KONE Oyj - Changes in company's own shares

KONE Oyj : Change in KONE Corporation's holding of treasury shares

KONE Corporation, stock exchange release, August 1, 2014 at 9.45 a.m. EET

A total of 24,000 KONE class B shares have been returned free of consideration
to KONE Corporation by virtue of the terms of KONE Corporation's share-based
incentive program for the years 2013-2015.

The date of the returning of the shares was August 1, 2014. After the
transaction, KONE Corporation holds 9,683,398 of its own class B shares.

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

Eriikka Söderström
CFO

About KONE
KONE is one of the global leaders in the elevator and escalator industry.
KONE'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. KONE
provides industry-leading elevators, escalators, automatic building doors and
integrated solutions to enhance the People Flow in and between buildings.
KONE's services cover the entire lifetime of a building, from the design phase
to maintenance, repairs and modernization solutions. In 2013, KONE had annual
net sales of EUR 6.9 billion, and at the end of the year over 43,000 employees.
KONE class B shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd in Finland.

www.kone.com


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