YIT - Changes in company's own shares

Change in the holding of YIT’s own shares

Helsinki, Finland, 2015-03-06 09:00 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- YIT CORPORATION    
           STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE        MARCH 6, 2015 AT 10:00 A.M. 

Change in the holding of YIT's own shares

YIT Corporation has received a return of 1,413 shares free of consideration
according to the terms and conditions of YIT's share-based incentive scheme.
Originally the shares were conveyed to YIT's key persons in connection with the
reward payment from the 2011 and 2012 earning periods under the share-based
incentive scheme for 2010-2016. 

After the return of the shares YIT held a total of 1,640,843 of its own shares
as of March 5, 2015. 



YIT CORPORATION

Sanna Kaje
Vice President, Investor Relations



Distribution: NASDAQ OMX, principal media, www.yit.fi

YIT is a construction industry leader. We create better living environments in
Finland, Russia, the Baltic countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Over
100 years of experience have secured us a strong market position: we are the
largest housing developer and one of the largest business premises and
infrastructure developers in Finland, and the most significant foreign housing
and area developer in Russia. Our vision is to stay one step ahead - while
taking care of our customers, partners and personnel. We have nearly 6,000
employees in seven countries. In 2014, our revenue amounted to around EUR 1.8
billion. Our share is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. www.yitgroup.com