YIT CORPORATION SEPTEMBER 15, 2008 at 15:00
CORPORATE RELEASE GENERAL MEETING
INVITATION TO YIT CORPORATION'S EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
The shareholders of YIT Corporation are invited to attend the Extraordinary
General Meeting to be held on Monday, October 6, 2008, starting at 10:00
(Finnish time) in Hall A of the Finlandia Hall's Congress Wing, Mannerheimintie
13, Helsinki (entrance through doors M1 and K1).
The check-in of those who have signed up for the meeting and the distribution of
ballots will start at 9:00. Coffee will be available from 9:00.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED AT THE MEETING
The agenda is available on the company's website at www.yitgroup.com.
I Authorization to purchase the company's own shares
The Board of Directors proposes that the Extraordinary General Meeting authorize
the Board to decide on the purchase of a maximum of 12,722,342 company shares
using the company's unrestricted equity under the following terms and
conditions:
1. The own shares may be purchased to develop the company's capital structure,
to be used as consideration in possible acquisitions or when the company
purchases business assets, or to fund or implement other arrangements, or to be
disposed of in public trading on the OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki Oy or
annulled.
2. The shares will be purchased in disproportion to shareholders' holdings. They
will be purchased in public trading on the OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki Oy.
3. The shares will be purchased at their market value in public trading on the
OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki Oy at the time of purchase.
4. The share buyback will reduce the company's distributable unrestricted
equity.
The Board proposes that the authorization be valid for 18 months from granting
the authorization.
II Authorization to dispose of treasury shares
The Board of Directors proposes that the General Meeting authorize the Board of
Directors to decide on the disposal of the shares purchased under the
authorization of the Board under the following terms and conditions:
1. The maximum number of shares that can be disposed of under the authorization
shall be no more than 12,722,342 of the shares bought back for and held by the
company.
2. The Board of Directors will be authorized to decide to whom the shares will
be transferred to, and in which order. The Board of Directors may decide to
dispose of the company's own shares as a directed issue in derogation from
shareholders' pre-emptive right.
3. Treasury shares may be disposed of in such a manner and scope as decided upon
by the Board of Directors to develop the company's capital structure, as
consideration in possible acquisitions or when the company purchases business
assets, or to fund or implement other arrangements.
4. The shares may also be disposed of by selling them in public trading on the
OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki Oy. In such a case, the shares will be disposed of
at least at their market value at the time of disposal, which shall be the price
of the share in public trading on the OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki Oy.
The Board of Directors proposes that the authorization be valid for 5 years from
granting the authorization.
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING DOCUMENTS
Documents referred to in Chapter 5, section 1 of the Limited Liability Company
Act and the proposals by the Board of Directors are available for inspection by
the shareholders for a week before the meeting at the company's head office,
address Panuntie 11, Helsinki, Finland, and on the company's Internet site at
www.yitgroup.com.
RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE
In order to have the right to participate in the General Meeting, the
shareholder must be registered in the company's shareholder register, which is
maintained by Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd, by no later than
September 26, 2008.
A shareholder whose shares are nominee registered and who wishes to participate
in the Extraordinary General Meeting and use his right of vote, must temporarily
register in the shareholder register by no later than September 26, 2008.
NOTIFICATION
The shareholder must notify the company of his intention to participate no later
than September 29, 2008, using one of the following methods:
On YIT Corporation's Internet site www.yitgroup.com, following the instructions
therein
By sending a telefax to +358 20 475 2077
By telephoning Marja Salo, +358 20 433 2470 or
Pirkko Pesonen, +358 20 433 2453
By sending a letter to YIT Corporation, Marja Salo, P.O. Box 36, FI-00621
Helsinki, Finland.
Notifications through the Internet, by telephone, by letter, or telefax must
reach the company before the end of registration on September 29, 2008 at 16:00.
It is requested that the company be notified of any proxies at that time and
that any proxies be sent to the above address before the expiry of the
registration period to YIT Corporation, Marja Salo, P.O. Box 36, FI-00621
Helsinki, Finland.
Helsinki, September 15, 2008
YIT CORPORATION
Board of Directors
ATTACHMENTS:
Agenda of the meeting
Proposals by the Board of Directors to the Extraordinary General Meeting
Report of the essential events after the Interim Report period of Jan-Jun/2008
Distribution: OMX Nordic Exchange in Helsinki, principal media, www.yitgroup.com
