NOTICE PURSUANT TO FINNISH SECURITIES MARKETS ACT 2:10; ALLIANZ SE'S SHAREHOLDINGS IN PÖYRY PLC

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Pöyry PLC has been informed on 18 March 2008 that as a result of
transactions concluded on 13 March 2008 the total holdings of
subsidiaries of Allianz SE have increased to above 1/20 of the share
capital and voting rights in Pöyry PLC.

The shareholdings of the following subsidiaries of Allianz SE,
Königinstr. 28, 80802 Munich, Germany, Certificate of Incorporation
No. HRB 7158 are as of 13 March 2008 as follows:


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| Shareholder                 | Number of | Proportion | Proportion |
|                             |    shares |   of share |  of voting |
|                             |           |    capital |     rights |
|-----------------------------+-----------+------------+------------|
| Dresdner Kleinwort          |           |            |            |
| Securities Limited, London  | 2 340 376 |      3.99% |      4.01% |
|-----------------------------+-----------+------------+------------|
| Dresdner Bank               |           |            |            |
| Aktiengesellschaft,         |           |            |            |
| Frankfurt am Main, Germany  | 1 000 000 |      1.70% |      1.71% |
|-----------------------------+-----------+------------+------------|
| Allianz Private             |           |            |            |
| Krankenversicherungs-AG,    |           |            |            |
| Munich, Germany             |    79 248 |      0.14% |      0.14% |
|-----------------------------+-----------+------------+------------|
|                             |           |            |            |
|-----------------------------+-----------+------------+------------|
| Total                       | 3 419 624 |      5.83% |      5.86% |
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The registered share capital of Pöyry PLC comprises a total of
58 652 614 shares entitling to a total of 58 406 143 votes.

PÖYRY PLC

Erkki Pehu-Lehtonen
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

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