THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF YIT CORPORATION'S INTERIM REPORT 1-6/2008 ON JULY 25, 2008


YIT CORPORATION   COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT     JULY 21, 2008 at 09:00		 

THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF YIT CORPORATION'S INTERIM REPORT 1-6/2008 ON JULY 25, 2008  

YIT Corporation's Interim Report for January-June 2008 will be published on     
Friday, July 25, 2008 at 8:00 a.m. Finnish time. The stock exchange release,    
interim report and presentation materials will be published at that time on the 
company's website at www.yitgroup.com/investors.                                

Information event                                                               

An event for investment analysts and portfolio managers will be held in English 
on Friday, July 25, at Hotel Radisson SAS Royal, Runeberginkatu 2, 00100        
Helsinki, Finland. The event starts at 10:00 a.m. Finnish time.                 

Media representatives can arrange an interview with the company management.     

Conference call                                                                 

Analysts and portfolio managers can participate in the event through a          
conference call. Conference call participants are requested to call a minimum of
five minutes prior to the start of the event in +44 (0)20 7162 0025.            

Webcast presentation                                                            

CEO Hannu Leinonen's presentation at the event can be viewed as a real-time     
webcast at www.yitgroup.com/webcast.                                            

After the presentation, a recording will be available at the same address       
approximately at 12:00 a.m. Finnish time.                                       

Schedule in different time zones                                                

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| Time zone           |  Interim Report |     The investor |  Recording of the |
|                     |         will be |           event, |           webcast |
|                     |    published at |  conference call | presentation will |
|                     |                 |      and webcast |   be available at |
|                     |                 |     presentation |                   |
|                     |                 |    will start at |                   |
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| EEST (Helsinki)     |      8:00 a.m.  |       10:00 a.m. |       12:00 a.m.  |
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| CEST (Paris,        |      7:00 a.m.  |        9:00 a.m. |        11:00 a.m. |
| Stockholm)          |                 |                  |                   |
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| BST (London)        |      6:00 a.m.  |        8:00 a.m. |       10:00 a.m.  |
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| US EDT (New York)   |      1:00 a.m.  |        3:00 a.m. |        5:00 a.m.  |
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For additional information, contact:                                            
Petra Thorén, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations, YIT Corporation, tel.  
+358 40 764 5462, petra.thoren@yit.fi                                           

To arrange an interview, please contact: Virva Salmivaara, Deputy for the Senior
Vice President, Corporate Communications and Business Development, +358 40 830  
8091, virva.salmivaara@yit.fi.                                                  


YIT CORPORATION                                                                 

Juha Kostiainen                                                                 
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications and Business Development        

Distribution: OMX Nordic Exchange in Helsinki, principal media, www.yitgroup.com