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PÖYRY PLC          Company announcement 7 March 2013 at 6.45 p.m.

The Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of Pöyry PLC was held on 7 March 2013. The
AGM adopted Pöyry PLC's annual accounts and granted the members of the Board of
Directors and the persons that acted as President and CEO of the company during
the year 2012 discharge from liability for the financial period 1 January to 31
December 2012.

The AGM decided that no dividend be distributed for 2012.

The AGM decided that the Board of Directors consists of seven (7) ordinary
members. The AGM elected the following members to the Board of Directors: Mr.
Pekka Ala-Pietilä, Mr. Georg Ehrnrooth, Mr. Henrik Ehrnrooth, Mr. Alexis Fries,
Mr. Heikki Lehtonen, Mr. Michael Obermayer and Ms. Karen de Segundo.

The AGM decided that   the annual fees of the members of the Board of Directors be
EUR 45,000 for a member, EUR 55,000 for the Vice Chairman and EUR 65,000 for the
Chairman of the Board, and the annual fee of the members of the committees of
the Board of Directors be EUR 15,000. In addition, the AGM authorised the Board
of Directors to decide about an additional fee of not more than EUR 15,000 per
annum for each of the foreign residents of the Board of Directors and an
additional fee of not more than EUR 5,000 per annum for each of the foreign
residents of the committees of the Board of Directors. The authorisation shall
be in force until the next AGM.

At its assembly meeting immediately following the AGM, the Board of Directors
elected Henrik Ehrnrooth as Chairman and Heikki Lehtonen as Vice Chairman.
Heikki Lehtonen (Chairman), Georg Ehrnrooth and Karen de Segundo were elected as
members of the Audit Committee. Pekka Ala-Pietilä (Chairman), Henrik Ehrnrooth,
Heikki Lehtonen and Michael Obermayer were elected as members of the Nomination
and Compensation Committee. In accordance with the authorisation by the AGM the
Board decided to pay an additional fee of EUR 15 000 per annum to the foreign
residents of the Board of Directors and an additional fee of EUR 5 000 per annum
to the foreign residents of the committees of the Board of Directors.

PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy continues as Pöyry PLC's auditors based on the
resolution made in the AGM on 8 March 2012. PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy has
appointed Merja Lindh, Authorised Public Accountant, as the auditor in charge.

The Board of Directors was authorised to decide on the acquisition of up to
5,900,000 own shares of the company in one or more tranches by using
distributable funds. The shares may be acquired either through public trading,
in which case the shares would be acquired in another proportion than that of
the current shareholders, or by public offer at market prices at the time of
purchase. The Board of Directors is authorised to resolve on all other terms and
conditions regarding the acquisition of own shares. The authorisation shall be
in force for 18 months from the decision of the AGM. The authorisation granted
by the previous AGM regarding acquisition of the company's own shares expired
simultaneously.

The Board of Directors was authorised to decide on the issuance of new shares
and special rights entitling to shares, as well as to convey the company's own
shares held by the company in one or more tranches. The share issue can be
carried out as a share issue against payment or without consideration on terms
to be determined by the Board of Directors and in relation to a share issue
against payment at a price to be determined by the Board of Directors. A maximum
of 11,800,000 new shares can be issued. A maximum of 5,900,000 own shares held
by the company can be conveyed. The authorisation comprises a right to deviate
from the shareholders' pre-emptive subscription right, as well as a right for
the Board of Directors to resolve on all other terms and conditions regarding
the issuance or conveyance of shares and special rights entitling to shares.
Furthermore, the authorisation includes the right to decide on a share issue
without consideration to the Company itself so that the amount of own shares
held by the Company after the share issue is a maximum of one tenth (1/10) of
all shares in the Company. The authorisation shall be in force for 18 months
from the decision of the AGM. The authorisation granted by the previous AGM
regarding issuing shares expired simultaneously.

PÖYRY PLC

Additional information:
Anne Viitala, Executive Vice President, Legal and Commercial
Tel. +358 10 33 22811

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 7,000 experts.
Pöyry's net sales in 2012 were EUR 775 million and the company's shares are
quoted on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (Pöyry PLC: POY1V).



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