KONE Oyj - Company Announcement

KONE Corporation to repurchase own shares

Stock exchange release, February 25, 2013, at 1.50 p.m. EET

KONE Corporation's Annual General Meeting held on February 25, 2013 authorized
the Board of Directors to repurchase the company's own shares. On the basis of
this authorization, KONE Corporation's Board of Directors has decided to
commence the possible repurchasing of shares at the earliest on March 5, 2013.
The repurchasing of shares can continue until otherwise announced.

Altogether no more than 25,570,000 shares may be repurchased, of which no more
than 3,810,000 are to be class A shares and 21,760,000 class B shares, taking
into consideration the provisions of the Companies Act regarding the maximum
amount of own shares that the Company is allowed to possess.

KONE Corporation currently has 4,240,339 class B shares in its possession.
The minimum and maximum consideration for the shares to be purchased is
determined for both class A and class B shares on the basis of the trading price
for class B shares determined on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Oy on the time of
purchase.

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(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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