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Skanska acquires remaining minority interest in Finnish subsidiary

5/12/1998 12:00 AM CET
Press release

Skanska AB, which previously owned 70% of Skanska Oy, has acquired the remaining 30% of Skanska Oy’s shares from the company’s management. Skanska Oy is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Skanska AB.

PRESS RELEASE, MAY 12, 1998                               36/98

Skanska acquires remaining minority interest in Finnish subsidiary

Skanska AB, which previously owned 70% of Skanska Oy, has acquired the remaining 30% of Skanska Oy’s shares from the company’s management. Skanska Oy is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Skanska AB.

Skanska Oy has posted rapid and profitable growth, with net sales in 1997 of FIM 2.3 billion. As a result of Skanska Oy becoming a wholly subsidiary, the possibilities for further development of the company are enhanced.

 

Danderyd, May 12,1998

SKANSKA AB
Group Corporate Communications

 


For further information, please contact: Anders C Karlsson, President Skanska Europe, telephone +46 40 14 42 43 or Cecilia Schön, Senior Vice President Corporate Communications, telephone +46 8 753 87 99.