KONE Oyj — Major Shareholding Notification 2012

Jun 29, 2012

KONE Oyj :Announcement pursuant to Securities Markets Act Chapter 2, Section 10

KONE Oyj :Announcement pursuant to Securities Markets Act Chapter 2, Section 10

KONE Corporation, stock exchange release, June 29, 2012 at 9.45 a.m. EET

Capital Research and Management Company (Taxpayer I.D. 95-1411037) announced on
June 28, 2012, pursuant to the Securities Markets Act chapter 2, section 9, that
its holding in KONE Corporation was above (5) percent (1/20) of the share
capital on June 26, 2012.

1. The company: KONE Corporation

2. The date of change in holdings: June 26, 2012

3. Exact proportion of share capital and voting rights as of June 26, 2012: The
   shares managed by Capital Research and Management Company totaled 13,028,715
   class B shares. The shares represented 5.0007% of total share capital and
   2.1589% of total voting rights.

4. Shareholder: Capital Research and Management Company (Taxpayer I.D.
   95-1411037)

For further information, please contact:
Jukka Ala-Mello, Secretary to the Board, tel. +358 (0)204 75 4226

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.

www.kone.com

Sender:

KONE Corporation

Jukka Ala-Mello
Secretary to the Board

Anne Korkiakoski
Executive Vice President
Marketing and Communications

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