KONECRANES IR CALENDAR 2008


All events are indicated in Finnish time (EET).                                 

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| Financial Statements 2007            | February 8, 2008 10.00 a.m.           |
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| Annual Report 2007                   | Week starting on February 25, 2008    |
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| Record date for the AGM              | March 3, 2008                         |
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| Notice of participation in the AGM   | March 10, 2008 (No later than)        |
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| Annual General Meeting 2008          | March 13, 2008                        |
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| First quarter results                | April 29, 2008 10.00 a.m.             |
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| Second quarter results               | July 30, 2008 10.00 a.m.              |
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| Third quarter results                | October 29, 2008 10.00 a.m.           |
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Quarterly Results Briefing for Financial Analysts and Press                     
A presentation for financial analysts and media will be held on each day of the 
result publication at 12.00 noon EET.                                           

Quarterly Results Webcast                                                       
There will be a live webcast of the results briefing available at               
www.konecranes.com including the opportunity to join the Q&A session.           

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 2006, Group sales totaled EUR 1483 million. The Group has 8,000       
employees, at more than 370 locations in 43 countries. Konecranes is listed on  
the OMX Helsinki Stock Exchange (symbol: KCR1V).                                

KONECRANES PLC                                                                  


Paul Lönnfors                                                                   
IR Manager                                                                      



FURTHER INFORMATION                                                             
Paul Lönnfors, IR Manager, tel. +358 20 427 2050                                



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