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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PONSSE PLC RESOLVED ON AN INCENTIVE PLAN FOR KEY

PONSSE PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 29 APRIL 2010
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PONSSE PLC RESOLVED ON AN INCENTIVE PLAN FOR KEY      
PERSONNEL                                                                       

The Board of Directors of Ponsse Plc has decided to continue the share-based    
incentive plan for the Group key personnel introduced by the Company in 2008.   
The aim of the Plan is to combine the objectives of the shareholders and the key
personnel in order to increase the value of the Company, to commit the key      
personnel to the Company, and to offer them a competitive reward plan based on  
holding the Company shares. ”The incentive plan for the Group's key personnel is
a part of long-term company development. Throughout Ponsse's 40-year history,   
the personnel have been one of the most important resources in the company. The 
aim of the incentive plan is to engage key employees in different parts of the  
organisation to develop the company even further in the long term and to commit 
themselves to common goals,” says Einari Vidgrén, the Chairman of the Board of  
Ponsse Plc.                                                                     

The Plan includes three earning periods, calendar years 2010—2012, 2011—2013 and
2012—2014. The Board of Directors will decide on the earnings criteria and on   
targets to be established for them for each earning period. The earnings        
criteria of the earning period 2010—2012 are the Ponsse Group´s cumulative cash 
flow, operating profit margin on average and total return on Ponsse Plc share.  

The potential reward from the earning period 2010—2012 will be paid partly as   
the Company's shares and partly in cash. The proportion to be paid in cash is   
intended to cover taxes and tax-related costs arising from the reward to the key
personnel. The shares cannot be transferred during a two-year restriction       
period. If a key person's employment or service ends during the restriction     
period, he or she must gratuitously return the shares given as reward to the    
Company.                                                                        

The president and CEO must hold 50% of the shares paid on the basis of the Plan,
after the restriction period, as long as the value of the Company shares held by
him, in total corresponds to his annual gross salary, and any other member of   
the Group Management Team, as long as the value of the Company's shares held by 
him or her, in total corresponds to half of his or her annual gross salary.     

During the earning period 2010—2012, approximately 20 people belong to the      
target group of the Plan. The rewards to be paid on the basis of the earning    
period 2010—2012 will correspond to the value of a maximum total of 211,000     
Ponsse Plc shares (including also the proportion to be paid in cash).           

Vieremä 29 April 2010                                                           

PONSSE PLC                                                                      

Einari Vidgrén                                                                  
Chairman of the Board                                                           

FURTHER INFORMATION                                                             
Juho Nummela, President and CEO, tel. +358 400 495 690                          

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Ponsse Plc specialises in the sales, production, maintenance and technology of  
cut-to-length forest machines. Its operations are guided by a genuine interest  
in its customers and their business operations. The company develops and        
manufactures innovative harvesting solutions that follow the principles of      
sustainable development and are based on customer needs.                        
The company was established by forest machine entrepreneur Einari Vidgrén in    
1970, and it has been a pioneer of timber harvesting solutions based on the     
cut-to-length method ever since. Ponsse is headquartered in Vieremä, Finland.   
The Company's shares are quoted on the NASDAQ OMX Nordic List. The Group        
operates in approximately 40 countries.