SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE WITH KONECRANES STOCK OPTIONS 2009 A AND MARKET VALUE OF THE OPTION SERIE 2009 A

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KONECRANES PLC  STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE  May 4, 2009 at 5.45 p.m. EET            

SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE WITH KONECRANES STOCK OPTIONS 2009 A AND MARKET VALUE  
OF THE OPTION SERIE 2009 A                                                      

The share subscription price for Konecranes stock option 2009 A is EUR          
14.55/share (the trade volume weighted average quotation of the share on the    
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. during 1 April - 30 April 2009).                       

A total of 750,000 new shares or existing shares held by the Company can be     
subscribed for with stock options 2009 A. The share subscription period for     
stock options 2009 A will be 1 April 2012 - 30 April 2014.                      

The theoretical market value of stock options in Stock Option Plan 2009 A is EUR
5.13/stock option. The theoretical market value of the entire stock option serie
is thus EUR 3,847,500. The theoretical market value of one stock option has been
calculated through the use of Black &Scholes stock option pricing model with the
following input factors: share price EUR 15.55, share subscription price EUR    
14.55, risk free interest rate 2.93 %, validity of stock options 5 years and    
volatility 28 %.                                                                

The terms and conditions of the Stock Option Plan 2009 are available on the     
Company's internet pages www.konecranes.com                                     

Konecranes announced the Stock Option Plan 2009 on 12 March 2009.               


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      




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