Kesko Oyj - Total number of voting rights and capital

Kesko's share capital increase based on the stock option scheme

KESKO CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE NOTIFICATION 11.02.2010 AT 09.00 1(2)

A total of 64,212 new Kesko Corporation B shares have been subscribed for with
the stock options marked with symbol 2003F in Kesko Corporation's 2003 stock
option scheme. The corresponding increase in the share capital, €128,424, has
been entered in the Trade Register today. The new B shares will be included in
the main list of the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki with the old B shares for public
trading on Friday, February 12, 2010.

A total of 64,212 new B shares were subscribed for with Kesko Corporation's year
2003 stock options marked with symbol 2003F. In accordance with the terms and
conditions of the stock option scheme, the subscription price of the shares with
options marked with symbol 2003F is €13.88 per share. In consequence of these
subscriptions, Kesko Corporation's registered share capital increases by
€128,424 to a total of €196,771,482.

After this increase, the total number of Kesko Corporation's shares has risen to
98,385,741, of which 31,737,007 are A shares and 66,648,734 are B shares. Each A
share entitles the holder to ten votes and each B share to one vote. After the
increase, the number of votes carried by Kesko Corporation shares is
384,018,804. The new B shares carry the right to dividend and other shareholder
rights with effect from today.

The stock options marked with symbols 2003D, 2003E and 2003F are based on the
decision made by Kesko Corporation's Annual General Meeting on March 31, 2003 to
offer stock options to the management of the Kesko Group. A total of 1,800,000
stock options were issued in the 2003 stock option scheme. The stock options
were marked with symbols 2003D, 2003E and 2003F in such a way that each unit had
600,000 stock options. Each stock option entitles to subscribe for one Kesko
Corporation B share until the end of the subscription period, the stock options
marked with symbol 2003F until April 30, 2010. The share subscription period for
stock option 2003D expired on April 30, 2008 and for stock option 2003E on April
30, 2009.

After this increase in the share capital, the stock options marked with symbol
2003F entitle to further subscribe for a total of 303,052 B shares, which
correspond to an increase of €606,104 in the share capital.

The shares can be subscribed for at the offices of Nordea Bank Finland Plc.

The terms and conditions of the year 2003 stock option scheme were published in
a stock exchange release on March 31, 2003.

Further information is available from Corporate Counsel Jarkko Karjalainen, tel.
+358 1053 22602.


Kesko Corporation



Paavo Moilanen
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications


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