YIT - Company Announcement

Notification according to Chapter 9, Section 10 of the Securities Markets Act of change in holdings in YIT Corporation shares

Helsinki, Finland, 2015-12-18 11:00 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- YIT CORPORATION    
         STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE      DECEMBER 18, 2015 AT 12:00 NOON 


Notification according to Chapter 9, Section 10 of the Securities Markets Act
of change in holdings in YIT Corporation shares 

YIT Corporation has on December 17, 2015 received an announcement under Chapter
9, Section 5 of the Securities Markets Act, according to which the holding of
Polaris Capital Management, LLC in YIT has exceeded the threshold of 5 per
cent. 

According to the announcement, the holding of Polaris Capital Management, LLC
in YIT has increased to 6,506,138 shares, corresponding to 5.11 per cent of
YIT's shares. Polaris Capital Management, LLC held 4,664,857 voting rights in
YIT on December 17, 2015, which is 3.67 percent of voting rights in YIT. 

On December 15, 2015, YIT announced that that the holding of Polaris Capital
Management, LLC in YIT had decreased below 5 per cent; to 6,302,538 shares,
corresponding to 4.95 per cent of YIT’s shares, and the number of voting rights
to 4,461,257, corresponding to 3.51 per cent of voting rights in YIT. 

YIT has one share series, each share entitling to one vote. YIT’s registered
total number of shares amounting to 127,223,422 has been used in the
calculation of percentages for the announcement. 



For further information, please contact:

Timo Lehtinen, CFO, YIT Corporation, tel. +358 45 670 0626, timo.lehtinen@yit.fi



YIT CORPORATION

Sanna Kaje
Vice President, Investor Relations and M&A





Distribution: NASDAQ OMX, principal media, www.yitgroup.com



YIT is a construction industry leader. We create better living environments in
Finland, Russia, the Baltic countries, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland.
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 eight countries. In 2014, our revenue amounted to around EUR 1.8
billion. Our share is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. www.yitgroup.com