Kesko Oyj - Financial Calendar

Kesko's financial reporting in 2011

KESKO CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE NOTIFICATION 22.10.2010 AT 15.00 1(1)

The 2011 calendar for the Kesko Group's financial reporting concerning the years
2010 and 2011 is the following:

Year 2010 financial statements release                03 Feb. 2011

Year 2010 Annual Report                               Week 10

(incl. the financial statements and the report by the
Board of Directors)

Year 2011 3-month interim report                      28 Apr. 2011

Year 2011 6-month interim report                      26 Jul. 2011

Year 2011 9-month interim report                      26 Oct. 2011


Kesko Corporation's Annual General Meeting is planned for Monday, 4 April 2011.
The meeting will be convened by the company's Board of Directors later on.
Possible requests from shareholders to put matters on the agenda of Kesko's
2011 Annual General Meeting shall be sent to Kesko's Board of Directors not
later than 10 February 2011. The written request, together with an explanation
or a draft resolution, shall be sent to Kesko Corporation, Kesko Group's Legal
Affairs, FI-00016 KESKO, or by e-mail to cg@kesko.fi.

The financial statements and interim reports will be released at around 9.00
hours on the given dates. From the beginning of 2011, the company will observe a
three-week period of silence before releasing the financial reports.

In addition, the Group's sales figures are published monthly and the K-Group's
retail sales figures in connection with the interim reports.

Further information is available from Paavo Moilanen, Senior Vice President,
Corporate Communications and Responsibility, tel. +358 1053 22764.

Kesko Corporation

Paavo Moilanen
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications and Responsibility

DISTRIBUTION
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Main news media
www.kesko.fi



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