KONECRANES PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE April 21, 2009 at 5.00 p.m. KONECRANES PUBLISHES ITS JANUARY-MARCH INTERIM REPORT ON APRIL 29, 2009 Konecranes will publish its January-March 2009 Interim Report on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 10.00 a.m. Finnish time. The report will be available on the company's website at www.konecranes.com after publishing. An analyst and press conference will be held at the Konecranes offices (address Eteläesplanadi 22 B, inner court, 2nd floor) at 12.00 p.m. Finnish time. The Interim Report will be presented by Konecranes' President and CEO Pekka Lundmark and CFO Teo Ottola. A live webcast of the conference with the possibility to ask questions through web will begin at 12.00 p.m. at www.konecranes.com. 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 and machine tools of all makes. In 2008, Group sales totaled EUR 2,103 million. The Group has 9,900 employees, in 485 locations in 43 countries. Konecranes is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd (symbol: KCR1V). KONECRANES PLC Sanna Päiväniemi IR Manager FURTHER INFORMATION Konecranes Plc Sanna Päiväniemi, IR Manager, tel. +358 (0)20 427 2050 DISTRIBUTION NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd Media www.konecranes.com