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KONE's share capital increases through the subscription of shares with 2013 option rights

KONE Corporation, stock exchange release, December 31, 2015 at 09.45 a.m. EET

KONE's share capital increases through the subscription of shares with 2013
option rights

A total of 240 new KONE class B shares have been subscribed for with 2013 option
rights. The corresponding EUR 30.00 increase in KONE Corporation's share capital
has been entered into the Finnish Trade Register on December 31, 2015. Trading
of the new shares will start on January 4, 2016 on the NASDAQ Helsinki Stock
Exchange with previously existing class B shares. The dividend payment rights
and other rights related to the shares will commence on the date when the
increase in the share capital is entered into the Trade Register.

The KONE 2013 option rights were listed on the NASDAQ Helsinki Ltd. as of April
1, 2015.  KONE Capital Oy, a subsidiary of KONE Corporation, holds 55,000 KONE
2013 option rights. A maximum of 1,263,716 shares can be subscribed for with the
remaining outstanding 2013 option rights for a subscription price of EUR 25.40
per share. The share subscription period ends on April 30, 2017.

KONE's share capital is EUR 65,675,789.25 after the entry into the Trade
Register, comprising 449,197,602 listed class B shares and 76,208,712 unlisted
class A shares. The terms of the 2013 option rights and further information are
available on KONE Corporation's website at www.kone.com

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 2014, KONE had annual net
sales of EUR 7.3 billion, and at the end of the year over 47,000 employees. KONE
class B shares are listed on the NASDAQ Helsinki Ltd. in Finland.

www.kone.com


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