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Ponsse Plc established performance-based matching share plans for the group's CEO and key employees
Ponsse Plc established performance-based matching share plans for the group's CEO and key
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PONSSE PLC, STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE, 16 FEBRUARY 2026, AT 6:15 PM EET The Board of Directors of Ponsse Plc resolved to establish new Performance-Based Matching Share Plans for the Group's CEO and key employees. The aim of the plans is to align the objectives of the shareholders, the CEO and the key employees for increasing the value of the company in the long term. The plans are intended to encourage the CEO and key employees to personally invest in the company's shares, to steer them toward achieving the company's strategic objectives, to retain them at the company and to offer them a competitive incentive plan that is based on acquiring, earning and accumulating Ponsse Plc's shares. The plans are a continuation of the Performance-Based Matching Share Plans 2023-2027. Performance-Based Matching Share Plan 2026-2030 The Performance-Based Matching Share Plan 2026-2030 includes three (3) performance periods, covering the financial years 2026-2028, 2027-2029 and 2028-2030. The Board of Directors will resolve annually on the commencement and details of a performance period. The prerequisite for participation in a performance period and receiving a reward is that a participant acquires, at the start of each performance period, such number of shares in the company that the Board of Directors has notified in advance. It is possible to earn a matching reward and performance-based matching reward under the plan. The matching reward is determined based on the fulfilment of the share ownership obligation and valid employment or director contract. The performance-based matching reward is in addition determined based on the achievement of targets set for a performance period. The matching reward will be paid as soon as practicable after the acquisition of shares subject to the share ownership prerequisite of the performance period. Shares delivered as a matching reward may not be transferred during the set restriction period, which ends three years after the start of each performance period. The restriction period for the shares received as a matching reward under the performance period 2026-2028 ends on 31 December 2028. The performance-based rewards under the performance period 2026-2028 are based on the Group's EBIT, the Group's Working Capital and Scope 3 CO2 emissions. The achievement of the targets set for the performance criteria will determine the final proport...