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Kesko Oyj : Kaarina Ståhlberg to resign from Kesko Corporation's Board of Directors

KESKO CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 15.2.2016 AT 18.10 1(1)

Kaarina Ståhlberg to resign from Kesko Corporation's Board of Directors

Kaarina Ståhlberg,a member of Kesko Corporation's Board of Directors, has
announced that she will resign from the Company's Board of Directors as of 1
March 2016.

Kaarina Ståhlberg has been appointed General Counsel and member of the
Management Board of Posti Group Corporation as of 1 March 2016, as a result of
which she has announced on 15 February 2016 that she resigns from Kesko
Corporation's Board of Directors. The resignation will take effect on 1 March
2016.

Kesko Corporation's Board of Directors will continue with five members.


Further information is available from Chair of the Board Esa Kiiskinen, tel.
+358 105 350 200.

Kesko Corporation


Merja Haverinen
Vice President, Group Communications


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