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FRANKLIN RESOURCES HOLDING IN KCI KONECR

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KCI KONECRANES PLC                  STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE   1 (2)
                                    25 March, 2004 8.45 a.m.


FRANKLIN RESOURCES HOLDING IN KCI KONECRANES PLC

This is a notice under Chapter 2, Section 10 of the Finnish Securities
Market Act. Franklin Resources Inc. (trade reg. 13-2670991) notified
on March 23, 2004 KCI Konecranes Plc and the Financial Supervision
Authority of Finland the following:

Franklin Resources, Inc. controls the voting rights pertaining to
14,96% of the shares of KCI Konecranes Plc and the ownership of the
shares is distributed between mutual funds and separate accounts
managed by affiliated investment advisers (on May 8, 2002 the number
was 16,16%).

The mutual funds of Franklin Resources hold a total of 3.42 % of the
voting rights and the share capital in KCI Konecranes Plc. While
affiliated investment advisers of Franklin Resources, Inc. under
applicable account management agreements are granted voting authority
as regards the relevant account holder’s shares in KCI Konecranes Plc
amounting to 11.54 % of the voting rights in the Company.

KCI Konecranes has only one class of shares and each share entitles to
one vote. The share capital is EUR 28,617,260 and the total number of
shares is 14,308,630.

As a result of a share transaction concluded on March 19, 2004, the
holdings of the below listed funds and accounts were as follows:


  Holdings by mutual Funds of       Number  % of total shares
  Franklin Resources                        and voting rights
  Franklin Templeton Investments                             
  (Asia Ltd.)                        8,075               0.06
  Franklin Templeton Investments                             
  Australia Ltd                     29,000               0.20
  Franklin Templeton Investments                             
  Corp.                             16,820               0.12
  Franklin Templeton Investment                              
  Mgmt., Ltd.                      401,875               2.81
  Templeton Global Advisors,                                 
  Ltd.                               9,975               0.07
  Templeton Investment Counsel,                              
  LLC (Tax ID 59-1961621)           24,105               0.17
  TOTAL                            489,850               3.42




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  Holdings by affiliated            Number    % of voting
  advisers of Franklin                             rights
  Resources, Inc. under account
  management agreement
  Templeton Global Advisers,       102,728           0.72
  Ltd.
  Templeton Investment Counsel,   1,548,16          10,82
  LLC (Tax ID 59-1961621)                6
  TOTAL                           1,650,89          11.54
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KCI KONECRANES PLC


Franciska Janzon
IR Manager




FURTHER INFORMATION
Ms. Franciska Janzon, IR-Manager,
Group Communications and Investor Relations
Tel. +358-40 746 8381




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