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Financial reporting calendar and key dates in 2010

  •  Year 2009 financial statements release 5 February 2010
  • Year 2009 Annual Report and audited financial statements      Week 9
  • Year 2010 Annual General Meeting 29 March 2010
  • Interim report for the first three months of 2010 27 April 2010
  • Interim report for the first six months of 2010 23 July 2010
  • Interim report for the first nine months of 2010 26 October 2010


In addition, the Kesko Group's sales figures are published monthly and the K-Group's retail sales figures are published in connection with the interim reports.

Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of Kesko Corporation will be held in the Helsinki Fair Centre's congress wing, Messuaukio 1 (congress wing entrance), Helsinki, on 29 March 2010 at 13.00.

All shareholders entered in the register of Kesko Corporation shareholders kept by Euroclear Finland Ltd on 17 March 2010 (Annual General Meeting record date) are entitled to attend the Annual General Meeting.

Shareholders wishing to attend the meeting should notify, not later than 24 March 2009 at 16.00, to Kesko Corporation/Legal Affairs, FI-00016 Kesko, by fax to +358 1053 23421, by telephone to +358 1053 23211, by e-mail to taina.hohtari@kesko.fi, or through the Internet at www.kesko.fi/investors. The notifications must be received by the end of the registration period. Any proxies authorising the holders to attend the Annual General Meeting shall be sent to the above mailing address by the end of the registration period. Holders of nominee registered shares are advised to request necessary instructions for registering in the shareholder register, submitting proxies and registering for the Annual General Meeting from their custodian banks.

More information about the Annual General Meeting, attendance and decision-making is given under the heading 'Corporate Governance' on Kesko’s Corporate Governance page.

The resolutions of the Annual General Meeting are published without delay after the meeting in a stock exchange release.

Payment of dividends

The Board of Directors has decided to propose to the Annual General Meeting that a dividend of €0.90 per share be paid for 2009. The dividend will be paid to all shareholders entered in the register of Kesko Corporation shareholders kept by Euroclear Finland Ltd on 1 April 2010 (record date for the payment of dividend). Registration practice takes three banking days, so the dividends are paid to those who hold the shares at the close of the date of the Annual General Meeting on 29 March 2010. Dividends of the shares traded on the date of the Annual General Meeting are paid to buyers.

According to the Board of Directors' proposal, the payment of dividends starts on 12 April 2010.

Financial publications

Kesko publishes a printed Annual Report in Finnish and English. The company maintains an Annual Report mailing list. Those who wish to be included on the mailing list may fill in the form at www.kesko.fi/material.

The financial statements release, three interim reports, monthly sales figures and other key releases are available on the company's website at www.kesko.fi/media.

Kesko publishes a printed Corporate Responsibility Report in Finnish and English.

Publications may be ordered from

Kesko Corporation/Corporate Communications and Responsibility

Satamakatu 3
FI-00016 Kesko
Tel. +358 1053 22404
www.kesko.fi/material

Changes of address

Shareholders should notify changes of address to the bank, brokerage firms or other account operator with which they have a book-entry securities account.