KONECRANES PLC BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ ORGANIZING MEETING

KONECRANES PLC  STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE  March 21, 2013 at 3.30 p.m.

In its first meeting held after the Annual General Meeting, the Board of Directors elected Mr Stig Gustavson to continue as Chairman. Mr Svante Adde was elected Chairman of the Audit Committee, and Mr Tapani Järvinen, Ms Malin Persson and Mr Mikael Silvennoinen as Committee members. Mr Bertel Langenskiöld was elected Chairman of the Nomination and Compensation Committee, and Mr Stig Gustavson, Mr Matti Kavetvuo and Ms Nina Kopola were elected as Committee members.

With the exception of Mr Stig Gustavson, the Board members are deemed to be independent of the company under the Finnish Corporate Governance Code. Mr Gustavson is deemed dependent of the company based on the Board’s overall evaluation relating to his former and current positions in Konecranes combined with his substantial voting rights in the Company.

With the exception of Mr Bertel Langenskiöld, the Board members are independent of significant shareholders of the company. Mr Langenskiöld is not independent of significant shareholders of the company based on his current position as the Managing Director of Hartwall Capital Oy Ab. HTT KCR Holding Oy Ab holds more than 10 percent of Konecranes Plc’s shares and votes. HTT KCR Holding Oy Ab is a subsidiary of Hartwall Capital Oy Ab. In addition, HTT KCR Holding Oy Ab, K. Hartwall Invest Oy Ab, Fyrklöver-Invest Oy Ab and Ronnas Invest AG will in practice co-operate in matters concerning their ownership in Konecranes Plc.

KONECRANES PLC

Miikka Kinnunen
Director, Investor Relations

FURTHER INFORMATION
Sirpa Poitsalo, Vice President, General Counsel, tel. +358 20 427 2011
Miikka Kinnunen, Director, Investor Relations, tel. +358 20 427 2050

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 2012, Group sales totaled EUR 2,170 million. The Group has 12,100 employees at 626 locations in 48 countries. Konecranes is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (symbol: KCR1V).

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