KONE Oyj - Changes in company's own shares

Change in the amount of KONE Corporation treasury shares

KONE Corporation, stock exchange release, April 30, 2013 at 9.45 EET

KONE Corporation has assigned a total of 210,890 KONE class B shares to the 42
participants of the KONE share-based incentive program as a reward payment for
the 2012 earning period.

The handover date for the shares was April 29, 2013. After the transfer, KONE
Corporation holds 4,029,449 of its own class B shares.

For further information, please contact:

Jukka Ala-Mello, Secretary to the Board, tel. +358 (0)204 75 4226

Sender:

KONE Corporation

Jukka Ala-Mello
Secretary to the Board

Anne Korkiakoski
Executive Vice President
Marketing & 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(TM)
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 2012, KONE had annual net sales of EUR
6.3 billion and approximately 40,000 employees. KONE class B shares are listed
on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd in Finland.

www.kone.com

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