Articles of Association of YIT Corporation

1 §

The trade name of the Company shall be YIT Oyj in Finnish, YIT Abp in Swedish, and YIT Corporation in English. The Company's registered office is located in Helsinki, Finland.

2 §

The objects of the Company are to engage in production in the construction industry, manufacture and leasing of and trade with building materials and components in Finland and abroad. In addition to the foregoing activities, the Company shall buy and sell real estate property and shares in real estate and housing companies as well as lease apartments and properties complete with buildings and facilities and engage in other activities related to the foregoing. The Company may also trade in securities. The Company may engage in the activities in accordance with its declared objects either directly and/or through its subsidiaries and affiliated companies and joint ventures. The Company may offer services in the areas of administration, personnel management, financing, accounting, legal matters, taxation, investor relations and communications as well as other services to the Group companies and affiliated companies.

3 §

The company shares are included in the book entry securities system.

4 §

For the proper administration and organization of the Company's affairs, the Company shall have a Board of Directors consisting of a Chairman and Vice Chairman appointed by the general meeting of shareholders as well as a minimum of three (3) and maximum of eight (8) members. Should the membership of the Chairman or Vice Chairman expire during the term of office, the Board of Directors may elect a new Chairman or Vice Chairman from among its members.

The term of each member of the Board of Directors shall begin at the general meeting of shareholders at which he or she is elected and expire at the end of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders following election.

5 §

The Company shall have a Managing Director to be appointed by the Board of Directors.

6 §

The Company is signed for severally by the Managing Director, or jointly by any two members of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may authorize a designated individual to sign for the Company together with any member of the Board of Directors or another person authorized to represent the company. Additionally, the Board of Directors may grant an authorization to represent the company per procurationem allowing the person so authorized to represent the company together with a member of the Board of Directors or another person authorized to represent the company.

7 §

The Company's accounting period shall be one calendar year. 

The Company shall have one Auditor that shall be an approved auditing firm. The Auditor's term shall expire at the end of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders following the beginning of the term.

8 §

The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders shall be held annually by the end of June.

The notice of the meeting of shareholders shall be published on the Company's website.

To be able to attend the general meeting of shareholders, each shareholder shall notify the Company thereof by the date indicated in the notice of the meeting which date may be no earlier than ten days before the meeting.

The general meeting shall be held at the venue determined by the Board of Directors of the Company. The venue may be in the Company’s registered office, Espoo or Vantaa. The Board of Directors may also resolve on organizing a general meeting without a meeting venue whereby the shareholders shall exercise their power of decision in full in real time during the meeting by the use of telecommunication connections and technical means.

9 §

The General Annual Meeting of Shareholders shall be presented with:

• the financial statements and the annual report
• Auditor's report and

pass resolutions on:

• adoption of the financial statement;
• any measures called for by the profit shown on the balance sheet;
• discharge from liability for the Managing Director and the members of the Board of Directors;
• the number of members on the Board of Directors
• remuneration of the Chairman and Vice Chairman and members of the Board of Directors
• remuneration of the Auditor, if necessary; and

elect:

• the Chairman and Vice Chairman and members of the Board of Directors, and
• the Auditor, if necessary, and

address:

•  all the other issues indicated in the notice of the meeting.

10 §

Any disputes regarding the application of the Limited Liability Companies Act shall, instead of being referred to a District Court, be settled through arbitration in accordance with the rules of the Arbitration Institute of the Central Chamber of Commerce of Finland by an arbitration tribunal consisting of a single arbiter. The arbitration proceedings shall be held in Helsinki.