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PONSSE ISSUES EUR 19 MILLION HYBRID BOND

PONSSE PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 31.03.09 AT 9:00 A.M.

PONSSE ISSUES EUR 19 MILLION HYBRID BOND
Ponsse Plc has resolved to issue a EUR 19 million hybrid bond to Finnish
investors in order to strengthen the Group's capital structure. The coupon rate
of the bond is 12.0 % per annum. The bond has no maturity but the company may
call the bond after four years. The bond will be treated as equity in the
Group's IFRS financial statements. The issuance of the bond will not dilute
holdings of company's shareholders. 

A hybrid bond is an equity bond that is subordinated to company's other debt
obligations but senior to its other equity instruments. Holder of a hybrid bond
does not have any shareholder rights. 

Vieremä, 31 March 2009

PONSSE PLC

Juho Nummela
President and CEO

Mikko Paananen
CFO

FURTHER INFORMATION
CFO Mikko Paananen, Ponsse Plc, tel. + 358 20 768 8648 or +358 400 817 036

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