Flagging notification by virtue of Chapter 9, Section 5 of the Securities Market Act

KESKO CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 23.12.2015 AT 15.30 1(1) Flagging notification by virtue of Chapter 9, Section 5 of the Securities Market Act According to a notification received by Kesko Corporation, the total voting rights in respect of shares in Kesko held by K-Retailers' Association exceeded 10 per cent on 23 December 2015...

KESKO CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 23.12.2015 AT 15.30 1(1)

 

Flagging notification by virtue of Chapter 9, Section 5 of the Securities Market Act

 

According to a notification received by Kesko Corporation, the total voting rights in respect of shares in Kesko held by K-Retailers' Association exceeded 10 per cent on 23 December 2015.

 

According to the K-Retailers' Association's notification, the breakdown of the holding is as follows:

 

Name of issuer company: Kesko Corporation (business ID 0109862-8)

 

K-Retailers' Association
Share type	Pcs	Percentage of shares (%)	Percentage of votes (%)
A share ISIN: FI0009007900	3,877,707	3.88	10.05
B share ISIN: FI0009000202	0	0	0
TOTAL		3.88	10.05

 

 

Kesko holds a total of 100,019,752 shares, 31,737,007 of which are A shares and 68,282,745 are B shares. Each A share carries ten (10) votes and each B share carries one (1) vote, and the total number of votes carried by the Kesko shares is 385,652,815.

 

Notifier's full name and business ID:

K-Retailers' Association, business ID 0202334-5.

 

Further information Lauri Peltola, Senior Vice President, corporate responsibility, communications and stakeholder relations, tel. +358 105 322 400.

 

 

Kesko Corporation

 

 

 

Merja Haverinen
Vice President, Group Communications

 

 

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