Report from Skanska Annual Shareholders' Meeting

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


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. The Group currently has 56,000
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 2008 totaled SEK 144 billion.