PONSSE PLC ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2010 PUBLISHED

PONSSE PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 22 MARCH 2011 3:00 P.M.

PONSSE PLC ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2010 PUBLISHED

Ponsse Plc’s Annual Report for 2010, including financial statements and the Annual Report of the Board, has been published on the Ponsse Plc website at www.ponsse.com in Finnish and English. Furthermore, the company has published a separate Corporate Governance Statement and a Remuneration Statement that also are available on the above-mentioned website.

The printed Annual Report will be available on week 13, and it will be sent by mail to those who have ordered it. You can also order a copy of the Annual Report on the Ponsse website at www.ponsse.com/english/investors/orders, or by phone, tel. +358 20 768 800.

Vieremä, 22 March 2011

PONSSE PLC
Juho Nummela
President and CEO

FURTHER INFORMATION:
CFO Petri Härkönen, tel. +358 20 768 8608 or mobile +358 50 409 8362

DISTRIBUTION
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Oy
Principal media
www.ponsse.com

Ponsse Plc specialises in the sales, production, maintenance and technology of cut-to-length forest machines. Its operations are guided by a genuine interest in its customers and their business operations. The company develops and manufactures innovative harvesting solutions that follow the principles of sustainable development and are based on customer needs.

The company was established by forest machine entrepreneur Einari Vidgrén in 1970, and it has been a pioneer of timber harvesting solutions based on the cut-to-length method ever since. Ponsse is headquartered in Vieremä, Finland. The Company’s shares are quoted on the NASDAQ OMX Nordic List.