SEGMENT DATA COMPARISON FIGURES FOR 2017 FOR KESKO GROUP’S CONTINUING OPERATIONS
On 16 February 2018, Kesko announced it will discontinue its building and home improvement trade operations in Russia and sell 12 building and home improvement store properties in Russia to Leroy Merlin Vostok LLC, a Russian division of the French Leroy Merlin. In the first interim report for 2018, the discontinuation of the building and home improvement trade operations in Russia will be presented as discontinued operations in accordance with IFRS 5 Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations. The standard requires comparison data to be adjusted, thus prompting changes in