PONSSE TO ACQUIRE TREASURY SHARES


PONSSE OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 21 DECEMBER, 3:45 P.M.                        

PONSSE TO ACQUIRE TREASURY SHARES  
                                             
Ponsse's Board of Directors decided to acquire treasury shares according to the 
authorisation granted by the Annual General Meeting on 12 April 2007. The share 
acquisition will start on 28 December 2007 at the earliest.
                     
The shares will be acquired in public trading on the Helsinki Stock Exchange at 
the market price valid at the time of purchase. Treasury shares can be acquired 
for the purpose of financing and implementing potential acquisitions, other     
business arrangements or investments, developing the company's equity structure,
as part of the implementation of an incentive scheme in the company or its      
subsidiaries, or otherwise for further assignment or annulment.                 

Vieremä 21 December 2007                                                        

PONSSE OYJ                                                                      

Juha Vidgrén                                                                    
Vice Chairman of Ponsse Oyj's Board of Directors                                

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Juha Vidgrén, tel. +358 40 730 0047                                             


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