Skanska to Buy Back Up to 3.5 Million Class B Shares for Seop 7 Incentive Plan

Skanska AB ( ($SE:SKA.B) ) has provided an update.

Skanska’s board has decided to use an existing mandate from shareholders to repurchase up to 3.5 million of its own Class B shares on Nasdaq Stockholm to supply shares for participants in its Seop 7 share savings program. The buybacks, which can occur on one or several occasions until the 2027 annual meeting and are constrained by market-based pricing rules, will add to the 5,823,264 Class B shares already held in treasury, underlining Skanska’s continued use of equity-based incentives to align employee and shareholder interests.

The program ties share repurchases directly to long-term employee ownership rather than general capital return, signaling a focus on retention and performance incentives across the group’s workforce. While the move does not change Skanska’s core operations, it may have a marginal impact on the company’s capital structure and float, and reflects common practice among large listed industrial groups in Scandinavia to use treasury shares to fund recurring share-based compensation plans.

The most recent analyst rating on ($SE:SKA.B) stock is a Buy with a SEK275.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Skanska AB stock, see the SE:SKA.B Stock Forecast page.

More about Skanska AB

Skanska Group is one of the world’s largest construction and project development companies, with 2025 revenue of SEK 179 billion and operations across selected markets in the Nordics, Europe and the U.S. The company focuses on creating innovative and sustainable solutions for how people live, work and connect, leveraging the expertise of about 25,900 employees to deliver long-term, socially responsible infrastructure and building projects.

Average Trading Volume: 833,702

Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy

Current Market Cap: SEK101.6B

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