YIT CORPORATION COMPANY RELEASE DECISION OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
6 OCT 2008 at 12:00
RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT YIT CORPORATION'S EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
An Extraordinary General Meeting of the YIT Corporation held today, 6 October
2008, has decided to authorise the Board of Directors to purchase the company's
shares and to dispose them, as proposed by the Board of Directors.
The authorisation granted to the Board of Directors covers the acquisition of a
maximum of 12,722,342 company shares, purchased with the company's unrestricted
equity, and the assignment of the shares according to conditions described in
more detail elsewhere. The total number of YIT shares on 6 October 2008 is
127,223,422, which means that the authorisation covers 10% of the company's
shares.
The Board of Directors' proposals can be found attached to this stock exchange
release.
For additional information, contact:
Antero Saarilahti, Senior Vice President, Administration, +358 20 433 2280,
antero.saarilahti@yit.fi
Sakari Ahdekivi, Chief Financial Officer, +358 20 433 2258,
sakari.ahdekivi@yit.fi
YIT CORPORATION
Juha Kostiainen
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications and Business Development
Distribution: NASDAQ OMX, principal media, www.yitgroup.com
