KONE Corporation, stock exchange release, August 1, 2014 at 9.45 a.m. EET
A total of 24,000 KONE class B shares have been returned free of consideration to KONE Corporation by virtue of the terms of KONE Corporation's share-based incentive program for the years 2013-2015.
The date of the returning of the shares was August 1, 2014. After the transaction, KONE Corporation holds 9,683,398 of its own class B shares.
For further information, please contact:
Jukka Ala-Mello, Secretary to the Board, tel. +358 (0)204 75 4226
Sender:
KONE Corporation
Jukka Ala-Mello
Secretary to the Board
Eriikka Söderström
CFO
About KONE
KONE is one of the global leaders in the elevator and escalator industry. KONE'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. KONE provides industry-leading elevators, escalators, automatic building doors and integrated solutions to enhance the People Flow in and between buildings. KONE's services cover the entire lifetime of a building, from the design phase to maintenance, repairs and modernization solutions. In 2013, KONE had annual net sales of EUR 6.9 billion, and at the end of the year over 43,000 employees. KONE class B shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd in Finland.
www.kone.com