Kesko Oyj - Major shareholder announcements

Flagging notification by virtue of Chapter 2, Section 10 of the Securities Market Act

KESKO CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 29.10.2010 AT 17.15 1(2)

According to a notice received by Kesko Corporation, the aggregate holding of
Kesko shares by K-Retailers' Association, its Branch Clubs and the Foundation
for Vocational Training in the Retail Trade exceeded 5 percent on 28 October
2010.

According to the K-Retailers' Association's notice, the breakdown of holdings is
as follows:

Name of target company: Kesko Corporation (business ID 0109862-8)

K-Retailers' Association

                             Percentage of shares Percentage of votes
                                     (%)                  (%)
Share type            Pcs

A share            3,408,451         3.46                8.87
ISIN: FI0009007900

B share             40,850           0.04                0.01
ISIN: FI0009000202

TOTAL              3,449,301         3.50                8.88



Foundation for Vocational Training in the Retail Trade

                           Percentage of shares Percentage of votes
                                   (%)                  (%)
Share type           Pcs

A share            793,699         0.80                2.07
ISIN: FI0009007900

B share            152,328         0.15                0.04
ISIN: FI0009000202

TOTAL              946,027         0.96                2.11



K-Food Retailers' Club

                           Percentage of shares Percentage of votes
                                   (%)                  (%)
Share type           Pcs

A share            366,413         0.37                0.95
ISIN: FI0009007900

B share               -             -                    -
ISIN: FI0009000202

TOTAL              366,413         0.37                0.95


K-Retailers' Association's Speciality Retailers' Club

                           Percentage of shares Percentage of votes
                                   (%)                  (%)
Share type           Pcs

A share            101,748         0.10                0.26
ISIN: FI0009007900

B share               -             -                    -
ISIN: FI0009000202

TOTAL              101,748         0.10                0.26


K- Retailers' Association's Agricultural and Building and Home Improvement
Retailers' Club

                          Percentage of shares        Percentage of votes
                                  (%)                         (%)
Share type          Pcs

A share            69,284         0.07                       0.18
ISIN: FI0009007900

B share              -             -                           -
ISIN: FI0009000202

TOTAL              69,284         0.07                       0.18


Total of the above

                             Percentage of shares Percentage of votes
                                     (%)                  (%)
Share type            Pcs

A share            4,739,595         4.80                12.33
ISIN: FI0009007900

B share             193,178          0.20                0.05
ISIN: FI0009000202

TOTAL              4,932,773         5.00                12.38


Kesko has a total of 98,641,292 shares, 31,737,007 of which are A shares and
66,904,285 are B shares. Each A share carries ten (10) votes and each B share
carries one (1) vote, and the total number of votes carried by the Kesko shares
is 384,274,355.

The notifiers' full names and business IDs:
K-Retailers' Association, business ID 0202334-5.
Foundation for Vocational Training in the Retail Trade, business ID 0755499-7.
K-Food Retailers' Club, business ID 1524925-5.
K-Retailers' Association's Speciality Retailers' Club, business ID 1524940-7.
K-Retailers' Association's Agricultural and Building and Home Improvement
Retailers' Club, business ID 1524919-1.

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


Kesko Corporation



Paavo Moilanen
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications and Responsibility


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