Peab's Half-year Report January-June 2008

Peab's Half-year Report January-June 2008

Net sales increased by 13 percent to SEK 16,833 million (14,892)

Operating profit increased by 81 percent to SEK 702 million (387)

Profit for the period amounted to SEK 519 million (286)

Earnings per share before dilution amounted to SEK 3.09 (1.79)

Orders received amounted to SEK 35,260 million for the latest rolling 12 month
period compared with SEK 37,529 million for the entire year 2007

Order backlog continues to be high and amounted to SEK 27,306 million 
compared with SEK 26,299 million at the turn of the year 



  “Peab's first half-year has been characterised by a continued high production
rate with good profitability. We have a cost-effective production organisation,
which is in good measure due to the fact that we work more with trust-based
contracts. Irrespective of the rate of growth for the industry as a whole, Peab
will have excellent opportunities to continue to develop positively”, says
Peab's CEO Mats Paulsson, in a comment on the annual accounts report.


For additional information, please contact:
Mats Paulsson CEO Peab +46 431 89135
Mats Leifland, CFO Peab +46 733 371006
Gösta Sjöström, CIO, Peab +46 733 371010


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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 7:00 a.m on 26 August 2008.


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.