Kesko Oyj - Company Announcement

Compositions of Kesko Corporation's Board Committees

KESKO CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 04.04.2011 AT 16.45 1(1)

The organisational meeting of Kesko Corporation's Board of Directors, held after
the Annual General Meeting, decided to maintain the compositions of the Board's
Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee unchanged.

After the Annual General Meeting, Kesko Corporation's Board of Directors held an
organisational meeting in which it re-elected Maarit Näkyvä, Seppo Paatelainen
and Mikko Kosonen as the Chair, Deputy Chair and member of the Audit Committee,
and Heikki Takamäki, Seppo Paatelainen and Ilpo Kokkila as the Chair, Deputy
Chair and member of the Remuneration Committee respectively.

Based on the Board's evaluation of independence, all members of the Audit
Committee are independent of the company and its significant shareholders. Based
on the evaluation, also all members of the Remuneration Committee are
independent of the company's significant shareholders and their majority of the
company.

Further information is available from Corporate Secretary, Director Mika
Majoinen, tel. +358 1053 22206.


Kesko Corporation



Harri Utoslahti
Communications Manager


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