PERSONNEL CHANGE IN YIT INVESTOR RELATIONS

 PERSONNEL CHANGE IN YIT INVESTOR RELATIONS                                      

Petra Thorén, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations has been appointed as    CEO of the Finnish Family Firms Association and she will resign from her         position in YIT as of the beginning of 2010.                                    

CFO Timo Lehtinen is responsible for YIT's Investor Relations. Lehtinen has      worked at YIT since 2006 as Senior Vice President, Finance, with the             responsibility for financial administration of both the Construction Services    Finland and International Construction Services segments. As of August 2009 he   has been the Chief Financial Officer of YIT Group and member of the Group's      Management Board.                                                               

For more information, please contact                                             Timo Lehtinen, Chief Financial Officer, +358 20 433 2258, timo.lehtinen@yit.fi  



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 Virva Salmivaara                                                                 Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications                                 



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