is one of the leading construction and civil engineering companies in the
Nordic countries with a net sale exceeding SEK 35 billion and approximately
13,000 employees. The Group's subsidiaries have strategically located offices in
Sweden, Norway and Finland. The share is listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm. The
registered office of the Group is at Förslöv, Skåne in south of Sweden.