Pöyry - Company Announcement

PÖYRY AWARDED EUR 5.2 MILLION CONTRACT FOR METRO MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM IN VENEZUELA

PÖYRY PLC          Company Announcement 1 October 2008 at 1.15 p.m.

PÖYRY AWARDED EUR 5.2 MILLION CONTRACT FOR METRO MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM
IN VENEZUELA

Pöyry has been awarded an extension to their existing consultancy
engineering contract with Metro de Maracaibo C.A. in connection with
the Libertador - Padilla extension of Line 1 of the light rail mass
transport system in Maracaibo, Venezuela. The total value of the
contract awarded amounts to EUR 5.2 million.

The 7.7 km long Libertador - Padilla extension includes the
construction of seven new stations and a double-track railway.
Pöyry's scope of work includes project review, site supervision,
interface management, and quality management services. The services
are to be carried out between June 2009 and June 2011.

Pöyry has been the client's consultant for the transportation system
since 2002. The contracts awarded to date, in connection with the
system, amount to a total of EUR 36 million.

Pöyry has a good track record of major transportation projects in
Latin America. Projects have been undertaken in Argentina, Brazil,
Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela.

Pöyry is a global consulting and engineering firm focusing on the
energy, forest industry and infrastructure & environment sectors.
Pöyry's net sales in 2007 amounted to about EUR 720 million and it
employs 8000 experts.

PÖYRY PLC

Heikki Malinen
President and CEO

Teuvo Salminen
Deputy to President and CEO

Additional information by:
Javier Rodriguez, Head of Pöyry Infra Ltd. Latin America, Madrid,
Spain
Tel. +34 913 822 300
Andy Goodwin, President, Transportation Business Area, Zurich,
Switzerland
Tel. +41 76 356 2310

www.poyry.com

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