KONE publishes January-September 2012 Interim Report on Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 12:30 p.m.

KONE Corporation, stock exchange release, October 9, 2012 at 9.30 a.m. EET

Interim Report

KONE Corporation will publish its Interim Report for the period January 1-September 30, 2012 on Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 12:30 p.m. EET. The report will be available on www.kone.com after publishing.

Press and analyst meetings

A meeting for the press, conducted in Finnish, will be held on Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 2:15 p.m. EET.

A meeting for analysts, conducted in English, will begin at 3:45 p.m. EET. The meeting will be available as a live webcast on www.kone.com. The meeting participants can also join a telephone conference that will be arranged in conjunction with the meeting. The telephone conference details can be found below.

Both meetings will take place in the KONE Building, located at Keilasatama 3, Espoo, Finland.

Telephone conference numbers:

Finnish callers: +358 9 23 113 289
US callers: +1 866 682 8490
UK callers: +44 8 445 718 957
Other callers: +44 1452 555 131
Participant code: KONE

An on-demand version of the webcast will be available on www.kone.com later the same day.

For further information, please contact:
Karla Lindahl, Director, Investor Relations, tel. +358 204 75 4441

Sender:

KONE Corporation

Henrik Ehrnrooth                     
CFO

Anne Korkiakoski
Executive Vice President
Marketing & 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.

www.kone.com