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Kesko will publish its first-quarter results for 2026 on Wednesday, 29 April 2026, at around 8.00 am Finnish time. An English-language audiocast/teleconference for investors and analysts will be held at 9.00 am Finnish time.

Below is a recap of key events and materials for the quarter from an investor perspective.

NEWS, FINANCIALS AND SHARES

• Kesko’s Annual General Meeting of shareholders was held on 26 March 2026. The Meeting resolved, among other things, to distribute a dividend of €0.90/share for 2025, and elected 7 members to Kesko’s Board of Directors for a one-year term of office, including Mervi Airaksinen as a new member. (release)

  At its organisational meeting, the Board of Directors re-elected Esa Kiiskinen as its Chair. (release)

• Kesko’s Annual Report for 2025 was published in February. The report comprises a general review of the company’s strategy, businesses and key sustainability efforts and targets, a Corporate Governance Statement and Remuneration Report, as well as the financial statements section, which includes a sustainability statement. (release)

• Jan-Erik Fredriksson was appointed as Kesko’s new Chief Information Officer (CIO). He comes to Kesko from Fortum, and will assume his position in August 2026 at the latest. (release)

• Shares:

  • Share-based commitment and incentive plans for 2026-2029. (release)

  • Realisation of existing share-based commitment and incentive plans. (release)

  • Realisation of the RSP 2025. (release)

• Presentation for Kesko’s Q1 investor roadshow meetings. (presentation)

SALES DEVELOPMENT

• Kesko’s sales in January. (release)

• Kesko’s sales in February. (release)

Sales figures for March will be released in mid-April.

GROCERY TRADE

• Efforts to turn around market share development yielded results towards the end of 2025. K Group grocery stores managed to increase their market share by 0.5 percentage points in the final quarter of 2025, and by 0.2 percentage points in July-December 2025. In the hypermarket segment, Kesko’s K-Citymarket chain gained market share throughout last year. In Q4, K Group grocery stores won over market share in all store size segments. The positive development can be attributed to Kesko’s strategic investments in the store network as well as in the quality and price levels of the grocery stores. (release)
  
  In total, Kesko’s grocery trade market share in 2025 amounted to 33.5% according to the Nielsen IQ Grocery Shop Directory. (release)
  
  

SUSTAINABILITY

• SBTi validated Kesko’s new science-based emission reduction targets. The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has validated Kesko’s new near term and long term science-based emission reduction targets, extending to 2034 and 2050, respectively. Kesko is set to reduce emissions from its own operations through, for example, increased use of electric transportation and improved energy efficiency. Emissions from products sold will be reduced in close cooperation with suppliers. (release)

• Kesko ranks highest in its sector in both the European and global listings of the most sustainable companies. The Canadian media and research organisation Corporate Knights publishes annual listings of the most sustainable companies in the world and in Europe. Kesko ranked the highest of all companies in its sector in both listings this year. Kesko is the only company in the world to have been included in the global sustainability listing every year since it was first launched in 2005. (Europe 50 release, Global 100 release)

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