KONECRANES PLC'S SHARE SUBSCRIPTIONS BASED ON STOCK OPTIONS
KONECRANES PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE June 23, 2009 at 2 p.m.EET
KONECRANES PLC'S SHARE SUBSCRIPTIONS BASED ON STOCK OPTIONS
A total of 20,400 of Konecranes Plc's new shares were subscribed for under the
company's stock option plans as follows:
Stock option right
Shares Subscription price (EUR/share)
2001B-series 20,400 8.50
The full subscription price of EUR 173,400 will be entered in the paid-in
capital. Following the related subscriptions, the number of Konecranes Plc
shares will increase to 61,831,720. This number includes the shares held by the
company.
The shares subscribed for under the stock options were registered in the Trade
Register on June 23, 2009 on the basis of which the new shares will establish
shareholder rights. Konecranes will apply for their listing, together with its
existing shares, on the Main List of the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. Trading in the
new shares will begin on or around June 24, 2009.
Stock options issued under Konecranes Plc's ongoing stock option plans entitle
their holders to subscribe for a total of 2,828,600 shares. The terms and
conditions of all of the company's stock option plans are available at
www.konecranes.com/investor.
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 2008, Group sales totaled EUR 2,103 million. The Group has 9,900
employees, in 485 locations in 43 countries. Konecranes is listed on NASDAQ OMX
Helsinki Ltd (symbol: KCR1V).
KONECRANES PLC
Sanna Päiväniemi
IR Manager
FURTHER INFORMATION
Teo Ottola, Chief Financial Officer, Konecranes Plc, tel. +358 20 427 2040
DISTRIBUTION
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd
Major media
www.konecranes.com