YIT'S CAPITAL MARKETS DAY IN FRANKFURT, SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

YIT'S CAPITAL MARKETS DAY IN FRANKFURT, SEPTEMBER 10, 2008                      

On Wednesday, September 10, 2008, YIT will hold a Capital Markets Day for        investors and analysts in Frankfurt. At the event, YIT management will present   YIT's key strategic focus areas and targets with special emphasis on the         international businesses within Building Systems and International Construction  Services in the Nordic countries, Russia, Baltic countries and Central Europe,   and on YIT's energy efficiency solutions.                                       

Webcast and conference call                                                     

President and CEO Hannu Leinonen's presentation can be viewed as a real-time     webcast at http://www.yitgroup.com/webcast. The presentation will start at 8:30  (CEST).                                                                         

Investors and analysts can participate in the event through a conference call.   Conference call participants are requested to call a minimum of five minutes     prior to the start of the event in +44 (0)20 7038 9550 or +49 (0)695 8999 0509. 

After the presentation, a recording will be available at the same address        approximately at 10:00.                                                         

All YIT Capital Markets Day materials will be available on the company's         Internet site at www.yitgroup.com/investors on September 10.                    

 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Time zone                  |      President and CEO |       Recording of the | |                            |     Leinonen's webcast |   webcast presentation | |                            |      presentation will |   will be available at | |                            |               start at |                        | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | EEST (Helsinki)            |                   9:30 |                  11:00 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | CEST (Frankfurt)           |                   8:30 |                  10:00 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | BST (London)               |                   7:30 |                   9:00 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | US EDT (New York)          |                   2:30 |                   4:00 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 For additional information, contact:                                             Petra Thorén, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations, YIT Corporation, tel.   +358 40 764 5462, petra.thoren@yit.fi                                           

 YIT CORPORATION                                                                 

 Juha Kostiainen                                                                  Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications and Business Development        

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