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CENTAURUS CAPITAL J.P INCREASED ITS HOLDING IN KCI KONECRANES PLC

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KCI KONECRANES PLC  STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT  19 August, 2005 1.30 p.m.  1


CENTAURUS CAPITAL J.P INCREASED ITS HOLDING IN KCI KONECRANES PLC

This is a notice under Chapter 2, Section 10 of the Finnish Securities Market
Act.

Centaurus Capital J.P notified on 18 August 2005 that as a result of a share
transaction concluded on 15 August 2005, the holdings of Funds managed by
Centaurus Capital J.P and its direct and indirect subsidiaries represent 5 % of
the voting rights and share capital in KCI Konecranes Plc.

Holdings by Funds managed by Centaurus Capital J.P and its direct and indirect
subsidiaries are now as follows:

 Shareholder                  Number of    Proportion of share  
                              shares       capital and voting   
                                           rights               
 Centaurus Alpha Master Fund  660,219      4.6 %                
 Citi Centaurus Limited       19,940       0.14 %               
 Greenway Managed Account     37,451       0.26 %               
 Total                        717,610      5 %                  

KCI Konecranes has only one class of shares and each share entitles to one vote.
The share capital is EUR 28,699,460 and the total number of shares is 14,349,730.


KCI Konecranes is a world leading engineering group specialising in advanced
overhead lifting solutions and maintenance services. KCI Konecranes is the
world's leading supplier of heavy-duty cranes for process industries and
shipyards. KCI Konecranes is a global supplier of special harbour cranes for bulk
materials and containers and of mobile container handling equipment like Reach
Stackers and Lift Trucks. In 2004, Group sales totalled EUR 728 million. The
Group has 4,900 employees in 35 countries all over the world.


KCI KONECRANES PLC


Franciska Janzon
IR Manager




FURTHER INFORMATION
Ms. Franciska Janzon, IR-Manager,
Tel. +358-20 427 2043




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