Annual Report of merged Lemminkäinen for 2017 published

The merger between YIT Corporation and Lemminkäinen Corporation was completed on February 1, 2018. Annual Report of merged Lemminkäinen for 2017 has been published. The Financial Statements for the accounting period January 1 to December 31, 2017 include the Board of Directors’ report, the financial statements and the auditor’s report.

The Annual Report is available on YIT’s website at www.yitgroup.com/lemminkainen. It is also published as an attachment to this stock exchange release.

For further information, please contact:

Ilkka Salonen, CFO, YIT Corporation, tel. +358 40 570 1313, ilkka.salonen@yit.fi

Susanna Inkinen, Vice President, Communications and Marketing, YIT Corporation, tel. +358 50 530 6245, susanna.inkinen@yit.fi

YIT CORPORATION

Ilkka Salonen

CFO

Distribution: Nasdaq Helsinki, major media, www.yitgroup.com  

YIT is the largest Finnish and significant North European construction company. We develop and build apartments, business premises and entire areas. We are also specialised in demanding infrastructure construction and paving. Together with our customers our 10,000 professionals are creating more functional, more attractive and more sustainable cities and environments. We work in 11 countries: Finland, Russia, Scandinavia, the Baltic States, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland. The new YIT was born when over 100-year-old YIT Corporation and Lemminkäinen Corporation merged on February 1, 2018. Our combined annual revenue for 2017 was over EUR 3.8 billion. YIT Corporation's share is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Oy. www.yitgroup.com

Notice to Shareholders in the United States

The YIT shares issued in connection with the merger have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and are being issued in reliance on the exemption from registration set forth in Rule 802 under the Securities Act.

YIT is a Finnish company and the issuance of YIT shares will be subject to procedural and disclosure requirements in Finland that may be different from those of the United States. Any financial statements or other financial information included in this release may have been prepared in accordance with non-U.S. accounting standards that may not be comparable to the financial statements of U.S. companies or companies whose financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

It may be difficult for U.S. shareholders to enforce their rights and any claims they may have arising under U.S. federal securities laws in connection with the merger, since YIT is located in a non-U.S. jurisdiction, and some or all of its officers and directors may be residents of countries other than the United States. As a result, U.S. shareholders may not be able to sue YIT or its officers and directors in a court in Finland for violations of U.S. federal securities laws. Further, it may be difficult to compel YIT to subject itself to the jurisdiction or judgment of a U.S. court.

U.S. shareholders should be aware that YIT may have purchased Lemminkäinen’s shares otherwise than under the merger, such as in open market or privately negotiated purchases, at any time during the pendency of the merger.