Konecranes Oyj - Changes board/management/auditors

NINA KOPOLA RESIGNS FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF KONECRANES PLC

KONECRANES PLC  STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE  August 11, 2015 at 09:10 EET

Member of the Board of Directors of Konecranes Plc, Nina Kopola has on August
10, 2015 announced her resignation from the Board of Directors of the company.
Ms. Kopola is resigning from the Board due to possible conflicts of interest
that could arise from her position as the Board member of Metso Corporation. 

The respective Boards of Directors of Konecranes Plc and Terex Corporation have
on August 10, 2015, approved a definitive agreement to combine their businesses
in a merger of equals. Terex Corporation and Metso Corporation are competitors
within materials processing. 

There are no other changes to the composition of Konecranes Plc's Board of
Directors. "Nina Kopola has been at Konecranes' Board of Directors since 2011. We want to
thank Nina for her excellent contribution as a member of the Board," says Stig
Gustavson, Chairman of the Board of Konecranes. 


KONECRANES PLC

Miikka Kinnunen
Director, Investor Relations


FURTHER INFORMATION
Miikka Kinnunen, Director, Investor Relations, Konecranes Plc, tel. +358 20 427
2050 
Mikael Wegmüller, Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Konecranes Plc,
tel. +358 20 427 2008 


Konecranes is a world-leading group of Lifting Businesses™, serving a broad
range of customers, including manufacturing and process industries, shipyards,
ports and terminals. Konecranes provides productivity-enhancing lifting
solutions as well as services for lifting equipment and machine tools of all
makes. In 2014, Group sales totaled EUR 2,011 million. The Group has 11,900
employees at 600 locations in 48 countries. Konecranes is listed on Nasdaq
Helsinki (symbol: KCR1V). 


DISTRIBUTION
Nasdaq Helsinki
Major media
www.konecranes.com



Forward Looking Statements

This document contains forward-looking statements regarding future events,
including statements regarding Terex or Konecranes, the transaction described
in this document and the expected benefits of such transaction and future
financial performance of the combined businesses of Terex and Konecranes based
on each of their current expectations. These statements involve risks and
uncertainties that may cause results to differ materially from those set forth
in the statements. When included in this document, the words “may,” “expects,”
“intends,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “projects,” “estimates” and the negatives
thereof and analogous or similar expressions are intended to identify
forward-looking statements. However, the absence of these words does not mean
that the statement is not forward-looking. Terex and Konecranes have based
these forward-looking statements on current expectations and projections about
future events. These statements are not guarantees of future performance. 

Because forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, actual
results could differ materially. Such risks and uncertainties, many of which
are beyond the control of Terex and Konecranes, include among others: the
ability of Terex and Konecranes to obtain shareholder approval for the
transaction, the ability of Terex and Konecranes to obtain regulatory approval
for the transaction, the possibility that the length of time required to
complete the transaction will be longer than anticipated, the achievement of
the expected benefits of the transaction, risks associated with the integration
of the businesses of Terex and Konecranes, the possibility that the businesses
of Terex and Konecranes may suffer as a result of uncertainty surrounding the
proposed transaction, and other factors, risks and uncertainties that are more
specifically set forth in Terex' public filings with the SEC and Konecranes'
annual and interim reports.  Each of Terex and Konecranes disclaim any
obligation to update the forward-looking statements contained herein. 

IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This document relates to the proposed merger of Terex and Konecranes, through
which all of Terex' common stock will be exchanged for Konecranes ordinary
shares (or American depositary shares, if required). This document is for
informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to purchase or
exchange, or a solicitation of an offer to sell or exchange, all of common
stock of Terex, nor is it a substitute for  the Preliminary Prospectus included
in the Registration Statement on Form F-4 (the “Registration Statement”) to be
filed by Konecranes with the SEC, the Prospectus / Proxy to be filed by Terex
with the SEC, the listing prospectus of Konecranes to be filed by Konecranes
with the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority (and as amended and
supplemented from time to time, the “Merger Documents”). No offering of
securities shall be made in the United States except by means of a prospectus
meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933. 

INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE MERGER DOCUMENTS AND ALL
OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT KONECRANES OR TEREX HAS FILED OR MAY FILE WITH
THE SEC, NASDAQ HELSINKI OR FINNISH FINANCIAL SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY WHEN THEY
BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN OR WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION
THAT INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISION
REGARDING THE PROPOSED MERGER. 

The information contained in this document must not be published, released or
distributed, directly or indirectly, in any jurisdiction where the publication,
release or distribution of such information is restricted by laws or
regulations. Therefore, persons in such jurisdictions into which these
materials are published, released or distributed must inform themselves about
and comply with such laws or regulations. Konecranes and Terex do not accept
any responsibility for any violation by any person of any such restrictions.
The Merger Documents and other documents referred to above, if filed or
furnished by Konecranes or Terex with the SEC, as applicable, will be available
free of charge at the SEC's website (www.sec.gov) or by writing to Anna-Mari
Kautto, Investor Relations Assistant, Konecranes Plc, P.O. Box 661, FI-05801
Hyvinkää, Finland or Elizabeth Gaal Investor Relations Associate, Terex, 200
Nyala Farm Road, Westport, CT 06880, USA. 

Konecranes and Terex and their respective directors, executive officers and
employees and other persons may be deemed to be participants in the
solicitation of proxies in respect of the transaction. Information regarding
Konecranes' directors and executive officers is available in Konecranes' annual
report for fiscal year 2014 at www.konecranes.com. Information about Terex'
directors and executive officers and their ownership of Terex ordinary shares
is available in its Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on April 1, 2015. Other
information regarding the interests of such individuals as well as information
regarding Konecranes' and Terex' directors and officers will be available in
the proxy statement/prospectus when it becomes available. These documents can
be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above.