RAMIRENT PLC	 STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE  FEB 12, 2009  AT 09:15 A.M. 

				                                                                            

						                                                                          

RAMIRENT GROUP'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADOPTED A NEW FINANCIAL TARGET AND CONFIRMED

THE EXISTING LONG-TERM FINANCIAL TARGETS                                        



The Board of Directors of Ramirent Group adopted a new financial target related 

to financial gearing on February 11, 2009 and confirmed the existing long-term  

targets. The Group's financial targets over a business cycle are: earnings per  

share growth of at least 15 per cent p.a. and a return on invested capital of at

least 18 per cent p.a. In addition, a gearing target of less than 120 per cent  

at the end of each financial year was set for the first time at Group level.    

Ramirent's policy with respect to the ordinary dividend is to distribute at     

least 40 per cent of annual earnings per share to the shareholders.             

                                                                                

In 2008, Ramirent Group's earnings per share decreased by 69.6 per cent, return 

on investment was 17.5 per cent, gearing was 107.8 per cent and the Board's     

proposal for dividend payout for 2008 is 48.4 per cent.                         



Vantaa, 12.2.2009                                                               



RAMIRENT PLC                                                                    





Magnus Rosén                                                                    

President and CEO                                                               



FURTHER INFORMATION:                                                            

Heli Iisakka, Chief Financial Officer, tel. +358 20 750 3248,                   

heli.iisakka@ramirent.com                                                       

Franciska Janzon, Director, Corporate Communications and IR, tel. +358 20 750   

2859, franciska.janzon@ramirent.com                                             





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Ramirent is the leading machinery rental company in the Nordic countries and in 

Central and Eastern Europe. The Group has some 360 permanent outlets in 13      

countries and is registered in Helsinki. Ramirent employs 3,900 people and in   

2008 the consolidated net sales were EUR 703 million. Ramirent is listed on the 

NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.