KESKO CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 06.03.2013 AT 09.00 1(1)

Kesko's Annual Report, a separate Corporate Governance Statement and a
Remuneration Statement for 2012, referred to in the Finnish Corporate Governance
Code, have today been published in Finnish and English. The Annual Report
includes the financial statements, the consolidated financial statements, the
Report by the Board of Directors and the Auditors' Report.

The Annual Report, the Corporate Governance Statement and the Remuneration
Statement can be read and downloaded from www.kesko.fi/investors. Printed Annual
Reports can be ordered from the same web address.

Further information is available from Investor Relations Manager Riikka
Toivonen, telephone +358 10 53 23495.


Kesko Corporation



Merja Haverinen
Vice President, Corporate Communications


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