KESKO CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 19.09.2014 AT 09.30 1(1) Mikko Helander to join Kesko Corporation on 1 October 2014 Mikko Helander, who was appointed as Kesko Corporation's Managing Director and Kesko Group's President and Chief Executive Officer as from 1 January 2015, will join Kesko on 1 October 2014 as the Deputy Managing Director and member of the Group Management Board. Kesko announced the appointment of Mikko Helander as Kesko Corporation's Managing Director in a stock exchange release on 28 May 2014. Further information is available from Esa Kiiskinen, Chair of the Board of Directors, tel. +358 10 53 50200. Kesko Corporation Merja Haverinen Vice President, Group Communications DISTRIBUTION NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Main news media www.kesko.fi [HUG#1857011]