PRESENTATION BY YIT CORPORATION'S PRESIDENT AND CEO AT THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

 PRESENTATION BY YIT CORPORATION'S PRESIDENT AND CEO AT THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING                                                                         

YIT Corporation is holding an Extraordinary General Meeting today, 6 October     2008, at 10 am. The meeting will discuss authorising the Board of Directors to   purchase and dispose the company's own shares. President and CEO Hannu Leinonen  will present a review of recent events at YIT. No new information will be        published in the review.                                                        

The materials in the review to be presented by the President and CEO are         available as an attachment of this stock exchange release and on the company     website at www.yitgroup.com                                                     

 YIT CORPORATION                                                                 

 Juha Kostiainen                                                                  Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications and Business Development        

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