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PONSSE PLC ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2009 AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT PUBLISHED


PONSSE PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 10 MARCH 2010 2:00 P.M.                       

PONSSE PLC ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2009 AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT PUBLISHED  

Ponsse Plc's Annual Report for 2009, 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 that also is 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 (0)20 768 800.                                                 


Vieremä, 10 March 2010                                                          

PONSSE PLC                                                                      

Juho Nummela                                                                    
President and CEO                                                               


FURTHER INFORMATION:                                                            
CFO Petri Härkönen, tel. +358 (0)20 768 8608 or mobile +358                     
50 409 8362                                                                     


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NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Oy                                                          
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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. The Group        
operates in approximately 40 countries.