A total of 281,007 new shares subscribed in the share issue of Konecranes Plc directed to the shareholders of KCR Management Oy following the share swap announced on December 14, 2010, have been entered into the Trade Register today on January 13, 2011. The shareholder rights have commenced when the new shares have been entered into the Trade Register. In the share swap, Konecranes Plc acquired all the shares in KCR Management Oy from the Group executives.
After the Trade Register entry of the new shares, the number of the Company’s all shares is 62,283,127 shares. The shares entered into the Trade Register will be subject to public trading on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki on January 14, 2011.
After the share swap, Konecranes Plc is in possession of 2,524,760 own shares directly and 517,696 own shares indirectly through KCR Management Oy.
KONECRANES PLC
Miikka Kinnunen
Director, Investor Relations
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Konecranes Plc
Miikka Kinnunen, Director, Investor Relations, tel. +358 (0)20 427 2050
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 2009, Group sales totaled EUR 1,671 million. The Group has 9,800 employees, at 545 locations in 43 countries. Konecranes is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd (symbol: KCR1V).
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