Cargotec's Board of Directors has decided to exercise the authorization of the Annual General Meeting on February 26, 2007 to repurchase the Company's own shares.
The maximum amount of repurchased own shares will be less than ten percent of the Company's share capital and total voting rights. This corresponds to a maximum of 6,400,000 shares so that a maximum of 952,000 class A shares and 5,448,000 class B shares can be repurchased.
In accordance with the authorization the shares will be repurchased in order to develop the capital structure of the Company, finance or carry out possible acquisitions, implement the Company's share-based incentive plans, or to be transferred for other purposes or to be cancelled.
Class B shares will be purchased at public trading in the Helsinki Stock Exchange at the market price. Class A shares will be purchased outside the Stock Exchange at the price equivalent to the average price of class B shares paid in the Helsinki Stock Exchange on the purchase date. Share repurchases will be released on the transaction days through stock exchange announcements.
The repurchases will at the earliest start on March 12, 2007.
Sender:
Cargotec Corporation
Kari Heinistö
Senior Executive Vice President and CFO
Eeva Mäkelä
SVP, Investor Relations and Communications
For further information, please contact:
Kari Heinistö, Senior Executive Vice President and CFO, tel. +358 204 55 4256
Eeva Mäkelä, SVP, Investor Relations and Communications, tel. +358 204 55 4281
Cargotec is the world's leading provider of cargo handling solutions whose products are used in the different stages of material flow in ships, ports, terminals, distribution centers and local transportation. Cargotec Corporation's brands, Hiab, Kalmar and MacGREGOR, are market leaders in their fields and well-known among customers all over the world. Cargotec's net sales are EUR 2.6 billion. The company employs close to 9,000 people and operates in approximately 160 countries. Cargotec's class B shares are quoted on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
www.cargotec.com