YIT and Hollister Incorporated signed an agreement to construct the second stage of a healthcare product factory in Lithuania

YIT has signed a contract with Hollister Incorporated, a US-based medical products manufacturing company, to construct the second stage of a medical device factory in Kaunas, Lithuania. The value of the deal for YIT is approximately EUR 25 million and the project will be recorded in the order backlog in the second quarter.

The construction of the second stage will begin in spring 2018 and it will be completed in spring 2019. The factory will cover 24,000 square metres of land. YIT has signed a contract also for the first stage in 2017.

For further information, please contact:

Hanna Jaakkola, Vice President, Investor Relations, YIT Corporation, tel. +358 40 5666 070, hanna.jaakkola@yit.fi

Peter Forssell, Vice President, Head of Business Premises, Central Eastern Europe, YIT Construction Ltd, tel. +358 204 33 111, peter.forssell@yit.fi

YIT CORPORATION

Hanna Jaakkola

Vice President, Investor Relations

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