Skanska

Leading construction and project development company with green profile

Operations

Skanska is one of the largest construction companies in the world, with leading positions in its multiple home markets of Europe, the U.S. and Latin America. Its mission is to develop, build and maintain the physical environment for living, traveling and working. Skanska’s overall goal is to generate customer and shareholder value, which is created in well-implemented and profitable projects.

Operations are conducted in four so-called business streams: Construction, Residential Development, Commercial Development and Infrastructure Development. Construction involves buildings and civil construction projects as well as residential construction and is Skanska’s largest business stream. The other business streams work with value-creating product development.

Residential Development develops housing projects for immediate sale. Commercial Development initiates, develops, leases and sells commercial real estate projects, with a focus on offices, shopping centers and logistics properties. Infrastructure Development develops and invests in privately financed infrastructure projects, such as roads, hospitals, schools and power plants. Skanska strives to be the leading builder and project developer in its markets as well as in environmentally adapted and energy-efficient solutions.

Skanska - Our ownership perspective

Unique, comprehensive know-how in construction combined with a process focus has created a leading construction services company with world-class valuecreating project development.

  • Efficient construction operation generates good cash flows.
  • Proven model for value-creating project development.
  • Strategic focus on environmentally adapted, energy-efficient solutions.

Ownership focus

Profitability focus combined with selective expansion.

Skanska - Performance 2009

  • Net sales totaled SEK 136.8 billion (143.7).
  • Income after financial items amounted to SEK 5.0 billion (4.4).
  • Operating income for Construction, the largest business stream, rose to SEK 5.0 billion (3.8).
  • Contracts awarded for highway projects in England and Poland will generate more than SEK 12 billion in future construction projects.

2009

2008

Earnings per share, SEK

8,73

7,44

Dividend per share, SEK

6,25

5,25