KONE publishes January-June 2010 Interim Report on Tuesday,

KONE Corporation, stock exchange release, July 6, 2010 at 9.30 a.m. EET



Interim Report

KONE Corporation will publish its Interim Report for the period January
1-June 30, 2010 on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 12:30 p.m. EET. The report will be
available on www.kone.com after its publishing.

Press and analyst meetings

A meeting for the press, conducted in Finnish, will be held on Tuesday, July
20, 2010 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 are set out
below.

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

Telephone conference numbers:

Finnish callers: +358 923 101 527
US callers: +1 866 458 40 87
Other callers: +44 203 043 2436
Participant code: KONE

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


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 2009, KONE had annual net sales of EUR 4.7 billion
and approximately 34,000 employees. KONE class B shares are listed on the NASDAQ
OMX Helsinki Ltd in Finland. Founded in 1910, KONE celebrates its centennial
anniversary in 2010.

www.kone.com

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


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KONE publishes January-June 2010 Interim Report on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 12:30 p.m.
