Konecranes Oyj - Changes in company's own shares

KONECRANES EMPLOYEE SHARE SAVINGS PLAN 2012-2013 – DIRECTED SHARE ISSUE

KONECRANES PLC  STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE  February 24, 2016 at 9.45

The Board of Directors of Konecranes Plc has on February 23, 2016 decided on a
directed share issue related to the reward payment for the Savings Period
2012-2013 of Konecranes Employee Share Savings Plan. 

In the share issue, 18,580 Konecranes Plc shares held by the company have been
conveyed without consideration to the employees participating in the plan in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the plan. More detailed information
about the launch and the terms and conditions of the plan is available in a
Stock Exchange Releases published on March 22, 2012 and on April 25, 2012. 

The decision on the directed share issue is based on the authorization granted
to the Board of Directors by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on
March 26, 2015. According to the authorization, a maximum of 500 000 shares may
be issued as part of the Employee Share Savings Plan. 

After the share delivery, the company holds a total of 4,521,333 own shares.

KONECRANES PLC

Miikka Kinnunen
Director, Investor Relations



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



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 2015, Group sales totaled EUR 2,126 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