PONSSE PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 01.04.09 AT 2:00 P.M. JERRY WANNBERG APPOINTED AS PONSSE AB'S NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR M.Sc.(Eng) Jerry Wannberg (41) has been appointed as Ponsse AB´s Managing Director. The appointment will take effect on 15 June 2009. Wannberg will work parallel with Benny Sondell and gradually take over his duties. Benny Sondell will retire from his operative services on 15 June 2009 and continue as a member of Ponsse AB´s Board of Directors. Wannberg has a Master of Science degree in Industrial Economy and Management. His master thesis was titled “The after-sales market for Valmet Forest Machines” (1995). Since 2007, Wannberg has been Managing Director of Pan Trading Machinery AB, an earth-moving machine dealer and service provider. From 2004 to 2007 he has been working as a Director of the General Construction and Core Division at Pon Equipment AB, the Caterpillar earth-moving machine dealer in Sweden. Before that, years 1998-2003, he was a Manager of the Forestry Division at Engson Maskin AB, where he also worked as Product Manager and Application Engineer in 1995-1998. The company sold Caterpillar forestry machines in Sweden. “It's nice to see how sociable the Ponsse atmosphere is, it's very easy to communicate. Ponsse AB has succeeded well, and the company has a very well functioning organization, which I think are of vital importance in maintaining our customers´ faith in Ponsse. That's why - in spite of hard times - it feels good to start working at Ponsse,” says Wannberg. Vieremä, 1 April 2009 PONSSE PLC Juho Nummela President and CEO FURTHER INFORMATION Juho Nummela, President and CEO, Ponsse Plc, telephone +358 400 495 690 Jarmo Vidgrén, Group Sales and Marketing Director, Ponsse Plc, telephone +358 40 519 1486 DISTRIBUTION Nasdaq OMX Helsinki Oy Principal media www.ponsse.com