KONE Oyj - Changes in company's own shares

Change in the amount of KONE Corporation treasury shares

KONE Corporation, stock exchange announcement, April 30, 2010 at 9.45 a.m. EET



KONE Corporation has assigned a total of 311,375 KONE class B shares to the 41
participants of the KONE share-based incentive program as a reward payment for
the 2009 earning period. 290,639 of the shares were transferred by KONE
Corporation and 20,736 were transferred by KONEBV Incentive Oy, subsidiary of
KONE Corporation.

The handover date for the shares was April 29, 2010. After the transfer, KONE
Corporation holds 4,198,867 of its own class B shares.


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 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 2009, KONE had annual net sales of EUR 4.7 billion
and approximately 34,000 employees. KONE class B shares are listed on the NASDAQ
OMX Helsinki Ltd in Finland. Founded in 1910, KONE celebrates its centennial
anniversary in 2010.

www.kone.com


For further information, please contact:
Jukka Ala-Mello, Secretary to the Board, tel. +358 (0)204 75 4226

Sender:

KONE Corporation

Jukka Ala-Mello
Secretary to the Board

Anne Korkiakoski
Executive Vice President
Marketing & Communications


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