PÖYRY TAKES ADAPTATION MEASURES IN ITS FOREST INDUSTRY AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES BUSINESS GROUPS AND ASSESSES PRELIMINARY ITS FUTURE PROSPECTS

PÖYRY PLC          Company Announcement 13 January 2009 at 9:00 a.m.

PÖYRY TAKES ADAPTATION MEASURES IN ITS FOREST INDUSTRY AND
CONSTRUCTION SERVICES BUSINESS GROUPS AND ASSESSES PRELIMINARY ITS
FUTURE PROSPECTS

The economic downturn sparked off by the global financial crisis has
been clearly reflected in the operations of Pöyry's Forest Industry
and Construction Services business groups. Pöyry takes significant
adaptation measures in its Forest Industry and Construction Services
business groups by starting statutory employee negotiations in
business units based in Finland. The clearly decreased demand and
lower capacity utilisation is expected to significantly weaken the
Group's profit before taxes for 2009. The earnings guidance for 2008
remains unchanged.

The economic downturn has impaired forest industry companies'
profitability and restrained globally the availability of investment
financing. For this reason, projects have been postponed,
preparations for new projects have slowed down and the amount of
consulting assignments has decreased. Demand for Forest Industry
business group's services has declined and a recovery in the demand
is difficult to predict.

Demand for the Construction Services business group's services has
reduced in its business sectors in Finland, Russia and the Baltic
countries. Demand has weakened particularly in the commercial and
office building as well as industrial construction sectors. A
recovery in the demand is difficult to predict also in this area.

Pöyry launched during autumn 2008 an action programme designed to
maintain the Group's profitability at as high a level as possible.
The programme focuses on sales, resources, cost structure and
investments. Pöyry has taken extensive measures to intensify sales,
promote internal networking and increase cross-sharing of resources.
In addition, temporary employment contracts and subcontracting will
be cut back as projects in progress are completed.

As part of the adaptation measures, Pöyry initiates statutory
employee negotiations in the Finland-based business units of the
Forest Industry and Construction Services business groups. The
statutory negotiations are concerned with temporary and permanent
lay-offs, and other actions to adapt operations to the current market
situation. The specific need for and duration of temporary lay-offs,
possible permanent lay-offs and other actions to adapt operations
will be determined in detail as negotiations proceed. The adaptation
will equal a capacity of about 350 persons in the Forest Industry and
a capacity of about 250 persons in the Construction Services. The
company specific statutory employee negotiations will begin during
January 2009 and are expected to be concluded during March 2009. In
the Forest Industry business group's Brazilian unit a capacity of
about 200 persons will be down-sized, in addition to other local
cutback measures.

Demand for the Energy, Transportation, and Water and Environment
business groups' services has remained stable and public-sector
stimulus programmes are expected to improve demand further,
especially in the transportation sector.

The clearly reduced demand and lower capacity utilisation is expected
to have a significant weakening effect on the Forest Industry
business group's and a clearly weakening effect on the Construction
Services business group's operating profit for 2009. Preliminarily
this is expected to significantly weaken the Pöyry Group's profit
before taxes for 2009.

The Group's earnings guidance for 2008 will remain unchanged:
consolidated net sales will increase in 2008 and profit before taxes
will improve clearly in 2008. Pöyry PLC will publish its notice
concerning annual accounts for 2008 and prospects for 2009 in more
detail in its company announcement on 4 February 2009 at 8:30 a.m.
Finnish time.

Pöyry is a global expert in consulting and engineering. We offer our
clients in-depth industry expertise, innovative solutions and
lifecycle engagement. Our knowledge extends across hydropower, oil
and gas, power and heat, renewable energy, pulp and paper, chemical
process industry, construction, transportation, and water and
environment. We employ 8000 experts in 47 countries.

PÖYRY PLC

Heikki Malinen
President and CEO

Teuvo Salminen
Deputy to President and CEO

Additional information by:
Heikki Malinen, President and CEO, Pöyry PLC
Tel. +358 10 33 22399
Teuvo Salminen, Deputy to President and CEO, Pöyry PLC
Tel. +358 10 33 22399

www.poyry.com

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