Ponsse Oyj - Company Announcement

Clément Puybaret appointed Managing Director of Ponsse S.A.S.

PONSSE PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 14 JUNE 2011 AT 1:00 PM

Vieremä, Finland, 2011-06-14 12:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 

Clément Puybaret appointed Managing Director of Ponsse S.A.S.

Clément Puybaret (30), Forest Engineer, has been appointed Managing Director of
Ponsse S.A.S., a subsidiary of Ponsse Plc as of 15 August 2011. The current
Managing Director of Ponsse S.A.S. and Southern Europe Regional Director, Tapio
Ingervo, is leaving the company to pursue his career with another employer but
will continue as the member of the Ponsse S.A.S. board until the end of the
year. In the future, the person responsible for Southern European areas (Spain,
Portugal) will be Jussi Hentunen, Product Manager of Used Machines. 

Puybaret has been employed by Ponsse S.A.S. since 2006, and will transfer to
the position of Managing Director from his current position of salesperson and
trainer. 

Puybaret will report to Jarmo Vidgrén, Sales and Marketing Director of Ponsse
Plc, and his office will be located in Gondreville, France. 

Vieremä, 14 June 2011

PONSSE PLC

Juho NummelaPresident and CEO

FURTHER INFORMATION:Juho Nummela, President and CEO, Ponsse Plc, tel. +358 400
495 690 

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Ponsse Plc is a company specialising in the sales, manufacture, servicing and
technology of cut-to-length method forest machines and is driven by genuine
interest in its customers and their business. Ponsse develops and manufactures
sustainable and innovative harvesting solutions based on customers' needs. 

The company was established by forest machine entrepreneur Einari Vidgrén in
1970, and it has been a leader in 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.