THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF YIT CORPORATION'S INTERIM REPORT 1-3/2009 ON APRIL 24, 2009


YIT CORPORATION                                 APR 21, 2009   at 11:00    
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THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF YIT CORPORATION'S INTERIM REPORT 1-3/2009                   
ON APRIL 24, 2009                                                               

YIT Corporation's Interim Report for January-March 2009 will be published on    
Friday, April 24, 2009 at 8:00 a.m. Finnish time (EEST). The stock exchange     
release and presentation materials will be published at that time on the        
company's website at www.yitgroup.com/investors.                                

News conferences                                                                

There will be two news conferences arranged on April 24, 2009:                  

Event  for investment analysts and portfolio managers in English                
at 10:00 a.m. (EEST)                                                            

Press conference for media in Finnish at 1.00 p.m. (EEST)                       

Both events will be held at YIT's head office, Panuntie 11, 00620 Helsinki,     
Finland.                                                                        

Webcast                                                                         

The event for investors and analysts in English and CEO Juhani Pitkäkoski's     
presentation can also be followed through a live webcast at                     
www.yitgroup.com/webcast.The live webcast starts at 10:00 a.m. (EEST) and a     
recording will be available at the same address at 12:00 a.m. (EEST)            

Conference call                                                                 

Analysts and portfolio managers can also participate in the event starting at   
10:00 a.m. (EEST) through a conference call. Conference call participants are   
requested to dial at least five minutes prior to the start of the conference +44
(0) 20 7162 0077.                                                               

Schedule in different time zones                                                

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| Time zone           |       Financial |     The investor |  Recorded webcast |
|                     |      Statements |           event, |         available |
|                     |      published  |  conference call |                   |
|                     |                 | and live webcast |                   |
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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, please contact:                                     
Petra Thorén, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations, YIT Corporation, tel.  
+358 40 764 5462, petra.thoren@yit.fi                                           



YIT CORPORATION                                                                 

Veikko Myllyperkiö                                                              
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications
                                 
Distribution: NASDAQ OMX, principal media, www.yitgroup.com