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Stay on Corporate siteKONE Corporation, stock exchange release, September 7,
2012 at 9.00 a.m. EET
KONE Corporation has on September 5, 2012 received from
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. (Taxpayer I.D. 86-0206507) a
notification, according to which a disaggregation exemption (J No
13/2230/2007) granted by the Finnish Financial Supervisory
Authority no longer applies following a corporate re-organization
effective September 1, 2012, and Capital Research and Management
Company and Capital Group International Inc. will no longer report
relevant holdings separately. The holdings under management will be
reported in aggregate by the group's parent company, The Capital
Group Companies Inc.
KONE published a stock exchange release on June 29, 2012 following
a notification from Capital Research and Management Company that
its holding had exceeded five (5) percent (1/20) of the company's
shares.
1. The company: KONE Corporation
2. The date for the current holdings: September 3, 2012
3. Exact proportion of share capital and voting rights as of
September 3, 2012: The shares held by the group The Capital Group
Companies, Inc. totaled 14,028,100 class B shares. The shares
represented 5.3843% of total share capital and 2.3246% of total
voting rights.
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