Report from Skanska Annual Shareholders' Meeting


Report from Skanska Annual Shareholders' Meeting

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

The dividend for 2009 was approved in accordance with the Board's proposal of
SEK 6.25 per share, comprising an ordinary dividend of SEK 5.25 and an extra
dividend of SEK 1.00 per share. The record date for the dividend is April 16,
2010. The dividend for 2008 was SEK 5.25. 

The Annual Shareholders' Meeting re-elected Board members Sverker Martin-Löf,
Stuart E. Graham, Finn Johnsson, Johan Karlström, Sir Adrian Montague, Lars
Pettersson and Matti Sundberg. Josephine Rydberg-Dumont and Charlotte Strömberg
were elected as new Board members. Bengt Kjell declined re-election. 

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

Josephine Rydberg-Dumont is a graduate in Business Administration from the
Gothenburg School of Economics and has an MBA from the University of San
Francisco. For 24 years, she has held senior positions within the IKEA Group.
Josephine Rydberg-Dumont is a Board member of Cederroth Intressenter AB and
Skanska Residential Development Nordic.

Charlotte Strömberg is a graduate in Business Administration from the Stockholm
School of Economics. She has held senior positions at Alfred Berg, ABN AMRO and
Carnegie Investment Bank AB. Charlotte Strömberg is currently President of the
property consulting company, Jones Lang LaSalle Holding AB, with responsibility
for the Nordic region. She is also a Board member of The Fourth Swedish National
Pension Fund (AP4), Gant Company AB and Intrum Justitia AB.

The Annual Shareholders' Meeting also resolved to authorize the Board during the
period until the next Annual Shareholders' Meeting to acquire 4,500,000 own B
shares. The intention is to secure delivery of shares to the participants in the
long-term share-savings program, Skanska Employee Ownership Program, SEOP,
approved at the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting in November 2007.  

The Annual Shareholders' Meeting resolved to adopt the Board's proposal
regarding the extension of the long-term share-savings program, SEOP, for all of
the Group's permanent employees for the 2011 - 2013 period. The Annual
Shareholders' Meeting authorized the Board to purchase a maximum of 4,500,000
own B shares up to the next Annual Shareholders' Meeting to secure delivery of
shares to the participants in the new program. Furthermore, the Annual
Shareholders' Meeting also decided to approve the transfer of not more than
11,210,000 Skanska B shares to participants in the program. 

For further information please contact:

Pontus Winqvist, SVP 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 8 448 88 99

This and previous releases can also be found at www.skanska.com

Skanska AB may be required to disclose the information provided herein pursuant
to the Securities Markets Act.

Skanska is one of the world's leading project development and construction
groups with expertise in construction, development of commercial and residential
projects and public-private partnerships. Based on its global green experience,
Skanska aims to be the clients' first choice for green solutions. The Group
currently has 53,000 employees in selected home markets in Europe, in the US and
Latin America. Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden and listed on the Stockholm
Stock Exchange, Skanska's sales in 2009 totaled SEK 137 billion.

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