Konecranes Oyj - Major shareholder announcements

KONECRANES PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE December 22, 2010

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

Konecranes Plc (ID 0942718-2) has on December 21, 2010, received a disclosure
under Chapter 2, Section 9 of the Securities Market Act, according to which the
holding of BlackRock, Inc. (USA Tax ID 32-0174421) in Konecranes has decreased
below 10 percent. BlackRock, Inc. held 6,099,149 Konecranes' shares on December
21, 2010, which is 9.84 percent of Konecranes' shares and votes. 

Konecranes has a total of 62,002,120 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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NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd
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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 and services for lifting equipment of every make. In 2009, Group
sales totaled EUR 1,671 million. The Group has 9,800 employees, at 545
locations in 43 countries. Konecranes is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd.
(symbol: KCR1V).