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2016-03-21 15:30:53 CET 2016-03-21 15:30:53 CET REGULATED INFORMATION KONE Oyj - Company AnnouncementKONE Corporation: Notice pursuant to the Finnish Securities Market Act, Chapter 9, Section 10KONE Corporation, stock exchange release, March 21, 2016 at 4.30 p.m. EET KONE Corporation: Notice pursuant to the Finnish Securities Market Act, Chapter 9, Section 10 KONE Corporation has received an announcement from BlackRock, Inc. on March 21, 2016, in accordance with the Finnish Securities Market Act Chapter 9, Section 10. According to the announcement, the total number of KONE Corporation shares owned by BlackRock, Inc. and its funds decreased below five (5) per cent of the share capital of KONE Corporation on March 18, 2016. Total position of BlackRock, Inc. and its funds subject to the notification: +------------------+------------+----------------+-----------+-----------------+ | | |% of shares and | | | | |% of shares |voting rights | |Total number of | | |and voting |through |% of total |shares and voting| | |rights |financial | |rights of issuer | | | |instruments | | | +------------------+------------+----------------+-----------+-----------------+ |Resulting |Below 5% | |Below 5% |525,406,314 | |situation on the |shares |Below 5% shares |shares |shares | |date on which the |Below 5% |Below 5% voting |Below 5% |121,128,472 | |threshold was |voting |rights |voting |voting rights | |crossed or reached|rights | |rights | | +------------------+------------+----------------+-----------+-----------------+ |Position of |3.59% shares| |5.00% | | |previous |Below 5% |1.41% shares |shares | | |notification (if |voting |Below 5% voting |Below 5% | | |applicable) |rights |rights |voting | | | | | |rights | | +------------------+------------+----------------+-----------+-----------------+ Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed: A: shares and voting rights +------------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Class / type of |Number of shares and voting |% of shares and voting rights| |shares |rights | | +------------------+-------------+---------------+-------------+---------------+ | |Direct (SMA |Indirect (SMA |Direct (SMA |Indirect (SMA | | |9:5) |9:6 and 9:7) |9:5) |9:6 and 9:7) | +------------------+-------------+---------------+-------------+---------------+ | | |Below 5% shares| |Below 5% shares| |FI009013403 | |Below 5% voting| |Below 5% voting| | | |rights | |rights | +------------------+-------------+---------------+-------------+---------------+ |SUBTOTAL A |Below 5% shares |Below 5% shares | | |Below 5% voting rights |Below 5% voting rights | +------------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ B: Financial instruments according to SMA 9:6a: +--------------+--------------+--------------+-------------+---------+---------+ | | | | |Number of|% of | |Type of |Expiration |Exercise / |Physical or |shares |shares | |financial |date |Conversion |cash |and |and | |instrument | |Period |settlement |voting |voting | | | | | |rights |rights | +--------------+--------------+--------------+-------------+---------+---------+ | | | | |Below 5% |Below 5% | |Depositary | | | |shares |shares | |receipt |N/A |N/A |Physical |Below 5% |Below 5% | | | | | |voting |voting | | | | | |rights |rights | +--------------+--------------+--------------+-------------+---------+---------+ | | | | |Below 5% |Below 5% | |Securities | | | |shares |shares | |Lent |N/A |N/A |Physical |Below 5% |Below 5% | | | | | |voting |voting | | | | | |rights |rights | +--------------+--------------+--------------+-------------+---------+---------+ | | | | |Below 5% |Below 5% | | | | | |shares |shares | |CFD |N/A |N/A |Cash |Below 5% |Below 5% | | | | | |voting |voting | | | | | |rights |rights | +--------------+--------------+--------------+-------------+---------+---------+ | | | | |Below 5% |Below 5% | | | | | |shares |shares | |SUBTOTAL B | | | |Below 5% |Below 5% | | | | | |voting |voting | | | | | |rights |rights | +--------------+--------------+--------------+-------------+---------+---------+ For further information, please contact: Katri Saarenheimo, Director, Investor Relations, tel. +358 (0)204 75 4705 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 2015, KONE had annual net sales of EUR 8.6 billion, and at the end of the year close to 50,000 employees. KONE class B shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. in Finland. www.kone.com [HUG#1996411] |
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