KESKO CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 27.07.2010 AT 12.15 1(2) The Kesko Pension Fund (Business ID 0200000-4) has today sold such a number of Kesko A shares owned by it to Kruunuvuoren Satama Oy, that its holding of Kesko Corporation shares, as a percentage of votes carried by all Kesko Corporation shares, falls below 5%, and respectively, the number of votes carried by shares owned by Kruunuvuoren Satama Oy (Business ID 2315359-5) exceeds 5% of votes carried by all Kesko shares. Kesko Pension Fund's holdings after the share transaction: Name of target company: Kesko Corporation (business ID 0109862-8) Share class Number of shares % of shares % of votes A share ISIN: FI0009007900 803,839 0.81 2.09 B share ISIN: FI0009000202 1,000,000 1.01 0.26 TOTAL 1,803,839 1.83 2.35 Kruunuvuoren Satama Oy's shareholdings after the share transaction: Name of target company: Kesko Corporation (business ID 0109862-8) Share class Number of shares % of shares % of votes A share ISIN: FI0009007900 2,635,046 2.67 6.86 B share: ISIN: FI0009000202 - - - TOTAL 2,635,046 2.67 6.86 The total number of Kesko shares is 98,641,292 of which 31,737,007 are A shares and 66,904,285 are B shares. Each A share carries ten (10) votes and each B share one (1) vote. Consequently, the total number of votes carried by all Kesko shares is 384,274,355. Further information is available from Corporate Counsel Jarkko Karjalainen, telephone +358 1053 22602. Kesko Corporation Harri Utoslahti Communications Manager DISTRIBUTION NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Main news media www.kesko.fi [HUG#1434185]
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