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DECISIONS MADE AT THE PONSSE OYJ ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

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PONSSE OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 15 FEBRUARY 2006, 3:00 P.M.


DECISIONS MADE AT THE PONSSE OYJ ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

At the Ponsse Oyj Annual General Meeting held today, the financial
statements for 2005 were approved and the Board of Directors and the
President and CEO were discharged from liability.
A decision was also made to pay a dividend of EUR 0.80 per share and to
double the number of the company shares (share split).

Matters to be reviewed under Article 13 of the Articles of Association
were discussed as well as the Board’s proposal to double the number of
shares (split 1:2) and to pay a profit bonus to the company personnel.

Decisions made at the Annual General Meeting

1. Matters to be reviewed under Article 13 of the Articles of
   Association
   
Approving the financial statements

Ponsse Oyj’s profit and loss account and balance sheet for 2005 and the
consolidated profit and loss account and balance sheet were approved.

Profit distribution

A decision was made to pay a dividend of EUR 0.80 per share, totalling
EUR 11,200,000 for Ponsse Oyj shares as proposed by the Board of
Directors. The record date is 20 March 2006 and the dividend payment
date is 27 March 2006.

The dividend shall be paid to shareholders registered in Ponsse Oyj’s
shareholder register maintained by the Finnish Central Securities
Depository Ltd on the record date 20 March 2006.

Discharge from liability

Those held accountable, namely the Board of Directors of Ponsse Oyj and
the President and CEO were discharged from liability for 2005.

Board of Directors

The number of Board members was confirmed as six (6).

Present members re-elected as Board members were Nils Hagman, Ilkka
Kylävainio, Seppo Remes, Mirja Ryynänen, Juha Vidgrén and Einari
Vidgrén.

The term of office under the Articles of Association for all six Board
members will expire at the end of the Annual General Meeting in 2007.

The Annual General Meeting confirmed the annual remuneration payable to
the Chairman of the Board to be EUR 33,000, and the remuneration payable
to other members to be EUR 22,000. No remuneration is paid to members
employed by the company, with the exception of the Chairman of the
Board. Furthermore, the travel costs of Board members will be paid in
accordance with the grounds for compensation determined by the Finnish
Tax Administration.

At a Board meeting held after the Annual General Meeting, Einari Vidgrén
was elected Chairman of the Board and Juha Vidgrén was elected Vice
Chairman.

Auditor

Ernst & Young Oy Authorised Public Accountant Firm approved by the
Central Chamber of Commerce was elected the company’s auditor. Eero
Huusko, Authorised Public Accountant, will act as the principal auditor.
The auditor will be paid a fee and compensation in accordance with a
reasonable invoice presented to the company.

2. Amendment to section 4 of the Articles of Association

A decision was made to amend section 4 of the Articles of Association to
state that the nominal value of the share is EUR 0.25 (EUR 0.50 before
the amendment).

3. Doubling the number of company shares

A decision was made to double the number of company shares from
14,000,000 shares to 28,000,000 shares (split 1:2) without increasing
the share capital in order to improve liquidity.

The increase in the number of shares will be implemented in the book-
entry system and will not require any measures from shareholders. The
new shares will be registered in book-entry securities accounts
immediately after trade registration, which is scheduled to take place
on 28 March 2006.

4. Staff profit bonus

A decision was made to pay a profit bonus to Ponsse Oyj personnel for
2005. The bonus is EUR 85 for each complete working month.

For further information, please contact Mikko Paananen, CFO,
tel. +358 20 768 8648.

PONSSE OYJ

Arto Tiitinen
President and CEO

DISTRIBUTION
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