YIT - Company Announcement

YIT'S CAPITAL MARKET DAY IN ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA ON 22 SEPTEMBER 2011

Helsinki, 2011-09-21 08:30 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- YIT CORPORATION            
 STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE                   SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 AT 9:30 A.M. 


YIT'S CAPITAL MARKET DAY IN ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA ON 22 SEPTEMBER 2011

YIT, a company with a 50-year track record in Russia, is organising a Capital
Market Day for investors and analysts in St. Petersburg, Russia on Thursday,
September 22, 2011. 

The purpose of the event is to communicate YIT's strategy and operations. The
day's programme consists of presentations by the company's management and site
visits. The Capital Market Day programme is available on YIT's website at
www.yitgroup.com/investors. 

The day's programme begins at 8:50 a.m. local time (MSD) i.e. at 7:50 a.m.
Finnish time (EEST). The presentations will take until about 3:00 p.m. (MSD),
after which YIT will organise a site visit for the participants to one of its
residential construction sites. The presentation by CEO Juhani Pitkäkoski can
be seen as a live webcast on YIT's web site, www.yitgroup.com/webcast, at 9:00
a.m. (MSD). It is also possible to participate in the event during the CEO's
presentation through a conference call. 


Programme

Time: September 22, 2011, 8:50 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Hotel Astoria, St. Petersburg

8:30-8:50 a.m.
Registration

8:50-9:00 a.m.
Welcome & Opening
Hanna-Maria Heikkinen, Vice President, Investor Relations

9:00-10:00 a.m.
Balanced, profitable growth: YIT's strategy for 2012-2014
Juhani Pitkäkoski, President and CEO, YIT Corporation

10:00-10:30 a.m.
Controlled growth towards the first billion
Kari Kauniskangas, Deputy to the Group's President and CEO
President of International Construction Services

11:00-11:30 a.m.
Back to profitable growth in Building Services Northern Europe
Matti Malmberg, President of Building Services Northern Europe

11:30 a.m.-12 noon
Building Services Central Europe -key growth area for YIT
Karl-Walter Schuster, President of Building Services Central Europe

12 noon -1:00 p.m.
Lunch

1:00-1:30 p.m.
More profitable growth by longer value chain
Tero Kiviniemi, President of Construction Services Finland

1:30-2:00 p.m.
Financially strong player even in volatile operating environment
Timo Lehtinen, CFO, YIT Corporation

2:00-2:30 p.m.
YIT in St. Petersburg
Mikhail Voziyanov, General Director, YIT Lentek

2:30-2:50 p.m.
Petr Morsin, Deputy Chairman of the Severo-Zapadny Sberbank

3:30-6:30 p.m.
Site visit



Webcast

The presentation by CEO Juhani Pitkäkoski can be seen as a live webcast on
YIT's web site, www.yitgroup.com/webcast. The live webcast will begin at 9:00
a.m. local time (MSD) i.e. at 8:00 a.m. Finnish time (EEST). The webcast replay
will be available at the same address starting at approximately 12:00 noon
Finnish time. 



Conference call

During the CEO's presentation, investors and analyst managers may also
participate in the event via a conference call. Participants are requested to
call the designated number +44 (0) 20 7162 0077 at least five minutes before
the event begins, i.e. at 7:55 a.m. Finnish time. 

Any questions during the webcast and conference call should be communicated in
English. 



Presentation materials

All presentations held during the Capital Market Day will be available in
English on 22 September 2011 at approximately 7.30 a.m. Finnish time at
www.yitgroup.com/investors. 



Schedule in different time zones:

              The investor and analyst event,   Presentation      Recorded      
               conference call and live          materials         webcast      
               webcast                           available         available    
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MSD (St.      9:00 a.m.                         8:30 a.m.         12:00 noon    
 Petersburg)                                                                    
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EEST          8:00 a.m.                         7:30 a.m.         11:00 a.m.    
 (Helsinki)                                                                     
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CEST (Paris,  7:00 a.m.                         6:30 a.m.         10:00 a.m.    
 Stockholm)                                                                     
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BST (London)  6:00 a.m.                         5:30 a.m.         9:00 a.m.     
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USEDT (New    1:00 a.m.                         00:30 a.m.        4:00 a.m.     
 York)                                                                          
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For further information, please contact:

Hanna-Maria Heikkinen, Vice President, Investor Relations, +358 40 8262 172,
hanna-maria.heikkinen@yit.fi 



YIT Corporation

Hanna-Maria Heikkinen
Vice President, Investor Relations



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

YIT is a leading European service company in building systems, construction
services and services for industry. We build, develop and maintain quality
living environments in the Nordic countries, Central Europe, Russia and the
Baltic countries. In 2010, YIT's turnover was approximately EUR 3.8 billion.
The Group has almost 26,000 employees. YIT's shares are listed on NASDAQ OMX
Helsinki. www.yitgroup.com