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STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE March 10, 2010 at 16:00
RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT YIT CORPORATION'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
YIT Corporation's Annual General Meeting, which was held today on March 10, 2010, adopted the 2009 financial statements and discharged the members of the Board of Directors and the President and CEO from liability. The Annual General Meeting decided on the payment of dividends, the composition of the Board of Directors and their fees, the election of the auditor and his fee, and the authorisation of the Board of Directors to share buyback and share issues.
Dividend payout
It was decided that a dividend of EUR 0.40 will be paid per share, or a total of EUR 50.0 million, and that the rest of the profit be carried forward to distributable equity as proposed by the Board of Directors. No dividend will be paid for the treasury shares. The right to a dividend rests with a shareholder who, by the record date of March 15, 2010, has been entered as a shareholder in the company's shareholder register that is maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd. It was decided that the dividend will be paid on April 7, 2010.
Further the Annual General Meeting decided to grant the Board the authority to donate the sum of no more than EUR 500,000 to support activities of colleges and universities and, in the same context, that the Board of Directors be authorised to decide the schedule of payments and any other terms and conditions governing the donations.
Composition of the Board of Directors and their fees
The Annual General Meeting resolved to elect a Chairman, Vice Chairman and five ordinary members to the Board of Directors, namely: Henrik Ehrnrooth as Chairman, Reino Hanhinen as Vice Chairman and Kim Gran, Eino Halonen, Antti Herlin, Satu Huber and Lauri Ratia as members.
Board of Director's meeting fees were kept unchanged, i.e. the following fees will be paid to the Board of Directors: Chairman EUR 6,000/month (EUR 72,000/year), Vice Chairman EUR 4,500/month (EUR 54,000/year), member EUR 3,500/month (EUR 42,000/year) plus a meeting fee of EUR 500 for each meeting, and that similarly EUR 500 be paid to the members of the committees for each committee meeting. Per diems for trips in Finland and abroad are paid in accordance with the State's travelling compensation regulations.
Election of the auditor and his fee
PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy, Authorized Public Accountants, was elected as the company's auditor, with Heikki Lassila, Authorized Public Accountant, as chief auditor. The auditor's fees will be paid against their invoices approved by the company.
Share buyback
The Annual General Meeting authorised the Board of Directors to decide on the purchase of company shares as proposed by the Board of Directors. The authorisation covers the purchasing of a maximum of 10,500,000 company shares using the company's unrestricted equity. The authorisation is valid for 18 months after its granting.
The authorisation reverses the authorisation to purchase the company's own shares issued by the Annual General Meeting on March 11, 2009.
Share issues
The Annual General Meeting authorised the Board of Directors to decide on share issues as proposed by the Board of Directors. The authorisation can be used in full or partially by issuing shares in the company in one or more share issues so that the total number of shares issued is 25,000,000. The Board of Directors has the right to decide on all of the terms and conditions of the share issues.
The share issue authorisation also includes the Board of Director's authorisation to decide on the transfer of a maximum of 12,645,000 treasury shares irrespective of the purpose for which the treasury shares originally were acquired.
The authorisation is valid for five years after its granting.
The authorisation reverses the authorisation to dispose of the company's own shares issued by the Annual General Meeting on March 11, 2009.
Other information
On March 10, 2010 the total number of YIT shares is 127,223,422 and YIT holds 2,145,000 of its own shares.
The minutes of the Annual General Meeting will be available on the Internet at the company website www.yitgroup.com by March 24, 2010.
For additional information, please contact: Antero Saarilahti, Senior Vice President, Administration, +358 20 433 2280, antero.saarilahti@yit.fi
YIT CORPORATION
Virva Salmivaara Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications
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