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ILMARINEN INCREASED ITS HOLDING IN RAMIRENT

RAMIRENT PLC               STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 	19.2.2010                    


ILMARINEN INCREASED ITS HOLDING IN RAMIRENT                                     

Ramirent Plc has on 19 February 2010 received the following notification        
pursuant to Chapter 2, section 9 of the Securities Markets Act from Ilmarinen   
Mutual Pension Insurance Company according to which their total holding of      
shares and votes in Ramirent Plc has increased over 1/20.  
After a transaction made on 19 February 2010 Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance 
Company holdings rose from 5,260,214 to 5,613,214 Ramirent shares corresponding 
to 5.16% of the outstanding shares of Ramirent Plc. 
At the end of January 2010, Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company held     
4,160,214 Ramirent shares or 3.83% of the outstanding shares of Ramirent Plc.   

RAMIRENT PLC                                                                    

Magnus Rosén                                                                    
President and CEO                                                               

FURTHER INFORMATION:                                                            
Franciska Janzon, Director, Corporate Communications and IR,    
tel. +358 20 750 2859                

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Ramirent is the leading machinery rental company in the Nordic countries and in 
Central and Eastern Europe. The Group has about 3,000 employees at some 344     
permanent outlets in thirteen countries. In 2009, Group net sales totalled EUR  
503 million. Ramirent is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.