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 05.05.2009 AT 09.30
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A total of 25,625 new Kesko Corporation B shares have been subscribed
for with the stock options marked with symbols 2003E in Kesko
Corporation's 2003 stock option scheme. The corresponding increase in
the share capital, €51,250, has been entered in the Trade Register
today. The new B shares will be included in the main list of the
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (Helsinki Stock Exchange) with the old B shares
for public trading on Wednesday, May 6, 2009.

A total of 25,625 new B shares were subscribed for with Kesko
Corporation's year 2003 stock options marked with symbol 2003E. In
accordance with the terms and conditions of the stock option scheme,
the subscription price of the shares with options marked with symbol
2003E was €8.99 per share until April 1, 2009 and is since April 2,
2009 €7.99 per share. In consequence of these subscriptions, Kesko
Corporation's registered share capital increases by €51,250 to a
total of €195,753,350.

After this increase, the total number of Kesko Corporation's shares
has risen to 97,876,675, of which 31,737,007 are A shares and
66,139,668 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 383,509,738. 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. In April
after April 21, 2009 total of 331,573 new Kesko Corporation B shares
were subscribed for with the stock options marked with symbol 2003E.
The corresponding increase in share capital will be entered in the
Trade Register on June 5, 2009.

After this increase in the share capital, the stock options marked
with symbol 2003F entitle to further subscribe for a total of 480,545
B shares, which correspond to an increase of €961,090 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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