Konecranes Plc Board of Directors’ organizing meeting

KONECRANES PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE  March 28, 2019 at 5.30 pm EET

Konecranes Plc Board of Directors’ organizing meeting

In the first meeting of the Board of Directors of Konecranes Plc after the Annual General Meeting the Board of Directors elected Mr. Christoph Vitzthum Chairman of the Board and Mr. Ole Johansson Vice Chairman of the Board.

The Board of Directors has an Audit Committee and a Human Resources Committee.

Ulf Liljedahl was elected Chairman of the Audit Committee, and Ole Johansson, Per Vegard Nerseth and Päivi Rekonen as Committee members. Bertel Langenskiöld was elected Chairman of the Human Resources Committee, and Janina Kugel, Anders Nielsen and Christoph Vitzthum as Committee members.

Ms. Janina Kugel, Mr. Bertel Langenskiöld, Mr. Ulf Liljedahl, Mr. Per Vegard Nerseth, Mr. Anders Nielsen, Ms. Päivi Rekonen and Mr. Christoph Vitzthum are deemed to be independent of the company and any significant shareholders. While Mr. Ole Johansson is deemed to be independent of the company, he is deemed to be dependent of significant shareholders of the Company based on his current position as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hartwall Capital Oy Ab.

KONECRANES PLC

Eero Tuulos
Vice President, Investor Relations


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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 of all makes. In 2018, Group sales totaled EUR 3,156 million. The Group has 16,100 employees at 600 locations in 50 countries. Konecranes shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki (symbol: KCR).



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