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FRANKLIN RESOURCES HOLDING IN KCI KONECRANES PLC

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KCI KONECRANES PLC  STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT  12 October, 2005 3.15 p.m.  1


FRANKLIN RESOURCES HOLDING IN KCI KONECRANES PLC

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

The holdings of shares by the funds and separate accounts managed by the
affiliated investment advisers of Franklin Resources, Inc. (trade reg. 13-
2670991) in KCI Konecranes Plc, had on October 10, 2005 reached 9.74% of the
voting rights and 0.69% of the share capital in KCI Konecranes Plc.

The funds within the Franklin Templeton Investments fund complex specified below
are shareholders of KCI Konecranes Plc. In addition, affiliated investment
advisers of Franklin Resources, Inc., under applicable investment management
agreements, are granted voting authority with regard to the relevant account
holders' shares in the Company. The holding is divided between the funds and
accounts as follows:

 Holdings by funds managed by affiliated        Number     % of shares   
 advisers of Franklin Resources, Inc.                      and voting    
                                                           rights        
 Franklin Templeton Investments (Asia) Ltd.     14,225     0.10          
 Franklin Templeton Investment Mgmt., Ltd.      43,210     0.30          
 Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC              41,300     0.29          
 TOTAL                                          98,735     0.69          

 Holdings of voting rights by affiliated        Number     % of voting   
 advisers of Franklin Resources, Inc. under                rights        
 investment management agreements (other than                            
 funds)                                                                  
 Franklin Templeton Investments (Asia) Ltd.     122,976    0.86          
 Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC              1,176,370  8.20          
 TOTAL                                          1,299,346  9.06          

On 19 August, 2004 Franklin Resources holding amounted to 14.17 % of the voting
rights and 3.33% of the share capital in KCI Konecranes Plc.

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
Franciska Janzon, IR Manager, tel. +358-20 427 2043

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