Flagging notification by virtue of Chapter 2, Section 10 of the Securities Market Act
KESKO CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 29.10.2010 AT 17.15 1(2)
According to a notice received by Kesko Corporation, the aggregate holding of Kesko shares by K-Retailers' Association, its Branch Clubs and the Foundation for Vocational Training in the Retail Trade exceeded 5 percent on 28 October 2010.
According to the K-Retailers' Association's notice, the breakdown of holdings is as follows:
Name of target company: Kesko Corporation (business ID 0109862-8)
| K-Retailers' Association | |||
| Share type | Pcs | Percentage of shares (%) | Percentage of votes (%) |
| A share ISIN: FI0009007900 | 3,408,451 | 3.46 | 8.87 |
| B share ISIN: FI0009000202 | 40,850 | 0.04 | 0.01 |
| TOTAL | 3,449,301 | 3.50 | 8.88 |
| Foundation for Vocational Training in the Retail Trade | |||
| Share type | Pcs | Percentage of shares (%) | Percentage of votes (%) |
| A share ISIN: FI0009007900 | 793,699 | 0.80 | 2.07 |
| B share ISIN: FI0009000202 | 152,328 | 0.15 | 0.04 |
| TOTAL | 946,027 | 0.96 | 2.11 |
| K-Food Retailers' Club | |||
| Share type | Pcs | Percentage of shares (%) | Percentage of votes (%) |
| A share ISIN: FI0009007900 | 366,413 | 0.37 | 0.95 |
| B share ISIN: FI0009000202 | - | - | - |
| TOTAL | 366,413 | 0.37 | 0.95 |
| K-Retailers' Association's Speciality Retailers' Club | |||
| Share type | Pcs | Percentage of shares (%) | Percentage of votes (%) |
| A share ISIN: FI0009007900 | 101,748 | 0.10 | 0.26 |
| B share ISIN: FI0009000202 | - | - | - |
| TOTAL | 101,748 | 0.10 | 0.26 |
| K- Retailers' Association's Agricultural and Building and Home Improvement Retailers' Club | |||
| Share type | Pcs | Percentage of shares (%) | Percentage of votes (%) |
| A share ISIN: FI0009007900 | 69,284 | 0.07 | 0.18 |
| B share ISIN: FI0009000202 | - | - | - |
| TOTAL | 69,284 | 0.07 | 0.18 |
| Total of the above | |||
| Share type | Pcs | Percentage of shares (%) | Percentage of votes (%) |
| A share ISIN: FI0009007900 | 4,739,595 | 4.80 | 12.33 |
| B share ISIN: FI0009000202 | 193,178 | 0.20 | 0.05 |
| TOTAL | 4,932,773 | 5.00 | 12.38 |
Kesko has a total of 98,641,292 shares, 31,737,007 of which are A shares and 66,904,285 are B shares. Each A share carries ten (10) votes and each B share carries one (1) vote, and the total number of votes carried by the Kesko shares is 384,274,355.
The notifiers' full names and business IDs:
K-Retailers' Association, business ID 0202334-5.
Foundation for Vocational Training in the Retail Trade, business ID 0755499-7.
K-Food Retailers' Club, business ID 1524925-5.
K-Retailers' Association's Speciality Retailers' Club, business ID 1524940-7.
K-Retailers' Association's Agricultural and Building and Home Improvement Retailers' Club, business ID 1524919-1.
Further information is available from Corporate Counsel Jarkko Karjalainen, tel. +358 1053 22602.
Kesko Corporation
Paavo Moilanen
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications and Responsibility
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