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Report from Skanska’s Annual Shareholder’s Meeting

3/30/2006 6:59 PM CET
Press release

At Skanska AB’s Annual Shareholder’s Meeting in Stockholm today, the decisions included the following:
In accordance with the Board of Directors’ proposal, a dividend of SEK 4.50 (2005: 4.00), together with an extraordinary dividend of SEK 2.00, was approved. The record date for the dividend is April 4, 2006.
The Meeting reelected Sverker Martin-Löf, Roger Flanagan, Ulrika Francke, Jane F. Garvey, Stuart Graham, Finn Johnson and Anders Nyrén as members of the Board of Directors.
Curt Källströmer and Lars Pettersson were elected as new Board members to replace Sören Gyll and Arne Mårtensson, who declined reelection.

 Press Release


March 30, 2006

 

Report from Skanska's Annual Shareholder's Meeting

At Skanska AB's Annual Shareholder's Meeting in Stockholm today, the decisions included the following:

In accordance with the Board of Directors' proposal, a dividend of SEK 4.50 (2005: 4.00), together with an extraordinary dividend of SEK 2.00, was approved. The record date for the dividend is April 4, 2006.

The Meeting reelected Sverker Martin-Löf, Roger Flanagan, Ulrika Francke, Jane F. Garvey, Stuart Graham, Finn Johnson and Anders Nyrén as members of the Board of Directors.

Curt Källströmer and Lars Pettersson were elected as new Board members to replace Sören Gyll and Arne Mårtensson, who declined reelection.

Curt Källströmer is a vice president at Svenska Handelsbanken AB and a Board member of Indutrade AB, Thomas Concrete Group AB, SBC AB, Holmen AB, Mässfastigheter AB, Stockholmsmässan AB and Umeå School of Economics.

Lars Pettersson is the President of Sandvik AB and a Board member of Sandvik AB, the Association of Swedish Engineering Industries and the Royal Institute of Technology.

Sverker Martin-Löf was reelected as Chairman of the Board of Directors.
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For further information please contact:
Anders Lilja, Senior Vice President Investor Relations, Skanska AB, tel +46 8 753 88 01
Peter Gimbe, Senior Vice President Communications,
Skanska AB, tel +46 8 753 88 99

Skanska is one of the world's leading construction groups with expertise in construction, development of commercial and residential projects and public-private partnerships. The Group currently has 54,000 employees in selected home markets in Europe, in the US and Latin America. Sales in 2005 totaled USD 17 billion.