Lehto Group Oyj

Regulatory Filings • Nov 7, 2019

Disclosure 376407

Lehto Group Oyj - Inside information

Lehto’s employee cooperation negotiations have been completed

Lehto Group Plc Stock exchange release 7 November, 2019 at 8.05 a.m. Lehto Group has completed the employee co-operation negotiations launched in September. Negotiations were conducted to improve the company's profitability and to adjust its personnel and factory capacity to the current need. As a result of negotiations Lehto will execute redundancies, part-time employment contracts and lay-offs that correspond approximately 144 man years and they are estimated to generate annual cost savings close to EUR 7 million. Most of the measures are taken in factory production, where a total of 100 man -years are laid off this and following year. The negotiations concerned almost all the units in Finland and approximately 540 persons in total. The Housing service area with its pipeline renovation business and Insinööritoimisto Mäkeläinen Oy were excluded from the negotiations. In the Business Premises service area negotiations concerned only remaining complete renovation activities. Further information: Mr Kaarle Törrönen Vice President, Human Resources, Lehto Group Plc Tel. +358 50 437 0060 Lehto Group PLC: Lehto is fast growing construction and real estate group. We operate in four service areas: Business Premises, Housing and Social Care and Educational Premises. We are the innovator and pioneer of the construction sector. Our economically driven operating model makes construction more profitable, ensures the quality of construction and brings significant time and cost savings to the customer. We employed around 1,500 people. Our net sales for 2018 amounted to EUR 721.5 million.