Konecranes Oyj - Major shareholder announcements

DISCLOSURE UNDER CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT

Konecranes Plc (ID 0942718-2) has on January 13, 2011, received a disclosure
under Chapter 2, Section 9 of the Securities Market Act, according to which the
holding of HTT 2 Holding Oy Ab (ID 2301146-6) in Konecranes has decreased below
ten percent. HTT 2 Holding Oy Ab held 6,215,568 shares in Konecranes Plc on
January 13, 2011, which is 9.98 percent of Konecranes Plc's shares and votes.
HTT 2 Holding Oy Ab is a subsidiary of Hartwall Capital Oy Ab. 

K. Hartwall Invest Oy Ab (ID 2104476-6), Fyrklöver-Invest Oy Ab (ID 2104480-3)
and Rönnäs Invest AG (CH 020.3.028.263.2), who will in practice co-operate with
HTT 2 Holding Oy Ab in matters concerning their ownership in Konecranes Plc,
have the following ownership in Konecranes Plc: 

Company                      Number of shares        Percent of shares
and votes

HTT 2 Holding Oy Ab               6,215,568                               9.98
K. Hartwall Invest Oy Ab               31,000                               0.05
Fyrklöver-Invest Oy Ab                  71,400                              
0.11 
Rönnäs Invest AG                         30,000                              
0.05 


The combined ownership of the shareholders mentioned in the disclosure amounts
to 6,347,968 shares, which is 10.19 percent of the shares and votes in
Konecranes Plc. 

Konecranes Plc has a total of 62,283,127 shares. The company has only one class
of shares and each share entitles to one vote. 


KONECRANES PLC


Miikka Kinnunen
Director, Investor Relations


FURTHER INFORMATION
Konecranes Plc
Miikka Kinnunen, Director, Investor Relations, tel. +358 (0)20 427 2050


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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 2009, Group sales totalled EUR 1,671 million. The Group has 9,800
employees, at more than 545 locations in 43 countries. Konecranes is listed on
the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (symbol: KCR1V).