Pöyry - Changes in company's own shares

PÖYRY INITIATES SHARE BUYBACK

PÖYRY PLC          Company Announcement 4 February 2009 at 3:15 p.m.

PÖYRY INITIATES SHARE BUYBACK

On 3 February 2009 the Board of Directors of Pöyry PLC has resolved
to commence acquiring the company's own shares. The resolution of the
Board of Directors is based on the authorisation granted by the
Annual General Meeting on 10 March 2008.

The shares may be acquired in order to develop the company's capital
structure, to be used as payment in corporate acquisitions or when
the company acquires assets related to its business and as part of
the company's incentive programmes in a manner and to the extent
decided by the Board of Directors, and to be transferred for other
purposes, or to be cancelled.

The shares will be acquired in public trading on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
at their market price at the time of purchase. The share buyback will
begin on 5 February 2009 at the earliest. The shares may be acquired
until 9 March 2009.

On the basis of the authorisation granted by the Annual General
Meeting on 10 March 2008 a total of 148 529 own shares of the company
have been acquired earlier. The company holds 395 000 own shares of
the company.

PÖYRY PLC

Heikki Malinen
President and CEO

Teuvo Salminen
Deputy to President and CEO

Additional information by:
Anne Viitala, Executive Vice President, Legal and Risk Management,
Pöyry PLC
Tel. +358 10 33 22811

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