LEMMINKÄINEN CORPORATION PRESS RELEASE, 9.10.2007 A construction consortium formed by Lemminkäinen Group's Lemcon Ltd and Kesälahden Maansiirto Oy will carry out the Highway 6 improvement work for the Finnish Road Administration. The road will be widened to four lanes on the Kärki-Mattila and Mattila-Muukko sections of the Lappeenranta bypass. The contract is worth EUR 101 million in total. The existing road sections will be upgraded to a four-lane mixed-traffic road for a distance of about 23 kilometres and five new interchanges will be built. In addition, three kilometres of road following a new line will be constructed to link up with Highway 13. The contract also includes other arrangements required by the public road network and the City of Lappeenranta's street network, as well as the removal of two railway level crossings. The road improvement project will be carried out as a design & build contract. Construction work will begin in late autumn 2007 and the whole project will be open to traffic at the end of 2010. Highway 6 is one of Finland's most important main roads. It is a favourite route for tourists and its importance for international travel to and from Russia is also growing. LEMMINKÄINEN CORPORATION Corporate Communications ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Project Manager Jaakko Kivi Lemcon Ltd Infra Tel. +358 40 555 0221 E-mail: jaakko.kivi@lemcon.fi Lemcon Ltd is Lemminkäinen Group's international project contractor, which derives about a half of its net sales from abroad. In Finland the company focuses on demanding infrastructure contracts and project management contracting. In addition to its operations in Europe, the company serves as a project and telecoms network contractor in the Americas and Asia. Lemminkäinen Group operates in all areas of the construction sector. Its main business areas are building contracting, infrastructure construction, the building materials industry and technical building services. Net sales in 2006 were EUR 1.8 billion, of which international operations accounted for about a third. The Group employs some 8,700 people. Lemminkäinen's share is listed on Helsinki Stock Exchange.