Declaration in Peab AB (publ.)

Declaration in Peab AB (publ.)

On 29 August, Peab AB purchased 50.000 own B-shares. Peab's holding of own
shares thereafter amounts to 8.780.000 B-shares, equivalent to 5,03 percent of
the share capital and 2,50 percent of the votes. Total number of registered
shares amounts to 174.601.113.

The purpose of the repurchase is in part to regulate the company's capital
structure, in part to finance acquisitions and such like or, according to the
decision of the AGM, to keep the number of shares unchanged if and when
convertible debentures issued in December 2007 are converted. 


For additional information, please contact:
Jesper Göransson, Deputy CEO Peab +46 733 371013
Gösta Sjöström, CIO, Peab +46 733 371010


This information is such that Peab AB is obliged to publish in accordance with
Swedish law regarding the securities market and/or the Financial Instruments
Trading Act or has itself chosen to publish. The information was submitted for
publication at 8:00 a.m. on 1 September 2008.

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 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.