Peab's Interim Report January - September 2009

Peab's Interim Report   January - September 2009 

•	Net sales increased by 4 percent to SEK 25,614 million (24,724). Compared with
pro forma including Peab Industri net sales fell by 12 percent

•	Operating profit amounted to SEK 1,203 million (1,106). Operating profit pro
forma including Peab Industri for the comparable period amounted to SEK 1,746
million

•	Profit for the period amounted to SEK 928 million (729). Pro forma including
Peab Industri profit for the comparable period amounted to SEK 1,117 million

•	Earnings per share before dilution amounted to SEK 3.24 (4.36). Pro forma
including Peab Industri earnings per share before dilution for the comparable
period amounted to SEK 3.91

•	Order backlog for Construction and Civil Engineering increased to SEK 26,694
million compared with SEK 24,233 million at year-end

•	Peab becomes partner in Tornet AB, a new real estate company focused on
rentals

 - In the light of weak Nordic construction market, Peab's development during
the first nine months of the year is positive. Although net sales and operating
profits have shrunk in comparison with the bumper year 2008, there are bright
spots. Profit in our ongoing production is good and our order situation has
stabilised , says Peab's MD and CEO Mats Paulsson.


For additional information, please contact:
Gösta Sjöström, CIO 	+46 733 371010
Mats Leifland, IR	+46 733 371006
Jesper Göransson, CFO	+46 733 371013
Jan Johansson, deputy MD	+46 733 374000

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 25 November 2009. 

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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.