Ponsse Oyj — Board/Management Information 2012

Oct 9, 2012

Disclosure 302248

Ponsse Oyj - Changes board/management/auditors

Change in the Operative Management of Ponsse Plc

Vieremä, Finland, 2012-10-09 13:02 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PONSSE PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 9 OCTOBER 2012 AT 2:00 P.M. Change in the Operative Management of Ponsse Plc Timo Karppinen (M.Sc. Economics) Ponsse Plc's Executive Director, Corporate Development and Strategy and member of the Management Team at Ponsse Plc since the beginning of 2011 will join a new employer as of 30 November 2012. The areas of responsibility of Timo Karppinen will be shared between President and CEO Juho Nummela, Sales and Marketing Director Jarmo Vidgrén and CFO Petri Härkönen. Ponsse Plc thanks Timo Karppinen for his active contribution in developing the Group's operations. Vieremä, 9 October 2012 PONSSE PLC Juho Nummela President and CEO FURTHER INFORMATION Juho Nummela, President and CEO, Ponsse Plc, tel. +358 400 495 690 DISTRIBUTION NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd Principal media www.ponsse.com Ponsse Plc is a company specialising in the sales, manufacture, servicing and technology of cut-to-length method forest machines and is driven by genuine interest in its customers and their business. Ponsse develops and manufactures sustainable and innovative harvesting solutions based on customers' needs. The company was established by forest machine entrepreneur Einari Vidgrén in 1970, and it has been a leader in timber harvesting solutions based on the cut-to-length method ever since. Ponsse is headquartered in Vieremä, Finland. The company's shares are quoted on the NASDAQ OMX Nordic List.