KONE Publishes 1 June, 2005–31 December, 2005 Financial Statements and Pro Forma Report for 2005 on Friday, 27 January, 2006 at 12:30 p.m.

KONE Corporation will publish its Financial Statements for the accounting period 1 June, 2005–31 December, 2005 and pro forma report for the period January-December, 2005 on Friday, 27 January, 2006 at 12:30 p.m. Finnish time. The reviews will be available on the company website at www.kone.com after publishing.

A meeting for the press and analysts will be held on 27 January, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. Finnish time at KONE Building, address Keilasatama 3, Espoo. KONE’s preliminary Annual Report 2005 and presentation material will be available in the meeting as well as on the company website as of 2:00 p.m.

A telephone conference for analysts and investors, conducted in English, will begin at 4:00 p.m. Finnish time and will also be available as audio webcast on the company website.

Callers may access the conference directly at the following telephone numbers:

US callers: +1-617-213-8845
Non-US callers: +44-20-7365-8426
Participant code: KONE Corporation

On demand version of the conference will be available on the company website www.kone.com later the same day.

Sender:

KONE Corporation

Aimo Rajahalme
Executive Vice President, Finance and Information Services

Minna Mars
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications & IR

For further information, please contact:
Paul Lönnfors, tel.+358 204 75 4502
Leena Kaarento-Kiuru, tel. +358 204 75 4346

KONE is the world’s fourth largest elevator company and provides complete and innovative solutions for the installation, maintenance and modernization of elevators and escalators and the maintenance of automatic building doors. KONE provides safe and easy access to hundreds of millions of people daily in all parts of the world. KONE has annual net sales of approximately EUR 3 billion and about 27,000 employees. Its class B shares are listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.

www.kone.com