Ponsse Oyj - Company Announcement

CANDIDATES FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PONSSE PLC AND PROPOSAL REGARDING

PONSSE PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 29 MARCH 2010 AT 3.00 P.M.
CANDIDATES FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PONSSE PLC AND PROPOSAL REGARDING      
AUDITORS  
Shareholders of Ponsse Plc representing more than 50 per cent of the Company's  
shares and votes have notified the Company that at the Annual General Meeting of
Shareholders of Ponsse Plc to be held on 31 March they will propose that the    
following persons be elected as members of the Board of Directors: Marja Liisa  
Kaario, Heikki Hortling, Ilkka Kylävainio, Ossi Saksman, Einari Vidgrén and Juha
Vidgrén. The term in office of the proposed candidates would last until the next
Annual General Meeting.                                                         

Of the persons proposed, Marja Liisa Kaario and Heikki Hortling are not current 
members of the Company's Board of Directors. Marja Liisa Kaario holds a Master  
of Laws degree, and she has also received an MBA degree at the Georgia Institute
of Technology in the USA. She is currently a partner at Unicus Oy, a company    
analysing and administering investments for a select group of investors. Ms.    
Kaario has extensive experience with Finnish investment banking and capital     
market operations. Ms. Kaario is also a member of the Board of Directors of Enfo
Oyj. Heikki Hortling (born in 1951) holds a Master of Science degree in         
Economics. He has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Olvi plc since 
1998, and he is also a member of the Board of Directors of both Iisalmen Puhelin
Oy and Ylä-Savon Pääomarahasto Oy.                                              

The said shareholders will also propose to the Annual General Meeting that      
PricewaterhouseCoopers be elected as auditors of the company, with APA Sami     
Posti of this accounting firm acting as the auditor in charge. The term in      
office of the auditor will last until the next Annual General Meeting.  
The current members of the Board of Directors of Ponsse Plc are presented on the
company's website at                                                            
http://www.ponsse.com/english/investors/corporate_info/board.php                

Vieremä, 29 March 2010                                                          

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PONSSE PLC                                                

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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.