KONE Oyj - Decisions of extraordinary general meeting

Decisions taken by the Extraordinary General Meeting of KONE Corporation

KONE Corporation, stock exchange release, October 24, 2012 at 3.15 p.m. EET

KONE Corporation's Extraordinary General Meeting was held in Helsinki on October
24, 2012. As proposed by the Board of Directors, the meeting approved extra
dividends of EUR 1.495 for each of the 38,104,356 class A shares and EUR 1.50
for the 218,271,425 outstanding class B shares. The date of record for the
dividend distribution is October 29, 2012, and the dividends will be payable on
November 5, 2012.

For further information, please contact:
Jukka Ala-Mello, Secretary to the Board, tel. +358 204 75 4226


Sender:

KONE Corporation

Jukka Ala-Mello
Secretary to the Board

Anne Korkiakoski
Executive Vice President
Marketing and Communications



About KONE
KONE is one of the global leaders in the elevator and escalator industry. The
company has been committed to understanding the needs of its customers for the
past century, providing industry-leading elevators, escalators and automatic
building doors as well as innovative solutions for modernization and
maintenance. The company's objective is to offer the best People Flow®
experience by developing and delivering solutions that enable people to move
smoothly, safely, comfortably and without waiting in buildings in an
increasingly urbanizing environment. In 2011, KONE had annual net sales of EUR
5.2 billion and on average 35,000 employees. KONE class B shares are listed on
the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd in Finland.

www.kone.com


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