Rocla Oyj STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE Dec 15 2008 at 5.30 p.m. NOTIFICATION REFERRED TO IN CHAPTER 2, SECTION 9 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT Rocla Oyj has received today a notification referred to in chapter 2, section 9 of the securities market act concerning the shares of Rocla Oyj. ROCLA OYJ Hilkka Webb CFO Distribution NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Main media NOTIFICATION REFERRED TO IN CHAPTER 2, SECTION 9 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT ON A CHANGE IN HOLDINGS Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America Inc. (”MCFA”) and Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift Europe B.V. (”MCFE”), both being subsidiaries of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (“MHI”), have today, on 15 December 2008, entered into an agreement pursuant to which MCFA will sell to MCFE all of the shares held by MCFA in Rocla Oyj (“Rocla”). The 600,000 shares in Rocla that MCFA will sell to MCFE represent approximately 14.07 % of all the shares and voting rights in Rocla. The share transfer will be effected on 16 December 2008. The purchase price in the transaction was EUR 13.00 per each Rocla share, i.e. the same price that MCFE has offered to pay for each Rocla share in its tender offer for all the shares and option rights in Rocla announced on 23 October 2008. In accordance with Chapter 2, Section 9 of the Securities Market Act, we hereby notify the Financial Supervision Authority and Rocla that following the above share transfer, the holding of MCFA in Rocla will fall below 1/20 of all the shares and voting rights in Rocla as follows: Name of the target company Rocla Oyj, Business Identity Code 0124294-1. Date of change in holdings 16 December 2008 Exact proportion of shares and voting rights in Rocla MCFA's holding in Rocla following the share transfer will be as follows: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Number of shares | Proportion of shares | Proportion of voting | | | | rights | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 0 | 0 % | 0 % | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The registered share capital of Rocla comprises a total of 4,264,788 shares entitling to 4,264,788 votes. Shareholder's full name, Registration Number Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., registration number 0104-01-050387. Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America Inc., registration number 3451085. In Helsinki on 15 December 2008 MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. MITSUBISHI CATERPILLAR FORKLIFT AMERICA INC.