Henrik Eklund appointed Head of Lemminkäinen Group´s Infrastructure Construction business sector with effect from 1.1.2009

Lemminkäinen Corporation Stock Exchange Bulletin 6.11.2008, 08:50               


HENRIK EKLUND APPOINTED HEAD OF LEMMINKÄINEN GROUP´S INFRASTRUCTURE
CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS SECTOR WITH EFFECT FROM 1.1.2009 


Lemminkäinen's Deputy Managing Director Henrik Eklund, M.Sc.(Eng.), b. 1961, has
been appointed to serve as the head of the Company's infrastructure construction
business sector and the Managing Director of Lemminkäinen Infra Oy. Mr. Eklund  
has been a Lemminkäinen Group employee since 1989.                              

Henrik Eklund is presently the director responsible for the business sector's   
paving and international operations.                                            

The present head of Lemminkäinen's infrastructure construction business sector, 
Timo Kohtamäki, has been appointed to serve as the Managing Director of         
Lemminkäinen Corporation with effect from 1.1.2009.                             


LEMMINKÄINEN CORPORATION                                                        
Board of Directors                                                              


Additional information:                                                         
Timo Kohtamäki, Managing Director, Lemminkäinen Infra Oy                        
Tel. +358 40 585 3113, timo.kohtamaki@lemminkainen.fi                           


Lemminkäinen Infra Oy is Finland's biggest infrastructure construction company. 
The company's operations include the construction and maintenance of road,      
street and rail networks, as well as rock and foundation engineering works. The 
company also has its own asphalt, ready-mix concrete and mineral aggregate      
production. Lemminkäinen Infra Oy's key markets are in the Baltic Rim region.   
International operations make up about a half of the company's net sales, which 
totalled EUR 820 million in 2007. The company employs approx. 3,300 people.     

Lemminkäinen Group operates in all areas of the construction sector. Its main   
business sectors are building construction, infrastructure construction,        
technical building services, and building products. Net sales in 2007 were      
approx. EUR 2.2 billion, of which international operations accounted for over a 
quarter. The Group employs about 9,200 people. Lemminkäinen Corporation's share 
is quoted on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.                                               
                                                                                
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