PONSSE PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 13 JANUARY 2009 AT 12.30 PM CHANGE IN THE OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF PONSSE PLC Hannu Kivelä, MSc (For), Director for Strategy and Customer Co-operation since 2007, will no longer be in Ponsse's service. ”Kivelä has been developing our global strategy and he has done creditable work,” comments Juho Nummela, President and CEO of Ponsse Plc. Vieremä, 13 January 2009 PONSSE PLC Juho Nummela President and CEO FURTHER INFORMATION Juho Nummela, President and CEO, Ponsse Plc Telephone +358 400 495 690 DISTRIBUTION Nasdaq OMX Helsinki Ltd Principal media www.ponsse.com