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Konecranes Plc: Notice pursuant to the Finnish Securities Market Act, Chapter 9, Section 10

KONECRANES PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE September 7, 2017 at 20.40 EET

Konecranes has on September 7, 2017, received a notification under Chapter 9, Section 5 of the Securities Market Act, according to which the total holding of BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited in Konecranes Plc’s shares and votes has exceeded 10 percent. Additionally, BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited holding in Konecranes Plc’s shares and votes has exceeded 10 percent.

On September 6, 2017, Blackrock Inc.’s total holding through shares and financials instruments amounted to 13.77 percent of Konecranes Plc’s shares and votes.

Total positions of BlackRock, Inc.:

	% of shares and voting rights (A)	% of shares and voting rights through financial instruments (B)	Total of both in % (A+B)	Total number of shares and voting rights of issuer
Resulting situation of the date on which the threshold was crossed of reached	12.36%	1.41%	13.77%	78,921,906
Position of previous notification	10.77%	1.07%	11.85%

 
Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached:

A: shares and voting rights

Class/type of shares ISIN code	Number of shares and voting rights	Number of shares and voting rights	% of shares and voting rights	% of shares and voting rights
	Direct (SMA 9:5)	Indirect (SMA 9:6 and 9:7)	Direct (SMA 9:5)	Indirect (SMA 9:6 and 9:7)
FI0009005870		9,755,878		12.36%
SUBTOTAL A		9,755,878		12.36%

B: Financial instruments according to SMA 9:6a

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/Conversion Period	Physical or cash settlement	Number of shares and voting rights	% of shares and voting rights
Securities Lent	N/A	N/A	Physical	199,917	0.25%
CFD	N/A	N/A	Cash	915,404	1.15%
SUBTOTAL B				1,115,321	1.41%

The disclosure obligation arose due to total holding in shares and voting rights for BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited going above 10%.

Additionally, the disclosure obligation arose due to shares and voting rights for BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited going above 10%.  

Name	% of shares and voting rights	% of shares and voting rights through financial instruments	Total of both
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	10.27%	1.30%	11.57%

KONECRANES PLC

Miikka Kinnunen
Vice President, Investor Relations


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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 of all makes. The Group has 16,800 employees at 600 locations in 50 countries. Konecranes class A shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki (symbol: KCR).


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