Decisions taken by the Extraordinary General Meeting of KONE Corporation

KONE Corporation, stock exchange release, October 24, 2012 at 3.15 p.m. EET

KONE Corporation's Extraordinary General Meeting was held in Helsinki on October 24, 2012. As proposed by the Board of Directors, the meeting approved extra dividends of EUR 1.495 for each of the 38,104,356 class A shares and EUR 1.50 for the 218,271,425 outstanding class B shares. The date of record for the dividend distribution is October 29, 2012, and the dividends will be payable on November 5, 2012.

For further information, please contact:
Jukka Ala-Mello, Secretary to the Board, tel. +358 204 75 4226

Sender:

KONE Corporation

Jukka Ala-Mello
Secretary to the Board

Anne Korkiakoski
Executive Vice President
Marketing and Communications



About KONE
KONE is one of the global leaders in the elevator and escalator industry. The company has been committed to understanding the needs of its customers for the past century, providing industry-leading elevators, escalators and automatic building doors as well as innovative solutions for modernization and maintenance. The company'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. In 2011, KONE had annual net sales of EUR 5.2 billion and on average 35,000 employees. KONE class B shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd in Finland.

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