KONECRANES PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE December 4, 2009 at 10.45 a.m.
DISCLOSURE UNDER CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT
Konecranes Plc (ID 0942718-2) has today December 4th 2009, received a disclosure
under Chapter 2, Section 9 of the Securities Market Act, according to which the
holding of BlackRock, Inc. (USA Tax ID 32-0174421) in Konecranes increased to
over 5 percent. BlackRock now holds 4,458,836 Konecranes' shares which is 7.21
percent of Konecranes' shares and votes.
On 1 December 2009, the Barclays Global Investors (BGI) business was acquired by
BlackRock, Inc. The combined holdings of BlackRock, Inc. following this
acquisition triggered this disclosure requirement.
Konecranes has a total of 61,849,720 shares. The company has only one class of
shares and each share entitles to one vote.
Konecranes is a world-leading group of Lifting Businesses™, serving a broad
range of customers, including manufacturing and process industries, shipyards,
ports and terminals. Konecranes provides productivity-enhancing lifting
solutions as well as services for lifting equipment and machine tools of all
makes. In 2008, Group sales totalled EUR 2,103 million. The Group has 9,700
employees, at more than 485 locations in 43 countries. Konecranes is listed on
the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (symbol: KCR1V).
KONECRANES PLC
Miikka Kinnunen
IR Director
FURTHER INFORMATION
Konecranes Plc
Miikka Kinnunen, IR Director, tel. +358 (0)20 427 2050
DISTRIBUTION
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