Pöyry Oyj PÖYRY PLC Press release 17 July 2008 at 4.20 p.m.

PÖYRY AWARDED SANITATION PROJECT IN MOROCCO

Pöyry has been awarded a contract by ONEP, the national water supply and sanitation authority of Morocco, for site supervision of a sanitation infrastructure project in Morocco. The services will be provided together with a local consultant. Pöyry's share of the assignment is about EUR 2.9 million. The consulting services are financed by the European Investment Bank (EIB).

The contract comprises the design review and site supervision for the sanitation infrastructure of 17 towns in the Sebou Valley. The scope of the project is construction of infrastructure for wastewater collection and treatment in the hydrographical basin of Sebou River, home of 20 per cent of the Moroccan population. ONEP realizes the project within the framework of the National Sanitation Plan with the support of the European Union, EIB and Agence Française de Développement. Commencing in July 2008 the duration of Pöyry's assignment is 45 months.

The order will not be included in Pöyry's order stock as at 30 June 2008 in the Interim Report to be published in July.

Pöyry is a global consulting and engineering firm focusing on the energy, forest industry and infrastructure & environment sectors. Pöyry's net sales in 2007 amounted to about EUR 720 million and it employs 7400 experts.

PÖYRY PLC

Teuvo Salminen Deputy to President and CEO

Additional information by: Mark Husmann, President, Pöyry Environment GmbH, Germany tel. +49 621 8790-00

www.poyry.com

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