Pöyry PLC: Directed share issue without consideration

PÖYRY PLC          Company Announcement 29 April 2014 at 8.45 a.m.

Pöyry PLC: Directed share issue without consideration

The Board of Directors of Pöyry PLC has decided on a directed share issue without consideration in relation to the payment of a share based compensation.

In the share issue, 95.000 Pöyry PLC shares held by the company will be conveyed without consideration to the President and CEO Alexis Fries as a share based compensation for restructuring the company and forming a part of his remuneration according to the terms and conditions of his service contract concluded in September 2012.

The decision on the conveyance of treasury shares by means of a directed share issue without consideration is based on the authorisation granted to the Board of Directors by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on 11 March 2014.

After the conveyance of shares, the company holds 515,455 treasury shares.

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Pöyry is an international consulting and engineering company. We serve clients globally across the energy and industrial sectors and locally in our core markets. We deliver strategic advisory and engineering services, underpinned by strong project implementation capability and expertise. Our focus sectors are power generation, transmission & distribution, forest industry, chemicals & biorefining, mining & metals, transportation, water and real estate sectors. Pöyry has an extensive local office network employing about 6,500 experts. Pöyry's net sales in 2013 were EUR 650 million and the company's shares are quoted on Nasdaq OMX Helsinki (Pöyry PLC: POY1V).

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