PÖYRY PLC Company Announcement 10 March 2009 at 4.00 p.m. PÖYRY RESOLVED ON DIRECTED SHARE ISSUE The Board of Directors of Pöyry PLC has resolved on a directed share issue on the basis of the authorisation granted to the Board of Directors by the Annual General Meeting on 10 March 2008. The directed share issue is part of the share based incentive plan 2008-2010 for key personnel of the company. More detailed information about the incentive plan has been released in the company announcement on 11 December 2007. The directed share issue will be executed by conveying without consideration a total of 216 727 of the company's own shares held by the company to the target group of the incentive plan's earning period 2008 in accordance with the terms and conditions of the incentive plan. The directed share issue does not affect the company's share capital or the total number of shares of the company. Under the authorisation granted by the Annual General Meeting on 10 March 2008, a maximum of 5 800 000 of the company's own shares held by the company may be conveyed. After the present directed share issue the maximum number of shares that may be conveyed is 5 573 273 shares. PÖYRY PLC Heikki Malinen President and CEO Teuvo Salminen Deputy to President and CEO Additional information by: Camilla Grönholm, Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Pöyry PLC tel. +358 10 33 22153 www.poyry.com DISTRIBUTION: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Major media