Kesko Oyj - Financial Calendar

Kesko's financial reporting in 2012

KESKO CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE NOTIFICATION 18.10.2011 AT 09.30 1(1)

The 2012 calendar for the Kesko Group's financial reporting concerning the years
2011 and 2012 is the following:

Year 2011 financial statements release  2 February 2012

Year 2011 Annual Report                 Week 12
(incl. the financial statements and the
report by the Board of Directors)

Year 2012 3-month interim report        26 April 2012

Year 2012 6-month interim report        25 July 2012

Year 2012 9-month interim report        24 October 2012


Kesko Corporation's Annual General Meeting is planned for Monday, 16 April
2012. 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
2012 Annual General Meeting shall be sent to Kesko's Board of Directors not
later than 10 February 2012. A 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. Kesko 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 Merja Haverinen, Senior Vice President,
Corporate Communications and Responsibility, tel. 358 1053 22764.


Kesko Corporation



Merja Haverinen
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications and Responsibility


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