KONE Publishes January-March 2007 Interim Report on 24 April, 2007 at 12:30 PM

KONE Corporation will publish its Interim Report for the period 1 January–31 March 2007 on Tuesday, 24 April, 2007 at 12:30 PM Finnish time. The report will be available on the company website at www.kone.com after publishing.

A meeting for the press, conducted in Finnish, will be held on 24 April, 2007 at 2:00 PM at KONE Building, Keilasatama 3, Espoo.

A joined analyst meeting and conference call, conducted in English, will be held on 24 April, 2007 at 3:30 PM at KONE Building, Keilasatama 3, Espoo. Conference call participants may access the conference directly at the following telephone numbers:

US callers: +1 334 323 6201
Non-US callers: +44 (0)20 7162 0025

Participant code: KONE

The conference call will be available also as a webcast on the company website. An on demand version of the conference will be available at www.kone.com later the same day.

Sender:

KONE Corporation

Aimo Rajahalme
Executive Vice President,
Finance

Minna Mars
Senior Vice President,
Corporate Communications & IR

For further information, please contact:
Sophie Jolly, Vice President, IR, tel.+358 204 75 4534

KONE is one of the world’s leading elevator and escalator companies. It provides its customers with industry-leading elevators and escalators, with innovative solutions for their maintenance and modernization. KONE also provides maintenance of automatic building doors. In 2006, KONE had annual net sales of EUR 3.6 billion and approximately 29,000 employees. Its class B shares are listed on the OMX Nordic Exchange in Helsinki, Finland.

www.kone.com