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NEW SHARE ISSUE RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PÖYRY PLC

Based on the authorisation given by the Annual General Meeting on
March 5, 2007 the Board of Directors of Pöyry Plc has resolved to
issue new shares to be used as compensation in the acquisition of
Pöysälä & Sandberg Oy, Finland. Pöyry has informed about the
acquisition with a press release dated August 14, 2007.

The transaction is realised as an exchange of shares where Pöyry
grants the sellers new shares issued by the company. The number of
new shares is 298 702. The shares have been subscribed for in
connection with the closing of the transaction.

As a consequence of the issue of new shares the registered share
capital of the company remains unchanged and the total number of
authorised shares increases from 58 258 952 to 58 557 654.

The aim is to have the new shares registered in the Trade Register on
September 6, 2007. The new shares will be joined to the old shares
and are expected to be available for public trading on the main list
of the OMX Nordic Exchange in Helsinki on September 7, 2007 at the
earliest.

Based on the authorisation given by the Annual General Meeting on
March 5, 2007 a maximum of 11 600 000 new shares can be issued. After
the present issue of new shares the number is not more than
11 301 298 new shares. The authorisation is in force until the next
Annual General Meeting.

PÖYRY PLC

Erkki Pehu-Lehtonen
President and CEO

Teuvo Salminen
Deputy to President and CEO

Additional information by:
Anne Viitala, Group General Counsel, Pöyry Plc
Tel. +358 10 33 22811

www.poyry.com

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OMX Nordic Exchange in Helsinki
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