PONSSE OYJ´S SHARE SPLIT REGISTRATED

PONSSE OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT 28 MARCH 2006, 3:00 p.m.

PONSSE OYJ´S SHARE SPLIT REGISTRATED

Ponsse Oyj's increase of the number of shares 1:2 (share split) without raising
the share capital, approved by Ponsse Oyj´s Annual General Meeting 
on March 15, 2006, has been entered in the Trade Register today. 
As a result of the share split, the shares of the company were doubled 
from 14,000,000 shares to 28,000,000 shares with an accounting value 
of 0.25 euro each. The share split will be implemented in the book-entry system
and it does not require any measures from the shareholders. The new shares are 
available for public trading on the Helsinki Stock Exchange as of March 29, 2006.

PONSSE OYJ

Mikko Paananen
Chief Financial Officer, CFO


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Mikko Paananen, CFO
tel. +358 20 768 8648


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