BARCLAY GLOBAL INVESTORS UK HOLDINGS LTD'S HOLDING IN KONECRANES PLC


BARCLAY GLOBAL INVESTORS UK HOLDINGS LTD'S HOLDING IN KONECRANES PLC         

This is a notice under the Securities Market Act. of Finland, Chapter 2. Section
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Konecranes has been informed of a change in the holding of Barclays Global      
Investors UK Holdings Ltd of the paid up share capital of Konecranes Plc.       

On February 28, 2008 Barclays Global Investors UK Holdings Ltd was in possession
of 3,444,786 Konecranes shares. The holding corresponds 5.64 % of the share     
capital and voting rights in Konecranes Plc.                                    

The total holding by Barclays Global Investors UK Holdings Limited is as        
follows:                                                                        

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| Shareholder's complete name,      | Shares         | Proportion of share     |
| register number                   |                | capital and voting      |
|                                   |                | rights %                |
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| Barclays Global Investors Ltd     |      1,546,913 |                    2.53 |
| (Registered number 796793)        |                |                         |
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| Barclays Global Investors         |         21,439 |                    0.04 |
| (Deutschland) AG (Registered      |                |                         |
| number HRBI134527)                |                |                         |
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| Barclays Global Investors N.A.    |      1,817,036 |                    2.98 |
| (Registered number 22121)         |                |                         |
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| Barclays Global Fund Advisors     |         59,398 |                    0.10 |
| (Registered number 94-2948313)    |                |                         |
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| TOTAL                             |      3,444,786 |                    5.64 |
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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 and machine tools of all    
makes. In 2007, Group sales totaled EUR 1,750 million. The Group has 8,400      
employees, at more than 470 locations in 43 countries. Konecranes is listed on  
the OMX Helsinki Stock Exchange (symbol: KCR1V).                                

KONECRANES PLC                                                                  


Paul Lönnfors                                                                   
IR Manager                                                                      




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Konecranes Plc                                                                  
Paul Lönnfors, IR Manager, tel. +358 (0)20 427 2050                             




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