Manitou Group — Share Issue/Capital Change 2014

Apr 9, 2014

Manitou announces to be eligible to the PEA-PME investment account

Ancenis, April 1st, 2014 – Manitou meets all the criteria to be eligible* for the French tax PEA-PME investment account. These criteria are defined in the decree dated March 4 th (decree n°2014-283) enforced by the French Ministry of Economy and Finance.

Therefore, Manitou BF shares could be integrated in PEA-PME accounts. As a reminder, these accounts have the same tax advantages as traditional savings accounts in shares (PEA) for individual investors.

* Companies are eligible for PEA-PME when they meet both of the following conditions: a headcount below 5000 people and a revenue below €1,500m or total assets below €2,000m. These criteria should also take into account that the company could be part of a Group.

As of 2013/31/12: Headcount = 3,378; Revenue = €1,176m; Assets = €833m

Manitou, the Material-Handling Reference, is headquartered in Ancenis (in the Loire-Atlantic region of France). The group designs, manufactures and distributes materialhandling solutions for the construction, agricultural and industrial sectors. Manitou realized a revenue in 2013 of €1,176m (nearly three fourths of which internationally) under the brand names Manitou®, Gehl®, Mustang®, Loc® and Edge®, through 1,400 independent dealers in over 120 countries. At December 31, 2013, Manitou had over 3,200 employees, of which 40% were based outside of France.

Company information and presentations are available at: www.manitou-group.com Shareholder information: communication.financiere@manitou.com