Konecranes Performance Share Plan 2015 – directed share issue

KONECRANES PLC  STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE  February 22, 2018 at 09.30 EET


Konecranes Performance Share Plan 2015 – directed share issue

The Board of Directors of Konecranes Plc has on February 21, 2018 decided on a directed share issue related to the reward payment for the performance period 2015-2017 of the Konecranes Performance Share Plan 2015.

In the share issue, 49,363 Konecranes Plc shares held by the company are conveyed without consideration to the key employees participating in the plan in accordance with the terms and conditions of the plan. More detailed information about the launch and the terms and conditions of the plan is available in the stock exchange release published on February 4, 2015.

The decision on the directed share issue is based on the authorization granted to the Board of Directors by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on March 23, 2017. According to the authorization, a maximum of 1,000,000 shares may be issued as part of the company’s share-based incentive programmes.

The shares will be delivered to the plan participants on March 8, 2018. After the share delivery, the company will hold a total of 98,403 own shares.

KONECRANES PLC

Eero Tuulos
Vice President, Investor Relations



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Eero Tuulos, Vice President, Investor Relations, Konecranes Plc,
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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 of all makes. In 2017, Group sales totaled EUR 3,136 million. The Group has 16,400 employees at 600 locations in 50 countries. Konecranes shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki (symbol: KCR).



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