KESKO CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 23.12.2015 AT 15.30 1(1)
Flagging notification by virtue of Chapter 9, Section 5 of the Securities Market Act
According to a notification received by Kesko Corporation, the total voting rights in respect of shares in Kesko held by K-Retailers' Association exceeded 10 per cent on 23 December 2015.
According to the K-Retailers' Association's notification, the breakdown of the holding is as follows:
Name of issuer company: Kesko Corporation (business ID 0109862-8)
| K-Retailers' Association | |||
| Share type | Pcs | Percentage of shares (%) | Percentage of votes (%) |
| A share ISIN: FI0009007900 | 3,877,707 | 3.88 | 10.05 |
| B share ISIN: FI0009000202 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 3.88 | 10.05 | |
Kesko holds a total of 100,019,752 shares, 31,737,007 of which are A shares and 68,282,745 are B shares. Each A share carries ten (10) votes and each B share carries one (1) vote, and the total number of votes carried by the Kesko shares is 385,652,815.
Notifier's full name and business ID: K-Retailers' Association, business ID 0202334-5.
Further information Lauri Peltola, Senior Vice President, corporate responsibility, communications and stakeholder relations, tel. +358 105 322 400.
Kesko Corporation
Merja Haverinen Vice President, Group Communications
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