KONE publishes January-March 2011 Interim Report on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at 12:30 p.m.

KONE Corporation, stock exchange release, April 6, 2011 at 9.30 a.m. EET

Interim Report

KONE Corporation will publish its Interim Report for the period January 1-March
31, 2011 on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at 12:30 p.m. EET. The report will be
available on www.kone.com after publishing.

Press and analyst meetings

A meeting for the press, conducted in Finnish, will be held on Wednesday, April
20, 2011 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 can be found
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 4087
Non-US callers: +44 203 043 2436
Participant code: KONE

On demand versions of the webcasts will be available on www.kone.com later 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 2010, KONE had annual net sales of EUR 5 billion and
approximately 33,800 employees. KONE class B shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX
Helsinki Ltd in Finland.

www.kone.com


For further information, please contact:
Karla Lindahl, Director, Investor Relations, tel.+358 204 75 4441

Sender:

KONE Corporation

Henrik Ehrnrooth
Executive Vice President,
Finance

Anne Korkiakoski
Executive Vice President,
Marketing & Communications

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