DISCLOSURE UNDER CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT


KONECRANES PLC  STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE  July 2, 2010 at 6.00 p.m.

DISCLOSURE UNDER CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT

Konecranes Plc (ID 0942718-2) has on July 2, 2010, received a disclosure under  
Chapter 2, Section 9 of the Securities Market Act, according to which the       
holding of HTT 2 Holding Oy Ab (ID 2301146-6) in Konecranes has increased to    
over ten percent. HTT 2 Holding Oy Ab now holds 6,215,568 shares in Konecranes  
Plc, which is 10.02 percent of Konecranes' shares and votes. HTT 2 Holding Oy Ab
is a subsidiary of Hartwall Capital Oy Ab.                                      

K. Hartwall Invest Oy Ab (ID 2104476-6), Fyrklöver-Invest Oy Ab (ID 2104480-3)  
and Rönnäs Invest AG (CH 020.3.028.263.2), who will in practice co-operate with 
HTT 2 Holding Oy Ab in matters concerning their ownership in Konecranes Plc,    
have the following ownership in Konecranes Plc:                                 

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  Company                       Number of shares           Percent of shares 
                                                                   and votes 
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  HTT 2 Holding Oy Ab                  6,215,568                       10.02 
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  K. Hartwall Invest Oy Ab                41,000                        0.07   
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  Fyrklöver-Invest Oy Ab                  71,400                        0.12 
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  Rönnäs Invest AG                        30,000                        0.05  
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The combined ownership of the shareholders mentioned in the disclosure amounts  
to 6,357,968 shares, which is 10.25 percent of the shares and votes in          
Konecranes Plc.                                                                 

Konecranes has a total of 62,002,120 shares. The company has only one class of  
shares and each share entitles to one vote.                                     


KONECRANES PLC                                                                  


Miikka Kinnunen                                                                 
Director, Investor Relations                                                    


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Konecranes Plc                                                                  
Miikka Kinnunen, Director, Investor Relations, tel. +358 (0)20 427 2050         


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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 2009, Group sales totalled EUR 1,671 million. The Group has 9,600     
employees, at more than 545 locations in 43 countries. Konecranes is listed on  
the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (symbol: KCR1V).