INCREASE OF TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES BASED ON SUBSCRIPTIONS WITH STOCK OPTIONS



PÖYRY PLC          Company Announcement 3 October 2008 at 10.30 a.m.

INCREASE OF TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES BASED ON SUBSCRIPTIONS WITH STOCK
OPTIONS

The 10 760 new shares subscribed with stock options 2004A and 2004B
in September 2008 pursuant to the stock option programme 2004 of
Pöyry PLC have been registered in the Trade Register on 3 October
2008. Following these subscriptions, the registered total number of
authorised shares increased to 58 813 702. The new shares will be
joined to the old shares and will be available for public trading on
the main list of the OMX Nordic Exchange in Helsinki on 6 October
2008.

The subscription period for stock options 2004A started on 1 March
2007 and will end on 31 March 2010. A total of 234 128 shares have
been subscribed with stock options 2004A by 29 September 2008.

The subscription period for stock options 2004B started on 1 March
2008 and will end on 31 March 2011. A total of 100 728 shares have
been subscribed with stock options 2004B by 29 September 2008.

The terms and conditions of stock options 2004 and further
information on the stock option programme are available on the
company's website www.poyry.com.

PÖYRY PLC

Heikki Malinen
President and CEO

Teuvo Salminen
Deputy to President and CEO

Additional information by:
Anne Viitala, Group General Counsel, Pöyry PLC
tel. +358 10 33 22811

www.poyry.com

DISTRIBUTION:
OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki
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